MessageBird vs. Webex Connect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MessageBird
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
MessageBird is a CPaaS with APIs that allows users to incorporate VoIP calling, SMS messaging, and other means of communication into their app, website, or communication system. It's VoIP functionality includes Call Recording, Call Transcription, and Answering Machine Detection. Calls are billed per second. According to the vendor, the product is scalable enough to use for call centers. In addition to calls, MessageBird Voice can also be used to send text-to-speech voice messages, for security…
$0.01
per message
Webex Connect
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Webex Connect is an enterprise Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) that enables rapid automation of multi-channel customer journeys. The platform makes it easy for businesses to interact with their customers anywhere in the world on any channel -- SMS, Voice, RCS, Push, In-app, Email, Apple Business Chat, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other messaging apps, Webex Connect automates orchestration of these interactions with backend systems. A visual drag-&-drop builder allows the user…N/A
Pricing
MessageBirdWebex Connect
Editions & Modules
API Pricing - WhatsApp
$0.01
per message
API Pricing - Voice
$0.01
per minute
API Pricing - SMS
$0.01
per message
API Pricing - Numbers
$1
per month
Pro
$50
per month
Pro Plus
$150
per month
Start Up
Free
Custom Plan
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MessageBirdWebex Connect
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MessageBirdWebex Connect
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
MessageBirdWebex Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(2 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MessageBirdWebex Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
MessageBird
MessageBird seems to me a very useful tool for the times we are living [in] and the paradigm shift in corporate communications in all industries. It is very good at exchanging information and plain text. It works with some difficulty for sending images and other functionalities that the real WhatsApp application has, but the client on the other side does not know about this and sometimes sends information such as location that it is not possible to obtain.
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Cisco
Webex Connect is a necessity for many of our clients, and we have observed that their whole infrastructure is built around it. This proves to be more helpful, when you are working across platforms across multiple apps. Apart from that, managing client onboarding in projects, auto responders, creating channels, creating automated flows, pushing updates to keep them in loop, are some of the features that we use on a daily term. For me, Automation of flows was relatively new, and to see it in action for the first time was an incredibly new experience. Especially the part where I did API integration for our internal chat module.
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Pros
MessageBird
  • SMS delivery
  • Webhooks for delivery reports
  • SMS pricing
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Cisco
  • Automated responses to customers
  • Automation of customers onboarding
  • Easy integration with existing infrastructure
  • Cross OS compatibility
  • Flow builder
  • Bot manager
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Cons
MessageBird
  • It does not accept all the functions of whatsapp
  • It has no integration with the Pipedrive CRM
  • Sometimes it doesn't work in real time, leaving clients waiting in an invisible "queue"
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Cisco
  • A high end application UI suffocates on low end hardware, so a "lite" version should be there
  • SDK integration is messy for starters
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Alternatives Considered
MessageBird
Twilio prices were much higher for our initial volume (30k SMS/month). But they have more APIs and more services if you need to integrate email, SMS, and other channels. We didn't need those features, only basic SMS and email, so we kept each feature from one provider. Email from Sendgrid and SMS from MessageBird
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Cisco
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Return on Investment
MessageBird
  • Quick contact with collection clients
  • Delivers the feeling of instantaneous
  • It is good to start the relationship, but continue it through the call center.
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Cisco
  • The simplicity of integration of API with multiple messaging apps has increased our reach.
  • We ourselves are impressed with Cisco's Webex platform, and are planning to switch to our majority of communication channels to Webex platform applications.
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