Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MSG91
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Unifying business communications by providing users the means to completely customize communications, MSG91 aims to lead the field in developing CPaaS services.
$0
per month per user
Twilio
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Twilio offers a CPaaS and CCaaS solution, with the combination of its programmable Voice, Video, and Messaging APIs, as well as the Twilio Flex cloud contact center. Additional capabilities include Twilio's Elastic SIP Trunking, as well as API for WhatsApp.
$0
per min per participant
Pricing
MSG91Twilio
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Programmable Video
$0.0015
per min per participant
WhatsApp Business API
$0.0042
Per WhatsApp Template message sent
WhatsApp Business API
$0.005
Per WhatsApp session message
Elastic SIP Trunking
$0.007
Per min for termination
Programmable Messaging
$0.0075
per message sent or received
Programmable Voice
$0.0085
per minute to receive a call
Programmable Voice
$0.013
per min to make a call
Elastic SIP Trunking
$0.045
Per min for origination
Twilio Conversations
$0.05
per active user per month
Twilio Authy
$0.09
per authentication
Programmable Wireless
$0.1
per MB
Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
$1
per active user hour (5000 hours free)
Programmable Wireless
$2.00
per SIM card
Twilio SendGrid Email API
$14.95
per month up to 100k emails. (Up to 40k emails free for 30 days)
Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
$15
per month for 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails. Your first 2,000 contacts are free
Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
$150
per named user per month (5000 hours free)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MSG91Twilio
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing means you don’t get locked into big contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as your usage grows, so you always get a fair price. 3. Start building today with free trial credit and full API access.
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Community Pulse
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MSG91
Chose MSG91
After going through all of them we felt MSG91 is more cleaner in terms of integration details and also the support by their tech team. Integration wish Twilio was very good but the dashboard and other features which MSG91 provides were somewhat similar or easy to understand for …
Twilio
Chose Twilio
Some of the products we used were MSG91 and SMSala but the issue with them we got to know after the integrations that at some part of the world these integrations are not able to deliver important OTP sms and also it was hard to find solutions in their site. Then we switched to …
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User Ratings
MSG91Twilio
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(92 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(10 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(36 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(16 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MSG91Twilio
Likelihood to Recommend
MSG91
If you really care a lot about the authenticity and other aspects of SMS to you user that it should reach on time, without lag and security then MSG91 is best suited to do this job. But if you are doing just some promotional email or not so important updates for the users then you can go for a different vendor also which also supports bulk messaging.
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Twilio
The software has a very straightforward user interface and real-time support services. Twilio is a seamless communication platform with all features and tools intact. Easy integration and scalability of the software. Setting up and general implementation of the product is easy. Twilio is a multi-channel communication system.
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Pros
MSG91
  • APIs for different services are available
  • Very good documentation for the integration of APIs.
  • Dashboard to check the status of SMS sent and performance.
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Twilio
  • Easy to see my team in one place, when they log in and out and what call status they are in.
  • Twilio is a simple, user friendly way to log in and out of work activities.
  • Excellent services and support.
  • The omnichannel feature which allows agents to get request from all channels.
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Cons
MSG91
  • After updation in some of policies of TRAI in India the documents needs update
  • Some of the API's have became complicated after recent updates
  • If there could be some alert mechanism that can help to know about reaching quota, or downtime alerts
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Twilio
  • Control panel. Often, navigating through lists is challenging. I want endless scrolling, not pagination.
  • Conversational intelligence service require a Language. I would like it to detect it.
  • We would like to have some credit on clients that chose to use their own Twilio account.
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Likelihood to Renew
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
Unless we can get this handled quickly -- less than 1 week -- we will likely switch to another provider who, in my opinion, we'll have to spend close to $3,000 in development time to build a new integration for texting. Our clients need texting and I feel Twilio has failed us miserably.
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Usability
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
Twilio has well documented APIs and examples. There are several tutorials, videos and Q&As regarding their services. So, usability is very good. I must say that advanced knowledge of telephony, API/Programming and error-handling is essential to make good use of Twilio. It's not just plug-and-play unless you are integrated with a system that has all of the programming built for it.
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Performance
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
Twilio executes what it is designed to do: send SMS messages at scale while providing very good deliverability. I believe that Twilio is very good at what we use for adding SMS messages to our comms strategy. We can see those messages get opened and replied to, which is exactly what we are looking to achieve.
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Support Rating
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
I have not had to communicate with Twilio support in the last 3 years but my past experience with them has been very positive. They replied to my previous requests promptly and kept me well informed to resolve my inquiries. With their documentation that's available, I hardly imagine why anyone would need to contact support since it's all there in a concise and easy to understand format. It would probably take you longer to type out a support ticket than to just open their doc websites.
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Implementation Rating
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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Alternatives Considered
MSG91
After going through all of them we felt MSG91 is more cleaner in terms of integration details and also the support by their tech team. Integration wish Twilio was very good but the dashboard and other features which MSG91 provides were somewhat similar or easy to understand for our team.
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Twilio
We evaluated many fundraising-based text-to-give programs and found the subscriptions prohibitively expensive for our small scale and uncertain first few years of development. While we may be willing to invest that kind of money after discovering how things work, we're happy with Twilio now and have no desire to start over.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
MSG91
No answers on this topic
Twilio
Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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Return on Investment
MSG91
  • As compared to the price MSG91 is value for money for the things we get
  • The SMS rates are not so high and you can easily use for small to enterprise level company.
  • The dashboard of MSG91 helps a lot in understanding whats going wrong and can be improved.
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Twilio
  • The introduction of Twilio in our organization has provided us with fast and more secure customer communication and engagement channels.
  • Twilio has enabled us to deliver effortless experiences to all our customers across every touchpoint.
  • The product has made it possible for us to track our business performance and campaigns. This has been achieved by optimizing strategies and ensuring quality analytics and reporting.
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