Plivo vs. Stream Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Plivo
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Plivo’s cloud communication platform offers a way for companies to modernize their business communications. Plivo’s API platform lets businesses incorporate voice and text messaging capabilities (both SMS and MMS) into their own applications, and offers SIP trunking and phone number rental services. Benefits of choosing Plivo include: • Supports sending messages and making voice calls to 190+ countries. • Enterprise-ready Premium Communication Network boasts an uptime…
$0
per SMS recieved
Stream Chat
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Stream.io offers a chat API for Custom Messaging Apps used to build real-time chat messaging to ship in-app messaging, via Stream.io's chat infrastructure and SDKs.N/A
Pricing
PlivoStream Chat
Editions & Modules
SMS API Platform
$0
per SMS recieved
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0
per call recieved/per minute
SMS API Platform
$0.01
per SMS sent
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call recieved/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Local Numbers
$0.50
per month
Toll Free Numbers
$1
per month
Short Code
$500
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PlivoStream Chat
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PlivoStream Chat
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Best Alternatives
PlivoStream Chat
Small Businesses
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
PlivoStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(3 ratings)
8.6
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PlivoStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Plivo
If you have a business and a phone you need Plivo so you can track all incoming calls. Using this service allows for you to track an[y] missed calls allowing you the ability to try to call potential customers, clients and see how you can help them with your products and or services.
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Stream.IO, Inc.
Based on my experience, here are some scenarios where Stream Chat is well suited: 1. If you want to build a real-time chat system then it is a very important use case. 2. Also good if you want to integrate it into gaming applications. However, there are also scenarios where Stream Chat may be less appropriate. For example: 1. stream chat use cases are mostly for real-time messaging use cases only but if you are someone who don't have such use case than you can skip stream chat
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Pros
Plivo
  • Easy integration
  • Customer service is good
  • Services are prompt
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Stream.IO, Inc.
  • Well, if there's a need for real-time messaging need then stream chat is there for the help.
  • Multi-platform support of Stream chat is really good. It supports a range of platforms like web, desktop, mobile.
  • Also it is very easy for developer to customise there need with the help of its documentation which make it very easy to implement.
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Cons
Plivo
  • Customer support
  • Response times
  • Account transparency
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Stream.IO, Inc.
  • Better documentation on more subtle use-case scenarios
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Usability
Plivo
They deserve a 10+ rating starting from signing up to implementing their services. I am not the best person to get computer tasks done and this company made it a breeze.
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Stream.IO, Inc.
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Support Rating
Plivo
  • It is good to use Plivo for integration, and also it provides easy access to APIs, and also, the UI is understandable.
  • Even a non-techy can use Plivo and integrate the services if required.
  • You have all the APIs available at a single place for your ready reference. Things are manageable and easy.
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Stream.IO, Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
Plivo
  • Yes, it is good to use Plivo, as per the pricing and ease of integration. Twilio has a difficult pattern for business developers and could be understood only by a developer.
  • Plivo has proper delivery reports as compared to Twilio. Using Plivo has helped us grow efficiently and in a good manner.
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Stream.IO, Inc.
Why we prefer stream chat over Twilio was as follows: 1. User interface customization: Stream Chat provides wide range of user interface customization feature than Twilio. 2. Moderation tools: Stream chat provides a lot of moderation tools to manage chat and content being generate real time on the app. 3. Collaboration features: collaboration feature of stream chat is really good. Very simple collaboration features are provided by Stream Chat
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Return on Investment
Plivo
  • None now that they no longer support their product
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Stream.IO, Inc.
  • stream chat saved a lot of our cost which we may have invested in building our own messaging system
  • stream chat saved a lot of our time which we may have invested in building our own messaging system
  • overall the ROI for us with stream chat was higher
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