Plivo vs. Stream Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Plivo
Score 10.0 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
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PlivoStream Chat
Considered Both Products
Plivo
Chose 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 …
Stream Chat
Chose Stream Chat
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 …
Best Alternatives
PlivoStream Chat
Small Businesses
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Telegram
Score 8.9 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Telegram
Telegram
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
PlivoStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PlivoStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Scenarios, where stream chat is best suited, are as follows: 1. social networking apps where users want to interact with each other then it is the best fit to integrate stream chat into the system. 2. in Gaming, Stream Chat is a good choice to make a chat functionality in multiplayer games, where real-time communication plays key role. While Stream Chat is well-suited for many use cases, there are also scenarios where it may be less appropriate. For example: 1. if you are an application where the message volume is low then you can skip the solution and can go for cheaper alternatives. 2. application with less resources can ma skip stream chat.
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Pros
  • Easy integration
  • Customer service is good
  • Services are prompt
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  • Helped in scaling the digital needs of the venture. so very good in scalability.
  • stream chat provides real-time messaging capabilities, enabling users to send and receive messages instantly.
  • Stream Chat provides moderation tools that enable developers to manage chat content and user behavior.
  • Stream Chat integrates easily with other platforms and tools, including popular development frameworks, mobile and web applications, and third-party services such as authentication providers and analytics tools.
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Cons
  • Customer support
  • Response times
  • Account transparency
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  • well when the scalability is concerned, I think there is the room for improvement of course. When the volume of messages and chats go up, stream chat performance can may suffer.
  • Pricing model is bit confusing. It can be make simpler and can be break into small subsets or so. If i am using half of the tools with stream chats than there should be some easy models of payment.
  • Analytics part of stream chat can be more transparent. as a analyst i would love to understand metrics thoroughly.
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Usability
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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Support Rating
I sent a question to support via email and within 12 hours heard back in an email. They also provided me a phone number for further help if I could not solve my issue.
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Alternatives Considered
  • 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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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
  • None now that they no longer support their product
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  • Popular functionality demanded by users enhance their perception
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