Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Telegram is an open source and free messaging app with a focus on speed and security. Telegram can be used on all devices at the same time — messages sync across any number of phones, tablets or computers. Telegram boasts over 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world.N/A
Telnyx
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
Offering a communications platform that provides global carrier-grade services, Telnyx in Chicago maintains an international, private IP network and grants its customers control over their communications through its portal and RESTful API. Telnyx products include voice (elastic SIP trunking, global number search, and telephony data), programmatic messaging, wireless (mobile IoT), embedded communications (WebRTC) and automated networking. Customers provision services a la carte and pay by usage…
$2
per month
Textmagic
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Textmagic is an SMS communication platform for businesses. It facilitates direct engagement with customers through messaging, offering tools for marketing campaigns, customer support, and notifications. Its suite of features includes personalized messages, automation capabilities, and detailed analytics, providing a solution for businesses looking to harness the immediacy and reach of SMS.
$20
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Identity Services & Data
$0.0015
per LRN lookup
Voice API
$0.002
per minute
SMS API
$0.0025
per send (free to receive)
Elastic SIP Trunking
$0.0035 ($0.005)
origination (termination) per minute
Fax
$0.0070
per page
Verify API
$0.04
per API call
Wireless
$2.00
per month
Networking
$100.00
per month (starting price)
Pay as You Go Plan
$0.05
per outbound text
Pay as You Go Plan
$0.05
per outbound text
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TelegramTelnyxTextmagic
Free Trial
NoYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTelnyx offers additional discounts as customers scale.
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Small Businesses
WhatsApp Business
WhatsApp Business
Score 8.8 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WhatsApp Business
WhatsApp Business
Score 8.8 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
WhatsApp Business
WhatsApp Business
Score 8.8 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
TelegramTelnyxTextmagic
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(8 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
10.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
TelegramTelnyxTextmagic
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
Telegram has been very well suited for family video calls and conversations where detailed and private information is being shared. Video calling is fantastic and I'm so thrilled that they added group video calls now! The video quality is also so good that I've been able to use it to make virtual portrait sessions happen. I just don't use this for sending out formal contracts and things like that. I feel like email still needs to be used for those scenarios, but any client that just wants a secure way of communicating with me about their private family matters...this is THE app to use!
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Telnyx
Telnyx is well suited for general phone number provisioning as they have a large pool to choose from. There is certainly room to grow with fax troubleshooting.
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Textmagic
TextMagic is a wonderful solution for small businesses or non-profits just adding an SMS text service to their marketing outreach program. Very easy to set up and use. Customers seem to like SMS as a method of communication. Easily lets you keep in touch with them at a very nominal cost. Immediate feedback if they respond to your text on the dashboard through chat.
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Pros
Open Source
  • Easy to use and user friendly
  • Collaborating application
  • File sharing
  • Audio and video calling feature
  • Instant messaging
  • Channel and group formation
  • Data security
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Telnyx
  • Price Matters for the flourishing organization like us. Telnyx [is] affordable to us.
  • Telnyx is very generous in terms of providing regular updates through webinar , free credits, real time support . One most important is that they are not in hurry of closing the account because of minus balance.
  • Telnyx Portal is pretty easy to navigate and manage the customized settings.
  • Among other giant SIP providers I found Telnyx with very modern and humble customer approach.
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Textmagic
  • Employees can connect via text messages using two-way chat messages.
  • Emails can be converted to text messages and sent as SMS.
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Cons
Open Source
  • It is so safe to use that many users can share anything, including private pictures of anyone, even nudity as well. That is horribly disgusting.
  • They should restrict those users who run nudity in the Telegram groups and community.
  • Otherwise, I don't have any problem[s with] Telegram. I am a very satisfied user of Telegram.
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Telnyx
  • Number testing: Currently I need to call our fax numbers manually to confirm fax tones. It would be useful to test numbers in bulk from the portal.
  • Troubleshooting: Currently, samples are needed for each fax transmission when there are issues. And those samples need to be within 24-48 hours. It would be useful if Telnyx could do a health check out proactively to gather information on high failure counts prior to customer reports.
  • Transparency with system issues: We've run into scenarios where we wanted information on system-wide fax failures, but when the issues were resolved we didn't get root cause analysis.
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Textmagic
  • Connection between other services ERP, CRM and slack.
  • Textmagic is a tool for kids who want to SMS chat.
  • The possibility to change the SMS provider to Twilio or others. It is not legal to forbid that but they find a way to bypass that.
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Likelihood to Renew
Open Source
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Telnyx
No answers on this topic
Textmagic
I am very happy with how TextMagic is working. I don't see a reason to spend time searching for another solution when this works great at a good price. Customers have shown a good response to the text messages we have send. Very small percentage unsubscribed (but that was automated/easy).
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Usability
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Telnyx
They utilize a private IP network back end that makes SIP configuration for inter-carrier operation difficult because they assume that projecting their private network outside is ok.
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Textmagic
It has been very easy to use TextMagic to set up. The calculator showing character count which relates to cost is easy to see and adjust. The scheduling portion is also easy to set up and edit if needed. You can see history to copy wording if you need to. I have suggested to other friends that do not have a text service.
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Support Rating
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Telnyx
They are providing services using a Freeswitch system behind a NAT router and they expect carriers to deal with their NAT network. Their support team does not seem to understand that problems caused by exposing a NAT switch to the Internet at large.
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Textmagic
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
I used WhatsApp Business but it's limited. I can add only 250+/- members to the WhatsApp group. But in Telegram, it's 200000. So this is a big opportunity to promote my event. Telegram has much more user data privacy and company transparency than Signal. I am using both but telegram for vas communication
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Telnyx
Easy of use and better prices. Outstanding customer service. Variety of services in telecommunication needs. Easy use of interface even for not experienced users. Migration of SIP numbers is easier. Reporting is very easy to use and customizable for our specific needs, so we can keep track of costs in an easy way
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Textmagic
TextMagic just worked. Where Trello seemed like we needed to jump through a bunch of hoops to get it working, TextMagic was simple to set up. Everything seemed streamlined and easy to manage.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • Easy spread of information and updates among customers.
  • Easier and faster communication among colleagues.
  • Groups may accumulate a huge number of people.
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Telnyx
  • Due to easy SIP truncation the cost of customer approach has become very convenient internationally. We got a so much scaling to play on large customer base. And large base makes sense of large positive ROI.
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Textmagic
  • It's just a small part of our communications with employees but they appreciate it very much!
  • It is a very cost effective communications tool.
  • There is no negative impact. I just need to remember to update the contact lists with any employee changes.
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