Telnyx vs. WhatsApp Business

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
WhatsApp Business
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
WhatsApp Business is a free to download app that was built FOR small business, allowing users to connect with customers easily by using tools to automate, sort and quickly respond to messages. For medium and large businesses, the WhatsApp Business API powers communication with customers all over the world, allowing them to connect with them on WhatsApp in a simple, secure, and reliable way.N/A
Pricing
TelnyxWhatsApp Business
Editions & Modules
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)
WhatsApp Business
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TelnyxWhatsApp Business
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTelnyx offers additional discounts as customers scale.
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
TelnyxWhatsApp Business
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(7 ratings)
9.2
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
TelnyxWhatsApp Business
Likelihood to Recommend
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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By using WhatsApp Business, I can now respond to customers faster, keep them updated about new deals, and even send out surveys to understand their needs. The ability to send stickers and photos makes the app more interactive and engaging. It easily beats other social networks in terms of the quality and quantity of messages sent, which is a good thing for businesses.
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Pros
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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  • Ease of communication with clients which helped us in improving our customer satisfaction and quick response time.
  • We can customise messages for different clients such as for vendors, business clients.
  • Excellent support in share images, videos, documents. It saves a whole lot of time and effort by email it to various clients and stakeholders.
  • Various options to create catalogue & showcase accordingly
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Cons
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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Meta Platforms Inc
  • UI/UX of WhatsApp has room for improvement. The goal should be to add more features for business interactions outside of the everyday messenger. (interface wise, not feature wise)
  • Multi-device use is added but it's still not as flexible and fast as other messengers like Telegram
  • File transfer is time consuming and troublesome. It also has limits.
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Likelihood to Renew
Telnyx
No answers on this topic
Meta Platforms Inc
It's ease and pocket friendly use makes it best in the market when you are required to connect with client directly and showcase your products. One needs to understand how powerful WhatsApp Business as a tool is if he/she knows it's use at it's potential. There are many customisations one can do and interact with multiple clients at one time which saves time and efforts.
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Usability
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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Meta Platforms Inc
Most reliable app for business and personal use. I rely on it with any hesitation. Its encrypted chatting system impresses me a lot. Easy file transfer is also appreciated. Maximum people use this app, so I can communicate with most people through this. It makes my life more comfortable.
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Support Rating
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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Meta Platforms Inc
There were some issues in the beginning when the app used to get hanged. We had emailed customer support, and we received a response promptly. There was an issue with the phone where some updates had to be downloaded. You can also complete a form online to contact customer support. The staff can speak many languages
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Alternatives Considered
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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Meta Platforms Inc
In a business organisation communication is the main factor for the development. And WhatsApp Business is the most perfect software for it. The software is designed with full of perfect features for the better communication. It performs very effectively than other software. I am fully satisfied with the features of the software. A superb software to me.
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Return on Investment
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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Meta Platforms Inc
  • With WhatsApp Business help, productivity has risen while email and text messages continue to be used.
  • It’s helpful to adapt, have a positive business return, and use WhatsApp Business groups to manage communication with specific people.
  • Integrating the company and the improvement of its visibility allowed for better optimization of customer engagement.
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