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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Twilio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ATwilio 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.

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    Pricing
    Twilio
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Twilio
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
    Additional Details1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing without contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as usage grows. 3. Free trial credit that includes full API access.
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    Community Pulse
    Twilio
    Considered Both Products
    Twilio
    Chose Twilio
    Out of all these other platforms I tried, I used ClickSend the longest before switching back to Twilio. I always kept going back to Twilio because it outperformed and and the savings were always bigger with Twilio.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Before Twilio, we used Take Blip for WhatsApp (chat) support and LogMeIn for call support.

    Antes da Twilio, usávamos o Take Blip para os atendimentos de Whatsapp (chat) e o LogMeIn para os atendimentos de ligações (call).
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    I'll be honest it wasn't my decision to go with Twilio and I wasn't part of the buying committee. We chose to go with them since a different department of ours used their services previously and recommended and led the process with them when our issues were brought up to them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    It's more customizable and scalable. It's more of an enterprise solution with a complete platform that provides good SLAs compared to other vendors, which often will need to be supplemented to meet the full product suite
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    This is really geography-dependent. Bandwidth is good in the US, but they had a reliability issue a few years ago. They have similar pricing and are more open to partnering. Sinch is more telco-focused and has great reliability, not big in the US market. Infobip is EU based and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio was already there when I started.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    We have looked at some of Twilio competitors, like Infobip, Sich and Bandwith. Prices on all of them for voice minutes and SMS are way cheaper than Twilio. But none of them seem to offer as many features and ease of use as Twilio. Specially from an API point of view
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    I haven't looked at other solutions
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    I think Twilio is as stable as Avaya in the sense that it comunicates well, but the market is really more into Avaya, so we had to go into a lot of effort to convince everyone in the company that Twilio was good and would work. I think it doesn't hold up againt Watson, because …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    I've also worked with ChatApp which is another communications integration platform for multiple channels such as WhatsApp and Telegram. I did find their integration setup process a bit more streamlined plus they don't have a WhatsApp template approval process. This then begs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio is the idea solution for our needs, which involves sending targeted SMS messages to prospects who have opted into our ads. We do this to communicate offers/services and also to remind prospects in the lead-up to sales appointments (plus post-meeting communications). We …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio stacks up against competitors with its knowledge and experience in the messaging industry. Others lack the ability and know how, to compete effectively. Twilio knows how to do business in complex regions worldwide, and we are so happy to have Twilio as our partner to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio has given us more competitive rates than the other providers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    We've only used Twilio.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio is most easy to implement and operate comparing with other solutions in the wide-industry. Easy to use, quickly integration, and excellent API documentation was helpful to developers for integrate Twilio solutions in our applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Amazon connect
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    I’m using or have used these services. I like to try multiple applications. I’ve selected Twilio because the documentation in C# is amazing.
    Incentivized
    Chose 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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    We needed a tool that could be implemented into our software. Since Twilio offers libraries that can be programmed into any software, we decided to use Twilio. Also, the documentation and prices were better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    Twilio was referred to me by a business colleague, and I can't be more thankful! Twilio has helped my Facebook page by leaps and bounds, and I haven't even considered trying another chat option for my page. It is easy to set up, and customer service is quick to answer any and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio
    This software is so complex we can say that Twilio works so much better in the interface, also the features provided by Twilio are far better than this software it also includes SMS, MMS, and so many other functionalities which helps a developer to communicate with the help of …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Twilio
    I have tried other competitors. But I always end up going back to Twilio because I feel like it is dependable, easy to use, and, has competitive pricing. The only time I wouldn't recommend Twilio to someone as if they are completely inexperienced about using webhooks or APIs. Because you can't really just sign up and start using Twilio without connecting it to another platform first.
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    Pros
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Return on Investment
    Twilio
    • We found that associates who had the opportunity to respond to a survey about their assigned job were 37% more likely to return to a job site
    • We were able to reduce the number of resources required to manually respond to associates using Twilio Studio, so those resources could have more time to complete other tasks
    • We were able to scale the number of associates who received survey messages at least by a factor of 8 without increasing our resource demand
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    Screenshot of the “Explore Products” section, which is where to build products.Screenshot of the optional drag-and-drop visual editor and code editor.Screenshot of Flex, which is a programmable Contact Center that puts you in control.