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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.

    $0

    per min per participant

    WebEngage

    Score4.1 out of 10
    N/AWebEngage calls itself a multi-channel user engagement platform. It automates communication across a user's lifecycle and helps companies send messages via these channels: Web Messages In-app Messages Push Notifications Web Push Notification Email Marketing SMS Marketing Facebook Remarketing According to the vendor, cross-device tracking helps keep communication coherent and contextual, making the…N/A
    Pricing
    TwilioWebEngage
    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)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TwilioWebEngage
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    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.Pricing is customised according to the customer usage and requirement. Contact support@webengage.com to know more about pricing plans.
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    Community Pulse
    TwilioWebEngage
    Considered Both Products
    Twilio
    No answer on this topic
    WebEngage
    Chose WebEngage
    WebEngage helped us and supported us to achieve our business objectives which were lacking with other tools.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    TwilioWebEngage
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Twilio and WebEngage
    Feature
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    WebEngage
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Dynamic content00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Twilio and WebEngage
    Feature
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    WebEngage
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings6.65 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings5.65 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Twilio and WebEngage
    Feature
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    WebEngage
    6.9
    6 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings5.74 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Twilio and WebEngage
    Feature
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    WebEngage
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.76 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Twilio and WebEngage
    Feature
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    WebEngage
    7.1
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
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    TwilioWebEngage
    Small Businesses
    Simplify360
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Customer.io
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Service Cloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TwilioWebEngage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TwilioWebEngage
    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.
    Incentivized
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    WebEngage
    WebEngage can easily reduce turnaround time for product and marketing teams to execute marketing campaigns for specific user segments as well as remove any dependency on internal tech teams for the development and maintenance of automation journeys. Further, A/B tests can be executed to measure the performance of message variants in real-time directly from the panel. But WebEngage lacks a robust Analytics platform. While basic metrics such as open rate and click-through rate for messages being sent can be considered for reporting, attribution is still not the strongest suit in case the marketing team relies on multiple Ad networks for acquisition. Thus, as per experience, it's better to use the automation suite offered by WebEngage with a different data analytics platform.
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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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    WebEngage
    • Ease in creating user journeys.
    • Easy implementation of APIs.
    • Good reporting dashboard and scheduling features.
    • Segmentation of the users is easy.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    WebEngage
    • Relays
    • Onsite should have more options of templates.
    • Backend support for better reachability of the channels.
    • Cohort studies should be more customizable.
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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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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    WebEngage
    WebEngage's dashboard is relatively more intuitive and easy to understand. Further in terms of cost as well it is value to money as it delivers excellent ROI. The after-sales support is also better in terms of responsiveness and helps in case of issues with the execution of campaigns. The account managers also ideate and help in the optimization and creation of new user journeys.
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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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    WebEngage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WebEngage
    • Helped in lowering cost of marketing.
    • Driving higher volume of Direct Sales.
    • Increasing conversion rate on the website.
    • Increasing lead to sale ratio.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Twilio Screenshots

    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.

    WebEngage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Webengage dashboard - User AnalyticsScreenshot of Webenagge dashboard - User DetailsScreenshot of Webengage dashboard - Creating Mobile notificationsScreenshot of Webengage dashboard - Creating EmailsScreenshot of Webengage Dashboard - Journey DesignerScreenshot of Webengage Dashboard - Journey Designer (2)