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Twilio Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives
Twilio product overview
What is Twilio?
Twilio brings a powerful API for phone services enabling companies to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive text messages. It allows programmers to easily integrate various communication methods and to use existing web development skills and codes to solve communication problems.
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Twilio pricing information
Value for money
4.3
/5
407
Starting from
0.01
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Twilio features
Functionality
4.6
/5
407
Total features
82
18 categories
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Twilio users reviews
Overall Rating
4.5
/5
407
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- Likelihood to recommend8.59/10
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Richard L.
Owner
Events Services, 1-10 employees
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Rick L.: Hi, I'm Rick. I own an event company and I would give Twilio a five out of five. Before we launched...
Ryan H.
Marketing Director
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
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Ryan H.: Hi, I'm Ryan. I'm the director of marketing in a marketing company, and I give Twilio a four...
Sam B.
Logistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Because I don't make any changes to Twilio on my own, the barrier to entry requires me to rely on third-party developers to fulfill all my requests due to my technological limitations. While this could be considered a good thing, as most business owners should not be screwing around with their phone system, it does mean that I need to be reliant on a third party to help make the Twilio implementation I dream up. When everything is set up correctly, I never have issues with Twilio. That level of reliability means a lot when it comes to a business phone system. Because of this, I wholeheartedly recommend Twilio to any business. Just be prepared to take a deep dive into the learning curve or hire a third party.
Twilio has set the bar pretty high with the customizability of telephony. You can do incredible things with Twilio. From a simple phone tree to complex actions that integrate other applications with the likes of Zapier and other no-code services, the sky is the limit for most small business owners to create great solutions.
The downside is the learning curve. In comparison, I consider myself tutorial literate when coding and setting systems up. I can't seem the find the ability to build proficiency in Twilio. And while this is my own doing, it is my only con. Twilio is incredible. For whatever reason, I have difficulty handling the tweaking on my own.
Boaz D.
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 2+ years
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Twilio is a powerful and flexible cloud communications platform that can be beneficial for businesses looking for scalability and customization. It is However, it may not be the most cost-effective option, and the lack of hands-on support could be a problem for some businesses.
- Can handle large volumes of communication traffic.- Easy and straightforward integration of communication functionality into existing systems and applications- High reliability and uptime, ensuring that communications are delivered quickly and efficiently.
- Twilio's pricing can be higher than some other communication platforms- Twilio's API-based platform can be complex for non-technical users- Their self-service support model may not be suitable for those who require a more hands-on approach
Or M.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall I'm happy with the product but when something goes wrong you're all alone.
Twilio's API for SMS / Voice is by far the easiest we've used in our company. Their documentation is great and complete.
Twilio dashboard is good but not perfect. You can't load logs for long periods (like 2+ months) and when you try you get an exception. When I brought it up with their support they completely ignored my comment. Some of the support team at Twilio is okay. Some of them are the worst: Rude, unhelpful and stubborn and zero knowledge about their product and the industry they are part of.
Lara V.
Banking, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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I have to say that as an employee who has used Twilio for a number of projects, my overall experience has been very positive. Because it made it simple for us to incorporate voice, messaging, and video capabilities into our applications, Twilio has been an essential component of our communication strategy.The ease of use of Twilio is one of its most appealing features. The APIs are well-documented...
The ease with which Twilio can be integrated into our applications is the feature that I value most. The APIs are well-documented, and the website's code samples and tutorials make getting started simple.The Programmable Messaging API made it simple for us to send and receive text messages for one of the projects we used Twilio for, a messaging app. We also saved a lot of time and effort by using the...
Twilio's Programmable Voice API went down for a brief period of time once, resulting in some issues with our app. Although I am aware that technical issues can arise, it was somewhat discouraging to have to deal with them at a crucial point in our project. Luckily, the blackout was settled rapidly, and we had the option to refocus.The fact that some of the features we required for our project necessitated...
Brian H.
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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The API was easy to use, well documented, and accurate (to the documentation provided). I was up and running with a programmatic call to Twilio to send text messages from my application within 15 minutes. Twilio Studio and flows provide a great user experience that puts a lot of power into a non-developers hands for managing communication and escalation. Example flows give you just about everything you would need to get started building your own flow.
Certain aspects, like accounts, sub-accounts, and management can only be done using the API. These are minor and usually one and done (so they could be done with tool like Postman or SOAPUI).
Twilio FAQs
Twilio has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $0.01
Free Trial: Available
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