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The pricing seems rather outrageous. Is it not fair to compare with, say, Google Fi at $10/gig?

stanleydrew 10y ago
Not exactly fair, since this is targeted at lower-usage IoT/sensor use-cases where the difference in price between sending 1MB per day and 2MB per day is pennies. At these prices, it doesn't make any sense to put it in your phone unless you really like Twilio.
asmithmd1 10y ago
Google Fi is a good deal, but what if you want just a little bit of cell data? Add in the ability to manage fleets of devices with an API. There is a service available now that sells SIMs for IoT applications: http://neo.aeris.com/ http://neo.aeris.com/
pbrumm 10y ago
with google fi you can also order extra data sim's with no monthly fee. And they use your phone's $10/gb plan.
- birdmanjeremy 10y ago
  This is what I do. It's basically free.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  You can get a bucket of data to use across multiple data devices with Google Fi?
qq66 10y ago
The price per megabyte is high but the price per SIM card per month is very reasonable. Twilio has never competed on price, it's competed on being the absolute easiest service to integrate with the rest of your infrastructure. Looks like a good choice if you want a lot of nodes without Wi-Fi to report back a small stream of data each month.
ac29 10y ago
Seems they should at least be pricing it the same as their smartphone pricing. $40 on T-mobile gets me 6GB of data with unlimited voice and SMS (and benefits like international roaming, zero-rated music services, etc), where under this plan it would get me 2GB of data, with no voice or SMS. I have friends in a large group plan who pay under $30/month for 10GB of data and all the other features. The low bandwitdh pricing is very competitive with existing offerings, though.
- angryasian 10y ago
  sorry to be off topic, but what plan gets you 6GB with unlimited voice and sms for $40. Their website currently lists 3 Gb prepaid plan / unlimited for $40. The online only deal is 5 Gb , 100 minutes for $30.
  - maskull 10y ago
    I think it's if you opt out of the unlimited music streaming + data bank.
yardie 10y ago
Fi is not $10/gig. It's $20+$10/gig. Which for anything IoT is incredibly expensive. There are cheaper options out there.
whazor 10y ago
To be fair, pricing of Twillio has always been outrageous. Competitors are offering similar services for lower costs (for example Nexmo and Plivo).
- SuperKlaus 10y ago
  Can second that, Plivo always had great pricing.
pmorici 10y ago
It's half the price of ting https://ting.com/rates https://ting.com/rates

Not exactly fair, since this is targeted at lower-usage IoT/sensor use-cases where the difference in price between sending 1MB per day and 2MB per day is pennies. At these prices, it doesn't make any sense to put it in your phone unless you really like Twilio.

asmithmd1 10y ago

Google Fi is a good deal, but what if you want just a little bit of cell data? Add in the ability to manage fleets of devices with an API. There is a service available now that sells SIMs for IoT applications: http://neo.aeris.com/ http://neo.aeris.com/

pbrumm 10y ago

with google fi you can also order extra data sim's with no monthly fee. And they use your phone's $10/gb plan.

birdmanjeremy 10y ago
This is what I do. It's basically free.
toomuchtodo 10y ago
You can get a bucket of data to use across multiple data devices with Google Fi?

qq66 10y ago

The price per megabyte is high but the price per SIM card per month is very reasonable. Twilio has never competed on price, it's competed on being the absolute easiest service to integrate with the rest of your infrastructure. Looks like a good choice if you want a lot of nodes without Wi-Fi to report back a small stream of data each month.

ac29 10y ago

Seems they should at least be pricing it the same as their smartphone pricing. $40 on T-mobile gets me 6GB of data with unlimited voice and SMS (and benefits like international roaming, zero-rated music services, etc), where under this plan it would get me 2GB of data, with no voice or SMS. I have friends in a large group plan who pay under $30/month for 10GB of data and all the other features. The low bandwitdh pricing is very competitive with existing offerings, though.

angryasian 10y ago
sorry to be off topic, but what plan gets you 6GB with unlimited voice and sms for $40. Their website currently lists 3 Gb prepaid plan / unlimited for $40. The online only deal is 5 Gb , 100 minutes for $30.
- maskull 10y ago
  I think it's if you opt out of the unlimited music streaming + data bank.

yardie 10y ago

Fi is not $10/gig. It's $20+$10/gig. Which for anything IoT is incredibly expensive. There are cheaper options out there.

whazor 10y ago

To be fair, pricing of Twillio has always been outrageous. Competitors are offering similar services for lower costs (for example Nexmo and Plivo).

SuperKlaus 10y ago
Can second that, Plivo always had great pricing.

pmorici 10y ago

It's half the price of ting https://ting.com/rates https://ting.com/rates