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I think this is a nice idea, but I'm worried about the, let's be honest, needless single point of failure this adds to my architecture. Nothing this does ought

I think this is a nice idea, but I'm worried about the, let's be honest, needless single point of failure this adds to my architecture. Nothing this does ought to be more than a 100 line open source project (which is not criticism btw - if you can monetize a tiny codebase, more power to you!). But because it's SaaS, you need to depend on someone else to keep their service up and running. Because of that simple reason, I'd only use this for optional stuff, but I struggle to think of a use case where notifications are optional. ps. that said, this is a very attractive service to send SMS to Europe. I know of no service that undercuts $0.10 per SMS to European countries unless you buy in huge bulks.

vortico 9y ago
You could implement your own so that at least you're in control of your single point of failure.
mgkimsal 9y ago
> I know of no service that undercuts $0.10 per SMS to European countries unless you buy in huge bulks. Twilio looks to be under $0.10 for more than a few european countries I checked: https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ch https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ch https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/de https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/de https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/es https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/es https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/se https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/se https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/fi https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/fi https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/nl https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/nl
- skrebbel 9y ago
  Oh wow! Things got cheaper since last I checked, thanks!
  - mgkimsal 9y ago
    Cool. I've noticed a couple of price drops in the last couple of years, although I don't do any european SMS right now, it's good to know. Looks like plivo has some good rates too: https://www.plivo.com/pricing/ES/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/ES/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FR/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FR/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FI/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FI/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/SE/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/SE/#!sms The monthly cost of a number with plivo seems a bit higher, overall, but also looks like they have free incoming SMS, which may end up being a much better deal for some use cases.

vortico 9y ago

You could implement your own so that at least you're in control of your single point of failure.

mgkimsal 9y ago

> I know of no service that undercuts $0.10 per SMS to European countries unless you buy in huge bulks. Twilio looks to be under $0.10 for more than a few european countries I checked: https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ch https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ch https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/de https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/de https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/es https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/es https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/se https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/se https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/fi https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/fi https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/nl https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/nl

skrebbel 9y ago
Oh wow! Things got cheaper since last I checked, thanks!
- mgkimsal 9y ago
  Cool. I've noticed a couple of price drops in the last couple of years, although I don't do any european SMS right now, it's good to know. Looks like plivo has some good rates too: https://www.plivo.com/pricing/ES/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/ES/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FR/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FR/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FI/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/FI/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/SE/#!sms https://www.plivo.com/pricing/SE/#!sms The monthly cost of a number with plivo seems a bit higher, overall, but also looks like they have free incoming SMS, which may end up being a much better deal for some use cases.