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At one of my jobs we were sending millions of notifications; our Twilio bill was $50-100K / month. At that level you start caring a lot about your cost per mess
by vincentmarle 5y ago
At one of my jobs we were sending millions of notifications; our Twilio bill was $50-100K / month. At that level you start caring a lot about your cost per message and do everything you can to bring it down. Yeah it's always a hassle and annoying to implement a proper notification system, but the difference is that the extra effort is a one-time implementation cost, not an ongoing one (at least not an ongoing $50K/mo commitment at least).
- troygoode 5y agoFWIW we find that most software teams end up significantly rebuilding/refactoring their notification infra every 2-3 years, so it isn't completely a one-time implementation. Not to mention ongoing maintenance, supporting the product/design/marketing teams' change requests, etc. We do offer lower per-message prices for high-volume customers and are even able to help customers with cost optimization in certain scenarios, e.g. dynamically routing SMS messages to the lowest cost provider depending on the recipient's region (e.g. MessageBird is 15% cheaper than Twilio in Germany).