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Same here! So, i wonder then, who would be a viable alternative to Twilio?

tobinfekkes 4y ago
Unfortunately, I haven't found any. There are some hacky solutions that I've bookmarked over the years, but nothing reliable enough for a production service(s). At least that I've found. Most "alternative" SMS services a simply a façade built on top of Twilio, with the markup to prove it.
STELLANOVA 4y ago
There are some alternatives for example: https://wavecell.com/sms/ https://wavecell.com/sms/ While they are mostly known in Asia but they offer service in Europe/North America as well.
- tobinfekkes 4y ago
  Thank you for sharing. Haven't heard of this before.
jpeg_hero 4y ago
i've used these guys: Thinq and they are awesome for sms / messaging apis https://www.thinq.com/sms-mms-text-messaging/ https://www.thinq.com/sms-mms-text-messaging/
startledmarmot 4y ago
Hey! I'd naturally recommend SignalWire (as one of the founders over there.) We have a full messaging + voice + video APIs, including a Twilio-compatible API just for people who need to switch. We're backed by companies like Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, and Samsung so we know how to make telecom infra! https://signalwire.com/products/cloud-messaging https://signalwire.com/products/cloud-messaging We're also the folks behind the open-source FreeSWITCH framework that powers companies like Bandwidth, Five9, Dialpad, Zoom Voice... maybe even your own company's PBX! https://freeswitch.com https://freeswitch.com
- robbiep 4y ago
  How are you preventing the type of attack that is being described here? Thanks
- rsync 4y ago
  Million dollar question: Do you have a god-damned email verb for twiml ? I mean, seriously. Twilio could allow (verified-ownership emails only) for the simplest possible email integration into twiml for the sole purpose of alerting and paging, etc. No spam possible since it's only verified account-controlled emails. Basically sending email to yourself from within twiml. But no. Instead they bought sendgrid and email integration is a complete abomination of a two-company, two platform, two accounts workflow that is fragile and fails all the time. So ... do you ?

Unfortunately, I haven't found any. There are some hacky solutions that I've bookmarked over the years, but nothing reliable enough for a production service(s). At least that I've found. Most "alternative" SMS services a simply a façade built on top of Twilio, with the markup to prove it.

STELLANOVA 4y ago

There are some alternatives for example: https://wavecell.com/sms/ https://wavecell.com/sms/ While they are mostly known in Asia but they offer service in Europe/North America as well.

tobinfekkes 4y ago
Thank you for sharing. Haven't heard of this before.

jpeg_hero 4y ago

i've used these guys: Thinq and they are awesome for sms / messaging apis https://www.thinq.com/sms-mms-text-messaging/ https://www.thinq.com/sms-mms-text-messaging/

startledmarmot 4y ago

Hey! I'd naturally recommend SignalWire (as one of the founders over there.) We have a full messaging + voice + video APIs, including a Twilio-compatible API just for people who need to switch. We're backed by companies like Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, and Samsung so we know how to make telecom infra! https://signalwire.com/products/cloud-messaging https://signalwire.com/products/cloud-messaging We're also the folks behind the open-source FreeSWITCH framework that powers companies like Bandwidth, Five9, Dialpad, Zoom Voice... maybe even your own company's PBX! https://freeswitch.com https://freeswitch.com

robbiep 4y ago
How are you preventing the type of attack that is being described here? Thanks
rsync 4y ago
Million dollar question: Do you have a god-damned email verb for twiml ? I mean, seriously. Twilio could allow (verified-ownership emails only) for the simplest possible email integration into twiml for the sole purpose of alerting and paging, etc. No spam possible since it's only verified account-controlled emails. Basically sending email to yourself from within twiml. But no. Instead they bought sendgrid and email integration is a complete abomination of a two-company, two platform, two accounts workflow that is fragile and fails all the time. So ... do you ?