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Who are Twilio's competition? I know of textmarks, which serves a lot of sms traffic, but there doesn't seem to be much else competing in this space.

by beering 14y ago

agildehaus 14y ago
Plivo. Really the only one. And they're awesome from what I've seen of them. Volume pricing from the start too.
- stanleydrew 14y ago
  Twilio does volume pricing from the start as well: http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing#volume-pricing http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing#volume-pricing
  - biot 14y ago
    Twilio's volume pricing for inbound calls only kicks in after 500K minutes. You get that rate with Plivo for your first minute. Twilio's per-minute volume pricing for over 15M minutes of outbound per month is still more expensive than what you pay Plivo starting with your first outbound call. That's what volume pricing from the start means.
rabidonrails 14y ago
telapi, 2600hz, tropo to name a few (Plivo was mentioned as well)
fenesiistvan 14y ago
There are a lot of competition I think. I mean smaller VoIP companies such as VoIPSwitch or Mizutech http://www.mizu-voip.com http://www.mizu-voip.com
rdl 14y ago
For cloud hosted API driven voice, plivo. For voice in general, thousands of random VoIP/etc providers, mainly built on actual standards like SIP and H323, linked to on premises or collocated servers.
rdl 14y ago
For cloud hosted API driven voice, plivo. For voice in general, thousands of random VoIP/etc providers, mainly built on actual standards like SIP and H323, linked to on premises or collocated servers.
jlundberg 14y ago
This space is pretty big and it is often hard to understand the actual difference between the players. We here over at 46elks are proud of our API focused on the mobile side of things. If you are in Europe and need numbers for SMS, MMS or phone calls (not just voice-only), we'd be happy to help you. You can find us at http://www.46elks.com/ http://www.46elks.com/
bmessenger 14y ago
I'm a member of the TextMarks team, for what it's worth. My perspective, like many participants in this discussion, is that the SMS space is very crowded. That said, if you're looking for a good API--which is what Twilio is all about--- the competition is actually pretty small. Plivo is good. Trumpia and Eztexting are okay too, but probably aren't as stable, fast, and well supported as TextMarks, Twilio and Plivo. That's kind of the bottom line, in my view. Best of luck with your project.

Who are Twilio's competition? I know of textmarks, which serves a lot of sms traffic, but there doesn't seem to be much else competing in this space.

by beering 14y ago

Who are Twilio's competition? I know of textmarks, which serves a lot of sms traffic, but there doesn't seem to be much else competing in this space.

agildehaus 14y ago

Plivo. Really the only one. And they're awesome from what I've seen of them. Volume pricing from the start too.

stanleydrew 14y ago
Twilio does volume pricing from the start as well: http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing#volume-pricing http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing#volume-pricing
- biot 14y ago
  Twilio's volume pricing for inbound calls only kicks in after 500K minutes. You get that rate with Plivo for your first minute. Twilio's per-minute volume pricing for over 15M minutes of outbound per month is still more expensive than what you pay Plivo starting with your first outbound call. That's what volume pricing from the start means.

rabidonrails 14y ago

telapi, 2600hz, tropo to name a few (Plivo was mentioned as well)

fenesiistvan 14y ago

There are a lot of competition I think. I mean smaller VoIP companies such as VoIPSwitch or Mizutech http://www.mizu-voip.com http://www.mizu-voip.com

rdl 14y ago

For cloud hosted API driven voice, plivo. For voice in general, thousands of random VoIP/etc providers, mainly built on actual standards like SIP and H323, linked to on premises or collocated servers.

rdl 14y ago

jlundberg 14y ago

This space is pretty big and it is often hard to understand the actual difference between the players. We here over at 46elks are proud of our API focused on the mobile side of things. If you are in Europe and need numbers for SMS, MMS or phone calls (not just voice-only), we'd be happy to help you. You can find us at http://www.46elks.com/ http://www.46elks.com/

bmessenger 14y ago

I'm a member of the TextMarks team, for what it's worth. My perspective, like many participants in this discussion, is that the SMS space is very crowded. That said, if you're looking for a good API--which is what Twilio is all about--- the competition is actually pretty small. Plivo is good. Trumpia and Eztexting are okay too, but probably aren't as stable, fast, and well supported as TextMarks, Twilio and Plivo. That's kind of the bottom line, in my view. Best of luck with your project.