Twilio
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Pros
- If you need complex flows go with twilio.
- If that's a product running for a lot of customers for a big company - 100% Twillio or the official API.
- You can use Twilio. You can get several phone numbers from all over the world and the price per minute is very reasonable. It’s usually in the 0.0xxx range.
- For integrating a chat app with WhatsApp, Twilio is a great option since it supports WhatsApp Business API and is straightforward to set up.
Cons
- When home owner calls the trade person via our web app, I am giving the home owner a masked number (from our pool of purchased numbers from twilio).
- However, all this stuff about registering campaigns, A2P 10DLC has me confused. It would also take 2-3 weeks to register the organization before even being able to use it?
- Used it for password-reset SMS. Twilio was too much overhead for such a small feature.
- Twilio feels heavy, but it’s very nice to use. I’ve used some others ones and they were filled with gotchas
- You may get more recommendations if you provide your location and target location, since not all are international like Twilio.
Sentiment
4 positive (19%) · 10 mixed (48%) · 7 negative (33%)
Trust + time weighted score: -15% · raw score -14%
What redditors said (10 of 21)
When home owner calls the trade person via our web app, I am giving the home owner a masked number (from our pool of purchased numbers from twilio).
However, all this stuff about registering campaigns, A2P 10DLC has me confused. It would also take 2-3 weeks to register the organization before even being able to use it?
If you need complex flows go with twilio.
Used it for password-reset SMS. Twilio was too much overhead for such a small feature.
Twilio feels heavy, but it’s very nice to use. I’ve used some others ones and they were filled with gotchas
You may get more recommendations if you provide your location and target location, since not all are international like Twilio.
Twilio’s docs are great, but the config/approvals/templates are getting messy.
If Twilio feels complicated or overpriced, try exploring Sleekflow.
I'd rather not dump all my money into Twilio or similar services if I can avoid it.
We're using Twilio right now as the BSP and haven't run into any issues