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Twilio

Communication APIs for SMS, voice, video, and email

PricePay-as-you-go, SMS from $0.0079/msgReviewed2008-03-01

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Twilio provides APIs for programmable SMS, voice calls, video, WhatsApp, and email (via SendGrid). The building blocks for any communication workflow.

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The gold standard for communication APIs. Well-documented, reliable, and battle-tested at every scale imaginable.

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Expensive at volume but the developer experience and reliability justify the cost. Vonage and others still lag behind.

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Twilio's pivot to customer engagement platform positions them well, but the core APIs remain their moat.

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