I need advice on what SMS provider gateway I have to choose if I am trying to build a ride booking app, should I go with Nexmo, Twilio, or any other SMS gateway provider as I need OTP authentication and booking, and booked messages to the users and many other messages booking OTPs for that particular ride.
Searching for options for SMS that integrates with SiteLink and will allow personalization of text and tracking of both incoming/outgoing messages with reporting (Time, date, call#, etc) Have been looking at Twilio, and seems most leaning toward this. Are there any other options known that integrate into SiteLink? Also looked at Clickatell.
Ultimately, the best option for you will depend on your specific needs and requirements. If you are looking for a comprehensive solution that offers personalization, tracking, and reporting, then Twilio is a great option. If you are looking for a more affordable option, then Clickatell or Nexmo may be a better fit.
Hi, We are looking to implement 2FA - so that users would be sent a Verification code over their Email and SMS to their phone.
We faced some limitations with Amazon SNS where we could either send the verification code to email OR to the phone number, while we want to send it to both.
We also are looking to make the 2FA more flexible by adding any other options later on.
What are the best alternatives to SNS for this use case and purpose? Looked at Twilio but want to explore other options before making a decision.
Would be great to know what the experience with Twilio has been, especially the limitations/issues with Twilio...
Appreciate any input from users of Twilio and others who have had similar use cases.
I would recommend Twilio as well. If you're objective is to get off the ground quickly and build something that is robust without much effort, Twilio really nails the developer experience and easy of use. It's also light on any kind of set up or infrastructure as code. That said, it's a lot more expensive that AWS alternatives, so if you're operating at scale you may want to look closer at AWS options.
2FA Security is a pretty important topic. While as a convince it would be great to broadcast the security code to as many devices as possible this is fundamentally a bad security practice. Imagine for a minute that a bad actor has compromised one or the other of your message platforms now when you attempt to login to fix things they're also given your security code. If you read enough stories you will find that both email and SMS can be compromised to grab peoples codes.
Secondly, I have never interacted with a product that broadcasts to both messages upon login, they always present a choice of where to send it.
To you actual question; Twilio + SendGrid (a Twillo company) would be the default choice because both of these log what happened when you send a message. For instance with SendGrid you can see the delivery events in their UI to debug issues (e.g. was it delivered to a mailbox, or what was the error code). If you use Amazon SNS you will have to build out all of the logging to know what happened. At some point you'll need to have all of this info in your product because your CS agents will need it for quick debugging of customer issues, but when you first roll out it's great to just let the service do the logging.
Hello,
My app will be a live streaming app (like tango, BigoLive) An app developer asked me to choose a tech stack and a team. expected auditions from (Bahrain-KSA-UAE-Kuwait-Oman)
200 (broadcaster) at a time (minimum) (for 12 hours a day);10K watching the 200 (like 50 to 500) each live.
What servers are the best to use and give smooth high quality like Bigolive? For live streaming, and texting, and everything.
Which one is the best combination for my app? (Firebase, AWS, Twilio. Agora)
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Hi, Stackshare community, I plan to build an app where people can go live, and users can watch him, 1 to many, follow each other, and text.
I am expecting a huge number of users to use the app in the first month (100k+)
I made the UX/UI design, and my designer asked me to find a developer.
I want your advice. What server is the best for video quality and fast text messages (like uplive, bigo)?
Ex. Agora, Twilio, Amazon Chime, Aws, or fiberbass
I need for both operating systems, (ios, android). Do you recommend Flutter?
Thank you for this helpful website.
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