Why developers like Twilio

What is Twilio?

Twilio offers developers a powerful API for phone services to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive text messages. Their product allows programmers to more easily integrate various communication methods into their software and programs.

Twilio is a tool in the Voice and SMS category of a tech stack.

Who uses Twilio?

Companies

1353 companies reportedly use Twilio in their tech stacks, including Uber, Airbnb, and Instacart.

Uber

Airbnb

Instacart

Lyft

Stack

Accenture

Glovo

ebay

Developers

6434 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Twilio.

Favorites

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Wishlist

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Twilio Integrations

Ansible, Sentry, Google App Engine, Twilio SendGrid, and Zendesk are some of the popular tools that integrate with Twilio. Here's a list of all 92 tools that integrate with Twilio.

Ansible

Sentry

Google App Engine

Twilio SendGrid

Zendesk

Marketo

Gravity Forms

Bugsnag

Contentful

Pros of Twilio

146

Powerful, simple, and well documented api

RESTful API

Clear pricing

Great sms services

Low cost of entry

Global SMS Gateway

Good value

Cloud IVR

Simple

Extremely simple to integrate with rails

Great for startups

SMS

Hassle free

Great developer program

Text me the app pages

New Features constantly rolling out

Many deployment options, from build from scratch to buy

Easy integration

Two factor authentication

Decisions about Twilio

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Twilio in their tech stack.

Mansoor Mansoor

Sep 16, 2021 | 4 upvotes · 22.4K views

Shared insights

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?

I have AWS server in my country (Bahrain), and 80% of the audience are from the same area. Does it help in the video quality between the audience?

Thank you for this helpful website.

Mansoor Mansoor

Sep 26, 2021 | 4 upvotes · 20.1K views

Shared insights

Agora

Twilio

Firebase

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)

Thanks

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Twilio's Features

Phone- Phone Numbers API
Phone- Convert Text to Speech and Play Audio
Phone- Record Calls and Store Them
Phone- Create Conferences
Phone- API Queueing
Phone- Call Queues
Phone- Convert Speech to Text
Phone- Usage API
Phone- Status Callbacks and Logs
Phone- Global Reach
SMS- Supports Unicode
SMS- Message Queueing
SMS- Realtime API
SMS- Global Reach
SMS- Status Callbacks and Logs
SMS- Usage metering & API triggers
SMS- Voice Enabled Numbers
SMS- Short Codes
Two-factor authentication
Call tracking
Voice broadcasting
Cloud IVR
Mobile app distribution

Twilio Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Twilio?

Nexmo

Nexmo connects your apps directly to carriers around the world. Integrate SMS and Voice messages using one simple API. Use Nexmo Verity to register users, verify transactions, and implement two factor authentication.

Plivo

Plivo provides basic building block APIs in the form of Plivo XML and HTTP API, to create telephony apps, so developers can completely do away with learning the nitty-gritty of the telephony plumbing.

OpenTok

It adds the clarity and emotion of face-to-face communication to your brand whether you're developing for the web, iOS, or Android. We make the integration of high-quality live video a breeze so that you can focus on building a great product.

Bandwidth

A Communications Platform as a Service company offering a full suite of voice, messaging, and 9-1-1 APIs, all built atop the company's own all-IP voice network.

RingCentral

Since RingCentral is cloud based, you enjoy the freedom to connect and manage multiple locations, devices and workers within your cloud phone system. You can easily customize users, departments, and call handling rules. No matter where you, or the users, are. You only need a high-speed Internet connection and your phone system is ready to work lightning fast, anytime and anyplace. There’s no PBX hardware.

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