Learn To Communicate With Twilio | The Backup List

Reviewed by: Mark Hayes

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On July 29, 2012

Last modified:July 29, 2012

Summary:

What do eBay, Hulu, Intuit and Airbnb have in common? They all use Twilio because with their innovative communications solutions Twilio makes work more efficient!

Five years into the business, Twilio offers a variety of services meant to cater to the different needs of the clients.? A good number of its clients have already spoken and have attested to the convenience it brought to their companies.? Clearly, Twilio uses its expertise in communications and technology for the companies to reach out to their clients.? With their services reasonably priced and with the pay only for what you use guarantee, Twilio is a good choice for those who would like to increase their efficiency.

With its ?Pay-as-you-go? pricing, it assures the client of no contracts, no setup charges and no shenanigans.? You only pay for what you use and only each time you use it.

Over the years, Twilio has attracted a good number of reputable companies to their fold.? All of them had Twilio build an intelligent communications solutions for them in the cloud with absolutely no hardware involved.? And they are what Twilio calls as success stories.

Lets have a look at the features Twilio has to offer.

• Twilio API and SMS Messages: facilitates requests on apps coursed through calls or SMS by the user.
• Voice Calls: answers calls and makes an HTTP request to application and receives it back then executes the instructions and talks to the caller.
• Twilio Client: lets users talk in their apps using their existing internet connection.
• Twilio Connect: allows you to run your apps on anyone?s Twilio account.
• Conferencing is on demand conferencing for up to 40 callers.
• Phone Number Provisioning API lets you buy numbers in real time.
• International Calling allows you to call anywhere the globe.

• Phone calls cost 1? per minute for inbound to Twilio numbers and 2? per minute for outbound calls.
• Text Messages cost 1? per message sent or received.
• Phone numbers $1 per month for local numbers.
• Recording with reliable storage and free for up to 10, 000 minutes with a minimum charge of $.0005 per min/month.
• Concurrent Calls is unlimited and offers volume pricing for all.
• Text-to-Speech Engine is multilingual with no usage limits and the good news is its free.
• Transcription converts recordings into text at 5? per minute.

About Mark Hayes

Mark is a lifelong geek and is a serial entrepreneur and is the founder of The Backup List. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand and when not playing with his iPhone or indulging his caffeine addiction he can be found working in his day job as one of the Co-Founders of McCarrison Hayes. You can follow him on Google Plus

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