Bandwidth vs. Plivo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bandwidth
Score 5.1 out of 10
N/A
Bandwidth, headquartered in Raleigh, provides business class communications platform as a service (CPaaS), supporting many use cases such as lead alerts for sales, automated customer surveys, conference calls and messaging, and virtual call center, among other cases.
$0.01
per message
Plivo
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Plivo’s cloud communication platform offers a way for companies to modernize their business communications. Plivo’s API platform lets businesses incorporate voice and text messaging capabilities (both SMS and MMS) into their own applications, and offers SIP trunking and phone number rental services. Benefits of choosing Plivo include: • Supports sending messages and making voice calls to 190+ countries. • Enterprise-ready Premium Communication Network boasts an uptime…
$0
per SMS recieved
Pricing
BandwidthPlivo
Editions & Modules
Outbound Messaging
$0.01
per message
Inbound Calling
$0.01
per minute
Outbound Calling
$0.01
per minute
Phone Number
$0.35
per line/per month
Inbound Messaging
Free
per message
SMS API Platform
$0
per SMS recieved
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0
per call recieved/per minute
SMS API Platform
$0.01
per SMS sent
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call recieved/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Local Numbers
$0.50
per month
Toll Free Numbers
$1
per month
Short Code
$500
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BandwidthPlivo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BandwidthPlivo
User Ratings
BandwidthPlivo
Likelihood to Recommend
1.5
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BandwidthPlivo
Likelihood to Recommend
Bandwidth is great for wholesale origination and termination. With a decent commitment, you can get great rates, and their support is excellent. Recommended as a primary source of service for voice traffic.
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If you have a business and a phone you need Plivo so you can track all incoming calls. Using this service allows for you to track an[y] missed calls allowing you the ability to try to call potential customers, clients and see how you can help them with your products and or services.
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Pros
  • Bandwidth has great customer service. They are all friendly and super helpful.
  • They are innovative and constantly updating their APIs, UIs, and products they offer.
  • Their UI and API are user friendly and intuitive.
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  • Easy integration
  • Customer service is good
  • Services are prompt
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Cons
  • While their porting department does a wonderful job, it seems to be the department that feeds other departments. They promote many out of that department to take on more responsibility elsewhere in the company (which is a good thing). However, it leaves us to work with yet another porting person who we have to learn to work with.
  • I cannot really say much else that's negative about them. They do a good job, have an easy to use portal, and respond well when things aren't working.
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  • Customer support
  • Response times
  • Account transparency
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Usability
No answers on this topic
They deserve a 10+ rating starting from signing up to implementing their services. I am not the best person to get computer tasks done and this company made it a breeze.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
I sent a question to support via email and within 12 hours heard back in an email. They also provided me a phone number for further help if I could not solve my issue.
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Alternatives Considered
Bandwidth wins hands down. We were lucky to get someone from CenturyLink to return our calls, their trouble reporting dashboard was horrible and they, as a company, were generally unresponsive when we escalated issues. They would close tickets when the issue was still very obviously occurring. Bandwidth doesn't close a ticket until the end user says it is fixed -- which is refreshing in the telecom industry.
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  • Yes, it is good to use Plivo, as per the pricing and ease of integration. Twilio has a difficult pattern for business developers and could be understood only by a developer.
  • Plivo has proper delivery reports as compared to Twilio. Using Plivo has helped us grow efficiently and in a good manner.
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Return on Investment
  • Great product, at a reasonable price.
  • Their quick support allows us to get customer issues fixed, and fast.
  • Their portal allows for adding additional sites/trunks without talking to anyone.
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  • None now that they no longer support their product
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