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    BSI Customer Suite

    N/AN/AThe BSI Customer Suite, from BSI headquartered in Baden, includes integrated solutions for Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Experience (CX), Data Management (CDP), Customer Insights and Artificial Intelligence (AI). BSI aims to help companies delight their customers in real time along the entire customer journey. Thus, marketing, sales, and service teams have everything they need for cross-channel, automated, and personalized customer communication. For the retail, banking and…N/A

    Twilio

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ATwilio offers a CPaaS and CCaaS solution, with the combination of its programmable Voice, Video, and Messaging APIs, as well as the Twilio Flex cloud contact center. Additional capabilities include Twilio's Elastic SIP Trunking, as well as API for WhatsApp.

    $0

    per min per participant

    Pricing
    BSI Customer SuiteTwilio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Programmable Video
    $0.0015
    per min per participant
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.0042
    Per WhatsApp Template message sent
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.005
    Per WhatsApp session message
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.007
    Per min for termination
    Programmable Messaging
    $0.0075
    per message sent or received
    Programmable Voice
    $0.0085
    per minute to receive a call
    Programmable Voice
    $0.013
    per min to make a call
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.045
    Per min for origination
    Twilio Conversations
    $0.05
    per active user per month
    Twilio Authy
    $0.09
    per authentication
    Programmable Wireless
    $0.1
    per MB
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $1
    per active user hour (5000 hours free)
    Programmable Wireless
    $2.00
    per SIM card
    Twilio SendGrid Email API
    $14.95
    per month up to 100k emails. (Up to 40k emails free for 30 days)
    Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
    $15
    per month for 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails. Your first 2,000 contacts are free
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $150
    per named user per month (5000 hours free)
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    Pricing Offerings
    BSI Customer SuiteTwilio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing means you don’t get locked into big contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as your usage grows, so you always get a fair price. 3. Start building today with free trial credit and full API access.
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    91%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    BSI Customer SuiteTwilio
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    5.7
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    Professional Services
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    User Testimonials
    BSI Customer SuiteTwilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
    I found Twilio to be excellent and very easy to use for a programmer in all aspects related to voice, SMS, and other features utilizing their API. I found the node client to be excellent and helpful. We previously used the Apex client for Salesforce before it was discontinued. Although we try not to use Twilio from Apex anymore, using that client was easier than implementing our own.
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    Pros
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
    • Easy to see my team in one place, when they log in and out and what call status they are in.
    • Twilio is a simple, user friendly way to log in and out of work activities.
    • Excellent services and support.
    • The omnichannel feature which allows agents to get request from all channels.
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    Cons
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
    • Segment’s email identifier is case-sensitive, which is ridiculous because emails themselves are not case-sensitive. This means that if I send a capitalized email address in an identify call, it will create a duplicate user rather than matching it with the lowercase email. I think this is a technical oversight that should be corrected.
    • I’d like to see more information about the eventual transition of existing Frontline customers to Twilio Flex
    • I’d like to see some integrations between Twilio Studio and OpenAI or another open source LLM to provide automated responses, if this hasn’t been done already
    • I would like to be able to drag and move the actual lines connecting the steps in Twilio Studio, sometimes mine can get pretty messy
    • I think a Bug Report form would be beneficial for developers
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Twilio
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    Usability
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
    Twilio has well documented APIs and examples. There are several tutorials, videos and Q&As regarding their services. So, usability is very good. I must say that advanced knowledge of telephony, API/Programming and error-handling is essential to make good use of Twilio. It's not just plug-and-play unless you are integrated with a system that has all of the programming built for it.
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    Performance
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
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    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    BSI (Business Systems Integration)
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    BSI Customer Suite Screenshots

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    Twilio Screenshots

    Screenshot of To access any of the products in Console, head over to the “Explore Products” section and start building.Screenshot of Whether you prefer to build with a drag-and-drop visual editor or with code, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns helps you engage your customers through email.Screenshot of Flex is a programmable Contact Center that puts you in control.