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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Exotel

    Score6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Exotel is an advanced customer engagement platform that combines CPaaS, omnichannel contact centers, and Conversational AI. The platform is designed to foster richer, AI-powered, and contextual interactions, offering businesses unparalleled speed and scale in their communications.

    $200

    5 months Validity

    SendBird

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SendBird is a packaged messaging-as-a-service that is designed to help developers build and manage messaging function in less than 5 minutes. SendBird says it strives to build the whole messaging SDK and backend from the scratch to help developers save time and resources in order to allow them to focus on making apps and services more engaging. SendBird allows mobile developers to easily attach 1-on-1 messaging and group chat to their application. The developer kit also comes with…

    $0

    Up to 1,000 chat MAU

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    ExotelSendBird
    Editions & Modules
    Dabbler
    $200
    5 months Validity
    Believer
    $500
    11 months Validity
    Influencer
    $1000
    11 months Validity
    Custom
    Get in touch
    Free
    $0
    Up to 1,000 chat MAU
    SPROUT
    $49
    Up to 10,000 chat MAU
    TREE
    $149
    Up to 30,000 chat MAU, Broadcasting message is available
    PARK
    $499
    Up to 100,000 chat MAU, Broadcasting message is available
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ExotelSendBird
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—We offer Free plan but your Chat MAU will be limited to your service 1,000 and you’ll be limited to send only test broadcasting messages. Q. How is the Chat MAU calculated? A. Chat MAU (monthly active user) is calculated as any user who has sent or received a messaging data using SendBird platform during 30 days. Q. What happens if my app’s popularity explodes and I go beyond the Chat MAU quota? A. We don't have hard ceilings to prevent the Chat MAU rate from exceeding the pricing plan's quota (except for with the Sandbox option), but you will be charged for additional users beyond the stated limit. If your app exceeds the Chat MAU quota, you will be charged $0.012/user with Sprout pricing, $0.011/user with Tree pricing, $0.010/user with Park pricing, and even lower with Enterprise pricing. Q. Can I change the credit card information to another one? A. You can change your credit information on your Dashboard > Billing page.
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    User Ratings
    ExotelSendBird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ExotelSendBird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Exotel Techcom
    Exotel is well suited for: - Small and mid-sized Internet based businesses where it is necessary for them to have a very strong customer support team working round the clock and in different shifts. - Company making large number of calls and sending mass SMS's. They can do that on a single cloud based platform. Exotel might not be a good fit if: -it is not a call intensive business that you want to cater to. Though the setup cost is very low but it follows economies of scale i.e. more the number of calls, less will be per call cost.
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    SendBird
    SendBird is well suited tool for those who are having sound technical knowledge and in-hand experience of app development and APIs. One might find it difficult to integrate if not having a technical team or a good technical background. Once implemented, using or management is not an issue. Startups having low budget might find it a little bit costier.
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    Pros
    Exotel Techcom
    • Outbound calling for Sales/Support
    • Call routing to Agent Mobiles
    • Inbuild Inbound flow designer
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    SendBird
    • Moderation around comments & chats.
    • SendBird UIKit was super helpful for the design team.
    • Our devs raved about the API documentation being so thorough & easy to follow.
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    Cons
    Exotel Techcom
    • Communication
    • Not for large companies
    • Volume of texts
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    SendBird
    • It's support system is not that efficient
    • Documentation needs improvement
    • It's pricing is a little bit high comparing to other available options
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Exotel Techcom
    As a company our goals have slightly surpassed the current Exotel features and would want some other software which has better capabilities
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    SendBird
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    Usability
    Exotel Techcom
    For cold calling and outbound callings, to a certain extend Exotel serves the purpose as mutliple DID numbers are available at our fingertips. For company which use outcalling as a form of passing information to users can benefit from the flexibility it provides. They have a recharge and use model which doesnt have certain expiry. Basic API documentation available and lesser support from their support team on this matter makes it difficult to check if the API thows any error
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    SendBird
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    Support Rating
    Exotel Techcom
    Initially they had chat support which was available faster. But now the chat support gets routed to a virtual agent and unable to get in touch with an actual agent. They also have no support with respect to the API's and other integrations.
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    SendBird
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    Implementation Rating
    Exotel Techcom
    It was pretty straight forward
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    SendBird
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    Alternatives Considered
    Exotel Techcom
    Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons: -Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers. -Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away. -Call recording Quality was also better than the peers.
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    SendBird
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Exotel Techcom
    • This increased onboarding efficiency to save money on startup.
    • This saved us money by getting both services from one company.
    • Con was price was higher than we would have liked but efficiency made up for that.
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    SendBird
    • Using SendBird has decreased the number of support calls to where we were able to hold off on increasing our customer support team's headcount.
    • Customers have raved about having the chat functionality to review & assess their healthcare options without having to call in.
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