MSG91 vs. Telegram

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MSG91
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Unifying business communications by providing users the means to completely customize communications, MSG91 aims to lead the field in developing CPaaS services.N/A
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Telegram is an open source and free messaging app with a focus on speed and security. Telegram can be used on all devices at the same time — messages sync across any number of phones, tablets or computers. Telegram boasts over 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
PanTerra Networks
PanTerra Networks
Score 6.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
PanTerra Networks
PanTerra Networks
Score 6.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
WhatsApp Business
WhatsApp Business
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
If you really care a lot about the authenticity and other aspects of SMS to you user that it should reach on time, without lag and security then MSG91 is best suited to do this job. But if you are doing just some promotional email or not so important updates for the users then you can go for a different vendor also which also supports bulk messaging.
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Telegram is well suited for SMEs like, online business, freelancing and personal use. The instant messaging & audio video calling, file sharing enables the people to stay close to their relatives. In addition to this, these features helps the business to reach their customers in terms of promotion of the company as well as product. Proper use of Telegram definitely helps in greater business turn over.
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Pros
  • APIs for different services are available
  • Very good documentation for the integration of APIs.
  • Dashboard to check the status of SMS sent and performance.
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  • Can create a big group for promotion
  • Easy to create account and find members
  • Can send secret massages
  • Cloud storage also available here
  • Cloud-based instant messaging service
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Cons
  • After updation in some of policies of TRAI in India the documents needs update
  • Some of the API's have became complicated after recent updates
  • If there could be some alert mechanism that can help to know about reaching quota, or downtime alerts
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  • Verification through phone is not save better registered with Linkedin & E-mails
  • The ability to separate & categorize groups, channels, and users in different tabs should be added so they don't overlap
  • Security level helps scammers to engage with people.
  • The status will appear in the this application to everyone which i don't like
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Alternatives Considered
After going through all of them we felt MSG91 is more cleaner in terms of integration details and also the support by their tech team. Integration wish Twilio was very good but the dashboard and other features which MSG91 provides were somewhat similar or easy to understand for our team.
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Telegram is hands down superior when it comes to privacy. They can also just handle more people and make searching for previous conversations a breeze. It's not entertaining as much as whatsapp is, but the privacy is amazing, and the video quality is perfect! I highly recommend this app to everyone I meet!
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Return on Investment
  • As compared to the price MSG91 is value for money for the things we get
  • The SMS rates are not so high and you can easily use for small to enterprise level company.
  • The dashboard of MSG91 helps a lot in understanding whats going wrong and can be improved.
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  • It saves our time, and you know time is money.
  • During this pandemic era it somehow benefited us as we worked sometimes from home.
  • It allows us to engage with more people. That is highly beneficial for our business.
  • Saves time, saves money.
  • Allow us to be more precise about decision making and that was important for us.
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