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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nextiva Contact Center

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ANextiva’s cloud contact center solution features voice, digital, AI-driven journey orchestration, customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. The solution helps boost customer loyalty, enhance employee productivity, and reduce costs.

    $129

    per month per user

    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
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $129
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $159
    per month per seat
    Premium
    $199
    per month per seat
    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)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    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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    Community Pulse
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
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    Nextiva
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    Twilio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    39 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    32 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Nextiva Contact Center and Twilio
    Feature
    Nextiva Contact Center
    9.4
    42 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard9.542 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers9.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.740 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.741 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs9.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts9.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking9.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Nextiva Contact Center and Twilio
    Feature
    Nextiva Contact Center
    9.4
    42 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing9.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management9.636 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics9.637 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.327 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Braze
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
    SAP Service Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (43 ratings)
    6.8
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (23 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    5.7
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Nextiva Contact CenterTwilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nextiva
    We have over 50 locations and an in-house call center, so having a united platform to perform customer service duties is absolutely critical. Nextiva Contact Center is a very effective solution for large teams and multi-location businesses. If you need to regularly report on call volume and agent performance, it is extremely helpful. A very small team may not benefit from it as much as a medium to large scale one.
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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
    Nextiva
    • Nextiva allows you to set up the Contact Center to fit your exact needs.
    • The Contact Center has a consistency of quality. Dropped calls or interrupted calls are very rare. The voice quality is always great on both ends.
    • The Contact Center allows us to have a Call Center with 50+ numbers to assist our customers and attendees. At the same time, it allows us to have a main line for our Customer Support, Sales, etc...
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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
    Nextiva
    • I'd like to be able block numbers globally through the web portal rather than having it done through tech support.
    • Mobile app sometimes continues to ring even though the call has been picked up via the desktop app or physical phone.
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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
    Nextiva
    Outside of emails, Nextiva is the only way to contact our customers and their attendees, and the only way that they can contact us. We are a smaller company, but with Nextiva we can operate and manage our contact center easily no matter how much our company grows in the future. Nextiva is a versatile tool that can fit any need
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    Twilio
    Unless we can get this handled quickly -- less than 1 week -- we will likely switch to another provider who, in my opinion, we'll have to spend close to $3,000 in development time to build a new integration for texting. Our clients need texting and I feel Twilio has failed us miserably.
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    Usability
    Nextiva
    We take advantage of all the options we have with Nextiva to make our customer's experience better and faster than what it used to be; by using the multiple lines, we can talk to more patients and make their time valuable.
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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
    Nextiva
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Twilio executes what it is designed to do: send SMS messages at scale while providing very good deliverability. I believe that Twilio is very good at what we use for adding SMS messages to our comms strategy. We can see those messages get opened and replied to, which is exactly what we are looking to achieve.
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    Support Rating
    Nextiva
    Every single experience with the Nextiva Contact Center has been beyond amazing! The support team is always caring and kind, and they get the problem solved as soon as possible if needed. They always follow up to make sure the issue has been resolved. That's one of the reasons why I have been a customer for so long.
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    Twilio
    I have not had to communicate with Twilio support in the last 3 years but my past experience with them has been very positive. They replied to my previous requests promptly and kept me well informed to resolve my inquiries. With their documentation that's available, I hardly imagine why anyone would need to contact support since it's all there in a concise and easy to understand format. It would probably take you longer to type out a support ticket than to just open their doc websites.
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    Implementation Rating
    Nextiva
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nextiva
    It isn't just about clear calls- which they have in spades. The features on this platform are like little productivity cheerleaders. We can track calls, analyze performance, and even set up call routing so the right seller gets the right lead
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    Twilio
    We evaluated many fundraising-based text-to-give programs and found the subscriptions prohibitively expensive for our small scale and uncertain first few years of development. While we may be willing to invest that kind of money after discovering how things work, we're happy with Twilio now and have no desire to start over.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Nextiva
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Return on Investment
    Nextiva
    • With a lot of our employees doing remote work, Nextiva Contact Center phone system supports remote access which has reduced our need for physical office space and associated costs.
    • It has reduced our maintenance and repair costs associated with outdated equipment.
    • The exceptional quality of sound has led to a higher satisfaction during meetings.
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    Twilio
    • It helps drive the adoption of multi-factor authentication by making second-factor authentication quick and easy.
    • Decreases the number of times a user spends migrating to a new device from an old one.
    • Enables easy access to second-factors of authentication by offering multi-device support, making multi-factor authentication painless.
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    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.