8 DIFFERENCES ยท 15 THE SAME
Bandwidth vs Twilio
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Bandwidth and Twilio both meet every requirement for 8 jobs we track, including order and delivery notifications, RCS business messaging and number masking. The biggest differences in the data: Bandwidth costs 98% less for toll-free numbers at 2,000 minutes/month and Bandwidth costs 97% less for SMS and voice APIs at 100,000 messages/month.
Both meet every requirement for
Choose Bandwidth if
- - You want the lower cost for toll-free numbers at 2,000 minutes/month: $0.30 a month against $16.60.
- - You want the lower cost for SMS and voice APIs at 100,000 messages/month: $0.30 a month against $10.20.
- - You want the lower cost for virtual and international numbers at 10 numbers: $3 a month against $10.20.
- - You need breadth in native integrations: Bandwidth 8 native, Twilio 1 native.
Differences 8
| Field | Bandwidth | Twilio |
|---|---|---|
| COSTVirtual and international numbers: monthly cost at 10 numbers | $3/mo | $10.20/mo |
| COSTToll-free numbers: monthly cost at 2,000 minutes/month | $0.30/mo | $16.60/mo |
| COSTSMS and voice APIs: monthly cost at 100,000 messages/month | $0.30/mo | $10.20/mo |
| COSTFree trial | Unknown | Yes |
| COMPLIANCEData residency | Not published by the vendor | EU |
| COVERAGECountries you can text | 5 countries | Unknown |
| INTEGRATIONSNative integrations | 8 native | 1 native |
| REVIEWSReview sentiment | Unknown | Mostly negative |
The same on both 15
| Field | Bandwidth | Twilio |
|---|---|---|
| COSTPricing model | Per message | Per message |
| FEATURESSMS API | Included | Included |
| FEATURESDelivery receipts | Included | Included |
| FEATURESSends SMS | Included | Included |
| FEATURESRCS business messaging | Included | Included |
| FEATURESNumber masking (proxy numbers) | Included | Included |
| FEATURESProgrammable voice API | Included | Included |
| FEATURESNumber lookup and line type | Included | Included |
| FEATURESLocal numbers | Included | Included |
| FEATURESInternational numbers | Included | Included |
| FEATURESCall forwarding to any number | Included | Included |
| FEATURESToll-free numbers | Included | Included |
| FEATURESNumber porting | Included | Included |
| COMPLIANCEHIPAA BAA | Yes | Yes |
| COMPLIANCESOC 2 Type II | Yes | Yes |