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Azure Communication Services SMS vs Plivo Voice API

Azure Communication Services SMS

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Plivo Voice API

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FigureAzure Communication Services SMSPlivo Voice API
Price from—$0.01/mo
Free plan——
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Plans published03
Spec score · Voice APIs5.9 (#25)8.1 (#8)
Founded19752011
HeadquartersRedmond, Washington, United StatesAustin, Texas, USA

Plans

Azure Communication Services SMS

No plans published.

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Plivo Voice API

  • Pay as you goPriced on request
  • Voice API pay as you go$0.01 a month
  • Enterprise$1,000 a month

Plivo Voice API pricing →

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Azure Communication Services SMS

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Plivo Voice API

Plivo Voice API lets web and mobile applications make and receive calls programmatically, play audio, record conversations, and build interactive voice applications. It connects calls across PSTN, SIP, and WebRTC endpoints. Features include queues, conferences, text to speech, dual-channel recording, DTMF input, speech recognition, answering machine detection, voicemail transcription, and custom caller ID. Its Audio Streams API sends raw audio from active calls over WebSocket for transcription, voice AI, analytics, or custom processing. Plivo lists SDKs for Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Java,.NET, and Go, along with integrations including Zapier, n8n, Pipedream, Tray, EngageBay, and Microsoft Power Automate. The service is listed for Android, iOS, web, and API. The Voice API pay-as-you-go plan is listed at $0.01 a month; call routes and features have separate rates. Calls are billed in 60-second increments. Pay-as-you-go accounts receive $10 in free credits without a credit card. Plivo was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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