Ask HN: Is Twilio too expensive for you?

Posted by forkLding on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:03PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Not sure if everyone is in the same boat, I made an app and one part of it allows you to invite your friends via text invite.

My users send about ~500 texts (each text is about 3 segments) and I am spending about $10 every 2 days. Note that I'm a sole developer and not a major company so dont have the funds to keep this up.

Is everyone else sort of in the same boat or have they been able to find some hacks that people are willing to share?

EDIT: Also if anyone knows any developer free offers, etc. that don't need pre-approved phone numbers for Twilio.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Twilio too expensive for you? by jamdav16 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:50PM (#16827011)

I'm with Plivo, got a cheaper deal with them. Great dev team there too.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Twilio too expensive for you? by forkLding on Friday April 13, 2018 @04:11AM (#16827977)

That works, will check it out, much thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Is Twilio too expensive for you? by vikramjb on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:18PM (#16825440)

Why don't you use whatsapp instead of text messages ?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Twilio too expensive for you? by forkLding on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:21PM (#16825465)

Will investigate, never tried it out, is there an automated part available? I always thought whatsapp API wasnt public.

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