Twilio Overview

Twilio enables global customer connections via preferred channels with powerful communication APIs. Integration for SMS, WhatsApp, voice, and email solutions is quick and efficient.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Communication Management, Engagement Management, Sales Call Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Twilio.

Other use cases:

  • Helpdesk Management
  • Conference Call Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Advertisement
  • Collaboration
  • Workflow Management
  • Sales Document Management
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Business Priorities

Acquire Customers and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Twilio.

Other priorities:

  • Scale Best Practices
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Launch New Products
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Grow Market Share
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Manage Risk
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Twilio Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Twilio works with different mediums / channels such as Text SMS. Phone Calls. E-Mail etc.

Twilio's features include Alerts: Popups & Notifications, Recording, Bot, etc. and Twilio support capabilities include AI Powered, Email Support, Phone Support, etc. also Twilio analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"On a Friday night—the biggest night for pizza– we can actually sleep well knowing that, with Twilio, everything is handled and our customer support team members will be fine." - Boban Ljubinoski

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...We can send message or email through twilio and it is good to see real time experience...." Peer review by Verified Reviewer, Computer Software
"...If you need to engage with your customers or users Twilio makes it easy to integrate into your app or web platforms...." Peer review by Adam B., Wholesale
"...Currenlty use Twilio for dialing, recording calls, and incoming call routing...." Peer review by John S

Twilio, Retently, Genesys Cloud, Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX), Exotel, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Customer Experience Management. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Twilio

Top Industries

  • Hospitality
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Financial Services

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Twilio is popular in Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, and Financial Services and is widely used by Small Business, Enterprise, and Mid Market.

Twilio Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How efficiently Does Twilio manage your Communication Management?

What Are the key features of Twilio for Engagement Management?

How does Twilio address your Sales Call Management Challenges?

How can Twilio optimize your Helpdesk Management Workflow?

How efficiently Does Twilio manage your Conference Call Management?

79 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Twilio solved their Customer Experience Management needs. Cuspera uses 12627 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Customer Experience Management needs.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Twilio testimonial

Boban Ljubinoski

Sr. Product Manager

Slice

On a Friday night—the biggest night for pizza– we can actually sleep well knowing that, with Twilio, everything is handled and our customer support team members will be fine. Testimonial By Boban Ljubinoski
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Anne Byrne

Backend Engineer Customer Experience Team

Deliveroo

Twilio is a cost efficient and simple way to test the feasibility of new features. We ended up choosing Twilio’s API for WhatsApp because it meant we could focus on the product, not on the complex requirements of WhatsApp’s infrastructure. Testimonial By Anne Byrne
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Alberto Hernandez Seco

Head Of Digital and Technology (Spain)

CBRE ESPANA

Twilio really enabled us to respond quickly to a very fluid and challenging situation incorporating all the necessary legal requirements, and COVID regulations as they evolved. Testimonial By Alberto Hernandez Seco
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Twilio testimonial

Boban Ljubinoski

Sr. Product Manager

Slice

On a Friday night—the biggest night for pizza– we can actually sleep well knowing that, with Twilio, everything is handled and our customer support team members will be fine. Testimonial By Boban Ljubinoski
Twilio testimonial

Anne Byrne

Backend Engineer Customer Experience Team

Deliveroo

Twilio is a cost efficient and simple way to test the feasibility of new features. We ended up choosing Twilio’s API for WhatsApp because it meant we could focus on the product, not on the complex requirements of WhatsApp’s infrastructure. Testimonial By Anne Byrne
Twilio testimonial

Alberto Hernandez Seco

Head Of Digital and Technology (Spain)

CBRE ESPANA

Twilio really enabled us to respond quickly to a very fluid and challenging situation incorporating all the necessary legal requirements, and COVID regulations as they evolved. Testimonial By Alberto Hernandez Seco
 

Guinness Price Index - Consumer Insights - Small

From Idea to Index: How Twilio Voice and AI Helped Bring the Guinness Price Index to Life

Twilio's programmable voice technology powered the Guinness Price Index, a project by Matt Cortland, using AI-powered calls to map pint prices across the UK and Ireland. This initiative highlights Tw...ilio's role in enabling scalable, real-world applications of AI and communications APIs, demonstrating the potential of voice as a key AI interface.

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Twilio Lands Biggest Enterprise Deal Ever, Voice AI Up 60%

Twilio secured its largest enterprise deal ever, a nine-figure renewal with a leading marketing automation platform, highlighting its shift from a CPaaS vendor to a foundational infrastructure provid...er. The company reported a 60% YoY growth in Voice AI revenue and emphasized multi-product adoption. Twilio's full-year revenue reached $5.1 billion, marking its first year of GAAP profitability.

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Intuit continues powering prosperity around the world with the help of Twilio Verify

Intuit expanded its global SMS verification capabilities by implementing Twilio Verify in over 200 countries within three months. This partnership enhanced Intuit's ability to provide secure and effi...cient authentication, achieving a 94% deliverability rate. Twilio Verify offered speed, compliance, scalability, and operational efficiency, supporting Intuit's mission to deliver financial prosperity worldwide.

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Vacasa - Real Estate - Large

Portland, USA

Vacasa used Twilio Segment to unify customer data and personalize marketing campaigns. They implemented SMS and email to deliver timely check-in codes and promotional messages. With SendGrid, Vacasa ...built targeted email programs and improved campaign performance. Personalized campaigns led to 3-10x more guest bookings and over 21% open rates on emails. Segment enabled smarter decisions and higher engagement across channels.

 

Stripe - Financial Services - Large

San Francisco, USA

Stripe uses Twilio Verify to handle nearly 70% of its user authentication processes. The company needed a secure, reliable way to verify users without adding friction. With Twilio, Stripe improved lo...gin success rates in the US by 6 points and increased authentication rates in India from 70% to 86%. Twilio's high deliverability rates reduced Stripe's support costs. Stripe relies on Twilio to keep millions of users safe and to scale its global payments platform.

 

Resy - Hospitality - Medium

New York, USA

Resy used Twilio Messaging to automate guest reservations and confirmations for restaurants. With Twilio, Resy sends over 21 million messages monthly, helping restaurants reduce no-show rates to belo...w 3%. Restaurants can customize guest communications and manage waitlists in real time. Twilio's APIs also enable secure account verification and fast, reliable messaging. Resy’s partnership with Twilio supports a seamless booking experience for over 35 million users.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

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What is Twilio?

Twilio is a cloud communication platform that powers the future of business communications enabling phones, VoIP, and messaging to be embedded into web, desktop, and mobile software. It helps to enter new markets, scale best practices, and acquire customers.

Twilio unites communications and strengthens customer relationships across the business from marketing and sales to customer service and operations using its web service APIs. Twilio deeply understand customers, and solve problems from their perspective and earns trust through every interaction unleashing human potential both inside and outside the company providing key success.

Twilio features include converting text to speech and play audio, record calls and store them, create conferences, API queueing, call queues, convert speech to text, status callbacks and logs, programmable contact center platform, customizable UI, attribute-based routing and plenty more.

What is Twilio used for?

Twilio is a Customer Experience Management Software mainly used by its customers to Acquire Customers and Enhance Customer Relationships by Communication Management, Engagement Management and Sales Call Management .

What are the top features of Twilio?

Alerts: popups & Notifications, Recording and bot are some of the top features of Twilio.

Who uses Twilio?

Twilio is used by Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services among other industries.

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Where is Twilio located?

Twilio is headquartered at 375 Beale Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105.
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Peers used Twilio for communication management and engagement management

Twilio Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.71/5

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Analytics

4.05/5

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Custom Reports

2.98/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.71/5

Read Reviews (166)
Analytics

4.05/5

Read Reviews (303)
Custom Reports

2.98/5

Read Reviews (721)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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Twilio Inc. News

Product

Launch High-Impact RCS Campaigns with Heymarket & Twilio

Twilio and Heymarket have integrated their platforms to enable high-impact RCS marketing campaigns. This integration allows businesses to use Heymarket's interface, powered by Twilio, to create immersive RCS experiences with verified branding, rich media, and interactive elements. The collaboration simplifies the deployment of RCS campaigns, enhancing customer engagement across Android and iOS devices.

M&A

Cloud software firm Twilio to buy SendGrid in $2 billion deal

Twilio announced it will acquire SendGrid in an all-stock deal valued at $2 billion. This acquisition enhances Twilio's capabilities by integrating SendGrid's email technology, expanding its customer base and service offerings. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019.

Product

Integrating Twilio Agent Connect with Twilio Flex for Human Handoff

Twilio has integrated its Agent Connect with Twilio Flex to enhance human handoff in customer service. This integration ensures seamless transitions between AI and human agents, preserving conversation history and providing context to agents. The solution utilizes Twilio's Conversation Memory and OpenAI for context-aware interactions, improving customer engagement.

Awards

Twilio Wins Modern Consumer Award for Excellence in Customer Service

Twilio won the Modern Consumer Award for Excellence in Customer Service in the Omnichannel Customer Service Platform category. The award, organized by Grupo Padrão, highlights Twilio's leadership in customer engagement technology in Brazil, recognizing its efforts to enhance omnichannel experiences and customer relationships in the AI era.

Twilio Inc. Profile

Company Name

Twilio Inc.

Year Founded

2008

HQ Location

375 Beale Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105

Employees

1001-5000

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Financials

IPO