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# PubNub vs Twilio Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**PubNub**
Free Trial

**$49.00** Per Feature Per Month · Basic

**Twilio**
Free Trial

**$0.01** · SMS

**$15.00** Usage Based Per Month · Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns 

**$0.00** · WhatsApp Business API

**$0.01** · Voice APIs

**$19.95** Usage Based Per Month · Twilio SendGrid Email API

**$0.01** · Lookup

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**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**PubNub**
Not enough reviews yet

**Twilio**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**PubNub**
Not enough reviews yet

**Twilio**
10%

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Time to Implement

**PubNub** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Twilio** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**PubNub** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Twilio** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**PubNub**

Chat Functionality (3)

Customer Support (3)

Billing Issues (1)

Data Management (1)

**Twilio**

Ease of Use (40)

Easy Integrations (30)

Expensive (26)

Poor Customer Support (23)

Integrations

**PubNub**
Not enough data

**Twilio**
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Screenshots

**PubNub**
 ![PubNub screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1707201/01-in-app-chat%282%29.png)

**Twilio**
No screenshot available

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**PubNub**

**9.0** /10

Based on 16 responses

**Twilio**

**8.7** /10

Based on 402 responses

Ease of Use

**PubNub**

**8.8** /10

Based on 16 responses

**Twilio**

**8.1** /10

Based on 415 responses

Ease of Setup

**PubNub**

**8.7** /10

Based on 10 responses

**Twilio**

**7.6** /10

Based on 253 responses

Ease of Admin

**PubNub**

**8.3** /10

Based on 5 responses

**Twilio**

**7.9** /10

Based on 210 responses

Quality of Support

**PubNub**

**9.2** /10

Based on 15 responses

**Twilio**

**7.8** /10

Based on 366 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**PubNub**

**9.0** /10

Based on 7 responses

**Twilio**

**8.0** /10

Based on 201 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**PubNub**

**7.7** /10

Based on 15 responses

**Twilio**

**8.2** /10

Based on 385 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS)

Not enough data

**8.7** /10

Based on 159 responses

Event Stream Processing

**8.5** /10

Based on 8 responses

Not enough data

SMS Marketing

Not enough data

**9.9** /10

Based on 20 responses

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Video Platform as a Service (VPaaS)

Not enough data

**6.9** /10

Based on 15 responses

Cloud PBX Platforms

Not enough data

**4.9** /10

Based on 5 responses

VoIP Providers

Not enough data

**9.5** /10

Based on 9 responses

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
52.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
21.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
26.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
52.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
21.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
26.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
52.8%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
17.2%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
52.8%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
17.2%

**Reviewers' Industry**

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PubNub

Computer Software
30.0%

Information Technology and Services
25.0%

Telecommunications
5.0%

Staffing and Recruiting
5.0%

Management Consulting
5.0%

Other
30.0%

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Twilio

Computer Software
17.3%

Information Technology and Services
12.5%

Marketing and Advertising
7.2%

Financial Services
5.1%

Internet
4.4%

Other
53.5%

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