Bandwidth vs. Messente

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bandwidth
Score 5.1 out of 10
N/A
Bandwidth, headquartered in Raleigh, provides business class communications platform as a service (CPaaS), supporting many use cases such as lead alerts for sales, automated customer surveys, conference calls and messaging, and virtual call center, among other cases.
$0.01
per message
Messente
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Messente helps businesses across the world to reach out to anyone on the planet with a mobile phone. The world of global business messaging is full of different business solutions and platforms: SMS, WhatsApp, Viber, and many others. Messente advises companies on which types of messages to use in different situations and how to navigate this complexity. The vendor states they have built a full suite of free tools and APIs, helping to make the best use of the selected platforms.
$0.05
Pricing
BandwidthMessente
Editions & Modules
Outbound Messaging
$0.01
per message
Inbound Calling
$0.01
per minute
Outbound Calling
$0.01
per minute
Phone Number
$0.35
per line/per month
Inbound Messaging
Free
per message
Pay-as-you-go
Starting from $0.05
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BandwidthMessente
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo hidden fees or subscription fees. Pay only for the messages that you send.
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BandwidthMessente
Best Alternatives
BandwidthMessente
Small Businesses
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BandwidthMessente
Likelihood to Recommend
1.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BandwidthMessente
Likelihood to Recommend
Bandwidth
Bandwidth covers the majority of areas where we had customers. However, there are still some areas we would have like to see them cover for calls. They cover more areas than our other carriers, but they did surprise us from time to time by an inability to be able to deliver call transport.
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Messente Communications
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Pros
Bandwidth
  • Bandwidth has great customer service. They are all friendly and super helpful.
  • They are innovative and constantly updating their APIs, UIs, and products they offer.
  • Their UI and API are user friendly and intuitive.
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Messente Communications
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Cons
Bandwidth
  • Their dashboard is lacking. We would love to see some additional graphing components, live traffic views, etc.
  • Their E911 infrastructure is still separate, making things a bit complex to provision endpoints and manage them.
  • SMS/MMS is a little behind competitors like Twilio, but still usable and very reliable.
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Messente Communications
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Alternatives Considered
Bandwidth
Their pricing is tough to beat, the reliability is great. And then add a few more positive things, like the tools and customer support, and that makes it a no-brainer.
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Messente Communications
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Return on Investment
Bandwidth
  • We found Bandwidth to be very easy to work with and they grew as we grew. Their pricing was very competitive and they were always willing to take another look at their pricing for us.
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Messente Communications
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