Exotel vs. Plivo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Exotel
Score 6.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Exotel is an advanced customer engagement platform that combines CPaaS, omnichannel contact centers, and Conversational AI. The platform is designed to foster richer, AI-powered, and contextual interactions, offering businesses unparalleled speed and scale in their communications.
$200
5 months Validity
Plivo
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Plivo’s cloud communication platform offers a way for companies to modernize their business communications. Plivo’s API platform lets businesses incorporate voice and text messaging capabilities (both SMS and MMS) into their own applications, and offers SIP trunking and phone number rental services. Benefits of choosing Plivo include: • Supports sending messages and making voice calls to 190+ countries. • Enterprise-ready Premium Communication Network boasts an uptime…
$0
per SMS recieved
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Dabbler
$200
5 months Validity
Believer
$500
11 months Validity
Influencer
$1000
11 months Validity
Custom
Get in touch
SMS API Platform
$0
per SMS recieved
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0
per call recieved/per minute
SMS API Platform
$0.01
per SMS sent
Zentrunk - SIP Trunking
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call recieved/per minute
Voice API Platform
$0.01
per call made/per minute
Local Numbers
$0.50
per month
Toll Free Numbers
$1
per month
Short Code
$500
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ExotelPlivo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Exotel
Chose Exotel
We are currently going to replace Exotel as our use cases have evolved over a period of time and it can no longer be satisfied by Exotel. Hence we have decided to move to a much advanced and customisable Cloud Telephony Solution - Intalk. We would still be using Exotel for …
Chose Exotel
Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons:
-Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers.
-Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away.
Plivo
Chose Plivo
  • Yes, it is good to use Plivo, as per the pricing and ease of integration. Twilio has a difficult pattern for business developers and could be understood only by a developer.
  • Plivo has proper delivery reports as compared to Twilio. Using Plivo has helped us grow efficiently and …
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
ExotelPlivo
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ExotelPlivo
Likelihood to Recommend
They are well suited in start up in the Central Asia market, would recommend them for that area. We would also recommend their Voice over internet protocol services for mainland as well. Either the text or VOIP was a good service. The experience overall was great with them. Highly recommended.
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If you have a business and a phone you need Plivo so you can track all incoming calls. Using this service allows for you to track an[y] missed calls allowing you the ability to try to call potential customers, clients and see how you can help them with your products and or services.
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Pros
  • Affordable Solution: First and foremost the platform is very much affordable for a small start-up starting their business and want to connect with their leads and serve their clients economically.
  • Easy to Use: Anyone can start using the platform from the Day 1. No extensive training required for it. Just integrate your phone number with the platform and solve customer problems at godspeed!
  • IVR Set-up- Want to have different services on a single number for your Services. Set-up IVR and make your life easy.
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  • Easy integration
  • Customer service is good
  • Services are prompt
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Cons
  • Communication
  • Not for large companies
  • Volume of texts
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  • Customer support
  • Response times
  • Account transparency
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Likelihood to Renew
As a company our goals have slightly surpassed the current Exotel features and would want some other software which has better capabilities
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Usability
For cold calling and outbound callings, to a certain extend Exotel serves the purpose as mutliple DID numbers are available at our fingertips. For company which use outcalling as a form of passing information to users can benefit from the flexibility it provides. They have a recharge and use model which doesnt have certain expiry. Basic API documentation available and lesser support from their support team on this matter makes it difficult to check if the API thows any error
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They deserve a 10+ rating starting from signing up to implementing their services. I am not the best person to get computer tasks done and this company made it a breeze.
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Support Rating
Initially they had chat support which was available faster. But now the chat support gets routed to a virtual agent and unable to get in touch with an actual agent. They also have no support with respect to the API's and other integrations.
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I sent a question to support via email and within 12 hours heard back in an email. They also provided me a phone number for further help if I could not solve my issue.
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Implementation Rating
It was pretty straight forward
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Alternatives Considered
Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons: -Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers. -Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away. -Call recording Quality was also better than the peers.
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  • Yes, it is good to use Plivo, as per the pricing and ease of integration. Twilio has a difficult pattern for business developers and could be understood only by a developer.
  • Plivo has proper delivery reports as compared to Twilio. Using Plivo has helped us grow efficiently and in a good manner.
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Return on Investment
  • Lead attack time reduced.
  • Turnaround time and addressing customer issues improved and directly effected our NPS (Net Promoter Score).
  • Training and identifying areas of improvement of call agents became very easy.
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  • None now that they no longer support their product
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