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Nexmo
ByNexmoNexmo

Nexmo

#12in Messaging
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What is Nexmo?

Nexmo connects your apps directly to carriers around the world. Integrate SMS and Voice messages using one simple API. Use Nexmo Verity to register users, verify transactions, and implement two factor authentication.

Nexmo is a tool in the Messaging category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Inbound SMSOutbound SMSOutbound Text-To-Speech CallsOutbound VoiceXML CallsInbound VoiceXML CallsOutbound SIPInbound SIPNumber VerificationNumber Insight

Nexmo Pros & Cons

Pros of Nexmo

  • ✓For outbound and inbound SMS
  • ✓Cheap
  • ✓Simple REST API
  • ✓Broad coverage
  • ✓Most reliable global communication vendor w/simple APIs
  • ✓Excellent support team
  • ✓Implement inbound SMS
  • ✓Super fast and easy to use
  • ✓Cheap short-code SMS

Cons of Nexmo

No cons listed yet.

Nexmo Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Nexmo?

Twilio

Twilio

Twilio offers developers a powerful API for phone services to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive text messages. Their product allows programmers to more easily integrate various communication methods into their software and programs.

Postscript

Postscript

Postscript lets you easily create and manage SMS marketing campaigns with detailed analytics designed to increase sales and revenue, not just clicks.

Braze

Braze

Braze is a comprehensive customer engagement platform that powers relevant and memorable experiences between consumers and the brands they love.

Agora

Agora

Agora.io provides building blocks for you to add real-time voice and video communications through a simple and powerful SDK. You can integrate the Agora SDK to enable real-time communications in your own application quickly.

Plivo

Plivo

Plivo provides basic building block APIs in the form of Plivo XML and HTTP API, to create telephony apps, so developers can completely do away with learning the nitty-gritty of the telephony plumbing.

MessageBird

MessageBird

At MessageBird we believe that communicating with a business should feel as natural as communicating with a friend. That's why our SMS, Voice and Conversations APIs continue to revolutionize company-customer interactions.

Nexmo Integrations

AppFog, Ansible, AppFog, updown.io, Runbook and 3 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Nexmo. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with Nexmo.

AppFog
AppFog
Ansible
Ansible
AppFog
AppFog
updown.io
updown.io
Runbook
Runbook
CloudRail
CloudRail
Teamgate CRM
Teamgate CRM
Oh Dear!
Oh Dear!

Nexmo Discussions

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MOULI KARRI
MOULI KARRI

Aug 8, 2023

Needs adviceonNexmoNexmoTwilioTwilio

I need advice on what SMS provider gateway I have to choose if I am trying to build a ride booking app, should I go with Nexmo, Twilio, or any other SMS gateway provider as I need OTP authentication and booking, and booked messages to the users and many other messages booking OTPs for that particular ride.

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Tim Joseph Dumol
Tim Joseph Dumol

Lead Software Architect at Kalibrr

Jun 28, 2015

Needs adviceonNexmoNexmo

We fall back to Nexmo when Chikka (https://api.chikka.com) and Semaphore (http://semaphore.co) have downtime or deliverability problems. Chikka and Semaphore are local (Philippine) SMS APIs handled by SMART and Globe, respectively, and report higher deliverability rates than Nexmo (at lower cost). Nexmo

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