Twilio
Verified Communications Est. 2008

Twilio

A customer engagement platform with APIs for SMS, voice, email, and more to build personalized customer relationships.

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US Global

Customers

300,000+

Developers

10 million+

Gartner Magic Quadrant

Leader for CPaaS

About Twilio

Twilio is a comprehensive customer engagement platform built for developers and enterprises. Its core offerings are communication APIs for SMS, Voice, Email, Video, and WhatsApp, allowing businesses to embed these channels directly into their applications. Beyond communications, Twilio has expanded into customer data with Twilio Segment, a leading Customer Data Platform (CDP) that helps companies collect, clean, and control their customer data. They also provide authentication services like Verify for two-factor authentication and Lookup for phone number intelligence. The platform is designed to be flexible, scalable, and is used by millions of developers globally for use cases ranging from marketing and notifications to contact centers and identity verification.

Core Communication APIs

Messaging

Programmable SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, and RCS for alerts, notifications, and conversations.

Voice

APIs to make, receive, and control calls, including SIP Trunking, IVR, and conferencing.

Email

Sendgrid Email API for delivering transactional and marketing emails at scale.

Video

Programmable Video API to build scalable, real-time video and HD audio applications.

Customer Data Platform (Segment)

Connections

Collect customer data from any source (web, mobile, servers) with a single API.

Unify

Create a single, unified profile for each customer from disparate data sources.

Engage

Build audiences and orchestrate personalized journeys across marketing and engagement tools.

Authentication & Identity

Verify Api

Add user verification and two-factor authentication (2FA) via SMS, voice, email, and push.

Lookup Api

Retrieve phone number details, including carrier, line type, and caller name.

Tags

API Global Enterprise
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Founded 2008
Founder(s) Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, John Wolthuis
Country US
Coverage Global
Access Type Hybrid
Pricing Model Usage-based
Pricing Visibility Public
Auth Method API Key
Sandbox Available
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