Twilio Alternative: 70% Lower Voice AI Costs

Twilio charges per-minute for voice calls: ~$0.013/min (INR 1.08) for India outbound and ~$0.0085/min (INR 0.71) for inbound. Plus you pay monthly for phone numbers ($2-15), and need separate STT/TTS/AI services. Total cost for a voice bot can be $0.03-0.05/minute after adding all components.

Edesy bundles everything - telephony, AI processing, STT, TTS, and the platform - into one price. Twilio requires you to stitch together 4-5 different services (Twilio Voice + Deepgram + ElevenLabs + OpenAI + custom code), each charging separately. Our India-first pricing also uses domestic carriers (Exotel, Plivo) instead of international rates.

Yes! We help migrate your voice AI setup. If you have Twilio Studio flows, we can recreate them in our visual builder. If you have custom TwiML/Python code, we port the logic to our no-code platform. Most migrations complete in 1-2 weeks. You can keep your existing phone numbers.

Edesy has its own API, not Twilio-compatible. However, our API is simpler since AI, STT, and TTS are built-in. You don't need to orchestrate multiple services. For migration, we provide code samples and can help adapt your existing integrations.

If you primarily operate in India/South Asia, Edesy is better value. For global operations, Edesy connects to 180+ countries through partner carriers. However, if you need Twilio's direct carrier relationships in specific countries, that might be a consideration for very large global deployments.

Twilio Studio is a flow builder, but you still need to add AI/NLP separately. Twilio Autopilot (their NLU product) is being deprecated. Edesy provides a complete solution: visual flow builder + GPT-4/Claude + 8+ Indian language STT + natural TTS - all in one platform without extra integration work.

Twilio has excellent developer documentation and SDKs - it's built for developers. Edesy is built for both: business users can use the no-code builder, while developers get REST APIs. If you're a developer who loves coding everything, Twilio gives more control. If you want faster deployment, Edesy's no-code approach wins.

Common hidden costs: 1) STT service ($0.006-0.01/min), 2) TTS service ($0.10-0.24/1K chars), 3) LLM API calls ($0.01-0.05/conversation), 4) Development time ($5K-20K+ to build), 5) Maintenance and updates, 6) Analytics/logging services. With Edesy, all these are included in the flat rate.