OCS: SMS (texting) Application Competitive Analysis and pricing template

	A	B	C	D	E
1		SMS Messaging Vendors
2		Competitors
3	Comparison Criteria	Twilio	GetThru	Callhub	Hustle
4	Pricing option	Pay-as-you-go, volume discounts	Pay-as-you-go, volume discounts	https://callhub.io/pricing/?tab=autosmssignup	Volume - 10,000 messages a year minimum, $20k contract, or 15k (.15cents a message)
5	Set up fee	N	$100.00	$2/month for 10-digit number	$1,000.00
6	Outbound messages	$0.0075	$0.08	$0.034
7	Incoming messages	$0.0075	Unlimited	$0.012
8	Pitcture messages	$0.02	n/a	$0.12
9	Yearly cost	n/a	n/a
10	Additional costs	Purchase clean local number: $1.00/month Short code: Available	n/a	SMS Optin-In: $.034 Text Broadcast: $0.34
11	Technical Support	Y	Y	Y
12	Strategic Support	Y	Y	Y
13	Cell phone number validation	Y	Y	Rent a number
14	Mobile App	https://www.twilio.com/client/mobile	N	n/a	Y
15	Discounts	https://www.twilio.org/benefits/	n/a	n/a
16	Website	https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/us	https://www.getthru.io/training	https://callhub.io/
17	Training	https://www.twilio.org/topic/engage-people-and-communities/	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SmV919l9MA&feature=emb_title	https://callhub.io/peer-to-peer-texting-campaign/guides/
18	Additional notes	Would need an ongoing software developer, not an out of box solution. They just have the back end.			Uses Twilio as a platform but is a out of box solution. Different legal category. Agent sends out messages.
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24	Spreadsheet provided by Hack for LA - send iterations back to us please so we can learn from you. Bonnie@hackforla.org
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