A Twilio Verify alternative, priced in rupees
Twilio Verify charges $0.05 a push verification plus SMS. What that costs in India, and how SignOps Approve and email OTP compare.
Twilio Verify is the default for many teams because it is one API for SMS, voice, email, WhatsApp, TOTP and push. In India its pricing adds up fast: a fee per verification on top of a fee per message, billed in dollars.
What Twilio Verify costs
| Twilio Verify | |
|---|---|
| Per verification | $0.05, about Rs 4.40 |
| Push verification | $0.05, no extra channel fee |
| SMS to India | Plus about Rs 0.45 a message |
| Billing | US dollars |
One lakh verifications a month
| Method | Twilio | SignOps |
|---|---|---|
| Push approval | About Rs 4,40,000 | Rs 30,199 (Starter plus Rs 0.30 each past 1,000) |
| Email OTP | About Rs 4,40,000 plus email | Rs 3,469 (Starter plus Rs 0.03 each past 1,000) |
Before GST, at about Rs 88 to the dollar.
Feature by feature
| Twilio Verify | SignOps | |
|---|---|---|
| SMS and voice OTP | Yes | No |
| WhatsApp OTP | Yes | No |
| Email OTP | Yes | Yes |
| Push approval with number matching | Push, number matching up to you | Yes, always on |
| Passkeys | Through Stytch, separately | Yes, same account |
| Push notifications | Separate products | Yes, same user id |
| Free tier | Trial credit | 100 approvals a day, 500 email codes, 10,000 passkey sign-ins |
When Twilio is the right choice
- You need SMS and voice worldwide from one provider.
- You already run on Twilio and the bill is not the issue.
When SignOps fits
- Your users are mostly in India and you want to pay in rupees with a GST invoice.
- You want push approval at Rs 0.30 instead of Rs 4.40, with number matching and a signed challenge built in.
- You want push notifications, approvals, passkeys and email codes on one user id.
See how push authentication and number matching work.
Sources: Twilio Verify pricing, Message Central: Twilio Verify alternatives in India.