Communications APIs for small business buyers
Asked as “communications API platform”, and as “CPaaS for SMS and voice”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
37%
Contested · Telnyx 27%
37Twilio27Telnyx23Plivo13others
37% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Twilio vs BandwidthTwilio vs SinchTwilio vs InfobipTelnyx vs PlivoTelnyx vs Vonage Communications APIsTelnyx vs BandwidthTelnyx vs SinchTelnyx vs InfobipPlivo vs Vonage Communications APIsPlivo vs BandwidthPlivo vs SinchPlivo vs InfobipVonage Communications APIs vs BandwidthVonage Communications APIs vs SinchVonage Communications APIs vs InfobipBandwidth vs SinchBandwidth vs InfobipSinch vs Infobip
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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01Twilio37%
Twilio37%02Telnyx27%
Telnyx27%03Plivo23%
Plivo23%04Vonage Communications APIs4%
Vonage Communications APIs4%05Wati2%
Wati2%06MessageBird0%
07Bird0%
Bird0%08Sinch0%
Sinch0%09Bandwidth0%
Bandwidth0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Twilio36%
27 of 74 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“small businesses should be cautious about or avoid the following communications API platforms... Twilio - Often criticized for complex, expensive, and sometimes hidden pricing structures.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Vonage Communications APIs23%
12 of 53 labels negative · 10 of 14 models
“Per-message pricing can add up at high volumes without committed-use discounts, phone number provisioning and compliance setup can be complex for new users” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Sinch26%
6 of 23 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“their interface is complex and geared toward enterprise workflows” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Bandwidth32%
6 of 19 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“one small-business-oriented source says to **avoid Bandwidth** unless you have high volume needs” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1048 links across 241 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · G236 answers · 49 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Twilio28 answers · 53 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G227 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SourceForge27 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
24 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Plivo23 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · VideoSDK23 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Vonage18 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
31 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 5 models
12 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best communications api platform”, “communications api platform”, “communications api platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Twilio twilio.com Twilio 37%, SendGrid 0% | 37% | 202 | 135,000 | 4,343 | 1,028,633 | $935 | 113 | |
| Telnyx telnyx.com | 27% | 103 | 14,800 | 290 | 648,568 | 65 | ||
| Plivo plivo.com | 23% | 112 | 3,600 | 75 | 7,988 | $1 | 7 | |
| Vonage Communications APIs vonage.com | 4% | 140 | 90 | 0 | 610,169 | $357 | 17 | 3 |
| Telnyx CPaaS | 4% | |||||||
| Wati wati.io | 2% | 14 | 1,900 | 150 | 6,309 | 24 | ||
| Brevo | 2% | 40,500 | 327 | |||||
| Authkey | 2% | |||||||
| MessageBird | 0% | 1,900 | 48 | |||||
| Bird bird.com | 0% | 26 | 550,000 | 946,608 | 5,589 | $2,965 | 120 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 16 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (sourceforge.net, vonage.com). The first result for “best communications api platform” is sobot.io.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best communications API platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which CPaaS for SMS and voice would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top communications API platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best communications API platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a communications API platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which communications API platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5TwilioTelnyxChangedTwilioPlivono first choiceagainst: Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Two alternatives
MessageBird, Vonage Communications APIsTwo alternatives
Plivo, Vonage Communications APIsOne alternative
Vonage Communications APIsTwo alternatives
Quo, TwilioGPT-5.4 miniTwilioTwilioHeldTwilioTelnyxno first choiceagainst: Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Three alternatives
Plivo, Sinch, Vonage Communications APIsFour alternatives
Infobip, Sinch, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
Bandwidth, Plivo, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
Plivo, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsGemini 3.5 FlashTelnyxagainst: TwilioTelnyxHeldno first choiceagainst: TwilioPlivoagainst: Twiliono first choiceagainst: Twilioagainst: Azure Communication Services, Bandwidth, Bird, Infobip, Sinch, Twilio
Three alternatives
Plivo, Signalmash, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
Plivo, Signalmash, TwilioFour alternatives
Plivo, Signalmash, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsFour alternatives
Bird, SignalWire, Telnyx, WatiThree alternatives
Plivo, SignalWire, TelnyxPerplexity SonarTwilio, WatiTwilioChangedTwilioagainst: InfobipBrevoagainst: Twiliono first choiceagainst: Bandwidth, Infobip, Sinch, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
One alternative
Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
Plivo, Podium, TelnyxFour alternatives
Brevo, Sendbird, Vonage Communications APIs, WatiTwo alternatives
Plivo, WatiGrok 4.1 FastTwilioPlivo, TelnyxChangedagainst: TwilioTwilioPlivo, Telnyxagainst: Sinch, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsTwilioagainst: Bird, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Three alternatives
Bird, Plivo, Vonage Communications APIsOne alternative
BandwidthFour alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsOne alternative
TextbeltFour alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, Sinch, Vonage Communications APIsMistral SmallTwilioTelnyx, Vonage Communications APIsChangedTwilioAuthkeyno first choiceagainst: Sinch, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Two alternatives
Sendbird, Vonage Communications APIsTwo alternatives
Kaleyra, MSG91Six alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, SendGrid, Sinch, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsTwo alternatives
TextMagic, WatiDeepSeek V4 FlashTwilioPlivoChangedagainst: BandwidthTwilioTelnyxagainst: Bandwidth, MessageBird/Bird, TwilioTwilioagainst: Agora.io, Plivo, Sendbird, Telnyx, Twilio, Twilio SendGrid, Vonage API, Vonage Communications APIs
Three alternatives
Plivo, SendGrid, TelnyxTwo alternatives
Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsSix alternatives
Bird, Mailgun, Plivo, Postmark, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
CEQUENS, Plivo, Vonage Communications APIThree alternatives
Plivo, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsLlama 4 MaverickTelnyx CPaaSTelnyx CPaaSHeldBrevo, Telnyx CPaaSno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Twilio
Three alternatives
Authkey, Pusher, WatiThree alternatives
Bird, MSG91, TwilioOne alternative
WatiQwen 3.7 FlashTwilioTelnyxChangedagainst: TwilioTwilioTelnyxagainst: Twiliono first choiceagainst: Bandwidth, Twilioagainst: Bandwidth, Sinch, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Three alternatives
Bandwidth.com, Plivo, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
JustCall, Plivo, SignalmashFour alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, Vonage Communications APIsKimi K2TwilioTelnyxChangedMessageBirdPlivo, Telnyxagainst: TwilioTwilioagainst: Avaya Communications APIs, RingCentral, Twilio, Vonage Business Communications
Four alternatives
Plivo, Sendbird, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsTwo alternatives
Plivo, TwilioFive alternatives
Plivo, Sendbird, Stream, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsOne alternative
BandwidthFive alternatives
Bandwidth, MessageBird, Plivo, SendGrid, Vonage/NexmoGLM 4.7 FlashXTwilioPlivoChangedTwilioPlivono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Bird, SendGrid, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
MessageBird, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsFive alternatives
Bird, Infobip, Plivo, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsThree alternatives
46elks, Twilio, sevenMiniMax M2.5Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsPlivoChangedagainst: TwilioPlivo, Twilioagainst: Infobip, Vonage Communications APIsPlivoTwilioagainst: Plivo, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Three alternatives
Sendbird, Sinch, TelnyxTwo alternatives
MessageBird, PodiumOne alternative
BandwidthOne alternative
TwilioThree alternatives
Plivo, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsGPT-6 LunaTwilioTwilioHeldTwilioagainst: PlivoTelnyxno first choiceagainst: Plivo, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Two alternatives
Postmark, TelnyxOne alternative
TelnyxThree alternatives
Bird, Telnyx, Vonage Communications APIsOne alternative
TwilioMuse Glimmer 30BTwilioPlivoChangedTwilio, Vonage — formerly NexmoPlivo, Telnyxagainst: Twiliono first choiceagainst: Esendex, Sinch, Telnyx, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIs
Five alternatives
MessageBird, Plivo, Rework, Vonage API, WatiFour alternatives
JustCall, Telnyx, Twilio, Vonage Communications APIsSeven alternatives
Brevo, MessageBird, now Bird, Plivo, RingCentral RingEX, Sinch, Telnyx, WatiBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:54 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 16 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:11 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 23 | 79 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:46 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:49 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 17 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 22 | 65 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 7 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 22 | 79 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 16 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:34 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 24 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:52 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:34 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:50 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:59 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 25 | 76 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 1 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:51 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:26 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 22 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:11 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:00 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:52 | no | 0 | 64 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:04 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:59 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 14 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 20 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 25 | 108 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:54 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Vonage read as Vonage Communications APIs
Vonage (Communications APIs) read as Vonage Communications APIs
Vonage (Nexmo) read as Vonage Communications APIs
Vonage (formerly Nexmo) read as Vonage Communications APIs
Unresolved, counted raw
46elks
Amazon SES
CEQUENS
EZ Texting
Esendex
Flowroute
Mailgun
MessageBird, now Bird
Stream (formerly GetStream)
Text Request
Textbelt
Troop Messenger
Twilio Studio
Vonage — formerly Nexmo
seven
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.