# Plivo alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 161 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Plivo holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/plivo/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Twilio: 56
- Infobip: 12
- Bandwidth: 8
- Telnyx: 7
- Sinch: 6
- Vonage Communications APIs: 6

## Communications APIs

**Small business**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Plivo (Plivo is #3 of 9 at 23%).

- Twilio: first choice in 11 of those 37
- Telnyx CPaaS: first choice in 3 of those 37
- Telnyx: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Authkey: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Bandwidth: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Brevo: first choice in 1 of those 37
- ClickSend: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Plivo (Plivo is #3 of 8 at 15%).

- Twilio: first choice in 16 of those 53
- Telnyx: first choice in 5 of those 53
- Bandwidth: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Infobip: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Sendbird: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Sinch: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Twixor: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 1 of those 53

**Enterprise**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Plivo (Plivo is #6 of 8 at 4%).

- Twilio: first choice in 29 of those 71
- Infobip: first choice in 11 of those 71
- Sinch: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Bandwidth: first choice in 4 of those 71
- RingCentral: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Cisco Webex Connect: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Microsoft: first choice in 1 of those 71

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