Twilio is a developer platform: its WhatsApp API sends and receives messages for software you build, at a fee per message on top of Meta’s, and Flex is its contact center, priced per user. Syniria is ready to use: its AI agent answers, books the appointment, takes the order and keeps the customer record, and your WhatsApp campaigns go out from the same workspace.
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Syniria answers every message, then does the work that follows, in one workspace your team shares.
Built in, with no separate booking tool to pay for: services, staff, weekly schedules, buffers and booking rules. Customers book in the chat or on a booking page you link from your website, then reschedule or cancel by link.
The agent looks up live prices, options, stock and photos, then turns the chat into an order your team tracks to the end.
One contact across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram and your website, with notes, tags, stages and follow-up tasks for your team.
Send approved templates to the people you choose, now or on a schedule. Opt-outs are respected, and replies come back to the inbox.
Owner, Manager and Agent roles, assigned conversations, and a takeover that pauses the AI until the chat is handed back.
Your agent answers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram and your own website, for businesses worldwide, clinics, salons and stores alike, with no waitlist.
What each does, as of .
| Topic | Twilio | Syniria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | No plans for WhatsApp: $0.005 for each message sent or received, plus Meta’s fees, and $0.001 for each failed message. Flex, its contact center, from $150 per named user a month. | Connect $19, Starter $49, Growth $149 and Advanced $299 a month billed monthly, or $15, $39, $119 and $239 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial of every feature and no card. |
| What you get | APIs to build with. An inbox, an AI agent or a campaign screen is software you build, or Flex for the inbox. | A finished workspace: a team Inbox, the AI agent, campaigns, contacts, a catalog, orders and bookings. |
| AI agent | None ready-made: Agent Connect is a kit for bringing your own AI, with its parts priced by use. Its AI Assistants product was discontinued. | In every plan from Starter, with 1,000, 4,000 or 9,000 message credits a month, and on Connect with credits you buy: 1 credit is 1 AI reply, product photos included, and credits come in packs of 100 credits for $5, 450 for $20 or 1,000 for $40. |
| Team seats | On Flex, $150 per named user a month, $1 per active user hour, or from $35 per monthly active user plus usage. | Owner, Manager and Agent roles, with unlimited team members and no fee per user. |
| Channels | SMS, MMS, RCS, WhatsApp, Messenger, chat, email and voice, through its APIs. | WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, your own Telegram bot and a chat widget on your own website: 1, 3 or 5 channels by plan, more at $15 a month each. |
| Keep the WhatsApp Business app | Not supported: a number moved to Twilio leaves the WhatsApp Business app. | Supported (coexistence): you switch it on yourself when you connect, with no request to support. A reply sent from the app pauses the AI in that chat, so customers never get two answers. |
| Appointments | None built in; reminders are something you build with its APIs. | Built in and included from Growth, and in the free trial, with no separate booking tool to pay for: services, staff, weekly schedules, buffers and booking rules. The agent books in the chat, customers book, reschedule or cancel on your booking page, and your business gets an email each time. |
| Catalog and orders | WhatsApp product messages, with cart orders sent to your own webhook. | The agent looks up your live catalog with options, stock and photos, and turns a chat into an order your team tracks: on every plan from Starter, and on Connect with credits you buy. |
| Campaigns | Through its Bulk Messaging API, in beta, with scheduling; no campaign screen. | Unlimited on every paid plan, from Connect at $19, with no Syniria fee per message: approved WhatsApp templates sent to the people you choose, now or on a schedule, with opt-outs and delivery results. |
| WhatsApp message fees | Meta’s fees passed through on Twilio’s bill, plus its own $0.005 per message. | Meta bills your own WhatsApp account directly, at its own rates; Syniria adds no markup. |
| Developer tools | REST APIs and webhooks on every account, Studio flows and Zapier. | No public API yet; custom integrations on Enterprise. |
| Free trial | Trial credit with no card, to test with a few verified numbers. | 7 days of every feature, with 100 message credits and up to 50 WhatsApp campaign messages, and no card. |
The rules both work within, and what switching takes.
Twilio gives developers the parts: an inbox, an AI agent, campaigns and bookings are software you write, or Flex at its price per user. Syniria has them built in: connect your number in Meta’s window, and your team works from one Inbox.
Twilio charges $0.005 for every WhatsApp message, received or sent, on top of Meta’s fees. Syniria charges nothing per message: Meta bills your own WhatsApp account directly, with no markup.
A number moved to Twilio has to leave the WhatsApp Business app. Syniria supports Meta’s coexistence, so the app keeps working on the same number.
Syniria sets no monthly limit on campaign messages on any paid plan, and the free trial includes 50. One campaign reaches up to 10,000 people, and Meta’s daily sending limits for your number apply whichever platform sends it.
Disconnect the number from your Twilio integration, so customers never get two answers, then connect it in Syniria and choose “I already use the API” in Meta’s window. Start a free trial to try it first.
Know what your agent can do and how it fits your business.
Talk to the teamSyniria is ready to use: a team Inbox with Owner, Manager and Agent roles and no fee per user, and an AI agent in every plan from Starter that drafts orders from your live catalog and, on Growth and above, books appointments in Syniria’s built-in booking engine, and WhatsApp campaigns are unlimited on every paid plan. It also keeps the WhatsApp Business app working on the same number.
Twilio charges $0.005 for each WhatsApp message sent or received, plus Meta’s fees, and Flex, its contact center, starts at $150 per named user a month. Syniria starts at $19 a month with Connect, with unlimited team members and WhatsApp campaigns at 0% markup, or $49 with the AI agent included, with no fee per message, and Meta bills its fees to your own WhatsApp account.
Yes. Syniria supports Meta’s coexistence, and you switch it on yourself when you connect; Meta checks the number during setup. A reply you send from the app pauses the AI in that chat, so customers never get two answers. A number moved to Twilio has to leave the WhatsApp Business app.
No. Booking is built in: services, staff, schedules, booking rules and a booking page, included from Growth and in the free trial. The agent books in the chat, and customers can reschedule or cancel by link.
Yes. Campaigns are unlimited on every paid plan, from Connect at $19, with no Syniria fee per message, and the free trial includes up to 50 campaign messages. Meta bills your own WhatsApp account for each delivered message.
Twilio’s side of this page, as these sources stood on . Twilio changes its prices and products often; check them before you decide.
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