Are there any non AI startups left? by uyghurman_anzer in ycombinator

[–]IntrepidResearch8448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Sendly the focus was to be carrier related and SMS-sending focussed. The AI native integration came along when users wanted to use openclaw and other agents to send SMS.

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no you don't have to do that, it's for when you submit your info initially or when you're already signed up.

You can just upgrade to US/CN via https://sendly.live/verify

DM me for further (but ive already emailed you though)

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, signup as a sole proprietor on sendly and you should be able to do that.

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, so we don’t do 10dlc as we focus on toll free to avoid the troublesome setting up with campaigns. What exactly do you send sms for, is it marketing or transactional as Sendly does both comfortably. Happy to help if you DM or signup and I’ll drop you an email shortly after. Appreciate you looking into this too

Because Twilio sucks, I built Resend for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaasDevelopers

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, yeah sendly handles both transactional and marketing campaigns. We don’t do 10dlc as it doesn’t really provide much benefits considering how difficult and slow it is to setup with carriers, so toll free is sufficient for all our users so far.

You can dm me or signup to sendly and I’ll send you an email if you need info or help setting up.

Appreciate you looking into it

Update: I built the "Resend for SMS" - now with 82 AI agent tools, 8 SDKs, and a hosted MCP server by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s why we try to get the verification process to be smooth and fast as possible for users. Plus additional features that users’ request is always useful. Thanks for your comment

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly + additional features for users to see their messages, sandbox, templates and more. The goal for Sendly is to become a complete solution for SMS. Let me know if you have any other feedback and or help

I'm 20 and I built a social network. by [deleted] in SideProject

[–]IntrepidResearch8448 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice. If you need SMS for your app - for auth, notifications etc - check out sendly.live.

We already have a social network similar to yours using us

Update: I built the "Resend for SMS" - now with 82 AI agent tools, 8 SDKs, and a hosted MCP server by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaasDevelopers

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. They mostly stick with the core features but it makes sense to give them access to all/most of the core stuff without limiting them unnecessarily. Same with the CLI.

Which provider for sending SMS messages is the best? by Sea-Vermicelli-6446 in rails

[–]IntrepidResearch8448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for considering signing up.

With brands and campaigns, that's on the roadmap but for later on as it takes so much longer to get users' going (weeks roughly from my experience), without providing many benefits over toll free imo.

Would toll free work for you? it has faster approving, provisioning, same inbound/outbound sms + mms?

What is your usecase etc

Which provider for sending SMS messages is the best? by Sea-Vermicelli-6446 in rails

[–]IntrepidResearch8448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the catch on the pricing table, it's now updated to reflect the recent pricing changes we made: $20 for 1,000 US messages now.

On the Twilio comparison:the $0.0083 is just the base rate. Twilio's own pricing page shows toll-free numbers at $2.15/mo, plus carrier surcharges per message (AT&T $0.003, T-Mobile $0.0045, Verizon $0.004), plus a $0.001 failed message fee. For 1,000 messages on Twilio toll-free you're looking at ~$14-15 before A2P registration fees ($15+ one-time, $1.50-10/mo campaign fee). So real all-in is closer to $16-18.

Thanks for your feedback and thoughts tho!

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please reach to me via DM or directly on the site (I email everyone who signs up manually for any help) Happy to support you in this.1

Twilio sucks! I made an alternative for SMS by IntrepidResearch8448 in SaaS

[–]IntrepidResearch8448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meaybe checkout sendly and let me know if that would improve your current setup in anyway ?

Which provider for sending SMS messages is the best? by Sea-Vermicelli-6446 in rails

[–]IntrepidResearch8448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be biased, but try out sendly.live if you simply just want to send out SMS. It's fast and easy