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Comparison

Plivo vs Stream

No clear leader: Stream (80.3) and Plivo (78.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Plivo79
Stream80
Score
vioscaleAI score
Plivo79 / 100high · 75%
Stream80 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Model
Plivofreemium
Streamfreemium
Price level
Plivohigh
Streamhigh
Starting price
Plivo$228
Stream$499
Transparent
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Integrations
Count
Plivo12
Stream14
Security
Disclosure policy
Plivo–
Stream✓
Gdpr
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Hipaa
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Iso27001
Plivo–
Stream✓
Pci
Plivo✓
Stream–
Soc2
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Plivo99.99
Stream99.999
Status page
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Plivo7 items
Stream6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Channels
SMS
Plivo✓
Stream-
Voice
Plivo✓
Stream✓
WhatsApp
Plivo✓
Stream-
RCS
Plivo✓
Stream-
Transactional email
Plivo✓
Stream-
Video / real-time
Plivo-
Stream✓
In-app chat
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Verify / OTP / 2FA
Plivo✓
Stream-
Messaging
Two-way messaging
Plivo✓
Stream✓
Reach
Geographic coverage
PlivoGlobal
StreamGlobal
Delivery
Email deliverability tools
Plivo-
Stream-
Commercial
Published per-unit pricing
Plivo✓
Stream✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Plivo

A cloud telephony and contact center platform that enables businesses to deploy AI agents and handle customer interactions across voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp, email, and chat through programmable APIs and a unified agent interface.

Independently observed

Stream

A platform providing SDKs and APIs for adding chat messaging, video calling, activity feeds, and content moderation to applications, supporting billions of end users across a globally distributed infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Plivo

from $228/yrHybridFree tier

From $228/year for contact center or $0.0028/minute for voice AI agents. Free tier with $10 credits.

  • Plivo CX Starter$228/year
  • Plivo CX Standard$348/user/year
  • Plivo CX Professional$828/user/year
  • Voice AI AgentsFree
as of verify ↗

Stream

from $499/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $499/mo. Free tier available. Activity and API call overages charged at published per-unit rates.

  • FreeFree
    • Flat & Timeline Feeds
    • Notification & Aggregated Feeds
    • Security & Compliance
    • Global Edge Network
  • Robust Feeds$499/mo billed annually (or $599/mo monthly)
    • Ranked Feeds
    • Ticketed Support
  • Elevate$899/mo billed annually (or $999/mo monthly)
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 99.999% SLA
    • SAML/SSO
    • Private Dedicated Servers
    • 24/7 Support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Plivo✓
Stream✓
iOS
Plivo✗
Stream✓
Android
Plivo✗
Stream✓
CLI
Plivo✓
Stream✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Plivo✓
Stream✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Slack

Plivo

19 total - 18 not shared
  • LiveKit
  • Pipecat
  • OpenAI
  • Google Gemini
  • Deepgram
  • Cartesia
  • ElevenLabs
  • Vapi
  • OpenAI Realtime
  • Zapier
  • Gmail
  • Google Sheets
  • Tray
  • EngageBay
  • Auth0
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Zendesk
Independently observed

Stream

15 total - 14 not shared
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub
  • Postman
  • Xcode
  • Android Studio
  • React
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Expo
  • Vercel AI SDK
Independently observed
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Plivo or Stream: which one depends on you

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