# Resend vs Telnyx

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Telnyx

| Attribute | Resend | Telnyx |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.2 (72% (medium)) | 62.7 (72% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based email delivery platform that enables developers to send transactional and marketing emails at scale with a developer-friendly API, SDKs, and visual editor. It provides real-time webhook notifications, contact management, analytics, and email compatibility checking. | A platform that orchestrates voice AI agents with built-in speech recognition, synthesis, and language model inference, operating on a unified owned network infrastructure billed transparently at $0.05 per minute for the core voice engine plus metered costs for additional services. |
| features.capabilities | `{"chat":true,"email":true,"two_way":true,"global_coverage":"global","deliverability_tools":true,"usage_pricing_transparent":true}` | `{"sms":true,"email":true,"voice":true,"two_way":true,"whatsapp":true,"global_coverage":"global","usage_pricing_transparent":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 22 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Copilot"},{"name":"Windsurf"},{"name":"Antigravity"},{"name":"Lovable"},{"name":"v0"},{"name":"Bolt.new"},{"name":"Replit"},{"name":"Base44"},{"name":"Leap.new"}]` | `[{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Google Meet"},{"name":"Webex"},{"name":"Deepgram"},{"name":"Speechmatics"},{"name":"NVIDIA Parakeet"},{"name":"Telnyx STT"},{"name":"Telnyx Ultra TTS"},{"name":"Qwen3TTS"},{"name":"Inworld"},{"name":"Rime"},{"name":"Resemble"},{"name":"Murf"},{"name":"Fish Audio"},{"name":"Azure Neural HD"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Kimi"},{"name":"GLM-5.2"},{"name":"GPT-5.6 Luna"},{"name":"GPT-5.6 Sol"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","CA"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Transactional Pro","summary":"$20/mo for 50,000 emails","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"emails":"50,000/mo"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Transactional Overages","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"emails"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.9,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $20/mo. Pay-as-you-go overages at $0.90 per 1,000 emails.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://resend.com/changelog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:41:44.512Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Pay As You Go","summary":"$0.05/min voice engine, pay as you use","features":["Full platform access","Voice engine included","LLM tokens at GPU rates","Community support"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD","description":"Voice engine (orchestration, STT, TTS)"}],"description":"Usage-based billing with no commitment. Card on file to start.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sms_per_second":"50","concurrent_calls":"500","api_requests_per_second":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Committed","summary":"$500/month minimum with volume discounts","features":["All pay-as-you-go features","Volume discounts on usage","Dedicated account manager","Priority support","Higher rate limits"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Monthly commitment with volume-based discounts across all services.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$5,000/month minimum, custom enterprise pricing","features":["All committed plan features","Dedicated infrastructure","Private IP addressing","Private network interconnect","Unlimited rate limits"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Custom pricing with dedicated infrastructure, private network, and unlimited rate limits.","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"LLM tokens","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.004,"currency":"USD","description":"Example: Kimi model on Telnyx-owned GPUs, roughly $0.004/min"}]},{"name":"Telephony","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0032,"currency":"USD","description":"SIP trunking inbound from $0.0032/min"}]},{"name":"Call recording","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"SMS outbound","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"message"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.004,"currency":"USD","description":"Volume pricing available down to $0.0005/msg"}]},{"name":"Phone numbers (US local)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"Volume pricing from $0.79/mo"}]}],"summary":"From $0.05/min. No monthly platform fee. Free tier available; committed or enterprise tiers for volume discounts and dedicated support.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://telnyx.com/pricing/voice-ai-agents","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:21:22.572Z","startingPrice":{"amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | high |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Communication APIs)

| Capability | Resend | Telnyx |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Channels** |  |  |
| SMS | - | ✓ |
| Voice | - | ✓ |
| WhatsApp | - | ✓ |
| RCS | - | - |
| Transactional email | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video / real-time | - | - |
| In-app chat | ✓ | - |
| Verify / OTP / 2FA | - | - |
| **Messaging** |  |  |
| Two-way messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Geographic coverage | Global | Global |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Email deliverability tools | ✓ | - |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Published per-unit pricing | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:52:19.578Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*