# Agora alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 245 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Agora holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/agora/alternatives

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

- Twilio: 106
- Telnyx: 41
- Plivo: 21
- Vonage Communications APIs: 6
- Infobip: 5
- Bandwidth: 4

## Communications APIs

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Agora.

- Twilio: first choice in 33 of those 84
- Telnyx: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Plivo: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Sendbird: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Signalmash: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Bird: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Podium: first choice in 1 of those 84
- SimpleTexting: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Agora (Agora is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Twilio: first choice in 31 of those 79
- Telnyx: first choice in 15 of those 79
- Plivo: first choice in 9 of those 79
- Bandwidth: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Infobip: first choice in 1 of those 79
- MessageBird: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Sinch: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Vonage/Nexmo: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Agora.

- Twilio: first choice in 42 of those 82
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Infobip: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Bandwidth: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Sinch: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Telnyx: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Linq: first choice in 2 of those 82
- RingCentral: first choice in 2 of those 82

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