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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 227 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Sendbird 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/sendbird/alternatives

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

- Twilio: 94
- Telnyx: 39
- Plivo: 20
- Vonage Communications APIs: 7
- Infobip: 6
- Bandwidth: 4

## Communications APIs

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Sendbird (Sendbird is #5 of 10 at 2%).

- Twilio: first choice in 26 of those 73
- Telnyx: first choice in 21 of those 73
- Plivo: first choice in 11 of those 73
- Bird: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Podium: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Signalmash: first choice in 1 of those 73
- SimpleTexting: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Sendbird (Sendbird is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Twilio: first choice in 30 of those 78
- Telnyx: first choice in 15 of those 78
- Plivo: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Bandwidth: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Infobip: first choice in 1 of those 78
- MessageBird: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Sinch: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Sendbird (Sendbird is #6 of 9 at 2%).

- Twilio: first choice in 38 of those 76
- Infobip: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Vonage Communications APIs: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Bandwidth: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Sinch: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Telnyx: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Linq: first choice in 2 of those 76
- RingCentral: first choice in 2 of those 76

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