Instead, they provide a javascript engine for you to write your code.
This javascript way of using telephony service is not new. Tropo has implemented that for a long time.
Their pricing is fairly similar to Twilio, Tropo, Plivio (and a dozen):
- 1 cent per minute
- 1 cent per SMS
- $0.50 per phone number
Junda --
ReplyDeleteThanks for the writeup on SwitchCoder. I have been following you on Quora and you provide a lot of helpful insights there. I know you also work at Hoiio and do some great work there.
It's true that Tropo provides hosted scripting via Javascript (and a few other) languages and has for a while now.
SwitchCoder is more of a full-featured development environment. We provide the ability to create stateful applications using our storage API. I have not seen anything like this from Tropo. It is more of a simple script hosting platform.
While we support telecom functions just as Tropo and Twilio (and many others), the development environment can actually be used to build most any kind of hosted application.
Hey Scott
DeleteNice work on SwitchCoder. If you didn't mention i would not have know about the Storage API. It is awesome as it completely takes care of the backend! Kind of like Parse.
Yes. That's the idea exactly. We are clearly not communicating that message clearly enough. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, we do provide APIs to execute scripts and are considering opening up the rest of the application via REST as needed. As of now no one has asked for it.
Have a good day.