Level 3
maybe you can consider twillio? I have had good experiences with them in the past, integration with laravel is quite easy (there are several packages you can use)
Sep 27, 2016
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Level 11
SMS Api
In a project I need to insert SMS notifications for some important events (some products expires). I'm using Laravel notification system to send the related email so sending the text message is quite easy.
I know Laravel support Nexmo out of the box but I don't get how Nexmo pricing works. There's a price per message (€0.0688 in Italy), plus a price per month for the messaging number (100€) which is higher than what my client can pay. I need to send about 40-50 messages per month and they don't need to receive any, right now they are sending them manually with a mobile phone, so it doesn't justify 100€/month for the service.
Am I getting the nexmo price wrong? Are there other services you've used to send sms?
Level 122
I don't know about nexmo, but usually the messaging number is only required if your application needs to receive sms messages
Level 11
I'll sure give twilio a try! And maybe check more in-depth with nexmo.
Level 1
You can check Textlocal- https://www.textlocal.com/
They have an Email2SMS feature as well (https://www.textlocal.com/send-email-to-sms-messages). Since you send a relevant email anyway, it can be configured to send the text message easily.
If you need to set up notifications with an API, their APIs are free to use and only charge for the SMS sent.
The prices when compared to twilio and nexmo are very affordable and the quality of service is excellent.
Level 1
I suggest you to go with the SMS service you like along with Laravel SMS API package (https://packagist.org/packages/gr8shivam/laravel-sms-api) that integrates with the Laravel notification system. You can use any SMS service that provides a web api with this package.
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Level 1
@mohanto Thanks for the suggestion buddy. Awesome package!
Perfectly integrates with Laravel notification system :)
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