Clearstream vs Twilio

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New plants to many of the largest and most influential churches in the U.S. rely on Clearstream as their texting service.

Customer Review

This was the easiest transition from one provider to another. Clearstream made this effortless on our part. The customer service has been over and above exceptional. This includes promptness to inquiries as well as customer support of our product.

When Clearstream is best

If you’re a church, Clearstream is going to be the best and most affordable option in nearly every case.

We offer a feature-rich SMS platform and API, with carrier compliance, automated workflows with conditional routing, team management, and multi-campus capability. And our product team is always pushing new updates.

We seamlessly integrate with Planning Center, Rock RMS, and CCB/Pushpay.

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When Twilio is the best option

Twilio is a great SMS option for organizations that prefer to build a texting program from the ground up. Twilio’s primary use cases are alerts, notifications, reminders, or verification codes.

Twilio isn’t an SMS platform, only a set of APIs.

Clearstream is both.

Rock RMS Partner

If your church uses Rock RMS, Clearstream was the top-rated Rock Partner from Rock's 2023 survey, easily beating out Twilio and all other texting providers. Clearstream can replace Twilio as the SMS Transport in Rock, and we also have a direct 2-way integration with Rock. Schedule a Zoom call with our Rock experts to learn more.

Rock Integration

Rock RMS rating for Clearstream and Twilio

Better Pricing

Considering a short code with Twilio? Expect to pay a hefty $500/mo “short code service charge” on top of your monthly leasing fee. We don’t sneak in extra fees.

Twilio passes carrier message surcharges (about $0.0035/segment) to you, on top of your standard Twilio messaging rates. Carrier surcharges are included in your Clearstream monthly plan.

Twilio offers customer support plans. We give killer customer support free to every customer, regardless of what they pay.

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Clearstream API

Most large churches using Clearstream find our full-featured platform plus our direct integrations are exactly what they need, but we do offer a robust, open REST API for your church to build on as well.

API Documentation

Native iOS & Android App

Manage all text communications in our native, bug-free mobile app. Need to message volunteers Sunday morning on the fly? Text individuals or a full list through the mobile app and respond to replies immediately.

Clearstream Mobile App

Integrations

Clearstream integrates seamlessly with your favorite tools

We take our integrations seriously. Clearstream integrations are simple to set up, fully reliable, and they make the tools you use more powerful by working together.

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Planning Center

Rock RMS

CCB/Pushpay

Breeze

Slack

Mailchimp

Zapier

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Facebook

API

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