Twilio: API, pricing, agent signup & quickstart

CategoryEmail, SMS & voice comms

TypeAPI service

Authapi-key

PricingUsage-based

Agent signup🟡 manual only

SDKsNode, Python, Ruby, PHP, C#, Java, Go, REST

MCP serveravailable →

Pricing: SMS from $0.0083/msg, voice from $0.014/min outbound (US); pay-as-you-go + free trial credit

🟡 Agents: manual only

Manual — signup needs a human (card, verification, or sales).

Account creation needs a human: phone/identity verification and, for US SMS, 10DLC brand/campaign registration and anti-fraud review. Once a parent account exists, subaccounts and phone numbers CAN be provisioned via API. Auth = Account SID + Auth Token.

Twilio — The market-standard programmable communications platform: SMS, voice, WhatsApp, verification, and phone numbers via API.
Website: https://www.twilio.com
Docs: https://www.twilio.com/docs
Get a key: https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio
Agent signup: manual only — Account creation needs a human: phone/identity verification and, for US SMS, 10DLC brand/campaign registration and anti-fraud review. Once a parent account exists, subaccounts and phone numbers CAN be provisioned via API. Auth = Account SID + Auth Token.
Auth: api-key
MCP server: https://github.com/twilio-labs/mcp
Pricing: usage-based — SMS from $0.0083/msg, voice from $0.014/min outbound (US); pay-as-you-go + free trial credit
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/twilio.json

Machine record: /api/tools/twilio.json · add its MCP server →

Quickstart

from twilio.rest import Client

client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)

client.messages.create(
    from_="+15017122661",
    to="+15558675310",
    body="Hello from Twilio",
)

python · full docs →

Model Context Protocol

Twilio exposes an MCP server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/twilio-labs/mcp

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Twilio FAQ

What is Twilio?

Twilio is The market-standard programmable communications platform: SMS, voice, WhatsApp, verification, and phone numbers via API. It's in the Email, SMS & voice comms category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Twilio free?

Twilio is usage-based (you pay for what you use). SMS from $0.0083/msg, voice from $0.014/min outbound (US); pay-as-you-go + free trial credit.

Can an AI agent sign up for Twilio automatically?

Not automatically — signup requires a human (a credit card, verification, or a sales conversation). Account creation needs a human: phone/identity verification and, for US SMS, 10DLC brand/campaign registration and anti-fraud review. Once a parent account exists, subaccounts and phone numbers CAN be provisioned via API. Auth = Account SID + Auth Token..

Does Twilio have an MCP server?

Yes — Twilio offers a Model Context Protocol server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://github.com/twilio-labs/mcp

Is Twilio open source?

Twilio is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Twilio support?

Twilio offers Node, Python, Ruby, PHP, C#, Java, Go, REST.

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