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Twilio vs Telnyx pricing (2026)

Short answer. Telnyx is cheaper on list price. A US local inbound minute costs $0.0085 on Twilio and starts at $0.0052 on Telnyx by our math ($0.002 Voice API plus $0.0032 SIP inbound). A local number costs $1.15 a month on Twilio and $1.00 on Telnyx. For voice AI, Telnyx sells a $0.05 a minute voice engine and Twilio sells Conversation Relay at $0.07 a minute. We read both pricing pages on October 26, 2026.

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Call rates and numbers, US

Item	Twilio	Telnyx
Local inbound	$0.0085 a minute	$0.002 Voice API plus SIP inbound from $0.0032
Local outbound	$0.0140 a minute	$0.002 Voice API plus SIP outbound from $0.005
Toll-free inbound	$0.0220 a minute	See vendor page
Local number	$1.15 a month	$1.00 a month, volume from $0.79
Toll-free number	$2.15 a month	$1.00 a month
Call recording	See vendor page	$0.002 a minute
Trial	$15 credit	Free sign-up

Sources: Twilio voice pricing, Telnyx call control pricing, Telnyx voice AI pricing, checked October 26, 2026.

Telnyx splits each call into a Voice API fee and a carrier fee. Twilio quotes one rate. Telnyx carrier rates say "from", so your rate may be higher on some routes.

A 1,000-minute month

Setup	Twilio	Telnyx
1,000 inbound minutes plus one local number	$9.65	$6.20
1,000 outbound minutes	$14	$7

Our math, from list prices. For a small shop, both bills are low. The gap matters more at high volume.

Voice AI

Item	Twilio	Telnyx
Voice AI rate	Conversation Relay $0.07 a minute	Voice engine $0.05 a minute (orchestration, speech to text, and text to speech)
LLM	Bring your own	LLM tokens billed per token; Telnyx shows about $0.006 a minute for its Kimi example
Telephony	Add the call rate	Local inbound from $0.0032 a minute
Vendor estimate	Not listed	About $0.06 a minute

On Twilio, Conversation Relay plus a local inbound minute is $0.0785 a minute, or $78.50 for 1,000 minutes before the LLM. Our math. Telnyx estimates 10K minutes at $596 a month.

Volume plans

Telnyx lists a Growth plan with a $2,000 a month minimum spend and a 15% discount on voice, messaging, and numbers. Enterprise starts at $5,000 a month. Twilio lists volume and committed-use discounts with no public price.

Which one fits a trades business?

Neither is a finished receptionist. Both are building blocks for a developer or for tools like Vapi and Retell AI. If your AI receptionist vendor asks you to bring a carrier, Telnyx costs less per minute and Twilio has wider support across tools.

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FAQ

Is Telnyx cheaper than Twilio? On list price, yes. A US local inbound minute is $0.0085 on Twilio and starts at $0.0052 on Telnyx by our math. A local number is $1.15 a month on Twilio and $1.00 on Telnyx.

How much does a Twilio phone number cost? A US local number costs $1.15 a month. A toll-free number costs $2.15 a month.

How much does Telnyx voice AI cost per minute? The voice engine costs $0.05 a minute. Telnyx estimates about $0.06 a minute with an LLM and local telephony.

What do 1,000 inbound minutes cost on Twilio vs Telnyx? By our math, $9.65 on Twilio and $6.20 on Telnyx, with one local number each.

Checked 2026-10-26. Prices and policies change. Confirm on the source before you buy.