Bird vs Crazytel
Bird confirms 4 of the features we check on its own site; Crazytel confirms 4. Starting prices: Bird not published, Crazytel 0 · per SMS (160 chars).
Bird
Developers sending email, SMS, WhatsApp and voice messages through APIs.
Crazytel
Australian businesses and call centres that need SIP trunks, virtual numbers and low-cost SMS.
Watch out: Focused on Australian, NZ and UK numbers and telephony; not a team chat or video suite.
| Overview & pricing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Communication & Meetings | Communication & Meetings |
| Specialty | Communications APIs | Business VoIP |
| Based in | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Best for | All sizes | All sizes |
| Starting price | Unconfirmed | 0 · per SMS (160 chars) |
| Free plan | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Free trial | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Features confirmed on each vendor’s site | ||
| Business phone numbers / VoIP · Core features | ✓Voice with numbers, SIP trunking and browser calling | ✓Business cloud phone systems, SIP trunks, AU/NZ/UK numbers |
| Call / meeting recording · Core features | ✓Voice recordings listed | Unconfirmed |
| SMS · Core features | ✓SMS API with sending, numbers, two-way messaging | ✓Bulk and two-way business SMS gateway |
| Web app · Platform | Unconfirmed | ✓Webphone: WebRTC browser client |
| Public API · Platform | ✓Build with MCP, CLI and SDKs; email API | Unconfirmed |
| Webhooks · Platform | Unconfirmed | ✓Real-time webhooks on the SMS gateway |
| Integrations | ||
| Listed on its site | Zapier, n8n, Attio | 3CX |
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Every ✓ / ✕ comes from the vendor’s own website (sources on each product page). Unconfirmed means the site doesn’t say — not that the feature is missing.