Telnyx
Communications platform: SMS, voice and IoT on a private network
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Telnyx provides a private-network communications platform with integrated voice, SMS, IoT and AI inference on owned GPUs.
- for
- Developers building voice/AI agents, contact centers, and IoT fleets needing carrier-grade telecom and inference.
- pricing
- freemium · free trial
- license
- MIT
- v0.4.0v0.4.0 — WhatsApp, TTS, SMS, Voice, STT, Verify4 months ago
Key features
- Owned carrier network — Telnyx operates its own licensed telecom backbone, eliminating third-party hops.
- Edge compute & GPUs — Run inference and containerized code at PoPs with low latency and data sovereignty.
- Serverless inference API — Call open-weight models via an OpenAI-compatible API with usage-based pricing.
- Dedicated inference — Reserve GPU capacity for custom or fine-tuned models with predictable performance.
- Stateful edge functions — Deploy containerized functions, KV store, and persistent actors at the edge.
- Unified communications APIs — Voice, SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, email, and number provisioning under one control plane.
- Agent SDK — Build AI agents with persistent memory, scheduled tasks, and direct bindings to Telnyx services.
Use cases
- Voice AI agents handling inbound/outbound calls in 100+ languages
- Contact center automation with AI summarization and routing
- Connected fleet management using SIMs, edge inference, and real-time notifications
- Multimodal RAG applications leveraging embeddings and on-prem GPU inference
Telnyx pricing
- Pay-as-you-go$0No contract · Per-token rates for inference · Only pay for used primitives
- Enterprise$5,000/monthDedicated infrastructure · Private interconnect · Unlimited rate limits
Telnyx vs alternatives
 Telnyx |  Twilio |  Vonage |  OpenRouter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | End-to-end AI-powered communications on a single provider | Communications APIs without integrated GPU inference | Messaging and voice APIs with third-party inference | Unified access to multiple LLM providers |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- Telnyx vs Twilio: Twilio offers similar communications APIs but does not own the AI inference infrastructure.
- Telnyx vs Vonage: Vonage provides voice/SMS APIs but lacks a private carrier network and edge GPU stack.
- Telnyx vs OpenRouter: OpenRouter aggregates many AI models but does not include telecom services or edge compute.
Telnyx FAQ
How do I use Telnyx with my existing OpenAI code?+
Set Telnyx’s base URL, API key, and model in your OpenAI SDK client to call the Inference API.
Do I need to manage any servers for inference?+
No, serverless inference runs on demand; you can also reserve dedicated GPU capacity if needed.
What pricing applies to voice AI workloads?+
Voice + telephony $0.006 per minute, STT/TTS + inference $0.150 per minute, messaging $0.004 per message; enterprise plans start at $5,000/mo.
Can I store model artifacts and recordings close to the GPUs?+
Yes, Telnyx offers S3-compatible Object Storage and CloudFS mounted at the same PoPs as the GPUs.
Is there a free tier to try the platform?+
Sign-up is free and you can start using the pay-as-you-go rates without a contract.
How is data sovereignty handled?+
Telnyx owns the private global backbone and edge compute, allowing you to run workloads in sovereign regions.
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