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THLR Lookups vs Twilio Lookup
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose HLR Lookups if…
- you're in its core audience: sms aggregators, voip providers
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Choose Twilio Lookup if…
- you're in its core audience: developers, fraud and risk teams
Side by side
Feature HLR Lookups Twilio Lookup
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIAPI, Web
CompanyVelocity Made Good Ltd. · since 2013Twilio
Full feature lists
H HLR Lookups
- Real-time HLR lookups via SS7 network
- MNP lookups from national numbering databases
- Number type detection: mobile, landline, VoIP
- REST API with sync and async callback modes
- PHP, NodeJS and Ruby SDKs
- Reports in JSON, HTML, PDF or CSV
- Processing up to 5k results per second
- Analytics on portability, roaming and MCCMNC
T Twilio Lookup
- Phone number format validation
- Carrier and provider lookup
- Line type and line status detection
- SIM swap fraud signals
- SMS pumping and bot attack prevention
- Risk signals for adaptive authentication
- Active consent information for contact numbers
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
HLR Lookups · hlr-lookups.com
Twilio Lookup · twilio.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
HLR Lookups
HLR Lookup0.0100 EUR per lookup (down to 0.0050 EUR at 10M+)
MNP Lookup0.0050 EUR per lookup (down to 0.0025 EUR at 10M+)
NT Lookup0.0025 EUR per lookup (down to 0.0009 EUR at 10M+)
Twilio Lookup
Pay as you goStarts at $0.01 per inbound caller identification request
Strengths and limitations
HLR Lookups
- 100 free lookups on signup
- Transparent per-lookup prices with volume tiers
- Accepts cards, PayPal, Bitcoin, Litecoin and wire transfer
- Coverage in over 200 countries
- Prices listed in EUR only
- Prepaid by default; postpaid requires business approval
- SDKs limited to PHP, NodeJS and Ruby
Twilio Lookup
- Basic number format validation is described as free to use
- Free trial with no credit card required
- One API covers deliverability and fraud signals
- Works with Twilio Verify, SMS and Voice products
- Developer API only, with no standalone no-code interface described
- Advanced data attributes are billed separately from the free validation
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Paid
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Pay-per-query phone number API for carrier, line type, LRN and CNAM data
Number lookup & HLRAPI
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VV
Free trial
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Voice, video, messaging and verification APIs for developers and businesses
CPaaS & OTP APIsAPI
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SS
Free trial
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Messaging, voice, email and verification APIs for businesses and developers
CPaaS & OTP APIsAPI
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 14, 2026. Editorial policy