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HTelnyx Number Lookup vs Twilio Lookup
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Telnyx Number Lookup if…
- you're in its core audience: developers, fintech and fraud teams
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Choose Twilio Lookup if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: developers, fraud and risk teams
Side by side
Feature Telnyx Number Lookup Twilio Lookup
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIAPI, Web
CompanyTelnyx LLCTwilio
Full feature lists
T Telnyx Number Lookup
- Real-time carrier and line type detection
- Portability status and LRN for North American numbers
- CNAM caller ID name for US numbers
- Caller Identity with name, address and confidence score
- MCC/MNC for mobile numbers worldwide
- HLR lookups for live mobile number status
- Bulk lookups for millions of numbers
- SDKs for Python, Node and Ruby
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.
Twilio Lookup · twilio.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Telnyx Number Lookup
Pay as you go$0
Volume RateCustom
Enterprise$5,000/mo
Twilio Lookup
Pay as you goStarts at $0.01 per inbound caller identification request
Strengths and limitations
Telnyx Number Lookup
- LRN lookups start at $0.0015 per query with no platform fee
- You pay only for the data sets you request
- Automatic volume discounts with no contract
- International carrier and MCC/MNC data
- LRN and portability data cover North American numbers only
- CNAM and Enhanced Caller Name cover US numbers only
- Caller Identity costs $0.044 per query and covers only US and Canada
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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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 14, 2026. Editorial policy