New Integration: Get Global SMS & Voice Calls for Businesses of All Sizes with Plivo

Emily Breuninger
Emily Breuninger / January 3, 2018

If you want to easily add voice and SMS capabilities to your web applications, it’s tricky to know where to start. With so many APIs and SDKs floating on the web, knowing which ones to trust and use can be difficult to navigate.

Plivo, a cloud API platform and a global carrier services provider for voice calls and SMS, can help navigate this landscape. Plivo offers HTTP APIs that let you add voice and SMS capabilities to any web or mobile using any web standard language. They simplify the obvious difficulties of the telephony business into a single infrastructure service.

Now that Plivo integrates with 750 web tools via Zapier, you can automate your global SMS and voice call workflows. That means you can get SMS alerts for important events or messages or add logs of SMS or voice calls directly to another app in your sales stack. Rather than continuing to waste time between multiple applications, you can automate your workflow with this Plivo + Zapier integration.

How Plivo Works with Zapier

Triggers

  • New SMS: Triggers when you receive a new SMS. This will override the message_url associated with your Plivo number if you have already set it.
  • New Completed Call: Triggers after a new call is completed.

Search

  • Find Number: Finds a phone number by service type.

Actions

  • Make Call & Speak Text: Make a call and say a message.
  • Send SMS: Sends an SMS.
  • Make Call & Play Audio: Make a call and play an audio.

Automation Inspiration

Get started with these sample Zaps:

Get SMS Alerts about Important Announcements

Log Your SMS Messages

How to Automate Plivo with Zapier

  1. Sign up for a Plivo account, and make sure you have a Zapier account

  2. Try some pre-made Plivo integrations and learn more about how Plivo works with Zapier

  3. Check out our Plivo help documentation for details on connecting your account and setting up your first Zap

  4. Or login and build a custom workflow with Plivo and Zapier