About Vonage API
Vonage API is a commercial set of cloud communications APIs for developers. It lets applications send messages, make and receive voice calls, host video sessions and verify users, using carrier connectivity that the provider maintains rather than the customer.
Teams typically integrate it through REST APIs and client SDKs for common languages. Messaging coverage includes traditional SMS and additional chat channels, and verification features help confirm sign-ups and secure logins. Vonage API is a hosted service, so there is no software to self-run, and it competes in the same space as other communications platform vendors serving businesses that need to reach customers programmatically.
Key features
- Messaging APIs including SMS
- Programmable voice calling
- Video session APIs
- User verification and authentication codes
- REST APIs and SDKs for common languages
Good fit for
- →Sending order and delivery notifications
- →Verifying user phone numbers at sign-up
- Tags
- sms
- voice
- video
- verification
- communications-api
- messaging
- telecom
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