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    "name": "Plivo API",
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    "category": "messaging",
    "summary": "CPaaS REST API for SMS, MMS, RCS and WhatsApp in 190+ countries, alongside voice.",
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    "pricing": "usage",
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      "typescript",
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      "whatsapp"
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      "grade": "C",
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        "maintenance": 78,
        "payments": 40,
        "reliability": 78,
        "schema": 59,
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          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
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          "points": 9.26,
          "reason": "List endpoints take limit and offset, with no field selection (15 of 25). Message list filters weren't rechecked this run (15 of 20). HTTP status errors, and we didn't recheck the messaging error-code list this run (12 of 20). No idempotency key or safe-retry guidance for sends found (0 of 20). Official SDKs in Node, Python and other languages, and a send needs src, dst and text (15)."
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          "points": 7.88,
          "reason": "HTTP Basic auth with an Auth ID and Auth Token per account or subaccount, the Auth ID also in every path. No per-key scopes found (20). Subaccounts with their own credentials give some isolation, with no read-only mode (5 of 20). Inbound SMS and WhatsApp bodies are untrusted text. Webhooks are signed, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Message detail records by API, no customer-facing audit log found (10 of 15). SOC 2 audited annually, PCI DSS Level 1 and HIPAA per the security page. No security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy found (5 of 20)."
        },
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          "key": "payments",
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          "effectiveWeight": 12.5,
          "score": 40,
          "points": 5,
          "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). US per-message SMS and MMS prices, carrier surcharges by carrier and number rental are published without a login (20). Free credits with no card, per the pricing page (20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies a phone number (0)."
        },
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          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
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          "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
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          "reason": "plivo-python v4.63.0 tagged on 2026-09-25 (30). plivo-node v4.79.0 and plivo-python v4.62.0 on 2026-07-28, so three SDK releases in 90 days (20). Closed service with a public changelog and support. We didn't sample GitHub issue replies (8 of 15). Official SDKs in several languages (15). plivo-node hasn't released since 2026-07-28, and we didn't check CI (5 of 10)."
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          "points": 6.13,
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          "reason": "Closed service with clear terms at plivo.com/legal/tos (15). Privacy policy, encryption at rest and in transit, and a sub-processor list. We didn't find a DPA or message-log retention periods (20 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (0). About 40 sub-processors listed with purpose and location (all USA), last updated 2025-08-13, with no change alerts (15 of 20)."
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        "basis": "public evidence",
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          "ergonomics": "List endpoints take limit and offset, with no field selection (15 of 25). Message list filters weren't rechecked this run (15 of 20). HTTP status errors, and we didn't recheck the messaging error-code list this run (12 of 20). No idempotency key or safe-retry guidance for sends found (0 of 20). Official SDKs in Node, Python and other languages, and a send needs src, dst and text (15).",
          "maintenance": "plivo-python v4.63.0 tagged on 2026-09-25 (30). plivo-node v4.79.0 and plivo-python v4.62.0 on 2026-07-28, so three SDK releases in 90 days (20). Closed service with a public changelog and support. We didn't sample GitHub issue replies (8 of 15). Official SDKs in several languages (15). plivo-node hasn't released since 2026-07-28, and we didn't check CI (5 of 10).",
          "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). US per-message SMS and MMS prices, carrier surcharges by carrier and number rental are published without a login (20). Free credits with no card, per the pricing page (20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies a phone number (0).",
          "reliability": "Statuspage at status.plivo.com with components and a readable history feed (20). The messaging incident in the last 90 days was outbound MMS failing from US and Canadian toll-free numbers for about 2 hours 10 minutes on 11 July, one message type on one sender type, so minor. The other entries we found were voice, such as call status webhooks for about 6.5 hours on 25 August (20). API limit published, 300 requests per 5 seconds, with a 429 above it (15). 429 documented without Retry-After or backoff guidance (8 of 15). Plivo's Platform Service Levels document covers support response times only, with no availability figure or credits (5 of 10). Messaging API is generally available (10).",
          "schema": "No OpenAPI spec found (0). llms.txt at plivo.com/docs/llms.txt (10). Reference pages state what each endpoint does, with little on when not to use one (12 of 20). Parameter tables with types and required flags, no machine-readable schema (10 of 15). Examples in each SDK language. We didn't recheck the messaging error list this run (12 of 15). Versioned v1 path and a public changelog (15).",
          "security": "HTTP Basic auth with an Auth ID and Auth Token per account or subaccount, the Auth ID also in every path. No per-key scopes found (20). Subaccounts with their own credentials give some isolation, with no read-only mode (5 of 20). Inbound SMS and WhatsApp bodies are untrusted text. Webhooks are signed, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Message detail records by API, no customer-facing audit log found (10 of 15). SOC 2 audited annually, PCI DSS Level 1 and HIPAA per the security page. No security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy found (5 of 20).",
          "transparency": "Closed service with clear terms at plivo.com/legal/tos (15). Privacy policy, encryption at rest and in transit, and a sub-processor list. We didn't find a DPA or message-log retention periods (20 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (0). About 40 sub-processors listed with purpose and location (all USA), last updated 2025-08-13, with no change alerts (15 of 20)."
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            "what": "US SMS pricing",
            "url": "https://www.plivo.com/sms/pricing/us/",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "status history feed",
            "url": "https://status.plivo.com/history.atom",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "API overview and rate limit",
            "url": "https://plivo.com/docs/account/api/overview",
            "seen": "2026-09-30"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP server FAQ",
            "url": "https://plivo.com/docs/faq/developer-tools/mcp-server",
            "seen": "2026-09-30"
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          {
            "what": "security and certifications",
            "url": "https://www.plivo.com/security/",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "platform service levels",
            "url": "https://www.plivo.com/legal/sla/",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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          {
            "what": "sub-processors",
            "url": "https://www.plivo.com/legal/subprocessors/",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "plivo-python tags",
            "url": "https://github.com/plivo/plivo-python",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
          },
          {
            "what": "plivo-node tags",
            "url": "https://github.com/plivo/plivo-node",
            "seen": "2026-10-01"
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        "openQuestions": [
          "Whether Plivo publishes per-number messaging throughput for US long codes",
          "Whether a Retry-After header comes back on 429",
          "The free trial credit amount, which the pricing page doesn't state"
        ]
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      "verdict": "US long code SMS $0.0077 a message and numbers $0.50 a month, with carrier surcharges listed per carrier. No OpenAPI spec.",
      "strengths": [
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        "Free trial credits with no card",
        "Published API limit of 300 requests per 5 seconds",
        "plivo-python released on 2026-07-28 and 2026-09-25",
        "Signed webhooks, and SOC 2, PCI DSS Level 1 and HIPAA per Plivo's security page"
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        "No OpenAPI spec",
        "One Auth ID and token per account or subaccount, with no scopes or read-only keys",
        "The official MCP has one tool and only searches docs",
        "Inbound US SMS is billed at $0.0077 too, plus a T-Mobile inbound surcharge of $0.0025",
        "No availability SLA, the service levels document covers support response times only"
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        "Put the Auth ID in both the path and the Basic auth header, every request needs both",
        "Stay under 300 API requests per 5 seconds, a 429 carries no Retry-After",
        "Give each agent its own subaccount to isolate credentials and spend",
        "Use the docs MCP to find endpoints, then call the REST API directly to send"
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        "measured": false
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        "payments": 40,
        "reliability": 78,
        "schema": 59,
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        "transparency": 50
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          "Messaging incidents minor, 2 hours 10 minutes at worst",
          "Readable status history feed"
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          "No idempotency key or safe-retry advice for sends",
          "Service Levels document covers support only"
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            "Document Retry-After"
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                "No idempotency key or safe-retry advice for sends",
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      "API rate limit is 300 requests per 5 seconds, with a 429 when exceeded (https://plivo.com/docs/account/api/overview)",
      "US pricing adds per-carrier surcharges on both sending and receiving, on top of the base rate (https://www.plivo.com/sms/pricing/us/)",
      "WhatsApp service messages are free through 30 September 2026, then the first 1,000 a month are free (https://www.plivo.com/whatsapp/pricing/)"
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