Custom Solutions
When the standard API isn't the whole story.
Some teams need more than a key and a docs page - dedicated infrastructure, custom integrations, or help navigating compliance most APIs leave entirely to you. That's what this is for.
First response
Same business day
Discovery call
30 minutes
Engineer access
Direct, no ticket queue
Engagement basis
Fixed scope, no retainer
What we build
Six things that come up most often.
Every engagement is scoped around your stack, but most requests fall into a handful of categories.
Custom integrations
Bespoke connectors into the systems you already run - CRMs, core banking platforms, legacy SMPP gateways, or an internal notification service you don't want to rebuild.
Dedicated infrastructure
Isolated sending infrastructure, dedicated IPs or short codes, and rate limits tuned to your traffic instead of a shared pool.
Compliance & registration
Help navigating A2P 10DLC registration, sender ID approvals, and the regulatory requirements that differ by carrier and by country.
Throughput engineering
Architecture review for high-volume sending: priority queues, custom retry and backoff strategies, and failover across providers.
Webhook & workflow design
Event schemas and delivery workflows built around how your product actually needs to react to a message, not just a generic status field.
Migration & onboarding
A staged, zero-downtime migration off a legacy provider, with an engineer on the call for the cutover, not just the kickoff.
Every engagement includes
Nothing here is a paid add-on.
These aren't upsells - they're how every custom engagement runs, regardless of size.
- Direct access to the engineer who builds it, not an account manager relay
- A written scope and timeline before any work starts
- Signed webhooks and exportable delivery logs by default
- A dedicated Slack Connect channel for the length of the engagement
- Support for A2P 10DLC and carrier registration paperwork
- A 30-day check-in after launch to tune anything that needs it
Finding the right fit
Most teams don't need this. Some do.
The standard API covers the vast majority of use cases. This exists for the rest.
Self-serve
Standard API
- Sign up and get an API key in minutes
- Usage-based pricing, pay as you send
- Shared sending infrastructure
- Docs, changelog, and community support
Custom
Custom solutions
- Scoped engagement with a dedicated engineer
- Fixed-scope pricing tied to the proposal
- Dedicated infrastructure where it matters
- Direct line to the team that built it
Ways to work with us
Three shapes, one starting point.
Every engagement is quoted individually after the discovery call. These are the shapes most requests take.
Integration Sprint
A focused build for one specific gap.
Best for: a single integration or migration with a clear scope.
- One dedicated engineer
- Fixed timeline, fixed scope
- Standard sending infrastructure
- 2-week post-launch support window
Managed Scale
Infrastructure and support sized for growth.
Best for: teams outgrowing shared infrastructure.
- Dedicated sending infrastructure
- Custom throughput & failover rules
- Priority support channel
- Quarterly architecture review
Enterprise Partnership
An ongoing relationship, not a one-off project.
Best for: regulated or multi-region senders.
- Dedicated engineering time on retainer
- Compliance & carrier registration support
- Custom SLAs and reporting
- Direct Slack Connect with the team
How it works
Four steps, start to launch.
Discovery call
~30–45 minutesA working conversation about your volume, compliance constraints, and where the standard API stops covering what you need.
Scoping & proposal
Usually within a weekA fixed-scope proposal covering architecture, timeline, and pricing - no open-ended retainers.
Build & integrate
Set in your proposalAn engineer who's worked on the core platform pairs with your team through implementation, not a project manager relaying messages.
Launch & ongoing support
Starts at go-liveYou go live with monitoring in place and a direct line to the team that built it - not a shared support queue.
Where this shows up
Built around how your team actually sends.
Fintech OTP at scale
Sub-second delivery expectations, strict compliance requirements, and no tolerance for a dropped verification code.
Logistics & delivery tracking
High-frequency status updates that need to survive carrier throttling without falling behind the truck.
Marketplaces & platforms
Messaging on behalf of thousands of sellers or providers, each needing their own sender identity and delivery visibility.
Internal enterprise tooling
Notifications wired into systems that were never built to talk to the outside world - ticketing, ERPs, internal dashboards.
Retail & e-commerce updates
Order confirmations, shipping updates, and cart recovery sent at volumes that make shared infrastructure start to strain.
Appointment & scheduling reminders
Time-sensitive reminders where a delay or a duplicate send is more than a minor inconvenience.
{
"workspace": "wsp_4b71ea",
"sending_pool": "dedicated",
"routes": [
{ "channel": "sms", "provider": "primary", "failover": "secondary" }
],
"rate_limit": { "per_second": 250, "burst": 500 }
}Under the hood
Still the same primitives, tuned for you.
A custom engagement doesn't mean a different product. It means the same message and webhook model you'd get on the standard API, pointed at infrastructure, routing, and compliance workflows built for your traffic.
Switch between the tabs to see how routing, delivery events, and carrier registration each look under a custom setup.
Security
The same security model, extended for you.
Custom infrastructure doesn't mean a different set of guarantees. It's the same scoped-token and signed-webhook model every workspace runs on, with the registration and dedicated-infrastructure work handled for you.
Read the full security model- Scoped, revocable API tokens per workspace
- HMAC-signed webhooks on every delivery event
- Support for A2P 10DLC and sender ID registration
- A named security contact for the length of the engagement
Questions
Before you reach out.
The standard API is self-serve: sign up, get a key, start sending. Custom solutions involve our team directly - scoping your architecture, building integrations, and in some cases standing up dedicated infrastructure.
Every engagement gets a fixed-scope quote after the discovery call, based on integration complexity, infrastructure footprint, and support level - not a generic per-seat or per-message markup.
No hard minimum. What matters more is fit: teams with compliance requirements, legacy systems to integrate with, or reliability needs the standard plan doesn't cover.
Most start with a discovery call, followed by a fixed-scope proposal. Build timelines vary with complexity, but every engagement is scoped up front so you know what you're getting before it starts.
Yes - the Integration Sprint model exists for exactly this: a scoped, time-boxed build before committing to anything larger.
Yes. Most custom engagements start on the standard API. Moving to a custom setup doesn't require a rewrite - we build on top of the same primitives.
Scope changes get a written amendment before any additional work starts, so pricing and timeline never move without your sign-off.
It depends on the requirement. VPC peering, IP allowlisting, and self-hosted components are all things we can discuss on the scoping call.
Get started
Tell us what you're building.
A short form gets a real reply from the team, not an autoresponder.
- 1We reply within a business day
- 230-minute discovery call
- 3Written proposal within a week