Support and sales
Interactive voice response (IVR) solution
Build a modern IVR solution with Twilio to improve your customer experience with logic and AI-based self-service while reducing the need for agent intervention.
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What’s possible with an intelligent IVR solution?
Improve your customer experience without adding complexity for agents.
How to build a modern IVR
Create a custom IVR solution to expand and modernize your contact center.
Twilio products for IVR
Build a modern IVR solution with a strong connectivity foundation and customize with the exact functionality you need.
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1. Phone number |
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200+ number types, 100+ countries Use your existing number |
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2. Connectivity |
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4,500 global carrier connections Use your existing PSTN carrier |
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3. Build |
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<Pay>, <Gather>, Low/no-code editor, templates for IVR flows |
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4. Channels |
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Text-to-speech, call SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, reliable real-time delivery |
Build and launch your new IVR in days
Sign up for a free Twilio account to start building your new IVR flows today. Use quickstarts, up-to-date docs, the Twilio CLI, and Code Exchange to build a prototype quickly.
Build your first phone tree
Follow along with this quickstart to learn how to set up your first IVR phone tree with Twilio.
Quick deploy a basic IVR
Use our pre-built app in Code Exchange to deploy a basic IVR that uses SMS and Voice in minutes.
Tips for speech recognition and virtual agent bots with voice calling
Improve your IVR speech recognition performance with 11 best practices from our product team.
Prefer not to code? No problem.
Work with one of our trusted partners to get coding support or explore a pre-built notifications solution. Find a partner
Why use Twilio to build an IVR solution
Increase customer satisfaction while reducing cost to resolution.
Start with a single IVR add-on, or modernize your entire IVR system. With Twilio, you can scale to manage huge call volumes with self-serve automation to reduce call center costs and preserve agent bandwidth.
1M+ monthly inbound calls
handled by Marks & Spencer’s new IVR
Work smarter, not harder. Add AI virtual agents with one click to offer natural language assistance, instead of rigid menus that lack context and confuse. Create customized virtual agent flows that understand caller intent.
86% of consumers
say personalized experiences increase their loyalty
There’s no need to rip and replace. Add Twilio IVR to your existing contact center to quickly expand your functionality. Then fine-tune your experience with new features or flows as you realize you need them.
97% of companies
expect to 2X their digital customer engagement investment