Messaging and realtime through Squiid
SMS, voice calls, push notifications, in-app notification feeds, websockets, presence and live audio or video rooms. These services move messages between your server and a person, or between two people, in real time.
Who needs this
Phone verification, alerts, chat, multiplayer cursors, live dashboards and voice agents.
Squiid lists 10 messaging and realtime services: 1 live today, 0 next up and the rest on the roadmap. Each one is reachable at https://api.squiid.io/v1/<service-slug>/ with the header Authorization: Bearer $SQUIID_API_KEY, and official SDKs work by pointing their base URL at the gateway (gateway convention).
Messaging and realtime services
Ably
Messaging and realtimeRealtime messaging with guaranteed ordering, history and presence
RoadmapProvisioned DADaily
Messaging and realtimeVideo and audio calling APIs with a prebuilt call interface
RoadmapProvisioned KNKnock
Messaging and realtimeNotification infrastructure with workflows, preferences and an in-app feed
RoadmapProvisioned
LiveKit
Messaging and realtimeOpen-source WebRTC for live audio, video and realtime voice agents
RoadmapProvisioned OSOneSignal
Messaging and realtimePush notifications for web and mobile, plus email, SMS and in-app
RoadmapProvisioned
Pusher
Messaging and realtimeHosted websockets with channels, presence and client events
RoadmapProvisioned STStream
Messaging and realtimeChat, activity feeds and video with prebuilt UI components
RoadmapProvisioned TETelnyx
Messaging and realtimeMessaging and voice on a private network, often at lower per-message cost
RoadmapProvisioned
Twilio
Messaging and realtimeSMS, voice calls, WhatsApp and phone number verification
LiveProvisioned VOVonage
Messaging and realtimeMessaging, voice, video and verification APIs with wide global reach
RoadmapProvisionedWhy connect them through Squiid
One key, not six
Your .env holds SQUIID_API_KEY and nothing else. Squiid holds the provider keys, so nothing sensitive reaches your repository, a preview deployment or an agent’s context window.
One bill, no markup
Usage is metered at the provider’s list price against prepaid credits, and subscriptions pass through at the provider’s price. Squiid adds no markup to provider prices. There is a free plan at $0 a month with a 15% fee when you top up credits, Solo at $19.97 a month with a top-up fee that starts at 8% and falls to 3.5% as your spend grows, Team from $29.97 a seat a month with the same ladder one point lower, and Custom with a rate of 3% or less.
Spend that stops
Every call is metered per service in one dashboard, and when credits run out the gateway stops authorizing usage instead of producing a bill you did not fund.
Questions people ask
Which messaging and realtime services can I use through Squiid?
10 of them: Ably, Daily, Knock, LiveKit, OneSignal, Pusher, Stream, Telnyx, Twilio, Vonage. 1 is live today, 0 are next up, and the rest are on the roadmap. All of them run on the same SQUIID_API_KEY.
Does Squiid mark up messaging and realtime pricing?
No. Provider usage is billed at the provider’s list price against your prepaid credits, and subscriptions pass through on the monthly Squiid invoice with no fee. Squiid earns from your plan and the percentage taken when you top up credits.
Can Claude Code and Cursor use these through one key?
Yes. Requests go to https://api.squiid.io/v1/<service>/ with an Authorization: Bearer $SQUIID_API_KEY header, and official SDKs work by pointing their base URL at the gateway. Every agent, from Claude Code and Cursor to Codex, Windsurf and Cline, uses the same single variable.
Connect messaging and realtime in minutes.
One account, one API key and one invoice for every service in this category and the 100+ in the full catalog.