Better Buy: Alphabet vs. Twilio

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) are both very important tech companies, but most people might only recognize the former even exists.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is the highly visible leader of multiple markets. Google is the world's top search engine, Gmail is the largest email platform, and Chrome is the most popular web browser. Android is also the leading mobile operating system, and YouTube is the world's largest streaming video platform with more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users.

Twilio's cloud-based platform operates behind the scenes by processing text messages, calls, and other communication services within mobile apps. Outsourcing those features to Twilio is generally cheaper, less time-consuming, and easier to scale than creating those features from scratch. Companies like Lyft, Airbnb, and MercadoLibre all use Twilio's services.

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Source Fool.com