Twilio Authy | SMS, Voice, Email, Push Authentication features

Add versatility to your login experience with soft tokens. Soft tokens enable authentications anywhere. If a user can't receive an SMS or push authentication on ... 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Requestademo Talktoanexpert AuthyAPIhasmergedwiththeVerifyAPI MigrateexistinguserstoVerifybeforeNovember1,2022,afterwhichAuthyVoiceandSMSserviceswillbedeprecated.AfterMay1,2023,accesstoVoiceandSMSontheAuthyAPIwillcease.Goingforward,theVerifyAPIwillsupportaccountsecurityforSMS,Voice,andemailone-timepasswords. StartbuildingwithVerifyAPI Moresecurity.Lesshassle.ProtectyourbusinessandyourcustomerswithAPI‑poweredtoolsrightforanyusecaseoruser.Elevateyoursecurityandenhanceuserexperiencewithpushauthentications.Pushauthenticationsaremorepowerfulthanpasswords.Instantlydeliveranew,seamlessexperienceforyouruserthataddscontextandconfidencetotheirlogin.Addversatilitytoyourloginexperiencewithsofttokens.Softtokensenableauthenticationsanywhere.Ifausercan’treceiveanSMSorpushauthenticationonmobileordesktopbecausethey’reofflineoroutofdata,theycanstillloginusingtime‑basedone‑timepassword(TOTP).TOTPtokensaregeneratedfromadevicespecificsharedsecret.AllowingyoutomakeriskdecisionsperdevicecomparedtodeviceagnosticmeansofauthenticationsuchasSMSandVoice.SMS,Voice,andEmailensureeveryusercanloginsecurely.SMS,Voice,andEmailareubiquitousformsofbothcommunicationandauthentication,allowingyoutoreachamassiveaudiencewithoutanyonboardingbarriers.SMS,Voice,andEmailauthareavastimprovementfromusingapasswordalone,givingyoubothglobalreachandreliability.OverviewMeettheAuthyAPI-theenginepoweringAuthy.Authenticationisthelockonthefrontdoorofyourapp.We’rethebestlocksmithsintown.Authy’spowerfulAPIdeliversyouunparalleledsecurityandaseamlessuserexperience.AnAPIdevelopedtosolveforproblemsyoucan'tanticipateAuthysolvessecuritychallengesthatareinvisibletotheuntrainedeye,handlingvariablesacrosscarriers,devices,locales,andframeworks.Authysolveshardproblems,butintegrateseasily.ThepoweroftheAuthyappandAPIcombinedSecuringcustomersrequirescontext.Passwordsalonewon’tcutit.Authyworksacrossallplatformsandoperatingsystemstovalidateloginswithcontextualdatabadactorscan’tfake.FeaturesAuthyFeaturesMultipleauthenticationchannelsSMS/Voiceone-timepasscode(OTP):Authenticatewiththemostcommonchannel,SMSandVoice.Emailone‑timepasscode(OTP):AuthenticateuserswithOTPsentviaEmail.APIsofttokens(TOTP):Authenticationthat'smoresecurethanSMS/Voiceandworksoffline.GoogleAuthenticatorsofttokens:GiveusercontrolovertheauthenticatorapptheywanttousePushauthentication:Mostsecureanduserfriendlyformofauthentication,allowsforatruepasswordlessexperience.FlexibleclientsoftwarePre‑builtAuthyapp(iOS,Android,Windows,MacOS):Webuildtheclientappssoyoudon'thaveto.Theyareinusebymillionsofusers.Multidevice,syncedauthentication:Easeofuseacrossmobileanddesktop,allowingforrecoverywhenmobiledeviceslostorstolen.Backupreducessupportissues:UnlikeGoogleAuthenticatorwhichlosesalltokensifdeviceislostorappuninstalled,Authysecurelybacksupyour2FAdata.AuthenticatorSDK(iOS,Android):EmbedtheTOTPorpushauthenticationexperienceintoyourownmobileapplications.SecurebydefaultOfflineTOTPsupport:OfflineauthenticationviatheAuthyapportheAuthenticatorSDK.Detaileddevicedataforcontextualauth:Riskbasedauthenticationusinguptodatedevicedata.SOC2compliant:SOC2compliantsince2016.Endtoendencryptionwithnon‑repudiation:Pushauthenticationofferthemostsecureauthenticationoption.HandsetonlySMSOTPdelivery(certainregionsonly):Preventthe2FASMSfrombeingdeliveredtowebportals,onlytrustedhandsets.GloballyconfiguredoutoftheboxOptimizedandtranslatedfor200+regions:Globalmonitoringforcarriesfilteringandchangingregulations.Built‑intranslations:Translatedtextandvoicemessagesbasedonthecountrycodeoftheuser'sphone.Managedtelecomswithhundredsofphonenumbers:Hundredsofmanagednumbers,regionalspecific.ShortcodesandalphasenderIDs:BuiltinmanagementofcodesandIDs.Richreporting:WebbasedreportsordetailedinformationviaareportingAPIorwebhooks.Firstlevelusersupport:WesupportyouruserswhentheyusetheAuthyappfortheir2FA.PricingAuthyplans&pricingSecurityisn’tone‑size‑fits‑all.Youneedasolutiontailoredtoyourbusiness.Authyoffersflexiblepricingplansforyourusecase,yourvolume,andyourneeds. 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