Create a Trial Account

exotel trial account has all the features you'd find in a fully paid account which let you evaluate the platform with limited trial credits, a trial phone number for testing your inbound and outbound calls and sms the trial account is the best way you can see for yourself what exotel is all about and how best we can serve your business your trial account is loaded with ₹1000 worth of credits which you can use to test the features the aim of the free credits in your exotel account is to ensure you are able to test out all of our features before deciding to take the plunge getting started create a trial account register using the signup docid\ h8deo43hmdv4pfogjnee6 page (enter name, company, email, phone and other requested fields) log in to your trial account by entering your registered exotel email address and password verify your number by giving a missed call to the following numbers 09513885656 or 02249360005 select the number you used for signing up once your number is verified, open the dashboard to see your trial credits and the assigned trial phone number trial credits when you signup for a trial account 1000 credits are automatically added and you will see a banner when you are logged in trial phone number access trial phone number sign in to the dashboard open phone numbers or virtual numbers note the assigned trial phone number and the account pin shown next to it how to use the pin whenever you install a new app or change something in your call or sms flow, you can test it using by connecting or installing it on this number for inbound calls callers from unverified numbers are prompted to enter the pin to connect to your mapped flow for sms triggered flows prepend the pin to the message body, then a space, then the command (example 9999999999 sales where 9999999999 is the pin) daily rentals continue to be charged from your trial credits as long as the exophone and co worker remain active in your account what your own number ? learn more about exophone docid\ alpv0pvpgixnzgetppaja what can you do with your trial account? make an outbound call call the agent you just added through your exotel account receive a call call your exophone number from a number that is not registered in your exotel account the call will land on your registered phone via exotel send sms send a sms and test how they work with your setup add another agent add a co worker or agent to your account so you can test calls between users add a co worker docid\ cglf8h j4a0cdaipi rh make an outbound call testing without kyc before submitting kyc documents, you can test outbound calls within your account outbound calls are allowed between verified users on your exotel account for example, if you add two users, divya and rakhee both must verify their phone numbers you can log in as divya and make an outbound call to rakhee’s verified number this lets you test the flow without waiting for kyc approval placing an outbound call to make a call through the dashboard keep the mobile phone or landline linked to your exotel account nearby click the call button on the top left of the dashboard enter the number you want to call and press call again exotel will first dial your registered number answer the call exotel will then dial the destination number once the other person picks up, you can start your conversation using the call api you can also initiate outbound calls programmatically using the exotel call api view voice api documentation https //developer exotel com/api/make a call api recieve a call when testing calls in your exotel trial account, you may be asked to enter a pin depending on which number you are calling from if you call the trial phone number from your registered phone number or from any number that belongs to a verified user in your account, you will not be prompted for a pin exotel recognizes you automatically based on your caller id if you call from an unregistered number (for example, a friend’s phone), you will be prompted to enter the pin the pin is the registered phone number associated with your account send sms you can send sms directly from your exotel account during the trial period this helps you test the feature and understand how messages are sent and delivered testing sms on indian numbers as per trai regulations testing sms to indian numbers is limited to the default template testing is supported only through the api , not the dashboard refer to the full api details here exotel sms api https //developer exotel com/api/sms trial account vs full account while you sign up for an exotel account, you will get a trial account version this gets upgraded to a full paid account when you make the first payment to your account what are the features that are available in the full account, but not in the trial account? the trial account is as good as your full account but the trial account has certain limitations like you can sign up for 15 days and you will get 1000 credits to use and explore our services, sms can be tested via the api using the default template only (custom templates aren't available on trial) and you can keep using it as long as your exotel credits last the rationale for this is, that when you onboarded as a full paid account, we would like you to experience exotel completely before you can take an informed decision this saves time for you as well as for us there is a sandbox number that cannot be used once your trial account is converted to a full paid account differences at a glance here is a summary of how your trial account compares with a full account area trial account full account validity and credits you can sign up for 15 days and you will get 1000 credits to use and explore our services you can keep using it as long as your exotel credits last your account gets upgraded to a full paid account when you make the first payment sms apis sms can be tested via the api only (not the dashboard), limited to the default template — see the send sms section above sms apis are available sms templates you can't customize the templates you can customize templates sandbox number a sandbox number is available for testing the sandbox number cannot be used once your trial account is converted to a full paid account service and product notifications we will not be able to communicate any service disruptions or downtime notifications, or any updates to api, product features, apps, etc you receive these notifications and updates extending your trial if you need more time to explore exotel, you can request an extension of your trial period this is useful if you want to test a specific use case or feature before upgrading to a paid plan to request an extension click the support button at the bottom of the dashboard, or contact your account manager directly what's next? \ > add a co worker docid\ cglf8h j4a0cdaipi rh \ > using apis docid 2zgy2wmzzzkrwxtdryjf \ > integrations docid 85oflw7sgsziqbdltvzg \ > contact us docid\ j xg7zyluvvj2cz6wbbv4 watch a short video finding your trial account pin testing an outbound call from a trial account