Notification System Proposal

Proposal A: Twilio Sendgrid Email API:

• Using twilio sendgrid allows us to use the API to send 100 emails/day
  • This should be sufficient for our project’s purpose
• Cost is $0/month
• https://sendgrid.com/pricing/

Pros:

• Easy to integrate API
• Price is free
• Scalable solution if we want to go further with the project by changing account type to a different plan

Cons:

• We wont have a dedicated IP for now. Can be made available by upgrading plan in the future
• We must consider whether email is the best notification way?
• Adding in that API dependency

Proposal B: Nodemailer library:

• If we use nodemailer library, it is unlimited emails
• No limit would be nice, might actually be easier to in
• https://nodemailer.com/about/

Pros:

• No fees
• Unlimited emails a month
• Easiest integration

Cons:

• Less customizable emails then twilio’s API service
• We must consider whether email is the best notification way?

Proposal C: Twilio SMS API:

• We can send text notifications
• Two pricing plans:
  • One if sending just text
  • One with sending pic with text
• https://www.twilio.com/sms

Pros:

• Everyone has their phone’s on them
  • Is this better then sending with email though?
• Easy to integrate with API
• Scalable

Cons:

• Pay as u go
  • 0.0079 USD for local to send text
  • 0.02 USD to send image local
• Adding in that API dependency

Table 1 – Weighted Decision Matrix

The lowest score is considered the most optimal which is depicted by integrating the NodeMailer library.

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