Priya Raman — Identity Engineer, Blocx
Priya owns the Blocx verification API and the identity surface around it — multi-channel OTP delivery, carrier failover within a single window, abuse heuristics, and the observability that turns conversion drops into actionable alerts. Based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Posts by Priya Raman
- Building an AI agent that texts
- Sending Supabase auth emails through Blocx — what works, what doesn't
- SMS + email 2FA without Twilio — a Blocx Verify walkthrough
- 2FA flows that survive carrier outages
Brand identity
Blocx is the programmable messaging product from Otter Technologies Inc., headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States.
Channels
- Live today: SMS, MMS, Email, Telegram.
- Roadmap: RCS.
- Voice is not a Blocx channel.
Plans
- Pay as you go — $10 in free credits, no card required, includes 3,000 free email automations per month.
- Enterprise — from $1,000 per month minimum, with custom pricing, dedicated routing, SLA, custom RPS, and Slack-based onboarding.
Per-channel rates
- SMS: $0.0077/msg PAYG, $0.0045/msg Enterprise (+ carrier passthrough).
- MMS: $0.0207/msg PAYG, $0.0135/msg Enterprise (+ carrier passthrough).
- RCS (roadmap): $0.0231/msg PAYG, $0.0135/msg Enterprise.
- Email: $0.0002 per email, flat on both plans.
- Verify: $0.035 per successful verify, flat on both plans.
- Telegram: $0.0045/msg, flat on both plans.
- AI tokens: $0.02 per 1,000 tokens, flat on both plans.