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title: Providers
description: Learn the different providers that you can use to send messages with Appwrite.
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Appwrite allows you to connect to a variety of third-party messaging providers to deliver push notifications, emails, and SMS messages to your users.
Before you can deliver messages, you must connect to a messaging provider.
# Push notifications
Send push notifications, which are little notification messages that appear on a user's browser or device to alert them
of events or updates. Configure one of the following providers to send push notifications.

- [APNS](/docs/products/messaging/apns): Send push notifications to apps on Apple devices through Apple Push Notification service (APNs).
- [FCM](/docs/products/messaging/fcm): Send push notifications to Android, Apple, or Web app with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).

# Email
Deliver customized emails to users to send reminders, updates, promotions, and custom authentication logic.

- [Mailgun](/docs/products/messaging/mailgun): Deliver custom email messages to users using Mailgun.
- [Resend](/docs/products/messaging/resend): Deliver custom email messages to users using Resend.
- [SendGrid](/docs/products/messaging/sendgrid): Deliver custom email messages to users using SendGrid.
- [Amazon SES](/docs/products/messaging/ses): Deliver custom email messages to users using Amazon SES.
- [SMTP](/docs/products/messaging/smtp): Deliver custom email messages to users using standard SMTP settings.

# SMS
Send customized SMS messages to users by phone to send reminders, updates, promotions, and one-time passwords.

- [Twilio](/docs/products/messaging/twilio): Deliver custom SMS messages to users using Twilio.
- [MSG91](/docs/products/messaging/msg91): Deliver custom SMS messages to users using MSG91.
- [Telesign](/docs/products/messaging/telesign): Deliver custom SMS messages to users using Telesign.
- [Textmagic](/docs/products/messaging/textmagic): Deliver custom SMS messages to users using Textmagic.
- [Vonage](/docs/products/messaging/vonage): Deliver custom SMS messages to users using Vonage.