COMMUNICATIONS

SMS API Pricing

$0.004 a part. Then the carrier, at cost. Two lines: our rate and the carrier's passthrough, both published, neither marked up. Volume tiers apply automatically at 100M parts. Numbers, lookup, and 10DLC are their own primitives.

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EXAMPLE OF MONTHLY COST

$7,800Per month

1,000,000 MESSAGE PARTS

SMS1,000,000 × $0.004: $4,000
Carrier passthrough · blended US1,000,000 × $0.0038: $3,800

Published rates, pay as you go, before volume tiers. Carrier passthrough and taxes vary by destination.

Rates

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Each row is a line on your invoice. Nothing is bundled into another primitive's rate and nothing turns on unless you call it.

SENDER types

Services

Direction	SMS	MMS
Send outbound messages	$0.004 per message part + carrier fee	$0.015 per message part + carrier fee
Receive inbound messages	$0.004 per message part + carrier fee	$0.005 per message part + carrier fee

Prices are applied per message part. Learn more about character limits and message parts.

Send or receive more than 100M messages per month and automatically receive a discount.

Discounted outbound messaging pricing

Quantity per month	SMS	MMS
Next 150M messages per month	$0.0020 per message part	$0.0135 per message part
Next 250M messages per month	$0.0015 per message part	$0.0110 per message part
Next 500M messages per month	$0.0010 per message part	$0.0100 per message part
Next 1B messages per month	$0.0005 per message part	$0.0090 per message part

Discounted inbound messaging pricing

Quantity per month	SMS	MMS
Next 150M messages per month	$0.0020 per message part	$0.0045 per message part
Next 250M messages per month	$0.0015 per message part	$0.0040 per message part
Next 500M messages per month	$0.0010 per message part	$0.0035 per message part
Next 1B messages per month	$0.0005 per message part	$0.0030 per message part

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
1st Point	$0.0035 per message part	N/A
ACS Alaska	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Appalachian Wireless	$0.004 per message part	N/A
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
C Spire Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Carolina West	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Carrier Group A	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Carrier Group B	No carrier fee	N/A
Cellcom	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Chat Mobility	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Copper Valley LRA	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Cross Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Digicel	$0.20 per message part	N/A
Dish Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
GCI	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Inland Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
James Valley Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Lleida	$0.04 per message part	$0.04 per message part
Nex-Tech Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Panhandle Telecommunications	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Pine Belt Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Pine Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Shelcomm	$0.0035 per message part	N/A
SouthernLinc Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
T-Mobile USA	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Textnow Peerless	$0.0035 per message part	$0.0035 per message part
U.S. Cellular	$0.005 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Union Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Verizon Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.007 per message part
Viaero Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
All other carriers	No carrier fee	No carrier fee

Carrier fees for inbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
ACS Alaska	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Appalachian Wireless	No carrier fee	N/A
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
Bell & Virgin	N/A	No carrier fee
C Spire Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Carolina West	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Carrier Group A	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Carrier Group B	No carrier fee	N/A
Cellcom	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Chat Mobility	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Copper Valley LRA	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Cross Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Dish Wireless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
EastLink	N/A	No carrier fee
GCI	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Inland Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
James Valley Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Lleida	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Nex-Tech Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Panhandle Telecommunications	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Pine Belt Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Pine Cellular	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
SouthernLinc Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
T-Mobile USA	$0.0025 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Telus	N/A	No carrier fee
Textnow Peerless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
U.S. Cellular	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Union Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Verizon Wireless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Viaero Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.005 per message part
All other carriers	No carrier fee	No carrier fee

Services

Direction	SMS	MMS
Send outbound messages	$0.0055 per message part + carrier fee	$0.016 per message part + carrier fee
Receive inbound messages	$0.0055 per message part + carrier fee	$0.016 per message part + carrier fee

Prices are applied per message part. Learn more about character limits and message parts.

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
C Spire Wireless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Carrier Group A	$0.0015 per message part	$0.002 per message part
Carrier Group B	$0.0035 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Lleida	N/A	No carrier fee
T-Mobile USA	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
U.S. Cellular	$0.0025 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Verizon Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.007 per message part
All other carriers	No carrier fee	No carrier fee

Carrier fees for inbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
C Spire Wireless	$0.00001 per message part	No carrier fee
Carrier Group A	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Carrier Group B	No carrier fee	N/A
Lleida	N/A	No carrier fee
T-Mobile USA	$0.0025 per message part	$0.01 per message part
U.S. Cellular	$0.0025 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Verizon Wireless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
All other carriers	No carrier fee	No carrier fee

Services

Direction	SMS	MMS
Send outbound messages	$0.007 per message part + carrier fee	$0.018 per message part + carrier fee
Receive inbound messages	$0.007 per message part + carrier fee	$0.009 per message part + carrier fee

Prices are applied per message part. Learn more about character limits and message parts.

Send or receive more than 500K messages per month and automatically receive a discount.

Discounted outbound messaging pricing

Quantity per month	SMS	MMS
Next 4.5M messages per month	$0.0045 per message part
Next 20M messages per month	$0.0025 per message part
Next 75M messages per month	$0.0015 per message part	$0.0150 per message part
Next 100M messages per month	$0.0010 per message part	$0.0130 per message part

Discounted inbound messaging pricing

Quantity per month	SMS	MMS
Next 4.5M messages per month	$0.0045 per message part
Next 20M messages per month	$0.0025 per message part
Next 75M messages per month	$0.0015 per message part	$0.0080 per message part
Next 100M messages per month	$0.0010 per message part	$0.0070 per message part

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
C Spire Wireless	$0.0035 per message part	N/A
Carrier Group A	$0.0035 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Carrier Group B	$0.0035 per message part	N/A
T-Mobile USA	$0.0045 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Textnow Peerless	No carrier fee	N/A
U.S. Cellular	$0.0035 per message part	$0.01 per message part
Verizon Wireless	$0.0045 per message part	$0.007 per message part
All other carriers	No carrier fee	N/A

Carrier fees for inbound messages

Carrier	SMS	MMS
AT&T	$0.0035 per message part	$0.009 per message part
C Spire Wireless	$0.00001 per message part	N/A
Carrier Group A	$0.0035 per message part	$0.005 per message part
Carrier Group B	$0.0035 per message part	N/A
T-Mobile USA	$0.0025 per message part	$0.01 per message part
U.S. Cellular	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
Verizon Wireless	No carrier fee	No carrier fee
All other carriers	No carrier fee	N/A

RCS Rich text pricing

Carrier	Outbound	Inbound
AT&T	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
C-Spire	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
Dish Wireless	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
Google Fi	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
Metro by T-Mobile	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
Spectrum	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
T-Mobile USA	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment
Verizon Wireless	$0.0065 per segment	$0.0065 per segment

RCS Rich text messages are charged per segment.

RCS Rich Media pricing

Carrier	Outbound	Inbound
AT&T	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
C-Spire	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
Dish Wireless	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
Google Fi	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
Metro by T-Mobile	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
Spectrum	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
T-Mobile USA	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message
Verizon Wireless	$0.016 per message	$0.016 per message

RCS Rich Media is charged per message.

RCS Business Messaging - Rich text Passthrough Fees

Carrier	Rich text (Origination)	Rich text (Termination)
AT&T	$0.0045	$0.0045
other	Free	Free
T-Mobile USA	$0.0025	$0.0062
U.S. Cellular	$0.0025	$0.0062
Verizon Wireless	Free	$0.0045
Dish Wireless	N/A	$0.003

RCS Rich text messages are charged per segment and RCS Rich Media is charged per message.

T-Mobile charges an additional $0.001 for every MB over 5MB in media size on outbound Rich Media messages.

RCS Business Messaging - Rich Media Passthrough Fees

Carrier	Rich Media (Origination)	Rich Media (Termination)
AT&T	$0.01	$0.01
other	Free	Free
T-Mobile USA	$0.0125	$0.0125
U.S. Cellular	$0.0125	$0.0125
Verizon Wireless	Free	$0.007
Dish Wireless	N/A	$0.005

RCS Rich text messages are charged per segment and RCS Rich Media is charged per message.

T-Mobile charges an additional $0.001 for every MB over 5MB in media size on outbound Rich Media messages.

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VENDOR	LIST RATE	BASIS
Twilio	$0.0083 + carrier	per part, US local
Vonage	$0.0079 + carrier	per part, US
Telnyx	from $0.004	per part, US local

Competitor figures from public rate cards, Aug 2026. Volume and committed pricing on both sides changes the picture; ask us to run your numbers.

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SMS API Pricing

What's on the card.

SENDER types

Services

Discounted outbound messaging pricing

Discounted inbound messaging pricing

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier fees for inbound messages

Services

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier fees for inbound messages

Services

Discounted outbound messaging pricing

Discounted inbound messaging pricing

Carrier fees for outbound messages

Carrier fees for inbound messages

RCS Rich text pricing

RCS Rich Media pricing

RCS Business Messaging - Rich text Passthrough Fees

RCS Business Messaging - Rich Media Passthrough Fees

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