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SMS / RCS Pricing

Competitive pay-as-you-go SMS pricing with add-on features included. Volume discounts as you scale.

SMS Text Messages

Per-message rates for available SMS sender routes. Additional carrier surcharge fees apply to inbound and outbound SMS usage. View carrier surcharge fee.

Route TypeTo send SMS (Outbound)To receive SMS (Inbound)
Long Codes*
$0.0077/sms
$0.0077/sms
Short Code*
$0.0077/sms
$0.0077/sms
Toll-Free
$0.0079/sms
$0.0079/sms

RCS

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

Sender TypeTo send RCS (Outbound)To receive RCS (Inbound)
RCS Rich*$0.00770$0.00770
RCS Rich Media*$0.01800$0.01800

MMS Multimedia Messages

*Additional carrier surcharge fees apply to all inbound and outbound MMS usage rates. View carrier surcharge fee.

Route TypeTo send MMS (Outbound)To receive MMS (Inbound)
Long Codes*$0.0180/mms$0.0180/mms
Toll-Free Numbers$0.0200/mms$0.0200/mms
Short Code*$0.0200/mms$0.0200/mms

Phone Number Rental

Monthly rental rates for available SMS-enabled sender types. **All short codes have a $1,500 one-time fee charged at the time of purchase.

Sender TypePrice
Long Codes$0.50/month
Toll-Free Numbers$1.00/month
Short CodePlus one-time setup fee**
Regular$500/month (Billed quarterly)
Vanity$1,000/month (Billed quarterly)

Add-On Services

Included messaging services and routing features available with SMS usage where supported.

ServicePrice
Message QueueingIncluded
PowerpackIncluded

Additional Carrier Surcharge Fees

Carrier-specific surcharge fees on top of base messaging rates.

SMS Carrier Surcharge Fee

CarrierLong Codes / To send SMSLong Codes / To receive SMSShort Codes / To send SMSShort Codes / To receive SMSToll-Free / To send SMSToll-Free / To receive SMS
AT&T$0.0035/sms$0.0035/sms$0.0035/sms$0.0035/sms$0.0035/sms$0.0035/sms
T-Mobile$0.0045/sms$0.0025/sms$0.0045/sms$0.0025/sms$0.0045/sms$0.0025/sms
Verizon$0.0040/smsNA$0.0040/smsNA$0.0040/smsNA
US Cellular & Other Carrier Networks$0.0050/sms$0.0025/sms$0.0045/sms$0.0025/sms$0.0045/sms$0.0025/sms

Rates are for long codes that are successfully linked to 10DLC campaigns (i.e. registered traffic). Starting June 1, 2023, unregistered traffic toward AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon will incur a surcharge of $0.0100, $0.0080, $0.080, and $0.0100 respectively.

RCS Carrier Surcharge Fee

CarrierRCS Rich / OutboundRCS Rich / InboundRCS Rich Media / OutboundRCS Rich Media / Inbound
AT&T$0.0045$0.0045$0.01$0.01
T-Mobile$0.0062$0.0025$0.0125$0.0125
Verizon$0.004$0$0.006$0
US Cellular$0.0062$0.0025$0.0135$0.0135
Other Carrier Networks$0.0045$0.0045$0.01$0.01

Rates are for long codes that are successfully linked to 10DLC campaigns (i.e. registered traffic). Starting June 1, 2023, unregistered traffic toward AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon will incur a surcharge of $0.0100, $0.0080, $0.080, and $0.0100 respectively.

MMS Carrier Surcharge Fee

CarrierLong Codes / To send MMSLong Codes / To receive MMSShort Codes / To send MMSShort Codes / To receive MMSToll-Free / To send MMSToll-Free / To receive MMS
AT&T$0.0090/mms$0.0090/mms$0.0090/mms$0.0090/mms$0.0090/mms$0.0090/mms
T-Mobile$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms
Verizon$0.0065/mmsNA$0.0065/mmsNA$0.0065/mmsNA
US Cellular & Other Carrier Networks$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms$0.0100/mms

Rates are for long codes that are successfully linked to 10DLC campaigns (i.e. registered traffic). Starting June 1, 2023, unregistered traffic toward AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon will incur a surcharge of $0.0100, $0.0080, $0.080, and $0.0100 respectively.

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