SMS Rates
Per-segment SMS prices for every sendable destination, plus US 10DLC registration fees.
SMS through the SMS API meters per segment. A segment is one 160-character GSM-7 message part, or 153 characters each when a message spans several parts; emoji and non-Latin scripts use UCS-2 at 70 and 67. The price depends on the destination country.
Outbound rates by destination
Rates are "from" prices, the floor for that destination: the exact per-segment price depends on the receiving carrier, and no endpoint quotes an SMS price in advance. US long code is the anchor rate at $0.008 per segment. The 200+ destinations below are far more than the 55 countries where numbers are available for purchase.
| Destination | From, per segment |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $0.5 |
| Albania | $0.13 |
| American Samoa | $0.21 |
| Andorra | $0.17 |
| Angola | $0.34 |
| Anguilla | $0.27 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $0.27 |
| Argentina | $0.12 |
| Armenia | $0.33 |
| Aruba | $0.31 |
| Australia | $0.06 |
| Austria | $0.11 |
| Bahamas | $0.1 |
| Bahrain | $0.05 |
| Barbados | $0.29 |
| Belarus | $0.28 |
| Belgium | $0.13 |
| Belize | $0.32 |
| Benin | $0.33 |
| Bermuda | $0.29 |
| Bhutan | $0.45 |
| Bolivia | $0.25 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $0.57 |
| Botswana | $0.18 |
| Brazil | $0.07 |
| Brunei | $0.08 |
| Bulgaria | $0.17 |
| Burkina Faso | $0.25 |
| Burundi | $0.51 |
| Cambodia | $0.49 |
| Cameroon | $0.35 |
| Canada | $0.02 |
| Cape Verde | $0.25 |
| Cayman Islands | $0.31 |
| Central Africa | $0.5 |
| Chad | $0.39 |
| Chile | $0.09 |
| China | $0.12 |
| Colombia | $0.07 |
| Comoros | $0.46 |
| Congo | $0.38 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | $0.29 |
| Cook Islands | $0.16 |
| Costa Rica | $0.1 |
| Croatia | $0.16 |
| Czech Republic | $0.08 |
| Denmark | $0.07 |
| Djibouti | $0.18 |
| Dominica | $0.28 |
| Dominican Republic | $0.15 |
| East Timor | $0.29 |
| Ecuador | $0.38 |
| Egypt | $0.44 |
| El Salvador | $0.33 |
| Equatorial Guinea | $0.3 |
| Eritrea | $0.14 |
| Estonia | $0.11 |
| Ethiopia | $0.38 |
| Falkland Islands | $0.19 |
| Faroe Islands | $0.08 |
| Fiji | $0.25 |
| Finland/Aland Islands | $0.1 |
| France | $0.09 |
| French Guiana | $0.21 |
| French Polynesia | $0.2 |
| Gabon | $0.35 |
| Gambia | $0.29 |
| Georgia | $0.19 |
| Germany | $0.13 |
| Ghana | $0.42 |
| Gibraltar | $0.13 |
| Greece | $0.08 |
| Greenland | $0.05 |
| Grenada | $0.28 |
| Guadeloupe | $0.26 |
| Guam | $0.1 |
| Guatemala | $0.28 |
| Guinea | $0.31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $0.52 |
| Guyana | $0.38 |
| Honduras | $0.37 |
| Hong Kong | $0.08 |
| Hungary | $0.11 |
| Iceland | $0.08 |
| India | $0.1 |
| Iraq | $0.5 |
| Ireland | $0.09 |
| Israel | $0.46 |
| Italy | $0.11 |
| Ivory Coast | $0.49 |
| Jamaica | $0.35 |
| Japan | $0.1 |
| Jordan | $0.43 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.38 |
| Kenya | $0.26 |
| Kiribati | $0.17 |
| Korea, Republic of | $0.06 |
| Kosovo | $0.28 |
| Kuwait | $0.35 |
| Laos PDR | $0.35 |
| Latvia | $0.09 |
| Lebanon | $0.4 |
| Lesotho | $0.46 |
| Liberia | $0.27 |
| Libya | $0.49 |
| Liechtenstein | $0.04 |
| Lithuania | $0.07 |
| Luxembourg | $0.09 |
| Macau | $0.07 |
| Madagascar | $0.58 |
| Malawi | $0.37 |
| Malaysia | $0.29 |
| Maldives | $0.4 |
| Mali | $0.39 |
| Malta | $0.08 |
| Marshall Islands | $0.18 |
| Martinique | $0.21 |
| Mauritania | $0.4 |
| Mauritius | $0.3 |
| Mexico | $0.21 |
| Micronesia | $0.09 |
| Moldova | $0.17 |
| Monaco | $0.21 |
| Mongolia | $0.33 |
| Montenegro | $0.19 |
| Montserrat | $0.28 |
| Morocco/Western Sahara | $0.25 |
| Mozambique | $0.46 |
| Myanmar | $0.46 |
| Namibia | $0.12 |
| Nepal | $0.34 |
| Netherlands | $0.19 |
| New Caledonia | $0.2 |
| New Zealand | $0.12 |
| Niger | $0.41 |
| Niue | $0.26 |
| Norfolk Island | $0.04 |
| Norway | $0.08 |
| Palau | $0.11 |
| Panama | $0.21 |
| Papua New Guinea | $0.83 |
| Paraguay | $0.14 |
| Peru | $0.28 |
| Philippines | $0.27 |
| Poland | $0.06 |
| Portugal | $0.06 |
| Puerto Rico | $0.06 |
| Qatar | $0.29 |
| Republic of North Macedonia | $0.23 |
| Reunion/Mayotte | $0.22 |
| Romania | $0.09 |
| Russian Federation | $0.83 |
| Rwanda | $0.36 |
| Samoa | $0.27 |
| San Marino | $0.14 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $0.15 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.22 |
| Senegal | $0.61 |
| Serbia | $0.46 |
| Seychelles | $0.34 |
| Sierra Leone | $0.87 |
| Singapore | $0.07 |
| Slovakia | $0.1 |
| Solomon Islands | $0.14 |
| Somalia | $0.41 |
| South Africa | $0.15 |
| South Sudan | $0.27 |
| Spain | $0.1 |
| St Kitts and Nevis | $0.29 |
| St Lucia | $0.29 |
| St Pierre and Miquelon | $0.18 |
| St Vincent Grenadines | $0.37 |
| Sudan | $0.53 |
| Suriname | $0.35 |
| Swaziland | $0.3 |
| Sweden | $0.08 |
| Switzerland | $0.09 |
| Taiwan | $0.1 |
| Tanzania | $0.48 |
| Thailand | $0.04 |
| Togo | $0.49 |
| Tonga | $0.24 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $0.33 |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | $0.1 |
| Turkiye | $0.04 |
| Turkmenistan | $0.36 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | $0.33 |
| Tuvalu | $0.33 |
| Uganda | $0.37 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.13 |
| United Kingdom | $0.07 |
| United States | $0.008 |
| Uruguay | $0.1 |
| Uzbekistan | $0.51 |
| Vanuatu | $0.25 |
| Venezuela | $0.25 |
| Virgin Islands, British | $0.34 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | $0.22 |
| Wallis and Futuna | $0.13 |
| Yemen | $0.33 |
| Zambia | $0.44 |
| Zimbabwe | $0.28 |
Generated from live pricing on October 12, 2026.
A message is carrier-rated after it is sent, so there is no SMS equivalent of the call estimate, and GET /v1/usage/sms reports volumes and not cost. Once a message is rated, its cost lands on the invoice and in the sms total of GET /v1/usage (Get usage).
Destinations outside this list are blocked at send time, not billed. The sendable-destination list is a toll-fraud guard: premium-rate destinations are how a leaked key turns into a five-figure bill.
Inbound and MMS
| Item | Rate |
|---|---|
| Inbound SMS | Free on most numbers. Where the carrier charges an inbound fee (some US routes), it bills at the metered per-segment rate for that message |
| MMS | Metered per message at the route's MMS rate, itemized on your invoice per message |
US 10DLC registration fees
US carriers require 10DLC registration before a US number can send SMS (why, and how to register). Other countries can send as soon as SMS is enabled on the number, with no registration and no monthly fee.
| Fee | Price |
|---|---|
| Brand registration (one-time) | $9 |
| Campaign fee, standard use cases | $20 per month |
| Campaign fee, sole proprietor | $4 per month |
| Reusing an approved registration on more numbers | Free |
One approved registration covers all your numbers: reuse it on each additional number with no repeat fee.
Related
- Enable SMS on a number
- Sending SMS
- Phone number prices: which countries have SMS-capable stock
- How billing works