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Plivo pricing and limits

iScore71–79 · ≈#2/3
www.plivo.com · SMS and messaging APIs
SEPT 2026 audit

A messaging API quoting a flat per-SMS rate, with the US carrier surcharge table published on the same page rather than behind a link.

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CategorySMS and messaging APIs

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 8 criteria comparedSources last checked

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

The cheapest number and a genuinely cheaper message. $0.50 a month for a US long code against Twilio's $1.15, and $0.0077 a message against $0.0083 — on an identical published carrier surcharge table, so the saving is real rather than an artefact of counting something different.

Consider something else if…

You need to know how a long text is billed. The page quotes a flat $0.0077/sms and its only segment footnote is about RCS, so unlike Twilio and Telnyx it never says whether a message past one segment costs once or twice. It states no free tier either.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Plivo pricing

2 criteria
Credit card to startNo
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Pricing modelPay as you go, quoted per SMS rather than per segment — the page's only segment footnote is about RCS, and the SMS table says nothing about character limits. Carrier surcharges apply to inbound and outbound usage on top.
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Inference

1 criteria
Rate limitsMessage queueing is included with SMS usage rather than sold as an add-on.
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Messaging

3 criteria
Outbound SMS, US$0.0077 per SMS sent to a US long code or short code, and $0.0079 toll-free. Inbound is the same. Carrier surcharge is separate.
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Carrier fees on topPublished in full on the pricing page itself: on a US long code, $0.0035 to AT&T, $0.0045 to T-Mobile and Verizon, and $0.005 to US Cellular and other networks. Verizon inbound is marked na rather than zero.
Sources (1) →
  • Plivo SMS Pricing, United States ↗

    “sms carrier surcharge fee carrier long codes / to send sms long codes / to receive sms short codes / to send sms short codes / to receive sms toll-free / to send sms toll-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”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing · Report a correction

Phone number, per month$0.50 a month for a US long code and $1.00 for a toll-free number. A regular short code is $500 a month billed quarterly, on top of a $1,500 one-time fee; a vanity short code is $1,000 a month.
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  • Plivo SMS Pricing, United States ↗

    “all short codes have a $1,500 one-time fee charged at the time of purchase. sender type price long codes $0.50/month toll-free numbers $1.00/month short code plus one-time setup fee** regular $500/month (billed quarterly) vanity $1,000/month (billed quarterly)”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing · Report a correction

Compliance

2 criteria
PCI DSSPlivo is certified compliant with PCI DSS Level 1.
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Encryption at restPlivo provides logical tenant separation, encryption in transit (TLS 1.2 or greater) and encryption at rest (256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256)).
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  • Security | Plivo ↗

    “Plivo provides logical tenant separation, encryption in transit (TLS 1.2 or greater) and encryption at rest (256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256)).”

    Read 2026-09-21 · official site · Report a correction

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Plivo pricing questions

How does Plivo charge?

Pay as you go, quoted per SMS rather than per segment — the page's only segment footnote is about RCS, and the SMS table says nothing about character limits. Carrier surcharges apply to inbound and outbound usage on top.

Plivo SMS Pricing, United States · read

Do you need a credit card to start on Plivo?

No.

Pricing | Plivo · read

Comments

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