Plivo

Name: Plivo
Brand: Plivo

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

Updated September 20265 criteria comparedSources last checked 14 September 2026

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

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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.

Sources (1) →

Plivo SMS Pricing, United States ↗
“sms text messages per-message rates for available sms sender routes. additional carrier surcharge fees apply to inbound and outbound sms usage.”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Inference

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

Sources (1) →

Plivo SMS Pricing, United States ↗
“add-on services included messaging services and routing features available with sms usage where supported. service price message queueing included”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Messaging

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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.

Sources (1) →

Plivo SMS Pricing, United States ↗
“route type to 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”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

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

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.

Sources (1) →

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

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