Transparent Bulk SMS Pricing & Gateway Plans

How is bulk SMS priced?

Bulk SMS is priced per message sent to a specific destination, and the unit rate changes by country and sometimes by operator or route class inside the same country. The price you pay covers connectivity to the mobile network, delivery reporting, and the platform to submit and schedule traffic. USA example: table rates on this page start from €0.022 per SMS for the United States on standard business routes, while other regions may be higher or lower based on MNC termination fees, regulatory surcharges, and the sender ID type (long code, toll-free, or short code) that the campaign requires. Unicode, concatenated (long) SMS, and two-way / reply path numbers can increase the per-message or monthly platform cost, which is always disclosed before you go live. If you need a fixed monthly budget, we can model blended rates across the countries you use most, so your finance team can forecast spend against registration and order volumes.

Are there any setup fees?

No. Creating an account, exploring the web portal, and testing our HTTP, REST, and JSON APIs in sandbox or with small live credits is completely free of setup or onboarding charges. We do not charge a separate “platform fee” to enable production keys, SMPP binds, or webhooks. You may need to pay third-party or registry fees for your own 10DLC brand, short-code lease, or national sender registration—those are industry-standard costs and are quoted clearly when you register a specific sender type in a given country, but Send99 does not add a margin on “account activation” itself. Our goal is to let engineering and marketing start sending as soon as compliance steps for your chosen routes are complete.

Do you offer volume discounts?

Yes. Rates decrease automatically as your monthly or quarterly volume increases on a destination or account-wide basis, depending on the plan you select. We track usage in the billing period and apply the appropriate tier without forcing you to email us for every spike. For very large or seasonal programs—such as retail peaks, political cycles, or product launches with millions of OTP messages—we can set up a custom commit with a known cost per million and a clear overage table. Mixing high-volume and low-volume countries in one account is normal; your account team can help rebalance so your biggest destinations get the steepest discount while long-tail countries stay simple pay-as-you-go. Nonprofits and public-sector use cases can ask about tailored programs subject to approval.

What payment methods do you accept?

We support major credit and debit cards for quick top-ups, bank transfer (wire / SEPA / local rails) for larger balances and corporate procurement, and selected cryptocurrencies where your compliance team has approved on-chain settlement. Invoices in EUR, USD, or GBP are available for qualified business accounts, with payment terms that match your credit review. Prepaid credit is the default: you add balance, we deduct per submitted message, and you receive statements that reconcile with the delivery reports in the portal. Tax and VAT treatment depends on your entity location and the services billed; our billing team can provide W-8 / W-9 or EU VAT information for your records. We do not store full card data on our own servers; payments are processed through PCI-DSS–certified partners.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Create a free account to receive test credits so you can try live delivery to a limited set of numbers or to your own test handsets, verify that DLRs and error codes match your integration, and confirm latency before you pre-fund a production wallet. The trial is meant for good-faith testing and staging, not for high-volume unregistered marketing. In trial, you can explore HTTP and SMPP credentials, webhook callbacks for delivery, and the reporting UI. If you need a formal technical proof of concept (PoC) with a success checklist for your security team, ask our support on WhatsApp or email and we will document the test numbers, time window, and expected outcomes. Moving from trial to production is usually a balance top-up and, where required, sender-ID registration for the countries in scope—no new “activation fee” on our side. For regulated industries, we can sign a mutual NDA and share subprocessors in advance of full rollout.