{
    "what": "Published-rate and published-capability matrix. Third-party cells quote each provider's own published pages on the retrieval date; they are that provider's claims, not our measurements.",
    "as_of": "2026-07-26",
    "maintainer": "SMSRoute (ops@sendsmsnokyc.com)",
    "canonical": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/guides/compare/matrix.json",
    "vendors": {
        "smsroute": {
            "us_price_usd_per_message": {
                "value": 0.0125,
                "note": "all-in, no 10DLC brand/campaign fees on this route class",
                "source": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/prices",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            },
            "price_floor_usd": {
                "value": 0.004,
                "note": "lowest published per-country rate",
                "source": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/prices",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            },
            "countries_published": {
                "value": 149,
                "source": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            },
            "signup": {
                "value": "email only",
                "source": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            },
            "payment": {
                "value": "BTC, ETH, USDT, XMR, LTC, SOL",
                "source": "https://www.sendsmsnokyc.com/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "twilio": {
            "us_price_usd_per_message": {
                "value": 0.0079,
                "note": "published US base rate; excludes 10DLC brand and campaign fees",
                "source": "https://www.twilio.com/en-us/sms/pricing/us",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "vonage": {
            "us_price_usd_per_message": {
                "value": 0.0085,
                "note": "published US base rate, approx; same fee caveats",
                "source": "https://www.vonage.com/communications-apis/sms/pricing/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "messagebird": {
            "us_price_usd_per_message": {
                "value": 0.0089,
                "note": "published US base rate, approx (Bird)",
                "source": "https://bird.com/pricing",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "aws_end_user_messaging": {
            "us_10dlc_usd_per_message_all_in": {
                "value": 0.02,
                "note": "per-message: $0.01 base + $0.01 carrier fee; separate one-time/monthly program fees: $4.50 registration, $41.50 vetting, $10/mo campaign, $1/mo per number",
                "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/end-user-messaging/pricing/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            },
            "us_toll_free_usd_per_message": {
                "value": 0.01286,
                "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/end-user-messaging/pricing/",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "telegram_gateway": {
            "price_usd_per_delivered_code": {
                "value": 0.01,
                "note": "verification codes to opted-in Telegram users only",
                "source": "https://core.telegram.org/gateway",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        },
        "textbelt": {
            "free_tier": {
                "value": "1 free text/day on shared demo key",
                "note": "paid card-based key refills; inbound replies US-only",
                "source": "https://textbelt.com",
                "retrieved": "2026-07-26"
            }
        }
    },
    "position_statement": "SMSRoute competes on payment rail, account privacy and price transparency - not on being the lowest US sticker rate. Where a competitor's published sticker is lower, this matrix says so and states what that sticker excludes."
}