Published-rate matrix

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. Machine-readable copy: matrix.json. As of 2026-07-26.

Provider	Published claims (each cell dated + sourced)
SMSRoute	us price USD per message: 0.0125 (all-in, no 10DLC brand/campaign fees on this route class) [source, 2026-07-26] price floor USD: 0.004 (lowest published per-country rate) [source, 2026-07-26] countries published: 149 [source, 2026-07-26] signup: email only [source, 2026-07-26] payment: BTC, ETH, USDT, XMR, LTC, SOL [source, 2026-07-26]
Twilio	us price USD per message: 0.0079 (published US base rate; excludes 10DLC brand and campaign fees) [source, 2026-07-26]
Vonage	us price USD per message: 0.0085 (published US base rate, approx; same fee caveats; Vonage's pricing page is bot-gated (HTTP 403 to non-browser clients) - verified in a browser) [source, 2026-07-26]
Bird (MessageBird)	us price USD per message: 0.0089 (published US base rate, approx (Bird)) [source, 2026-07-26]
AWS End User Messaging	us 10dlc USD per message all in: 0.02 ($0.01 base + $0.01 carrier fee; plus $4.50 company registration, $41.50 vetting, $10/mo campaign, $1/mo per number) [source, 2026-07-26] us toll free USD per message: 0.01286 [source, 2026-07-26]
Telegram Gateway	price USD per delivered code: 0.01 (verification codes to opted-in Telegram users only) [source, 2026-07-26]
Textbelt	free tier: 1 free text/day on shared demo key (paid card-based key refills; inbound replies US-only) [source, 2026-07-26]

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.

Corrections: ops@smsroute.cc. Cells quote each provider's published pages on the retrieval date; providers change prices - check the source links for current figures.