Prelude
French verification API charging per verification with SMS passed through at carrier cost; EU-hosted.
Prelude hosts verification in the EU. At 10,000 verifications a month, it charges €0.032 each plus messages at carrier cost, listed as €0.0043 for a US SMS. Higher volumes have lower verification rates. The €360/month Startup plan adds a custom sender ID and advanced anti-fraud features. We found no public DPA; ask for one if your requirements call for it.
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 France
- Parent jurisdiction
- 🇫🇷 France
- EU self-serve plan
- Available; check eligible plans and regions
- GDPR DPA
- No / not documented
- Billing
- payg
- Open source
- No
- Website
- prelude.so
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| Successful verification fee | US SMS segment |
|---|---|
| $0.0358 | $0.0048 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.
- Base fee / month
- $0
- Successful verification fee
- $0.0358
- US SMS segment
- $0.0048
Pay As You Go: €0.032 per verification (price shown at 10k verifications/month; the slider lowers it at volume) plus message costs at carrier cost with no markup: US SMS €0.0043. Converted at 1.12 USD/EUR. Startup plan €360/month adds custom sender ID and advanced anti-fraud; Enterprise is custom. Prelude says it is built and hosted in Europe; no public DPA found.
Managed alternatives
At 100K verifications / month, US numbers. Adjust usage and requirements.
Prelude: $48,720/yr estimated.
- Bird Verify (MessageBird): $9,240/yr estimated · $39,480/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Infobip 2FA: $9,840/yr estimated · $38,880/yr bill differenceEstimated ratesAssumes 2FA bills at the SMS rate with no separate verification fee. US pass-through and registration fees are excluded.
- Firebase Phone Auth / Google Identity Platform: $12,000/yr estimated · $36,720/yr bill differencePublished rates
- AWS End User Messaging SMS: $14,340/yr estimated · $34,380/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Plivo Verify: $14,400/yr estimated · $34,320/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you’d need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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