Twilio Programmable Messaging (DIY OTP)
Raw Twilio SMS API used to send your own OTP codes: $0.0083 per US segment plus carrier fees and 10DLC registration.
Building OTP on the plain messaging API avoids the $0.05 per-success fee of Twilio Verify, which suits teams that already have code generation and rate limiting or are happy to write them. Each US segment costs $0.0083 plus carrier fees averaging $0.0043, and failed messages carry a $0.001 fee. The overhead moves to compliance instead: A2P 10DLC brand and campaign registration with number rental, or verification for toll-free numbers.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States (parent: Twilio)
- EU self-serve plan
- No / not documented
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Billing
- payg
- Open source
- No
- Website
- www.twilio.com
- 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.
| US SMS segment |
|---|
| $0.0126 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
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- Base fee / month
- $0
- Successful verification fee
- $0
- US SMS segment
- $0.0126
US outbound SMS $0.0083 per segment on long code, toll-free or short code, plus carrier fees (long code: AT&T $0.0035, T-Mobile $0.0045, Verizon $0.005; averaged $0.0043). A $0.001 fee applies to failed messages. You build code generation, expiry and rate limiting yourself. Sending from 10DLC numbers requires A2P 10DLC brand and campaign registration (one-off and monthly fees on Twilio's onboarding-fee page) plus number rental; toll-free numbers need verification. Twilio Inc., San Francisco.
Managed alternatives
At 100K verifications / month, US numbers. Adjust usage and requirements.
Twilio Programmable Messaging (DIY OTP): $15,120/yr estimated.
- Bird Verify (MessageBird): $9,240/yr estimated 路 $5,880/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Infobip 2FA: $9,840/yr estimated 路 $5,280/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 路 $3,120/yr bill differencePublished rates
- AWS End User Messaging SMS: $14,340/yr estimated 路 $780/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Plivo Verify: $14,400/yr estimated 路 $720/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鈥檇 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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