Twilio Verify
Managed OTP API: $0.05 per successful verification plus Twilio SMS and carrier fees; no 10DLC registration needed.
Only successful verifications attract the $0.05 fee, but every SMS attempt is billed at $0.0083 plus carrier fees, about $0.0126 in total, so retries still cost money. Fraud Guard protection against SMS pumping is included, and pre-registered senders remove the 10DLC paperwork. The per-success fee is higher than the $0.03 at Telnyx and well above the fee-free models of Plivo or Bird, with discounts only by contract. It suits teams that would rather pay for a managed flow than build one.
- 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.
| Successful verification fee | US SMS segment |
|---|---|
| $0.05 | $0.0126 |
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
- $0.05
- US SMS segment
- $0.0126
$0.05 per successful verification (not charged for failed or expired ones) plus $0.0083 per US SMS attempt. US carrier fees also apply; Twilio's published 10DLC carrier fees are AT&T $0.0035, T-Mobile $0.0045, Verizon $0.005 per segment, averaged here to $0.0043, giving $0.0126 per SMS. Verify sends from Twilio's pre-registered senders, so no 10DLC brand or campaign fees. Includes Fraud Guard SMS-pumping protection. Volume discounts by contract.
Managed alternatives
At 100K verifications / month, US numbers. Adjust usage and requirements.
Twilio Verify: $75,120/yr estimated.
- Bird Verify (MessageBird): $9,240/yr estimated 路 $65,880/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Infobip 2FA: $9,840/yr estimated 路 $65,280/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 $63,120/yr bill differencePublished rates
- AWS End User Messaging SMS: $14,340/yr estimated 路 $60,780/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Plivo Verify: $14,400/yr estimated 路 $60,720/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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