This topic describes the pricing of Short Message Service (SMS).
Important SMS reserves the right to adjust the prices of resource plans in response to changes in carrier charges. Customers who use the pay-as-you-go billing method are given written notice five days before the prices are changed.
Pay-as-you-go
Note The prices in the following table are for reference only. For information about specific prices, contact
technical support.
SMS allows you to send messages to over 200 countries and regions across the world. The unit price of each message varies with the country or region.
| Country or region | Alpha-2 code | Unit price (USD/message) |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | ALB | 0.05 |
| Algeria | DZA | 0.20 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | 0.10 |
| Argentina | ARG | 0.10 |
| UAE | ARE | 0.10 |
| Aruba | ABW | 0.05 |
| Oman | OMN | 0.10 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 0.15 |
| Ascension Island | ASC | 0.15 |
| Egypt | EGY | 0.10 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 0.15 |
| Ireland | IRL | 0.05 |
| Estonia | EST | 0.10 |
| Andorra | AND | 0.05 |
| Angola | AGO | 0.05 |
| Anguilla | AIA | 0.05 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 0.05 |
| Austria | AUT | 0.05 |
| Australia | AUS | 0.05 |
| Macau (China) | MAC | 0.05 |
| Barbados | BRB | 0.05 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0.05 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 0.05 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 0.15 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 0.05 |
| Palestine | PSE | 0.10 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 0.05 |
| Panama | PAN | 0.05 |
| Brazil | BRA | 0.05 |
| Belarus | BLR | 0.20 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 0.05 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 0.10 |
| Benin | BEN | 0.05 |
| Belgium | BEL | 0.10 |
| Iceland | ISL | 0.05 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 0.05 |
| Poland | POL | 0.05 |
| Polynesia | PYF | 0.10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 0.05 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 0.05 |
| Belize | BLZ | 0.05 |
| Botswana | BWA | 0.05 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 0.10 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 0.05 |
| Burundi | BDI | 0.05 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 0.05 |
| Denmark | DNK | 0.05 |
| Germany | DEU | 0.10 |
| American Samoa | ASM | 0.05 |
| Togo | TGO | 0.05 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | 0.05 |
| Dominica | DMA | 0.05 |
| Russia | RUS | 0.30 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 0.10 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 0.10 |
| France | FRA | 0.05 |
| Faroe Islands | FRO | 0.05 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 0.15 |
| Philippines | PHL | 0.05 |
| Fiji | FJI | 0.05 |
| Finland | FIN | 0.10 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 0.05 |
| Falkland Islands | FLK | 0.05 |
| Gambia | GMB | 0.05 |
| Colombia | COL | 0.05 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 0.05 |
| Grenada | GRD | 0.05 |
| Greenland | GRL | 0.05 |
| Georgia | GEO | 0.10 |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | 0.10 |
| Guam | GUM | 0.05 |
| Guyana | GUY | 0.05 |
| Haiti | HTI | 0.10 |
| South Korea | KOR | 0.05 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 0.10 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 0.05 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 0.05 |
| Honduras | HND | 0.05 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 0.05 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 0.05 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 0.15 |
| Guinea | GIN | 0.10 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 0.05 |
| Ghana | GHA | 0.10 |
| Gabon | GAB | 0.05 |
| Kampuchea | KHM | 0.10 |
| Czech | CZE | 0.05 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 0.05 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 0.05 |
| Qatar | QAT | 0.05 |
| Cayman Islands | CYM | 0.05 |
| Cook Islands | COK | 0.05 |
| Comoros | COM | 0.05 |
| Ivory Coast | CIV | 0.05 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 0.15 |
| Croatia | HRV | 0.05 |
| Kenya | KEN | 0.05 |
| Latvia | LVA | 0.05 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 0.05 |
| Laos | LAO | 0.05 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 0.10 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 0.05 |
| Liberia | LBR | 0.05 |
| Libya | LBY | 0.15 |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | 0.05 |
| Réunion | REU | 0.10 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 0.05 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 0.05 |
| Romania | ROU | 0.05 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 0.10 |
| Maldives | MDV | 0.05 |
| Malta | MLT | 0.05 |
| Malawi | MWI | 0.10 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 0.05 |
| Mali | MLI | 0.10 |
| Mariana Islands | MNP | 0.05 |
| Macedonia | MKD | 0.05 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 0.05 |
| Martinique | MTQ | 0.10 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 0.10 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 0.10 |
| US | USA | 0.05 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 0.10 |
| Montserrat | MSR | 0.05 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 0.15 |
| Peru | PER | 0.05 |
| Micronesia | FSM | 0.05 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 0.15 |
| Moldova | MDA | 0.05 |
| Morocco | MAR | 0.10 |
| Monaco | MCO | 0.05 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 0.05 |
| Mexico | MEX | 0.05 |
| Namibia | NAM | 0.05 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 0.05 |
| Nauru | NRU | 0.10 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 0.05 |
| Nepal | NPL | 0.10 |
| Niger | NER | 0.10 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 0.10 |
| Niue | NIU | 0.05 |
| Norway | NOR | 0.05 |
| Norfolk Island | NFK | 0.05 |
| Palau | PLW | 0.05 |
| Portugal | PRT | 0.05 |
| Japan | JPN | 0.05 |
| Sweden | SWE | 0.05 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 0.05 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 0.05 |
| Serbia | SRB | 0.05 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 0.05 |
| Senegal | SEN | 0.10 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 0.05 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 0.05 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 0.10 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | STP | 0.05 |
| Saint Helena | SHN | 0.15 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 0.05 |
| Saint Lucia | LCA | 0.05 |
| San Marino | SMR | 0.05 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SPM | 0.05 |
| Saint Vincent | VCT | 0.05 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 0.15 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 0.05 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 0.05 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 0.05 |
| Suriname | SUR | 0.05 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 0.05 |
| Somalia | SOM | 0.10 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 0.20 |
| Taiwan (China) | TWN | 0.05 |
| Thailand | THA | 0.05 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 0.10 |
| Tonga | TON | 0.05 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | 0.05 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 0.05 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 0.10 |
| Tuvalu | TUV | 0.05 |
| Türkiye | TUR | 0.05 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 0.10 |
| Tokelau | TKL | 0.15 |
| Wallis and Futuna | WLF | 0.10 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 0.05 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 0.05 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 0.05 |
| Brunei | BRN | 0.05 |
| Uganda | UGA | 0.10 |
| Uruguay | URY | 0.05 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 0.20 |
| Spain | ESP | 0.05 |
| Samoa | WSM | 0.05 |
| Greece | GRC | 0.05 |
| Hong Kong (China) | HKG | 0.05 |
| Singapore | SGP | 0.05 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 0.05 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 0.10 |
| Hungary | HUN | 0.05 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 0.05 |
| Armenia | ARM | 0.10 |
| Yemen | YEM | 0.10 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 0.15 |
| Israel | ISR | 0.10 |
| Italy | ITA | 0.05 |
| India | IND | 0.05 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 0.10 |
| UK | GBR | 0.05 |
| Jordan | JOR | 0.15 |
| Vietnam | VNM | 0.10 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 0.10 |
| Zaire | COD | 0.10 |
| Chad | TCD | 0.10 |
| Gibraltar | GIB | 0.05 |
| Chile | CHL | 0.05 |
| Central Africa Republic | CAF | 0.05 |
| China | CHN | 0.05 |
Resource plans
SMS provides resource plans to help you save resource usage costs. If you purchase a resource plan, SMS first offsets your resource usage from the resource plan. If the quota of the resource plan is insufficient, the pay-as-you-go billing method is automatically used for the excess resource usage. You can view the prices of resource plans on the buy page of resource plans.
International SMS plan (plus)
You can use an international SMS plan (plus) to send messages to recipients in more than 200 countries and regions.
International SMS plan
You cannot use international SMS plans to send messages to recipients in the following countries and regions: Tajikistan, Martinique, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Jordan, Armenia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Libya, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Cook Islands, French Guiana, Chad, Nigeria, Finland, Guadeloupe, Polynesia, Israel, Germany, Mali, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Ghana, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Egypt. (Updated: August 23, 2022)
Resource plan for a specific country or region
You can select a resource plan that is designed for a specific country or region on the buy page of resource plans.
Note
- The messages sent before you purchase a resource plan and the messages sent after the plan runs out of its quota are billed based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.
- After you purchase a resource plan, you cannot apply for a refund.
- If your Alibaba Cloud account has overdue payments, your resource plan cannot be used. If your resource plan is in use, you cannot apply for a refund for the remaining quota of the plan.
- A resource plan is valid for 180 days. After it expires, the message quota can no longer be used.
Billing rules
- Bills are updated in real time. On the first day of each month, the bill of the previous month is generated. Alibaba Cloud automatically offsets the quota from a resource plan or your Alibaba Cloud account. Then, you can apply for an invoice for the bill.
- Messages are billed after they are submitted. Even if a message fails to be delivered, you are still charged for the message.
Overdue payments
If the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account, (including coupons) is less than the payable amount on your bill, the bill is overdue. If you have overdue bills, you cannot send messages.
Bills
Log on to the
SMS console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose
. On the Fee Report page, you can view prepaid bills and postpaid bills on the
Post-pay Billing tab and the
Resource Plan Statistics tab.
