Akedly vs BudgetSMS
| AkedlyGood for branded sender names | BudgetSMSGood for reliable OTP delivery | |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Price per local SMS | EGP 1.4–3 | EUR 0.13–0.29 |
| Price by operator | Not published | Vodafone EUR 0.133; e& 0.158; WE 0.188; Orange 0.288. |
| Price per OTP | USD 0.02–0.06 | Not published |
| International SMS pricing | Per-country rate sheet covers WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS (Twilio/Firebase/Cequens where available) and email for ~240 countries; rates in USD. | Not published |
| Monthly minimum | Free | Not published |
| Bundle tiers | Three commitment models: Pay As You Go (fixed rates, top up any amount), Annual Commitment (commit yearly volume, lower locked rates; quote), Bulk Upfront (prepay, lowest rates; quote). Enterprise >100k authentications/month: bespoke pricing. Pay Per Successful Authentication for enterprises with 30k+ OTPs/month, high success rate for 3 consecutive months and use of most secure APIs. Bring-your-own SMS sender: Akedly fee from EGP 0.05 per successful authentication on top of your provider's rate. Egypt startup programme (<2,000 authentications/month, WhatsApp OTP with SMS fallback, manual approval).Show more | Not published |
| Unused credit expiry | 12 months from purchase | Not published |
| Delivery | ||
| Direct operator connections | No | Yes |
| Delivery reports | Yes | Yes |
| OTP fallback channels | Not published | |
| Sender name | ||
| Sender ID registration | Yes | Not published |
| Promotional vs transactional rules | Authentication OTPs and 'Utilities' (transactional notifications: payment/order confirmation, alerts). Utility templates are reviewed by Akedly and WhatsApp templates by Meta; utility SMS requires the customer's own SMS sender; opt-out suppression list built in. No marketing product.Show more | OTP on direct/high-quality routes; marketing may use cheaper wholesale routes; filtering issues listed as common in Egypt. |
| Developers | ||
| HTTP/REST API | Yes | Yes |
| SDKs | Yes | Not published |
| OTP verification API | Yes | Not published |
| Sandbox / free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Licences and compliance | ||
| Data location | EU data residency | Not published |
| Request a quote | Request quote | Request quote |
Grey values were last checked more than 90 days ago. Not published means the provider does not publish it.
We don't pick an overall winner: the right choice depends on your business.