Akedly vs Rastova
| Akedly | Rastova | |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Price per local SMS | EGP 1.4–3 | Not published |
| Price by operator | Not published | Listing names Etisalat, Orange, Vodafone and WE as supported networks; no per-operator price. |
| 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 | Free: 40 WhatsApp + 30 SMS (Rastova sender ID); Starter 10 USD/mo: 700 WhatsApp + 400 SMS (own brand name); Growth 20 USD/mo: 4,000 WhatsApp + 1,500 SMS; Pro 50 USD/mo: 10,000 WhatsApp + 3,000 SMS.Show more |
| Unused credit expiry | 12 months from purchase | Not published |
| Delivery | ||
| Direct operator connections | No | Not published |
| Delivery reports | Yes | Yes |
| OTP fallback channels | Not published | |
| Sender name | ||
| Sender ID registration | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Not published |
| Developers | ||
| HTTP/REST API | Yes | Not published |
| SDKs | Yes | Not published |
| OTP verification API | Yes | Not published |
| Plugins | Not published | Shopify |
| 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.