Unifonic vs Yamamah
| Unifonic | Yamamah | |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Price per local SMS | On request | SAR 0.07–0.11 |
| Price by operator | Not published | Messages to Lebara and Virgin numbers charged at 3 message credits each. |
| International SMS pricing | Not published | International message charged at 7 message credits. |
| Monthly minimum | USD 499 | Not published |
| Bundle tiers | Connect $499 (SMS/Voice/Email/WhatsApp channels, 10,000 monthly campaign messages); Engagement $999 (20,000 monthly campaign messages, 5,000 chatbot sessions, 1 basic agent console seat); Intelligence: custom pricing. Usage above plan limits billed as extra consumption; prices exclude taxes.Show more | Prepaid packages: 180 SMS 20 SAR; 600 SMS 60 SAR; 1,500 SMS 140 SAR; 2,200 SMS 200 SAR; 7,500 SMS 660 SAR; 15,000 SMS 1,200 SAR; 75,000 SMS 5,500 SAR; 143,000 SMS 10,000 SAR. Above 143,000 messages: special offers via sales (920000029).Show more |
| Unused credit expiry | Not published | Messages valid one calendar year from purchase; payments non-refundable. |
| Sender name | ||
| Sender ID registration | Yes | Yes |
| Sender ID documents | Annual registration fee 299 SAR incl. tax, valid 1 year from payment (renewable up to 5 years). Delegation letter on letterhead (private companies: Chamber of Commerce certified), authorised person's name/title, valid CR (and charity licence if applicable), signed proof-of-contract form, business-domain account email, relationship proof (trademark/franchise/Saudi domain doc; Maroof no longer accepted) if sender doesn't match entity name.Show more | Sender name registration fee 230 SAR prepaid per calendar year (effective 1/9/2022 per regulator rules). |
| Promotional vs transactional rules | Transactional sender up to 11 characters; advertising sender up to 8 characters ending in -AD. Promotional/awareness messages only 9:00 AM-9:45 PM KSA time (Ramadan: 12:00 PM-1:00 AM).Show more | Not published |
| Developers | ||
| HTTP/REST API | Yes | Yes |
| SMPP | Yes | Not published |
| OTP verification API | Yes | Not published |
| Licences and compliance | ||
| Telecom regulator registration | CST sender-name registration (handled by provider) | Not published |
| Support | ||
| Arabic support | Yes | 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.