SMS and voice API price hikes
4 price hikes we tracked on SMS and voice APIs, newest first. Each one has its own page with before and after, sources, and what's cheaper now.
- Plivo raised inbound SMS 40%, $0.0055 to $0.0077 per message · Jul 4, 2026
Channel pricing overhaul. The inbound SMS rate rose 40%, from $0.0055 to $0.0077 per message, which adds $2.20 to the sms10k scenario (1,000 inbound messages). - Twilio raised Studio from $0.001 to $0.0025 per flow execution · Oct 2025
Studio's per-flow-execution price rose 150%, from $0.001 to $0.0025. PricingSaaS's snapshots bound the change to between Jul 20 and Oct 4, 2025; the later month is used here. - Twilio raised US SMS from $0.0079 to $0.0083 per message · Jun 2025
US SMS messaging rose 5.1%, from $0.0079 to $0.0083 per message, which lifts the sms10k reference cost 3.3% with other fees held constant. PricingSaaS's snapshots date the change to between Jan 1 and Jun 22, 2025. - Twilio raised TaskRouter from $0.025 to $0.06 per task · Apr 2024
TaskRouter's per-task price rose 140%, from $0.025 to $0.06. PricingSaaS's snapshots bound the change to between Nov 27, 2023 and Apr 1, 2024; the later month is used here.