Pricing

Simple per-SMS pricing. No contracts.

Buy credits once, use them whenever. Larger bundles unlock better per-SMS rates — same trusted gateway at every tier. Pay with Netcash-supported payment methods: Instant EFT, card, debit order, QR, Payflex BNPL, voucher or retail.

Standard tiers

Pay-as-you-scale, ex-VAT.

All prices in South African rand, exclusive of VAT. One credit = one standard-length SMS (160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 UCS-2 characters). Long messages are billed as multiple credits per current carrier rules.

1 – 9 999

25c/SMS

Test the gateway and run small one-off campaigns.

From R250 for 1 000 SMS

10 000 – 49 999

24c/SMS

Small businesses running monthly newsletters or alerts.

From R2 400 for 10 000 SMS

50 000 – 99 999

22c/SMS

Mid-volume marketing and recurring transactional alerts.

★ MOST POPULAR STARTER

From R11 000 for 50 000 SMS

100 000 – 249 999

20c/SMS

Multi-property, multi-branch or multi-region rollouts.

From R20 000 for 100 000 SMS

250 000 – 499 999

18c/SMS

Security firms, large retailers and loyalty programmes.

From R45 000 for 250 000 SMS

500 000 – 999 999

17c/SMS

High-frequency operational alerts and pan-African campaigns.

From R85 000 for 500 000 SMS

1 mil – 2 mil

16c/SMS

National-scale rollouts, M2M and machine notifications.

★ BEST PER-SMS RATE

From R160 000 for 1 mil SMS

+ 2 mil

POA

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Prices exclude VAT and may change with carrier rate movements. Discounts apply only to SMS destined for South African networks; international destinations are billed per destination. Always confirm the final rand value before sending.

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