---
title: Esendex AU
slug: esendex
url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/esendex"
homepage: "https://www.esendex.com.au/"
categories: sms-api-providers-australia
last_verified: 2026-11-07
dataset_version: 0738be72
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Esendex AU

> Commify's Australian business messaging arm, sold through account management.

- Operates an Australian entity within the Commify group.
- Targets mid-market and enterprise business messaging with a managed-service posture.
- The API is competent and local support is real.
- But pricing is quote-based, onboarding runs through sales, and there is little to evaluate independently.

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Esendex AU |
| Company | Commify |
| One-liner | Commify's Australian business messaging arm, sold through account management. |
| Site | https://www.esendex.com.au/ |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Compared in | 1 |

## Where it is compared

### [AU SMS APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia)
Ranked **#13 of 13** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Price /SMS @ 1k | A$0.062/SMS | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://www.esendex.com.au/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--price_1k |
| Price /SMS @ 10k | A$0.0542/SMS | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://www.esendex.com.au/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--price_10k |
| Price /SMS @ 100k | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--price_100k |
| Dedicated number | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--dedicated_number_cost |
| Min top-up | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--min_topup |
| Billing model | contract-required | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--billing_model |
| Self-serve API key | ○ | Inferred | - | - | The AU site funnels to a demo request; there is no path from cold signup to a sent message. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--self_serve_api_key |
| Alphanumeric sender | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--alpha_sender_id |
| Two-way messaging | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--two_way |
| MMS to AU | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--mms |
| RCS | ○ | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://www.esendex.com.au/messaging-api/rcs-api/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--rcs |
| Delivery receipts | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--delivery_receipts |
| Unicode billing doc | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--unicode_billing_doc |
| API style | rest-json | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--api_style |
| SDK languages | dotnet, php, java, ruby, node, go | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://developers.esendex.com/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--sdk_languages |
| Public status page | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--status_page |
| AU legal entity | ● | Inferred | - | - | Esendex operates an Australian entity within the Commify group. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--au_legal_entity |
| ACMA Sender ID | - | Unknown | - | - | Deliberately unrecorded. Australia's SMS Sender ID Register obligations changed recently and vendor documentation lags the regulator. Pending verification against ACMA directly, do not rely on this for compliance. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--acma_sender_id |
| AU data residency | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--au_data_residency |
| Opt-out built in | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--optout_handling |
| Carrier route | au-aggregator | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--carrier_route |
| MCP server | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--mcp_server |
| Agent-ready docs | 3 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--agent_ready_docs |
| Operating since | 2001 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--operating_since |
| Ownership | global-private | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--ownership |
| Positioning | Managed business messaging for mid-market Australia. Account-managed by design. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#esendex--positioning |

**Verdict.** A real Australian operation with local support, but nothing is assessable without booking a call.

## Alternatives

- [AWS End User Messaging](https://toolweight.com/tools/aws-end-user-messaging), SMS as an AWS primitive: no vendor relationship, but registration is a support ticket.
- [Bird](https://toolweight.com/tools/bird), MessageBird rebuilt as a CRM-first platform; SMS is now a channel inside it.
- [Cellcast](https://toolweight.com/tools/cellcast), Australian-owned SMS provider competing mainly on published per-message price.
- [ClickSend](https://toolweight.com/tools/clicksend), Perth-based multichannel API with a public rate table and no sales gate.
- [Kudosity](https://toolweight.com/tools/kudosity), Burst SMS rebuilt as a customer-engagement platform, with the original API still underneath.
- [MessageMedia](https://toolweight.com/tools/messagemedia), Long-established Australian A2P provider, now inside Sinch, sold through a sales team.
- [Sinch](https://toolweight.com/tools/sinch), Global tier-one aggregator that owns MessageMedia and sells Australia through both brands.
- [SMS Broadcast](https://toolweight.com/tools/sms-broadcast), The cheapest credible Australian bulk SMS API, with a deliberately minimal interface.
- [SMSGlobal](https://toolweight.com/tools/smsglobal), Melbourne-based provider offering both REST and a direct SMPP bind for high throughput.
- [Telstra Messaging API](https://toolweight.com/tools/telstra-messaging), The only provider on this list that owns the Australian network your message lands on.
- [Twilio](https://toolweight.com/tools/twilio), The default global messaging API, with the best docs and Australia's least competitive rates.
- [Vonage](https://toolweight.com/tools/vonage), Ericsson-owned CPaaS with clean self-serve access and no Australian entity story.

## Logo & brand colours

SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/esendex-au/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/esendex-au/mono.svg. JSON: https://toolweight.com/api/v1/brands/esendex-au.

| Hex | oklch |
| --- | --- |
| #ffffff | oklch(100.0% 0.000 0.0) |
| #7a5dd8 | oklch(57.0% 0.181 290.4) |
| #7471c6 | oklch(59.0% 0.128 283.4) |
| #a187ff | oklch(70.0% 0.171 291.3) |

## Licence and attribution

Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0.

- Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/esendex
- Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/esendex.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp
- Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.