Kudosity
Burst SMS rebuilt as a customer-engagement platform, with the original API still underneath.
Overall in au sms apis
2of 13 · score 76.8
Data coverage
88%
23 of 26 fields sourced
Best for
- •Products where marketing and engineering share a sending account
- •Teams wanting opt-out and list management handled by the platform
- •Long-running Burst SMS integrations that do not need to move
Strong on
- +Carrier route hybrid-direct 2/13
Weak on
- −SDK languages node, php, python 10/13Better: Twilio: node, python, php, ruby, java, dotnet, go
vs SMSGlobal
- •Ahead on MMS to AU: Yes vs Partial
- •Behind on API style: rest-json vs rest-json-plus-smpp
- •Behind on SDK languages: node, php, python vs node, php, python, java, dotnet
How Kudosity scores among 13 au sms apis23 of 26 fields known
Pricing6
Price /SMS @ 1k
A$0.055/SMS
4/10
Leader: Cellcast · A$0.037/SMS
Price /SMS @ 10k
A$0.045/SMS
4/9
Leader: SMS Broadcast · A$0.032/SMS
Price /SMS @ 100k
A$0.032/SMS
4/8
Leader: SMS Broadcast · A$0.024/SMS
Dedicated number
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· 2026-11-07
Min top-up
—
Billing model2nd
prepay-self-serve
2/13
Leader: AWS End User Messaging · postpaid-self-serve
Features10
Self-serve API key1st
Yes
1/13
Alphanumeric sender1st
Yes
1/13
Two-way messaging1st
Yes
1/13
MMS to AU1st
Yes
1/13
Delivery receipts1st
Yes
1/13
Unicode billing doc1st
Yes
1/13
API style3rd
rest-json
3/13
Leader: SMSGlobal · rest-json-plus-smpp
SDK languages
node, php, python
10/13
Leader: Twilio · node, python, php, ruby, java, dotnet, go
Public status page1st
Yes
1/13
Australian compliance5
AU legal entity1st
Yes
1/13
ACMA Sender ID
—
· 2026-11-07
AU data residency1st
Yes
1/13
Opt-out built in1st
Yes
1/13
Carrier route2nd
hybrid-direct
2/13
Leader: Telstra Messaging API · direct-carrier
Agentic2
MCP server
No
7/13
Leader: Twilio · Yes
Agent-ready docs
3
6/13
Leader: Twilio · 5
Traction2
Operating since
2009
7/12
Leader: SMSGlobal · 1999
Ownership3rd
independent-au
3/13
Leader: AWS End User Messaging · hyperscaler
Positioning1
Positioning
A developer SMS API that grew into a campaign platform. Useful when marketing needs a UI too.
AWS End User Messaging
Bird
Cellcast
ClickSend
Esendex AU
MessageMedia
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