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

# Kudosity

> Burst SMS rebuilt as a customer-engagement platform, with the original API still underneath.

- Rebrand of Burst SMS, one of the longer-running Australian self-serve SMS APIs.
- Platform has moved upmarket into campaign management and customer engagement.
- The underlying transactional API remains, with self-serve credentials and published pricing.
- Worth a look when a marketing UI and a programmatic path must share one AU account.

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Kudosity |
| Company | Kudosity (formerly Burst SMS) |
| One-liner | Burst SMS rebuilt as a customer-engagement platform, with the original API still underneath. |
| Site | https://kudosity.com/ |
| Docs | https://developer.transmitsms.com/ |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Compared in | 1 |

## Where it is compared

### [AU SMS APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia)
Ranked **#2 of 13** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Price /SMS @ 1k | A$0.055/SMS | Inferred | - | - | Approximate published rate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--price_1k |
| Price /SMS @ 10k | A$0.045/SMS | Inferred | - | - | Approximate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--price_10k |
| Price /SMS @ 100k | A$0.032/SMS | Inferred | - | - | Approximate; volume terms negotiable. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--price_100k |
| Dedicated number | - | Unknown | 2026-11-07 | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--dedicated_number_cost |
| Min top-up | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--min_topup |
| Billing model | prepay-self-serve | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--billing_model |
| Self-serve API key | ● | Inferred | - | - | Trial account with API access; the original Burst SMS developer API remains the integration path. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--self_serve_api_key |
| Alphanumeric sender | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--alpha_sender_id |
| Two-way messaging | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--two_way |
| MMS to AU | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--mms |
| RCS | ◐ | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://kudosity.com/au/products/messaging/rcs | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--rcs |
| Delivery receipts | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--delivery_receipts |
| Unicode billing doc | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--unicode_billing_doc |
| API style | rest-json | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--api_style |
| SDK languages | node, php, python | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--sdk_languages |
| Public status page | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--status_page |
| AU legal entity | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--au_legal_entity |
| ACMA Sender ID | - | Unknown | 2026-11-07 | - | 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#kudosity--acma_sender_id |
| AU data residency | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--au_data_residency |
| Opt-out built in | ● | Inferred | - | - | Managed opt-out list is a core platform feature. | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--optout_handling |
| Carrier route | hybrid-direct | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--carrier_route |
| MCP server | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--mcp_server |
| Agent-ready docs | 3 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--agent_ready_docs |
| Operating since | 2009 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--operating_since |
| Ownership | independent-au | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--ownership |
| Positioning | A developer SMS API that grew into a campaign platform. Useful when marketing needs a UI too. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/sms-api-providers-australia#kudosity--positioning |

**Verdict.** The transactional API is intact and self-serve; pick it when one account serves both app and campaigns.

## 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.
- [Esendex AU](https://toolweight.com/tools/esendex), Commify's Australian business messaging arm, sold through account management.
- [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/kudosity/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/kudosity/mono.svg. JSON: https://toolweight.com/api/v1/brands/kudosity.

| Hex | oklch |
| --- | --- |
| #000000 | oklch(0.0% 0.000 0.0) |

## 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/kudosity
- Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/kudosity.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp
- Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.