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SMSGlobal

Melbourne-based provider offering both REST and a direct SMPP bind for high throughput.

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Overall in au sms apis
1of 13 · score 79.3
Data coverage
92%
24 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •Sustained high-throughput sending where REST rate limits bite
  • •Australian entity plus published pricing plus SMPP in one vendor
  • •Teams migrating off a legacy SMPP integration

Strong on

  • +API style rest-json-plus-smpp 1/13
  • +Operating since 1999 1/12
  • +Carrier route hybrid-direct 2/13
  • +Price /SMS @ 10k A$0.042/SMS 2/9
  • +Price /SMS @ 1k A$0.05/SMS 3/10
  • +Price /SMS @ 100k A$0.03/SMS 3/8

Weak on

None stand out.

vs Kudosity

  • •Ahead on API style: rest-json-plus-smpp vs rest-json
  • •Ahead on SDK languages: node, php, python, java, dotnet vs node, php, python
  • •Behind on MMS to AU: Partial vs Yes

How SMSGlobal scores among 13 au sms apis24 of 26 fields known

Pricing6

Price /SMS @ 1k3rd
A$0.05/SMS
3/10
Leader: Cellcast · A$0.037/SMS
Price /SMS @ 10k2nd
A$0.042/SMS
2/9
Leader: SMS Broadcast · A$0.032/SMS
Price /SMS @ 100k3rd
A$0.03/SMS
3/8
Leader: SMS Broadcast · A$0.024/SMS
Dedicated number
—
Min top-up
A$5
1/3
smsglobal.com · 2026-11-07
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 AU
Partial
8/13
Leader: MessageMedia · Yes
RCS3rd
Partial
3/13
Leader: Sinch · Yes
Delivery receipts1st
Yes
1/13
Unicode billing doc1st
Yes
1/13
API style1st
rest-json-plus-smpp
1/13
SDK languages
node, php, python, java, dotnet
7/13
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
—
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 since1st
1999
1/12
Ownership3rd
independent-au
3/13
Leader: AWS End User Messaging · hyperscaler

Positioning1

Positioning
The throughput option among the local independents. SMPP where everyone else offers only REST.

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