Two SMS providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Updated November 2026
THE VERDICT
AWS SNS wins on reviews and support. MessageBird wins on price and channel coverage.
AWS SNS starts at $0.00645 versus MessageBird's $0.00331. AWS SNS rates higher with developers (4.2 vs 4.1 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Winner cells are tinted, green where AWS SNS leads, violet where MessageBird does.
FAQ
AWS SNS starts at $0.00645 versus MessageBird's $0.00331. Compare your expected monthly volume against the per-message rates above.
Amazon SNS SMS is usage-based with no platform or subscription fee. Secondary pricing summaries put US A2P SMS at roughly $0.00581 per message segment, though AWS's own pricing page notes rates vary by destination country and carrier and change frequently, so the exact figure should be confirmed against current AWS pricing before quoting it. On top of per-message costs, US senders pay 10DLC and carrier fees such as $10 per month per campaign and $1 per month per phone number.
Bird (MessageBird) provides official open source SDKs for PHP, Python, Node.js, Java, Ruby, and Go, available on its GitHub organization. The underlying API is REST based, so it can also be called from any language over HTTP. This covers most common backend stacks for SMS and omnichannel messaging.
Yes. Many teams route different message types through different providers or fail over between them. Courier lets you send through both behind a single API and switch providers without changing your code.
Why not both?
Use both behind one API.
Route AWS SNS, MessageBird, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of November 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. MessageBird is now Bird.