Two SMS providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Updated October 2026
THE VERDICT
Sinch wins on global scale. Telnyx wins on price and reviews.
Sinch starts at $0.0078 versus Telnyx's $0.004. Telnyx rates higher with developers (4.8 vs 4.2 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Winner cells are tinted, green where Sinch leads, violet where Telnyx does.
FAQ
Sinch starts at $0.0078 versus Telnyx's $0.004. Compare your expected monthly volume against the per-message rates above.
Sinch SMS is pay-as-you-go with no monthly platform fee on the SMS API. US A2P 10DLC outbound messages cost roughly $0.0078 each, plus carrier pass-through fees. A 10DLC number itself costs about $1 per month plus a $1 one-time setup fee, and one-time brand and campaign registration through The Campaign Registry adds a small additional cost. Volume-based discounts are negotiated for senders above about 500,000 messages per month, though exact rates are not published.
Telnyx publishes official server-side SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, and Go. They are generated from Telnyx's OpenAPI specification and distributed through standard package managers such as npm, pip, Composer, Maven, RubyGems, and Go modules.
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 Sinch, Telnyx, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of October 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.