Bronze
$449 one-time
Up to 100,000 texts$4.49 per 1,000
- Your message, sent
- Campaign preparation
- Delivery report
Twilio is an excellent developer platform for teams that build messaging into their own products. Smarterblast is for teams that just want the campaign sent: upload your list, we send, and you get a delivery report. No code, no per-message billing — one price per campaign.
Pick Twilio if you have engineers and are building SMS into a product or app. Pick Smarterblast if you want a bulk SMS campaign sent without writing code, renting numbers or paying per message: $449 for up to 100,000 texts, $699 for up to 500,000, $999 for up to 2,000,000 — with a 70% delivery guarantee.
The differences that matter when you just need a campaign sent.
| Twilio | Smarterblast | |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Developer API / infrastructure | Managed campaign service |
| Requires coding | Yes — Twilio is an API | No — upload your list and message, we send |
| Pricing model | Per-message + per-number fees | One price per campaign, no subscription |
| 500k-SMS campaign cost | $3,500-$4,500+ in messages | $699 (Silver) |
| Up to 2M texts | Billed per message | $999 (Gold) — $0.50 per 1,000 |
| Getting started | Developer setup and number rental | Choose a package, pay in crypto, upload your list |
| Best for | Product teams, developer integrations | Marketing teams sending 100,000 to 2,000,000 texts |
When Twilio is the better choice, and when Smarterblast fits better.
Twilio SMS typically runs $0.0075-$0.0085 per outbound US SMS plus carrier fees and phone number rental. A 500,000-message campaign runs roughly $3,500-$4,500 in direct message costs, before any engineering time. Smarterblast sends the same 500,000 texts for $699. Smaller list? Bronze is $449 for up to 100,000 texts. Bigger? Gold is $999 for up to 2,000,000 — $0.50 per 1,000.
Export your contact list as a file, choose a package and pay. After payment is confirmed we email you a private link to upload your list and message; we send and email you a delivery report. If you use Twilio for transactional or in-app messages, keep it for those and use Smarterblast for the big marketing sends. Many teams run both.
A clear decision framework based on your actual use case:
One price per campaign. No monthly contract.
$449 one-time
Up to 100,000 texts$4.49 per 1,000
$699 one-time
Up to 500,000 texts$1.40 per 1,000
$999 one-time
Up to 2,000,000 texts$0.50 per 1,000
70% delivery guarantee on every package. If fewer than 70% of the valid numbers on your list are delivered, we refund the package price.
Twilio bills every message and every number, because it is built for product integrations where each message is different. A campaign is one message to one list, so Smarterblast prices it as one job: $449 for up to 100,000 texts, $699 for up to 500,000 and $999 for up to 2,000,000. At 500,000 texts that is $699 versus roughly $3,500-$4,500 in Twilio message costs.
No — Twilio is programmable infrastructure. If you're building an SMS-enabled product, integrating appointment reminders into your SaaS app, or building custom messaging logic, Twilio is the right tool. Smarterblast is a managed service for sending campaigns.
Choose a package and pay in crypto. You don't need your list yet. After payment is confirmed, we email you a private link to upload your list and message. We send the campaign and email you a delivery report. No code, no platform to learn, no subscription.
Every package has a 70% delivery guarantee. If fewer than 70% of the valid numbers on your list are delivered, according to carrier delivery reports, we refund the package price.
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Pricing: Full package pricing, including the per-1,000 comparison against published Twilio rates, is on the pricing page.