# SMSMeteor vs Clickatell

> Clickatell is a long-established SMS and chat-commerce provider: prepaid accounts need no identity documents but a card with address verification, international prices are shown as estimates on country pages, and custom alphanumeric sender IDs are available on its legacy platform. SMSMeteor takes no card at all and prints one firm rate per destination.

Third-party facts read on 2026-09-21 from the public pages listed under Sources. SMSMeteor figures are generated from the live rate card (last updated 2026-09-22).

## Published price per SMS segment (USD)

| Destination | Clickatell | SMSMeteor |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.0075 (estimate, carrier fees not stated) | $0.0084 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0448 to $0.0656 (by volume) | $0.0130 |
| Germany | not published | $0.0238 |
| India | not published | $0.0256 |
| Nigeria | not published | $0.0326 |
| Brazil | $0.0134 to $0.0186 (by volume) | $0.0042 |

## Side by side

- Sign-up and identity. Clickatell: No ID or company documents for prepaid; card address verification and billing country before an integration is published; post-paid needs a credit application. SMSMeteor: Email address and password; no card, no billing profile.
- Payment. Clickatell: Card, PayPal; bank transfer for invoiced customers; crypto not listed; prepaid credit non-refundable. SMSMeteor: Seven cryptocurrencies; unused balance refundable under the refund policy.
- Free trial. Clickatell: Sandbox with unlimited tests; live test SMS limited to 10 a day to two verified phones. SMSMeteor: Test key that validates and prices without sending.
- Coverage and senders. Clickatell: Over 220 territories, 1,000+ networks; alphanumeric senders best effort, custom IDs on the legacy platform only. SMSMeteor: 228 destinations; alphanumeric senders delivered as typed in 114 of them.
- API. Clickatell: REST; no idempotency key; up to 100 messages per request; status callbacks without HMAC signatures; official SDKs archived. SMSMeteor: REST; idempotency keys; batches of 1,000; HMAC-SHA256 webhooks; OpenAPI 3.1.
- Message history. Clickatell: Not published. SMSMeteor: Per-message reports kept 90 days.
- Support. Clickatell: Form, WhatsApp and help centre; 24/7 email and phone claimed. SMSMeteor: Conversations in the panel, seven days a week.

## Pick Clickatell if

- You want chat commerce and WhatsApp next to SMS.
- You send millions of messages to one country and want volume tiers.
- You prefer paying by card or PayPal.

## Pick SMSMeteor if

- You want firm published rates rather than estimates.
- You want signed webhooks and idempotent requests.
- You pay in crypto and want unused credit to be refundable.

## Sources

- Clickatell United States text messaging: https://www.clickatell.com/promotions/united-states-text-messaging/
- Clickatell United Kingdom SMS: https://www.clickatell.com/promotions/united-kingdom-sms/
- Clickatell billing information: https://www.clickatell.com/help-center/billing-and-payments/set-billing-information-before-publishing-integration/
- Clickatell: what is a sender ID: https://www.clickatell.com/help-center/sms/country-regulations/what-is-sender-id/


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Source: https://smsmeteor.com/compare/clickatell (HTML). Generated by SMSMeteor from the same data as the page. Summary of the whole site: https://smsmeteor.com/llms.txt