# SMSMeteor vs Vonage (Nexmo)

> Vonage, which absorbed Nexmo, sells communications APIs to businesses; new API accounts are capped at 10 euros of traffic per 24 hours until business registration proof and an address are provided, and international prices are distributed as a spreadsheet rather than a page. SMSMeteor has no document-based cap and prints every rate on one public page.

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 | Vonage (Nexmo) | SMSMeteor |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.0121 to $0.0131 (from $0.0086 base + carrier fee) | $0.0084 |
| United Kingdom | not published | $0.0130 |
| Germany | not published | $0.0238 |
| India | not published | $0.0256 |
| Nigeria | not published | $0.0326 |
| Brazil | not published | $0.0042 |

## Side by side

- Sign-up and identity. Vonage (Nexmo): New accounts capped at 10 euros per 24 hours until business registration proof and a business address are sent by ticket; 10DLC registration (EIN) for US long codes. SMSMeteor: Email address and password; no cap tied to documents.
- Payment. Vonage (Nexmo): Card (no Amex or prepaid cards), PayPal, bank transfer from 200 euros, postpaid invoice after a credit check; crypto "not directly supported". SMSMeteor: Seven cryptocurrencies, prepaid USD balance.
- Free trial. Vonage (Nexmo): 2 euros of credit, four verified test numbers, a demo text appended to messages. SMSMeteor: Test key that validates and prices without sending.
- Coverage and senders. Vonage (Nexmo): Nearly 200 countries; alphanumeric senders up to 11 characters, registration portal for managed customers only, not in the US. SMSMeteor: 228 destinations; alphanumeric senders delivered as typed in 114 of them.
- API. Vonage (Nexmo): REST (SMS and Messages APIs); no idempotency key; no batch endpoint; delivery webhooks; optional signatures; OpenAPI published. SMSMeteor: REST; idempotency keys; batches of 1,000; HMAC-SHA256 webhooks; OpenAPI 3.1.
- Message history. Vonage (Nexmo): Call and message records 13 months, technical logs up to 30 days. SMSMeteor: Per-message reports kept 90 days.
- Support. Vonage (Nexmo): Standard: web and chat, business hours, best effort; paid plans from $350 a month. SMSMeteor: Conversations in the panel, seven days a week, no paid tier.

## Pick Vonage (Nexmo) if

- You need voice, video or a contact-centre product from the same vendor.
- You are a registered business that can provide registration proof.
- You want phone support under a paid SLA.

## Pick SMSMeteor if

- You cannot or will not send company registration documents.
- You want international prices on a public page, not in a spreadsheet behind a login.
- You pay in crypto.

## Sources

- Vonage communications APIs pricing: https://www.vonage.co.uk/communications-apis/pricing/
- Vonage API support: account limits: https://api.support.vonage.com/hc/en-us/articles/16683847799324
- Vonage API support: payment methods: https://api.support.vonage.com/hc/en-us/articles/213129327
- Vonage support plans: https://www.vonage.co.uk/communications-apis/services/support/


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