One-Time Build, Priced by Channel Count

Android and iOS are priced and quoted separately, one app, one channel is the base unit at $1,500. Bundling more channels into the same app costs less per channel than pricing each one on its own, and building both platforms together is quoted at a combined rate rather than doubling the single-app price.

Channels in the app One-time cost (per app) Effective cost per channel
1 channel $1,500 $1,500
2 channels $2,500 $1,250
3 channels $3,750 $1,250
4 channels $5,000 $1,250

Prices in USD, exclusive of applicable taxes, per app (Android or iOS). Each further channel beyond 4 is priced on the same declining basis. Android and iOS are quoted separately unless you ask for a combined build across both.

Ongoing Maintenance: $100 to $300/month

The one-time cost above covers the build and store submission. Keeping the app working after launch, OS and API updates, store compliance changes, dependency and security patching, and monitoring, is billed separately as monthly maintenance. Where you land in the $100 to $300 range depends on the app's channel count and platform coverage. New features requested after launch are scoped and quoted on top of maintenance, not included in it.

Tell us your platforms and channels

Android, iOS, or both, and which channels the app needs, is enough for us to confirm your exact one-time cost and monthly maintenance.

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FAQ

Mobile App Pricing Questions

The ladder is per app, Android or iOS, priced separately. Building the same channel set on both platforms is quoted as a combined rate rather than simply doubling the single-app price, so it works out cheaper than pricing each platform on its own. Tell us both platforms up front and we will confirm the combined figure.

A distinct messaging capability built into the app, for example SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, or Voice. One channel means the app does one of these; four channels means it can send and receive across all four from the same app.

Because a lot of the work, the app shell, navigation, authentication, push notifications, account handling, is shared across channels rather than rebuilt for each one. The first channel carries that shared cost; every channel after it is mostly incremental.

Keeping the app working: OS and API version updates, store compliance changes, dependency and security patching, and monitoring. It does not include new features, those are scoped and quoted separately, the same as with our other plugin and integration pricing.

Submission to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store is part of the one-time development cost. Any store developer account fees charged directly by Google or Apple are paid by you, since those accounts are registered in your name.

Yes, as agreed in the project brief, the same way our WordPress and WooCommerce plugins are handed over as source. See Mobile App Development for what a build actually includes.

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Mobile App Development

The Fine Print, Up Front

Pricing Terms

Currency and tax

All prices are in US dollars and exclusive of applicable taxes, duties, and withholding. Indian rupee figures shown against channel volume pricing are indicative and convert at the prevailing rate on your invoice.

Billing and commitment

Subscriptions are billed monthly, quarterly, or annually in advance. Annual prepay includes two months free. Setup is a flat $100 one-time charge on every plan, billed with your first invoice, and waived entirely where you prepay quarterly or annually. Downgrades are not automatic, because your dedicated server and database are provisioned for the tier you buy. Talk to us before committing if your volume is likely to fluctuate.

Fair use, daily threshold and overage

We do not suspend, throttle to zero, or terminate your service for exceeding an allowance. Traffic above your daily threshold is queued and released in the next window, and no charge arises from daily queueing alone. Usage above your monthly allowance is billed as an overage charge in arrears on your next invoice, at the rate agreed with you and recorded in your order form. Overage rates are set against your expected volume and destination mix rather than published as a single figure, and are agreed before you sign, so no overage charge ever arrives at a rate you have not already seen. Overage is charged against the monthly allowance only, never the daily threshold.

How usage is counted

Channel volume on the WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram, and OBD Voice ladder is counted on delivered messages, not submitted. A message submitted but not delivered does not count toward your volume and is not billed. Published ladder rates apply to perpetual licence holders; on a rented subscription plan, channel rates are quoted separately and recorded in your order form. For other usage, the counting basis is stated in your order form and matches what your platform reports show. Our platform records are the primary evidence of usage, save in the case of manifest error.

Notifications and sustained overage

We alert you at 80% and 100% of your monthly allowance, so an overage charge is never the first you hear of it. If you exceed your monthly allowance in three consecutive months, we may ask you to move to the next plan from your following renewal, on thirty days' notice. Any overage accrued in your final month remains payable on termination.

Service levels

Where your plan carries an uptime SLA, it covers availability of the SMPPCenter application, measured monthly. It excludes scheduled maintenance notified at least 48 hours in advance, unavailability attributable to the underlying hosting provider, outages or throttling by any upstream carrier or vendor, failures of your own infrastructure, network, or credentials, and events outside our reasonable control. Where we provide hosting, the infrastructure service level is the hosting provider's own published SLA, named in your order form and passed through without enlargement.

Perpetual licences, upgrades and security

A perpetual licence grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the version delivered at purchase, in object code form only. No source code rights are granted. The annual upgrade charge (AUC) is mandatory for the first three years and covers version upgrades, feature releases, and security patches. Should AUC lapse thereafter, you retain the right to run the version you own but receive no further upgrades, releases, or security patches, and you would be asked to acknowledge in writing that continued use without security patches is at your own risk. Reinstating AUC is charged in respect of each lapsed year.

Servers and deployment

On a subscription plan we provide and maintain the server infrastructure. On a perpetual licence you provide and maintain it. Where a plan states a number of servers, that refers to servers across which a single deployment of the software is horizontally scaled. It is not a licence to run multiple independent deployments.

Support

Day-to-day support is ticket-based on every plan. Scale and Enterprise include 24/7 support. On every plan, including the entry tier, an emergency telephone line is available where the service is down, and we will restore it regardless of your support tier.

Price changes

Prices and inclusions on these pages may change. Where a change affects an active subscription, we will give you at least thirty days' written notice before it takes effect, and your current pricing holds until your next renewal date. Newer products, including AI and voice, are at an early stage of pricing and are the most likely to be revised as usage patterns become clear.

NCPR, DLT and regulatory data

Every plan includes the scrubbing and validation engine. The underlying NCPR, DND, and DLT data is supplied by you, obtained and maintained under your own registration with the relevant registry or operator, and loaded into the platform by you. SMPPCenter does not source, licence, or warrant the accuracy or currency of that data, and is not responsible for sends permitted or blocked as a result of data you have supplied. Real-time scrubbing against an external provider's API is supported as a chargeable addition. Responsibility for regulatory compliance of your traffic, and of your customers' traffic, remains yours.

Channel and third-party charges

WhatsApp conversation charges levied by Meta, RCS carrier charges, operator and vendor fees, and model inference billed by your own AI provider are separate from our platform fees and passed through. We will break them out separately in your quote.

This is a plain-language summary provided so you know what you are buying before you talk to us. It is not the contract. The binding terms are those in your signed agreement and order form. See also our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Prices and inclusions on this page are current at the time of publication and may change.

Client Feedback

What Our Clients Say

Our clients run regulated, high-volume messaging infrastructure and prefer not to be named publicly. These testimonials are shared with permission while keeping commercially sensitive details confidential.

The platform has been reliable for business-critical messaging. Multi-connection support and detailed logging have made daily operations much easier.
Infrastructure Manager, Enterprise Messaging Provider Russia 15 million messages monthly Runs SMPP Client Client since 2019
API integration was straightforward and the support team assisted us throughout deployment. We now manage multiple operator connections from a single platform.
Technical Director, SMS Aggregator UAE 12 SMPP connections Runs SMPP Client & Server Client since 2022
We needed complete control over our messaging infrastructure instead of relying on a hosted provider. The platform has delivered excellent performance and reliability.
Solutions Architect, Software Company South Korea 99.99% service availability Runs Enterprise Messaging Platform Client since 2020
Excellent documentation, responsive technical support, and an enterprise-grade platform that scales as our business grows.
Engineering Manager, SaaS Provider Canada 5 million notifications per month Runs Messaging Platform Client since 2022

Names and company details are withheld at our clients' request. This is common among telecom providers, SMS aggregators, fintech companies, and enterprises that consider their messaging infrastructure commercially sensitive.

TELL US WHICH PLATFORMS AND CHANNELS

Android, iOS, or both, and which channels the app needs to send and receive, and we will confirm your exact one-time cost and monthly maintenance.

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