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OTP pricing in India

OTP to India is billed per successful verification, from $0.012 (channel-wide list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24). The SMS leg uses the same operator routes and sender-ID rules as SMS; per-market OTP rates are quoted on request.

In India, BroadNet reaches 3 direct operators (Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea)); sender IDs are registered with the TRAI in 3-7 business days (DLT header registration).

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OTP · India
Indicative from-rates
Channel-wide list rate (all markets)
₹ 0.9984per verification
Indicative list rate, reviewed September 24, 2026Volume pricing available

Channel-wide list rate, not a tariff for India; per-market rates are quoted on request.

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01 · List rates

Which OTP rates apply to India?

Per verified user, charged once across all channels tried

Channel-wide list rate, not a tariff for India; per-market rates are quoted on request.

Which OTP rates apply to India?
Region / categoryRate (INR per verification)
SMS-first
₹ 3.3280
$ 0.0400 USD
WhatsApp-first
₹ 2.0800
$ 0.0250 USD
Voice fallback
₹ 4.9920
$ 0.0600 USD
Silent / flash-call
₹ 0.9984
$ 0.0120 USD
OTP · billing notes
  • Channel waterfall configurable per use case and per market.
  • Brand-name SMS sender IDs included where regulator permits.
  • Reporting includes attempt-level breakdown for fraud investigation.
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02 · Market specifics

What changes for OTP in India

Most OTP flows to India start with an SMS, so the local SMS rules apply to the first leg. These are the facts for this market.

India at a glance

Regulator
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Operator routes
3 · Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea)
Sender-ID lead time
3-7 business days (DLT header registration)
Typical OTP latency
3.0 s
Typical delivery rate
99.2%
Local-language SMS encoding
Hindi · UCS-2

OTP length in Hindi

Hindi

आपका OTP 384921 है। 5 मिनट के लिए वैध। साझा न करें।

Characters: 51 · UCS-2 · SMS parts: 1

English

Your OTP is 384921. Valid for 5 minutes. Do not share.

Characters: 54 · GSM-7 · SMS parts: 1

The sample OTP from our coverage page for India. Text in Hindi is sent in UCS-2, so one SMS holds 70 characters instead of 160, and a longer message goes out in parts of 67.

Sender-ID rules for the SMS leg

  • TRAI DLT registration mandatory: Header (sender ID), Entity, and Template all pre-registered on the DLT blockchain.
  • Every message variant scrubbed at operator firewall.

How India classifies OTP traffic

  • Promotional: marketing only; DND-scrubbed; 10am–9pm window.
  • Transactional: OTP / bank-and-transaction confirmations.
  • Service: alerts and updates within an existing relationship.
  • All categories require a registered header + content template.

Summary of our SMS regulations guide for India.

Recommended fallback in India

  • Recommended chain: SMS (primary, DLT-registered) → WhatsApp Business OTP after 30s no-DLR → Voice OTP after 60s. Flash-call OTP available where the operator permits.

Send windows in India

  • Promotional SMS is off by default outside 10:00–21:00 IST (TRAI TCCCPR 2018).
  • OTPs and other transactional messages can be sent at any time.
FAQ

OTP to India: common questions

How much does an OTP to India cost?
From $0.012 per successful verification for silent / flash call, which runs on supported MENA channels only; WhatsApp-first costs $0.025, SMS-first $0.04 and voice fallback $0.06. These are channel-wide list rates, reviewed 2026-09-24; per-market OTP rates for India are quoted on request.
Which SMS rules apply to the OTP SMS leg in India?
The same as for SMS: BroadNet sends the SMS leg over 3 routes (Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea)). Sender IDs are registered with the TRAI; typical lead time: 3-7 business days (DLT header registration).
Am I charged for failed OTP attempts to India?
No. Each user is billed once per successful verification, across every channel tried; failed attempts and failover are not billed separately.
How do I get OTP test access for India?
Request test access from this page; we reply within one business day. Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production.
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