OTP · MENAOTP pricing in Saudi Arabia
OTP to Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia, BroadNet reaches 3 direct operators (STC (Saudi Telecom Co.), Mobily (Etihad Etisalat), Zain KSA); sender IDs are registered with the CST in 5-10 business days.
Channel-wide list rate, not a tariff for Saudi Arabia; per-market rates are quoted on request.
Which OTP rates apply to Saudi Arabia?
Per verified user, charged once across all channels tried
Channel-wide list rate, not a tariff for Saudi Arabia; per-market rates are quoted on request.
| Region / category | Rate (SAR per verification) |
|---|---|
SMS-first | SAR 0.1500 $ 0.0400 USD |
WhatsApp-first | SAR 0.0938 $ 0.0250 USD |
Voice fallback | SAR 0.2250 $ 0.0600 USD |
Silent / flash-call | SAR 0.0450 $ 0.0120 USD |
- 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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What changes for OTP in Saudi Arabia
Most OTP flows to Saudi Arabia start with an SMS, so the local SMS rules apply to the first leg. These are the facts for this market.
Saudi Arabia at a glance
- Regulator
- Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST)
- Operator routes
- 3 · STC (Saudi Telecom Co.), Mobily (Etihad Etisalat), Zain KSA
- Sender-ID lead time
- 5-10 business days
- Typical OTP latency
- 2.9 s
- Typical delivery rate
- 99.4%
- Local-language SMS encoding
- Arabic · UCS-2
OTP length in Arabic
رمز التحقق لمرة واحدة هو 274501. صالح لمدة 5 دقائق. لا تشاركه.
Characters: 62 · UCS-2 · SMS parts: 1
Your one-time code is 274501. Valid for 5 minutes. Do not share.
Characters: 64 · GSM-7 · SMS parts: 1
The sample OTP from our coverage page for Saudi Arabia. Text in Arabic 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
- Alphanumeric IDs require CST + operator approval; one ID per legal entity per use case.
- Foreign senders must bind through a CST-licensed local aggregator.
- Arabic and Latin scripts both supported.
How Saudi Arabia classifies OTP traffic
- Five categories; cross-use (a service name sending ads) is prohibited.
- Service/OTP messages are exempt from promotional timing rules.
- International inbound messages may only be Service or Personal.
- OTP messages must state the reason the OTP was sent.
Summary of our SMS regulations guide for Saudi Arabia.
Recommended fallback in Saudi Arabia
- Recommended chain: SMS (primary, Arabic preferred) → WhatsApp Business OTP after 25s no-DLR → Voice OTP after 45s. Arabic-template fallback registered alongside Latin.
Send windows in Saudi Arabia
- Promotional messages are banned from 22:00 to 09:00 every day, and from 01:00 to 12:00 during Ramadan (CST SPAM regulations).
- OTPs and other transactional messages can be sent at any time.
OTP to Saudi Arabia: common questions
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