SMS · MENASMS pricing in Saudi Arabia
SMS to Saudi Arabia costs from $0.016 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (STC (Saudi Telecom Co.), Mobily (Etihad Etisalat), Zain KSA); sender IDs are registered with the CST in 5-10 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator CST
How much does SMS to Saudi Arabia cost?
SMS to Saudi Arabia costs from $0.016 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and CST-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (SAR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
STC (Saudi Telecom Co.) Direct bind · A2P registered | SAR 0.0600 per SMS · $ 0.0160 USD | 09:00–22:00 KSA |
Mobily (Etihad Etisalat) Direct bind · A2P registered | SAR 0.0600 per SMS · $ 0.0160 USD | 09:00–22:00 KSA |
Zain KSA Direct bind · A2P registered | SAR 0.0649 per SMS · $ 0.0173 USD | 09:00–22:00 KSA |
- CST registration handled by BroadNet — typical lead time 5–10 business days.
- PDPL 2023 fully enforced from 2024 — opt-in required for marketing.
- Arabic and Latin sender IDs both supported.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Saudi Arabia: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Saudi Arabia coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| 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 |
| Mobile subscribers | 47.6M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +966 · 420 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | SAR · USD · AED |
| Published SMS band | SAR 0.06 – 0.0649 |
SMS to Saudi Arabia: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Saudi Arabia, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Saudi Arabia?
How do I get test access for Saudi Arabia?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (SAR per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | SAR 0.0600$ 0.0160 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | SAR 0.0528$ 0.0141 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | SAR 0.0444$ 0.0118 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | SAR 0.0360$ 0.0096 USD |
More on Saudi Arabia
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Saudi Arabia on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production. Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'