name: Bandwidth API Plans
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Bandwidth
providerId: bandwidth
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Communications
  - SMS
  - Voice
description: Bandwidth.com pay-as-you-go pricing for SMS and Voice with carrier-direct rates.
sources:
  - https://www.bandwidth.com/pricing/
plans:
  - id: bandwidth-payg
    name: Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: Pay-per-message and per-minute rates.
    entries:
      - label: SMS Outbound 10DLC (US)
        name: sms_10dlc_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.004'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: MMS Outbound 10DLC (US)
        name: mms_10dlc_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.015'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: SMS Outbound Short Code (US)
        name: sms_sc_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.008'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: MMS Outbound Short Code (US)
        name: mms_sc_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.020'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: SMS Outbound Toll-free (US)
        name: sms_tf_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.007'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: MMS Outbound Toll-free (US)
        name: mms_tf_out
        type: metered
        metric: message
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.020'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Voice Local Outbound (US)
        name: voice_out
        type: metered
        metric: minute
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0100'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Voice Local Inbound (US)
        name: voice_in
        type: metered
        metric: minute
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0055'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Carrier-direct rates
      - name: No platform fee
      - name: Per-message/minute pricing
  - id: bandwidth-committed
    name: Committed Use (Enterprise)
    type: enterprise
    description: Volume contracts with negotiated discounts.
    entries:
      - label: Annual (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Volume discounts
      - name: Tier 1 carrier (own network)
      - name: Direct interconnects
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - compute
  - message
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Pay As You Go
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    - message
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Committed Use (Enterprise)
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year