Mobile Message review
Mobile Message publishes the lowest Australian dollar standard rates in this file at all four benchmark volumes, 3.5c at 1,000 down to 2.5c at 125,000, plus a 1.6c first-purchase rate for 30 days from signup. Clickatell publishes lower figures but prices in US dollars, so the two ladders are not directly comparable. Its uptime commitment names a figure and a remedy, 99.9% gateway availability a month with a $52.50 account credit; Twilio is the only other record here that publishes a remedy. It launched in 2024, holds 273 ProductReview.com.au reviews at 4.9, and does not publish a street address.
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One of the 11 providers with a published Australian rate, and one of 44 brands reviewed. Not yet scored, so it holds no position in the ranked table.
- 2.5c at 125,000 and 3.5c at 1,000, the lowest Australian dollar standard rates at every benchmark here
- 99.9% gateway SLA with a stated $52.50 service credit, one of two published remedies in this file
- First dedicated number free, credits never expire, 50 free credits on signup
- Launched in 2024, a shorter track record than the Australian gateways here that publish a founding year
- No street address is published, and no support phone number
- Email replies mostly run 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, though live chat is 24/7
Where Mobile Message stands
Mobile Message publishes the lowest Australian dollar standard rates in this file at all four benchmark volumes, 3.5c at 1,000 down to 2.5c at 125,000, plus a 1.6c first-purchase rate for 30 days from signup. Clickatell publishes lower figures but prices in US dollars, so the two ladders are not directly comparable. Its uptime commitment names a figure and a remedy, 99.9% gateway availability a month with a $52.50 account credit; Twilio is the only other record here that publishes a remedy. It launched in 2024, holds 273 ProductReview.com.au reviews at 4.9, and does not publish a street address.
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What Mobile Message costs
| Messages a month | Rate |
|---|---|
| 1K | 3.50c |
| 15K | 3.00c |
| 125K | 2.50c |
| 250K | 2.50c |
Standard rate after the first purchase, AUD excluding GST, on a five-band prepaid credit table: 4.0c from 500 credits, 3.5c from 1,000, 3.0c from 10,000, 2.5c from 100,000 and 2.0c from 1,000,000. A separate first-purchase rate of 1.6c applies at any volume for 30 days from signup, with no cap on how many credits can be bought at that rate. Minimum purchase is 500 credits and credits never expire.
Read from the provider's own pricing page on 2026-09-09.
What Mobile Message costs at your volume
Mobile Message at 15K tier: 3.00cAt 15,000 messages a month Mobile Message costs $450, the cheapest published rate at this volume, $450 below the field median. Rates are each provider's published price at the 15K tier; above 250,000 most providers negotiate.
Compare Mobile Message with another provider
| Measure | Mobile Message | Cellcast |
|---|---|---|
| Overall out of 10 | not published | 9.0 |
| Rate at 1K | 3.50c | 3.70c |
| Rate at 15K | 3.00c | 3.10c |
| Rate at 125K | 2.50c | 2.83c |
| Rate at 250K | 2.50c | 2.83c |
| Cost at 15,000 a month | $450 | $465 |
| Carrier routes | "Direct Australian tier-1 carrier connectivity and Australian servers ensure your data never goes offshore." No carrier is named individually. | not published |
| Uptime | 99.9% gateway availability in any calendar month, with a $52.50 account credit as the sole remedy, claimable within 30 days | "100% uptime SLA" and a "100% delivery rate guarantee"; no SLA document, credit schedule or remedy is published behind either |
| Dedicated number | Yes | Yes |
| Shared number | not published | Yes |
| Alpha sender ID | Yes | Yes |
| Email to SMS | Yes | Yes |
| SMPP | not published | not published |
| Two way | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Live chat 24/7; email monitored seven days a week, with replies mostly 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, Melbourne time | 8am to 8pm AEST staffed, with 24/7 emergency tickets; phone, email and SMS |
| Head office | not published | South Melbourne, Victoria |
| Public reviews | 4.9/5 from 273 reviews on ProductReview.com.au | 4.2/5 from 6 reviews on Trustpilot |
Verification log
Every figure on this page comes from a page the provider or a named third party publishes. The site does not open accounts or send test traffic, so this is the record of what was read and when. Where a capture is linked, it was taken from an Australian IP address, because several providers serve a different rate card, currency or number type depending on where the request comes from.
| Checked | Date read | What it said |
|---|---|---|
| Published rate card | Standard rate after the first purchase, AUD excluding GST, on a five-band prepaid credit table: 4.0c from 500 credits, 3.5c from 1,000, 3.0c from 10,000, 2.5c from 100,000 and 2.0c from 1,000,000. A separate first-purchase rate of 1.6c applies at any volume for 30 days from signup, with no cap on how many credits can be bought at that rate. Minimum purchase is 500 credits and credits never expire. See the page as it stood | |
| Public reviews on ProductReview.com.au | 4.9 out of 5 from 273 reviews |