AI-powered chat commerce platform — SMS, WhatsApp & payments since 2000
Founded in Cape Town in 2000, Clickatell made history as the first company to connect internet-based businesses with mobile consumers via SMS. Now headquartered in Redwood City, CA, it serves 10,000+ customers across 230+ countries with an AI-enabled Chat Commerce Platform spanning banking, retail, telecoms, airlines, and healthcare. Clickatell's platform combines enterprise SMS (Connect), AI-driven chatbot conversations (Interact), and in-chat payment processing (Transact), including the world-first tokenized WhatsApp payments via its Visa-partnered Chat 2 Pay product. It holds top Meta BSP status in South Africa and is PCI-DSS, ISO27001, and SOC2 Type 2 certified. Backed by $113M in Series C funding, the company reported 224% Chat Commerce growth in 2024.
Prepaid one-way SMS via alphanumeric sender ID. Standard routing. Prices are estimates from Clickatell calculator; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR, not AUD.
Volume discount tier for 50K-100K SMS/month. Standard routing. Prices are estimates; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR.
Volume discount tier for 500K-1M SMS/month. Standard routing. Prices are estimates; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR.
Two-way SMS via dedicated long number. Direct carrier routing with authentic delivery receipts. Prices are estimates; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR.
Volume discount for 50K-100K two-way SMS/month. Direct carrier routing. Prices are estimates; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR.
Volume discount for 500K-1M two-way SMS/month. Direct carrier routing. Prices are estimates; billed in USD/EUR/GBP/ZAR.
Note: All prices shown are in Australian Dollars (AUD) and exclude GST.
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International SMS rates excluded. Contact provider for enterprise pricing and custom volume discounts.