Help Center/ Message & SMS/ Price Detail/ Billing Mode
Updated on 2025-07-16 GMT+08:00
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Billing Mode

Overview

  • You are billed based on the number of SMSs sent. If the number of characters in an SMS exceeds the length limit, the platform splits the SMS into multiple short messages. For details about how to calculate the number of SMSs, see SMS Length Calculation.
  • For details about the prices, see Pricing Details.

Billing Mode

Billing Rules

Pay-per-use mode
  • For details about the SMS billing, see Pay-per-Use Billing.
  • Verification code and notification SMSs are charged in the same way.
  • You are not billed for SMSs whose status parameter or status code is a Huawei platform error code.

    View all Status Receipt Error Codes. (The status code comes from Huawei platform and is not charged.)

Account Usage

  • Message & SMS is a prepaid service. Top up your Huawei Cloud account to use it.
  • An SMS package is bound to one account and cannot be used by different accounts.

Expiration and Overdue Payment

If your Huawei Cloud account is in arrears, the cloud service platform provides a retention period. For details about the retention duration and processing rules, see Resource Suspension and Release. If you do not renew your subscription when the retention period ends, your Huawei Cloud account will be frozen and you cannot use Message & SMS or the remaining quota of SMS package. If the account is in arrears, top up the account to send SMSs.

Billing Rules

Category

Question

Description

Free trial

Can I have free trial or free tier of the Message & SMS service?

No

Billing cycle

What Is the billing cycle of the Message & SMS service?

In pay-per-use billing mode, you need to top up your account in advance. Fees are deducted in real time based on the number of SMSs sent.

Group SMS Assistant

How Is the Group SMS Assistant charged?

You are billed based on the number of SMSs sent. No extra fee is required no matter whether you use the Group SMS Assistant or call an API.