Pricing
To use GOV.UK Notify, there’s:
- no procurement cost
- no monthly charge
- no setup fee to use
Emails
It’s free to send emails through GOV.UK Notify.
Text messages
You have a free allowance of text messages each financial year. You’ll get:
- 250,000 free text messages for a central government service
- 25,000 free text messages for a local government service
It costs 1.58 pence (plus VAT) for each text message you send after your free allowance.
Long text messages
If a text message is beyond a certain length, it’ll be charged as more than one message:
{% call mapping_table(
caption='Letter pricing',
field_headings=['Message length', 'Charge'],
field_headings_visible=True,
caption_visible=False
) %}
{% for message_length, charge in [
('Up to 160 characters', '1 text message'),
('Up to 306 characters', '2 text messages'),
('Up to 459 characters', '3 text messages')
] %}
{% call row() %}
{{ text_field(message_length) }}
{{ text_field(charge) }}
{% endcall %}
{% endfor %}
{% endcall %}
Sending text messages to international numbers
It might cost more to send text messages to international numbers than UK ones, depending on the country.
International text message rates
{{ textbox(
search_form.search,
width='1-1',
label='Search by country name or code'
) }}
{% call mapping_table(
caption='Letter pricing',
field_headings=['Country code', 'Country', 'Cost multiplier'],
field_headings_visible=True,
caption_visible=False
) %}
{% for cc, names, billable_units in international_sms_rates %}
{% call row() %}
{{ text_field('+' + cc) }}
{% call field() %}
{% for name in names %}
{{ name }}
{% endfor %}
{% endcall %}
{{ text_field('{} ×'.format(billable_units)|safe) }}
{% endcall %}
{% endfor %}
{% endcall %}
Letters
The cost of sending a letter depends on how many sheets of paper you need.
{% call mapping_table(
caption='Letter pricing',
field_headings=['', 'Central government', 'Local government'],
field_headings_visible=True,
caption_visible=False
) %}
{% for sheets, central, local in [
('1 sheet', '30', '33'),
('2 sheets', '33', '39'),
('3 sheets', '36', '45')
] %}
{% call row() %}
{% call row_heading() %} {{ sheets }} (double sided) {% endcall %}
{{ text_field(central + 'p + VAT') }}
{{ text_field(local + 'p + VAT') }}
{% endcall %}
{% endfor %}
{% endcall %}
Letter prices include:
- paper
- double-sided colour printing
- envelopes
- 2nd Class postage