{% from "components/table.html" import mapping_table, row, text_field, field, row_heading %} {% from "components/textbox.html" import textbox %} {% from "components/live-search.html" import live_search %} {% extends "withoutnav_template.html" %} {% block per_page_title %} Pricing {% endblock %} {% block maincolumn_content %}

Pricing

To use GOV.UK Notify, there’s:

Create an account then set up as many different services as you need to. Each service has its own free message allowance.

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:

It costs 1.58 pence (plus VAT) for each text message you send after your free allowance.

Multiple services

If your organisation offers multiple services, you can have a different Notify account for each of them.

Each service will get its own free message 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'), ('Up to 612 characters', '4 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 {{ live_search(target_selector='#international-pricing .table-row', show=True, form=search_form, 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 and the class of postage.

{% call mapping_table( caption='Letter pricing', field_headings=['', 'Second class', 'First class'], field_headings_visible=True, caption_visible=False ) %} {% for sheets, second, first in [ ('1 sheet', '30', '56'), ('2 sheets', '35', '61'), ('3 sheets', '40', '66'), ('4 sheets', '45', '71'), ('5 sheets', '50', '76'), ] %} {% call row() %} {% call row_heading() %} {{ sheets }} (double-sided) {% endcall %} {{ text_field(second + 'p + VAT') }} {{ text_field(first + 'p + VAT') }} {% endcall %} {% endfor %} {% endcall %}

Letter prices include:

How to pay

You can find details of how to pay for Notify in our data sharing and financial agreement.

{{ agreement_info.as_pricing_paragraph( pricing_link=url_for('main.sign_in', next=url_for('main.pricing', _anchor='paying')), download_link=url_for('main.agreement'), support_link=url_for('.feedback', ticket_type='ask-question-give-feedback', body='agreement'), signed_in=current_user.is_authenticated, ) }}

{% endblock %}