Billing & Plans

eSMS Mail offers four plans. All plans include the core email sending features — paid plans unlock higher limits and additional features.

Plans

Check usage

Via dashboard

The Billing page shows your current plan, daily and monthly usage with progress bars, and resource usage (domains, API keys, SMTP credentials, etc.).

Via API

curl https://send.esmsafrica.io/v1/billing/usage \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer esms_k_your_api_key"

{
  "plan": {
    "name": "starter",
    "daily_limit": 500,
    "monthly_limit": 10000
  },
  "usage": {
    "emails_today": 127,
    "emails_this_month": 3450,
    "daily_remaining": 373,
    "monthly_remaining": 6550,
    "daily_percent": 25.4,
    "monthly_percent": 34.5
  },
  "resources": {
    "domains": {"used": 2, "limit": 3},
    "api_keys": {"used": 1, "limit": 2},
    "smtp_credentials": {"used": 1, "limit": 2},
    "sender_addresses": {"used": 2, "limit": 5},
    "webhooks": {"used": 1, "limit": 3},
    "forwards": {"used": 0, "limit": 5}
  },
  "features": {
    "click_tracking": true,
    "templates": true,
    "scheduled_send": true,
    "batch_send": true,
    "export": false,
    "branding_removal": true
  }
}

Pay-as-you-go overage

On paid plans your sending isn't hard-capped at the monthly allowance. If you go over, the extra email keeps sending and is billed as overage at your plan's per-1,000 rate (see the table above). Free plans stop at their limit instead.

• Overage is charged in whole 1,000-email blocks — a partial block carries forward to fill up rather than being charged early.
• The Billing page and /v1/billing/usage show overage_emails and overage_cost live, so there are no surprises.
• We email you at 80% and 100% of your monthly allowance.
• Collection is charged to your saved card alongside your regular renewal.

"usage": {
  "emails_this_month": 12500,
  "monthly_remaining": 0,
  "overage_emails": 2500,
  "overage_per_1000": 0.50,
  "overage_cost": 1.00
}

A runaway safety ceiling caps overage well above normal usage to protect a compromised account from unbounded charges.

Subscribe

Subscriptions are managed through the billing page at send.esmsafrica.io/billing. Payments are processed securely via Paystack.

Get available plans

curl https://send.esmsafrica.io/v1/billing/plans