In short
- Both send SMS from an Android phone with your own SIM, with a REST API, webhooks and a web inbox.
- Telerivet also covers WhatsApp, Viber, voice, USSD and MMS, and can send without a phone through virtual numbers and partner routes.
- Telerivet has separate user logins with permissions and a drag-and-drop automation builder.
- DroidSender starts at $11.99 a month against $49 for Telerivet, and the replies you receive do not count toward your plan.
Both can send SMS through an Android phone, so messages leave from your own number. Telerivet is a messaging platform for many channels and countries, and its Android SMS gateway app is one of several ways it can connect. DroidSender does one job, which is sending and answering SMS from the Android phones you already have.
The short answer
| If you want | Better fit |
|---|---|
| WhatsApp, Viber, voice or USSD next to SMS | Telerivet |
| To send without a phone, through a virtual number, short code or sender ID | Telerivet |
| A separate login for each person, with permissions | Telerivet |
| Auto-replies, polls and surveys built without code | Telerivet |
| The lowest price for SMS from your own number | DroidSender |
| A plan where replies do not count and a long SMS counts once | DroidSender |
Pricing
| Telerivet | DroidSender | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 50 messages/day, 50 contacts | 1,000 SMS in the first 30 days, then 100 SMS/month, 1 phone |
| Entry | $49/month ($490/year): 5,000 messages, 1 route, 2 user logins | $11.99/month ($7.99 yearly): 2,000 SMS, 1 phone |
| Mid | $149/month ($1,490/year): 30,000 messages, 3 routes, 5 user logins | $36/month ($24 yearly): 10,000 SMS, 3 phones |
| Top | $399/month ($3,990/year): 100,000 messages, 10 routes, 15 user logins | $119/month ($79 yearly): 50,000 SMS, 10 phones |
| What counts as one message | Each SMS part, sent or received | Each SMS you send, once, whatever its length |
| Above your plan | $0.007 to $0.004 per extra message | Sending stops until the next monthly cycle |
On Telerivet a route is one connection, such as an Android phone, a virtual number or a WhatsApp account. With an Android phone, the plan covers the platform and your mobile network bills you for delivery, just as with DroidSender. Telerivet includes more messages in each plan, but it counts every part of a long SMS and every reply you receive. DroidSender costs less at every level and counts each message you send only once.
Feature by feature
| Telerivet | DroidSender | |
|---|---|---|
| Send and receive SMS through your Android phone | Yes | Yes |
| Other channels | WhatsApp, Viber, voice, USSD, MMS and more | SMS only |
| Send without a phone | Yes, through virtual numbers, sender IDs, short codes and partner routes | No |
| Android version for the phone app | 4.4 or newer | 7.0 or newer |
| Phone app on Google Play | Yes (Telerivet Gateway), or as an APK | No, installed from droidsender.com |
| Campaigns and scheduled sending | Yes | Yes, straight from Excel or CSV |
| Web inbox for replies | Yes | Yes, one inbox for all your phones |
| Separate logins per person | Yes, with permissions | No, one shared Google account |
| No-code automation (auto-replies, polls, surveys) | Yes | No, you build it with the API and webhooks |
| STOP replies | Opt-out keywords as a ready-made template | Handled automatically on every plan |
| REST API and webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | No |
| Security and data | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, GDPR | Servers in the EU, GDPR |
Choose Telerivet if
- You need WhatsApp, Viber, voice or USSD on the same platform as your SMS.
- You want to send without a phone, through a virtual number, a short code or a sender ID.
- Several people need their own login, each with their own permissions.
- You want auto-replies, polls and surveys that you build without writing code.
Choose DroidSender if
Telerivet also serves developers and the rest of the team, with an API, an automation builder and a login for each person. If SMS from your own number is all you need, DroidSender costs much less for it, with campaigns from an Excel file and every reply in one inbox for all your phones.
- You only need SMS and want to pay a lot less for it.
- You want each message counted once, with the replies you receive left out of your plan.
- You want the phone's last two years of SMS in your inbox from the first day.
Switching from Telerivet
- Install the DroidSender app and link it with the code from the dashboard.
- Change your API call to
POST /api/v1/sms/send(quickstart). - Point your webhook at DroidSender (webhooks).
Questions people ask
- Does Telerivet need an Android phone?
- No, the phone is one option among several. Telerivet can send through its Android Gateway app, and also through virtual numbers, sender IDs, short codes and its own partner routes. DroidSender always sends through your Android phone.
- Which has the bigger free plan?
- Telerivet, with 50 messages a day and 50 stored contacts, where every SMS part sent or received counts. DroidSender gives 1,000 SMS in your first 30 days, then 100 a month on one phone, and replies do not count.
- Can each person on the team have their own login?
- On Telerivet you can, because its plans include 2, 5 or 15 user logins with permissions for each person. On DroidSender everyone signs in with the same Google account, so a reply does not show who wrote it.
- Who wrote this?
- The DroidSender team, from Telerivet's public website, its pricing page and its Android Gateway app pages (telerivet.com, telerivet.com/pricing, telerivet.com/product/app and telerivet.com/gateway) and the Telerivet Gateway listing on Google Play (play.google.com, com.rivetlabs.sms, from Telerivet, Inc.), checked on 9 November 2026. If something changed, write to hello@droidsender.com.