Yandex Cloud Notification Service pricing policy

What goes into the cost of using Cloud Notification ServiceWhat goes into the cost of using Cloud Notification Service

When using Cloud Notification Service, you are charged for the following:

• Processing push notification sending events (for both mobile and browser notifications).
• Processing registration requests and supporting the registration of individual sender names for SMS text messaging with Beeline, MegaFon, MTS, and T2.
• Processing text message notification sending events within Russia.

All prices below do not include VAT.

Push notification sending eventsPush notification sending events

Push notifications are sent to both mobile platforms, such as Google Android and Apple iOS, and to browsers through WebPush.

Mobile and browser push notifications are added up when billing.

Cost calculation exampleCost calculation example

Let’s assume 1,500 push notifications were processed as sent to mobile and 700 more, to browser, over a month.

This means the total billable events are 1,500 + 700 = 2,200. The first 1,000 events are free of charge. For the rest 1,200, you will pay:

(1,500 + 700 - 1,000) / 1,000 × $0.825000 = 1,200 / 1,000 × $0.825000 = $0.990000

$0.990000: Total cost of sending 2,200 push notifications per month.

Where:

• 1,500: Mobile push notifications.
• 700: In-browser push notifications.
• 1,000: Non-billable events.
• $0.825000: The cost of processing 1,000 CNS push notification events, from 1,000 to 500,000 notifications per month.

Registering individual sender namesRegistering individual sender names

With an individual sender name, one can process text message notification sending events on behalf of a user other than Yandex Cloud (shared sender). The name is registered with Russian mobile operators: Beeline, MegaFon, MTS, and T2.

Registering an individual sender name is billed monthly, until such a name is unregistered upon the customer’s request.

The monthly cost is fixed and does not depend on the number of days of use, processed notifications, or sent text messages. This amount will be charged to you even if no notifications were sent.

Cost calculation exampleCost calculation example

Let’s assume you registered an individual sender name for processing text message sending events on January 20, and then unregistered it on March 5.

This means three months are billable: January, February, and March.

Cost calculation of using a registered name:

$83.333333 × 3 = $250.000000

Total: $250.000000

Where:

• $83.333333: Cost of registering a CNS sender name for 1 month.
• 3: Number of months.

Text message notification sending eventsText message notification sending events

You can only send text messages across Russia. You pay for each processed message sending event. A message over 140 B (160 Latin characters or 70 Cyrillic characters) is broken down into a few parts, each of which is billable.

The cost of processing an event depends on the text message’s type: whether it is a commercial, authentication, service, or transaction message. All text messages are considered commercial by default. If you want your messages billed as another event type, you need to create a template first. Currently, to do this, you need to send examples of your messages to our support. We will then determine whether creating a template and registering it is available for your case.

For some operators, billing may be done in packages. The cost of such packages is calculated individually for each subscriber that gets text messages. See the cost calculation example below for more information.

Sandbox messages (those sent when the text message notification channel is in the Sandbox status) are charged as per the relevant pricing.

Cost calculation exampleCost calculation example

Let’s assume that, under a shared sender name, there are 100 messages sent to MTS subscribers, and 100 more, to Beeline subscribers (out of those, 30 were sent to the same subscriber, and 70 more, to different subscribers), for processing.

Since you do not have any registered templates, all events are deemed commercial.

Cost of sending 100 notifications to MTS subscribers:

$0.044583 × 100 = $4.458333

Where:

• $0.044583 is the cost of processing one advertising event for MTS subscribers, up to 400,000 in number.
• 100: Number of notifications.

Cost of sending 70 notifications to different Beeline subscribers:

$0.064583 × 70 = $4.520833

Where:

• $0.064583 is the cost of processing one advertising event for Beeline subscribers, up to two events per subscriber.
• 70: Number of notifications.

30 notifications sent to one Beeline subscriber will be billed as follows:

Processing of the first event: $0.064583.
Processing of the second event: $0.064583.
When processing the third event, the package is activated. Cost of a package of 3 to 5 events per consumer: $0.157500.
The forth and fifth events are included in the package above.
When processing the sixth event, the package is activated. Cost of a package of 6 to 10 events per consumer: $0.116833.
Events from seventh through tenth are included in the package above.
When processing the eleventh event, the package is activated. Cost of a package of 11 to 20 events per consumer: $0.223000.
Events from twelfth through twentieth are included in the package above.
When processing more than 20 events, each one is billed. Cost of each event: $0.063833.
All in all, for 30 notifications, the subscriber's charge will be:
$0.064583 × 2 + $0.157500 + $0.116833 + $0.223000 + $0.063833 × 10 = $1.264833

All in all, for 200 notifications, the charge will be:

$4.458333 + $4.520833 + $1.264833 = $10.244000

Total: $10.244000

Where:

• $4.458333: Cost of sending 100 notifications to MTS subscribers.
• $4.520833: Cost of sending 70 notifications to different Beeline subscribers.
• $1.264833: Cost of sending 30 notifications to one Beeline subscriber.

Prices for the Russia regionPrices for the Russia region

Push notificationsPush notifications

You are charged for push notifications sent to mobile devices and through browsers.

Push notification event processing CNS	Price per 1,000 events, without VAT
Up to 1,000 notifications per month	Free of charge
1,000 to 501,000 notifications per month	$0.825000
501,001 to 20,001,000 notifications per month	$0.325000
Over 20,001,000 notifications per month	$0.158333

Registering individual sender namesRegistering individual sender names

Service	Price per 1 month, without VAT
CNS sender name registration (Beeline, MegaFon, MTS, t2)	$83.333333

Text message notificationsText message notifications

The cost for sending text messages depends on the mobile network provider and message type.

BeelineBeeline

SMS type	Price per package or event, without VAT
Promotional, up to 2 events per 1 recipient	$0.064583
Promotional, from 3 to 5 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.157500
Promotional, from 6 to 10 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.116833
Promotional, from 11 to 20 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.223000
Promotional, over 21 events per 1 recipient	$0.063833
Service and transactional, up to 5 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.084917
Service and transactional, from 6 to 10 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.106167
Service and transactional, from 11 to 20 events per 1 recipient (package)	$0.286667
Service and transactional, over 21 events per 1 recipient	$0.000833

MegaFonMegaFon

SMS type	Price per event, without VAT
Authorization, up to 100,000 events	$0.027667
Authorization, from 100,000 to 500,000 events	$0.026667
Authorization, from 500,000 to 1,000,000 events	$0.025833
Authorization, over 1,000,000 events	$0.024750
Promotional, up to 100,000 events	$0.053250
Promotional, from 100,000 to 500,000 events	$0.049167
Promotional, from 500,000 to 1,000,000 events	$0.047583
Promotional, over 1,000,000 events	$0.046417
Service, up to 100,000 events	$0.035667
Service, from 100,000 to 500,000 events	$0.034417
Service, from 500,000 to 1,000,000 events	$0.033667
Service, over 1,000,000 events	$0.032417

MTSMTS

SMS type	Price per event, without VAT
Authorization, up to 400,000 events	$0.024250
Authorization, from 400,000 to 4,000,000 events	$0.021500
Authorization, over 4,000,000 events	$0.020750
Promotional, up to 400,000 events	$0.044583
Promotional, from 400,000 to 4,000,000 events	$0.043500
Promotional, over 4,000,000 events	$0.043083
Service, up to 400,000 events	$0.030083
Service, from 400,000 to 4,000,000 events	$0.026917
Service, over 4,000,000 events	$0.026167

T2T2

SMS type	Price per event, without VAT
Authorization, up to 300,000 events	$0.020917
Authorization, from 300,000 to 500,000 events	$0.020167
Authorization, from 500,000 to 3,000,000 events	$0.019500
Authorization, over 3,000,000 events	$0.018667
Promotional, up to 300,000 events	$0.046500
Promotional, from 300,000 to 500,000 events	$0.046083
Promotional, from 500,000 to 3,000,000 events	$0.045500
Promotional, over 3,000,000 events	$0.045250
Transactional, up to 300,000 events	$0.016917
Transactional, from 300,000 to 500,000 events	$0.012667
Transactional, from 500,000 to 3,000,000 events	$0.010917
Transactional, over 3,000,000 events	$0.009750

Other providersOther providers

Service	Price per event, without VAT
SMS Notification processing	$0.057083