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All pricing in this guide reflects the most recent fee updates from The Campaign Registry (TCR), Direct Connect Aggregators (DCAs), and third-party vetting providers as of August 2025.
If you're a software provider offering SMS messaging services, navigating A2P 10DLC registration requirements can feel overwhelming—especially when it comes to understanding the true cost.
The truth is, 10DLC compliance isn’t just a checkbox; it's a layered process with several required fees that can quickly add up without the right partner or system in place.
This guide walks you through every known 10DLC registration cost in 2025, including recent price increases from The Campaign Registry (TCR) and third parties that took effect on August 1, 2025. From CSP setup to monthly Campaign fees, we break it all down so you can plan accurately, stay compliant, and avoid hidden costs.
An ISV offering messaging services to multiple companies or organizations would qualify as a Campaign Service Provider (CSP). A CSP is a registered intermediary with TCR that can directly manage Brand and Campaign submissions.
If you want to have full visibility into your customers’ registration and own all of your Brands and Campaigns, you must register as a CSP.
There are no ongoing fees for CSP account maintenance or renewal.
If you fit the criteria of a CSP but choose to register as a “reseller”, you’ll need to work with a CSP to handle your Brand and Campaign registrations on your behalf.
Telgorithm only works with registered CSPs. If you're ready to take control of your compliance process, reach out to our team to learn how to become one.
Each customer (or end business) that sends messages through 10DLC must be registered as a Brand with TCR.
Authentication+ is an additional identity verification step required for certain Brand types—primarily publicly traded companies or Brands flagged as high-risk by TCR or carriers. Its purpose is to help reduce fraud, impersonation, and abuse in the A2P messaging ecosystem.
This process typically includes validating the Brand’s public records, legal identity, and domain-based email address.
At this time, Authentication+ is only enforced in specific cases, but it’s important for ISVs to be aware of it—especially when working with enterprise or publicly listed customers.
While not required, vetting your Brand through an independent third-party (like WMC Global or Aegis Mobile) can improve your Brand’s trust score, which is used by carriers to determine allowable throughput and message volume.
Standard vetting will assign your Brand a baseline RISQ score, which influences how much traffic your Campaigns can send per carrier limits. Enhanced vetting can unlock higher throughput, which is especially useful for high-volume or marketing use cases.
Pro Tip: Brand vetting doesn’t impact Campaign approval—but it does determine how much traffic carriers will allow your Campaign to send.
A Campaign is what links a registered Brand to a specific messaging use case—like alerts, customer care, or marketing.
Each Campaign must go through a vetting and registration process with a Direct Connect Aggregator (DCA).
Campaigns are billed monthly, starting with a 3-month minimum commitment, then renewed monthly. Pricing depends on the Campaign use case:
Campaign fees are recurring and required for each active Campaign.
Beyond base registration costs, there are common operational and technical costs that vary based on your provider and setup:
If a Campaign is rejected, you must correct and resubmit it—each submission incurs a $15 fee. The quality of your Connectivity Partner (CNP) matters greatly here. Some providers offer little to no support, leaving you to navigate rejections, delays, and compounding costs on your own.
Telgorithm takes a different approach. While Campaigns are submitted by the ISV or customer, we provide proactive guidance and optional initial Campaign reviews to help ensure your first submissions are as accurate and compliant as possible—so you can minimize rework, avoid delays, and control unnecessary spend.
Many providers charge extra for support—whether it’s registration assistance, vetting help, or troubleshooting Campaign rejections.
Telgorithm provides expert, human support at no additional cost.
Manually registering and managing Brands and Campaigns can eat up hours of your team’s time—especially when coordinating between multiple vendors.
Choosing a partner with 10DLC-first automations and technology such as Smart Queueing will save you significant time, reduce errors, and maximize deliverability for your customers.
Telgorithm has simplified and automated 10DLC registration and ongoing compliance for CSPs. While no provider can guarantee 100% approval or eliminate disruptions, our platform helps you proactively mitigate issues better than most.
Here’s how we support you:
With deep 10DLC expertise, both technical and regulatory, Telgorithm helps ISVs confidently navigate A2P messaging, reduce inefficiencies, and ensure their customers get the experience they expect.
Understanding the true cost of 10DLC registration is only half the battle—managing it well is what sets your platform apart.
With Telgorithm, you get full transparency into registration fees, proactive guidance to reduce rework, and built-in technology that helps prevent unnecessary spend from message failures, delays, or low throughput.
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