Plivo
Plivo scores 42/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Plivo pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Plivo offers pay-as-you-go pricing with $10 free credits at signup, no credit card required, and instant API access for self-serve customers.
11 SKUs priced per calls
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Voice - Local Calls (Outbound) | — | — |
Voice - Local Calls (Inbound) | — | — |
Voice - Toll-Free Calls (Outbound) | — | — |
Voice - Toll-Free Calls (Inbound) | — | — |
AI Voice Agent | — | — |
AI Text Conversations | — | — |
SMS - Long Code (Outbound) | — | — |
SMS - Toll-Free (Outbound) | — | — |
WhatsApp - Marketing Message | — | — |
WhatsApp - Utility Message | — | — |
WhatsApp - Voice Call (Outbound) | — | — |
How Plivo scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
0 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
0 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
0 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
42 / 100
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Plivo?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Plivo could lift its score
Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Start now with $10 free credits — $10 in free credits. No credit card required. |
| tier_count | 2 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $0.0077/sms |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.plivo.com/docs/home |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"message","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.0077/sms"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | false |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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Start now with $10 free credits — $10 in free credits. No credit card required.
2
Yes
Sales-led
$0.0077/sms
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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