Developer Tools · SMS and voice

Track your Bird bills and renewals

Bird, a Dutch telecom company founded in 2011 and based in Amsterdam, gives developers APIs, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server for sending email and SMS, WhatsApp and Apple Messages chats, and voice calls. Its 22 products, including phone numbers, verification, lookups, eSIM data plans and licensed PowerMTA email software, are paid from one shared Bird balance, and a sandbox simulates bounces and spam complaints before real sends.

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Provider: Bird
Website: bird.com
Category: Developer Tools
Type: SMS and voice
Also searched as: messagebird, sparkpost

About Bird

What people pay Bird for

Email API and campaigns
SMS and voice APIs
WhatsApp and Apple Messages
Phone numbers
Verify and Lookup APIs
eSIM data plans

For: Developers and product teams
Since: 2011
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bird pricing and billing

Pricing: Plans plus usage
Free plan: Yes
Billed: Monthly
Paid plans from: $0.0035 per US outbound SMS segment plus carrier fees (SMS)

Usage is drawn from a Bird balance; optional monthly funding plans top it up (email from $15 a month) and unused balance carries forward.

As listed on Bird's site on 7 November 2026 · official pricing. Prices change; confirm before you buy.

Tracking tip

Bird bills for what you use, so the amount changes from month to month. Record what was actually charged when each payment lands; your payment history then shows real costs, and Insights (Pro) flags changes of 5% or more.

How to track Bird in SysCost

SysCost keeps every Bird subscription in one ledger with the rest of your tools, reminds your team before each renewal, and converts every currency into yours.

Step 1
Pick Bird
Add a subscription, choose Bird as its provider and give it your own name.
Step 2
Set the cycle
Enter the amount, currency, billing cycle and next payment date.
Step 3
Get reminders
In Slack, Discord, Telegram or email, days before each renewal.
Step 4
Record payments
Mark each one paid, failed or skipped; unpaid ones show as overdue.

Useful Bird links

Pricingbird.com/pricing
Status pagestatus.bird.com
Help centerbird.com/help

Checked to load on 7 November 2026. Sources: bird.com, wikidata.org.

Bird and SysCost: common questions

Can SysCost track my Bird subscription?

Yes. Bird is built into SysCost with its logo: pick it as the provider when you add a subscription.

Does Bird have a free plan?

Yes, Bird lists a free plan, according to its website (checked 7 November 2026). Paid plans start from $0.0035 per US outbound SMS segment plus carrier fees (SMS).

How does Bird bill?

Bird offers monthly billing, priced plans plus usage. In SysCost, choose the matching cycle (monthly, quarterly or yearly) and every renewal is projected from your next payment date.