How do I request a spending quota increase for SMS messages in Amazon SNS?

Short description

If you reach your monthly SMS messaging spending quota, then you receive a "No quota left for account" error from Amazon SNS. To resolve the error, open a quota increase case in the AWS Support Center. Then, increase the account's spending quota for SMS messages in Amazon SNS.

Resolution

Calculate the required SMS spending quota

Important: Make sure that you request an SMS spending quota that's meets your requirements. AWS denies requests for high spending quotas that don't have a valid use case.

To calculate the SMS spending quota that you require, multiply the number of messages that you expect to send each month by the cost of a single message part. Make sure that you account for the SMS character limits.

Example SMS messages spending quota calculation

(300 messages daily x 30 days) x $0.00266 USD cost per message part x 1 total number of message parts per message = $23.94 USD spend quota

Note: Each country has its own SMS pricing. For more information, see Worldwide SMS pricing.

Open a quota increase case in the AWS Support Center

For instructions, see Requesting increases to your monthly Amazon SNS SMS spending quota.

Adjust the spending quota for your account on the Amazon SNS console.

After you receive confirmation of your SMS spending quota increase, you must adjust the spending quota for your account on the Amazon SNS console. If you don't update your SMS settings on the Amazon SNS console, then your SMS spend quota doesn't increase.

Related information

Amazon SNS endpoints and quotas

Setting SMS messaging preferences in Amazon SNS

Mobile text messaging with Amazon SNS