A real price breakdown of DID numbers across 24 countries: monthly rental, activation fees, channel limits, inbound per-minute charges and the fees to watch for.
A DID number rarely has one price. There is an activation fee, a monthly rental, sometimes an inbound per-minute rate, and occasionally a charge for the extra things you assumed were included. This article breaks each component down, shows real market prices side by side, and lists the fees that most often turn up on an invoice nobody warned you about.
Every quote you receive — from us or from anyone else — is made of the same parts. Knowing which is which is what lets you compare two providers honestly.
A DID with a $5 rental and a $90 setup is not cheaper than a $40 rental with no setup — it is cheaper only in month one.
These are live catalogue prices: per number, per month, in USD, with the one-off activation fee charged alongside the first month. Channels are the number of simultaneous calls the line carries.
| Country | Package | Monthly | Setup | Channels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Local, any area code | $95.00 | $25.00 | 20 |
| United States | Toll-free 800/888 | $160.00 | $35.00 | 30 |
| Canada | Local, any area code | $100.00 | $25.00 | 20 |
| United Kingdom | London 020 / Birmingham / Manchester | $110.00 | $30.00 | 20 |
| United Kingdom | Freephone 0800/0808 | $175.00 | $40.00 | 30 |
| Poland | Warsaw 22 | $105.00 | $30.00 | 15 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam 020 | $125.00 | $35.00 | 15 |
| Spain | Madrid 91 / Barcelona 93 | $120.00 | $35.00 | 15 |
| Spain | Mobile 6x | $230.00 | $75.00 | 5 |
| Italy | Milan 02 / Rome 06 | $130.00 | $35.00 | 15 |
| Germany | Berlin 30 / Frankfurt 69 | $150.00 | $40.00 | 10 |
| Germany | National 32 | $185.00 | $55.00 | 20 |
| Germany | Freephone 0800 | $230.00 | $60.00 | 30 |
| France | Paris 01 / Lyon 04 | $140.00 | $45.00 | 10 |
| France | Mobile 06/07 | $240.00 | $80.00 | 5 |
| India | Delhi / Mumbai / Bangalore | $135.00 | $35.00 | 15 |
| India | Toll-free 1800 | $260.00 | $70.00 | 30 |
| Turkey | Istanbul / Ankara / Izmir | $360.00 | $30.00 | 10 |
| Turkey | National 0850 | $320.00 | $30.00 | 20 |
| Turkey | Toll-free 0800 | $420.00 | $45.00 | 30 |
| Ukraine | Mobile 050/067/099 | $330.00 | $50.00 | 5 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv geographic | $430.00 | $50.00 | 15 |
| Japan | Tokyo 03 / Osaka 06 | $190.00 | $55.00 | 10 |
| Switzerland | Zurich 44 | $210.00 | $70.00 | 10 |
Two patterns hold across the whole table, and they are worth internalising before you negotiate with anyone.
Mobile costs more than geographic, and both cost more than you expect. A French mobile DID is $240 against $140 for a Paris landline, with fewer channels. That is not a margin play — mobile ranges are scarcer, they are the ranges that get policed for fraud, and the carrier stack behind them is more expensive to terminate.
Toll-free is priced for the caller, not for you. An 0800 or 1800 number is free for the person dialling, which means somebody pays the termination — you. That is why UK freephone ($175) costs more than a London geographic line ($110) even though the number is "worth less" as a brand asset.
Add setup to a year of rental and the ranking changes. A few examples from the table above:
| Package | Month 1 | 12-month total |
|---|---|---|
| US local | $120.00 | $1,165.00 |
| UK London 020 | $140.00 | $1,350.00 |
| Germany national 32 | $240.00 | $2,275.00 |
| Turkey national 0850 | $350.00 | $3,870.00 |
| Ukraine Kyiv geographic | $480.00 | $5,210.00 |
If you are comparing two suppliers, run this table for both and include the number of channels you actually need. A $20-per-month saving is worthless if the cheaper line caps you at 5 channels and your campaign peaks at twelve.
These are the charges that most often surprise buyers. None of them are illegal, but all of them should be answered before you hand over a card.
On our side, the standard answer to all of these is the same: no inbound per-minute charge on standard packages, per-DID CDRs in the portal, auto-renew toggleable per number, and a full automatic refund to your balance if a number cannot be activated.
There are three honest levers, and one bad idea.
Buy the type you need, not the type that sounds best. If your callers are in one city, a geographic local number is cheaper and converts better than a national range. If your audience is national, the reverse is true.
Right-size channels instead of defaulting to the biggest bundle. Concurrency is a cost driver. Look at your busiest hour of CDRs, add a margin for growth, and buy that. A support desk that never exceeds six concurrent calls does not need a 30-channel toll-free package.
Consolidate suppliers. Every extra provider is another reconciliation file, another credit line, another set of terms. One supplier with the ranges you need is almost always cheaper than three with a better headline rate each.
The bad idea: buying the cheapest number on the market. Recycled numbers, shared inboxes and "free" trials are how you end up dialling into a stranger''s voicemail or having your line reclaimed mid-campaign. The saving is one month of rental; the cost is the customer who dialled and gave up.
If you want a number in a specific country, the fastest path is to check the live catalogue and price it against the twelve-month total rather than the headline rental:
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