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Notifox is a simple alert service designed for developers who need to send notifications to themselves or their team. Send alerts via **SMS** or **Email** with a single API call. Built for alerts and monitoring, not mass marketing.

## The Problem: Why Traditional SMS Services Are Overkill
## The Problem: Why Traditional Notification Services Are Overkill

As a developer, you just need to get notified when something happens:
- Server goes down
- API rate limit is hit
- Database backup completes
- Deployment finishes

But traditional SMS providers like Twilio make this unnecessarily expensive and complicated:
But most notification platforms are built for marketing teams, not developers:

* **Expensive upfront costs**: Twilio requires 10DLC/RSC campaign registration ($15-20), monthly campaign fees ($2+), and number leasing costs ($1-2/month per number). You're paying $18-24 before sending your first message.
* **Enterprise-focused**: Most services are designed for sending thousands of messages to customers, with complex setup, minimum commitments, and enterprise contracts.

* **Complex verification process**: Before you can send SMS alerts, you need to register your business, create campaigns, and get carrier approval. This process can take days or weeks.
* **Single-channel limitations**: Many services only support one channel (SMS or email), forcing you to use multiple providers for different use cases.

* **Enterprise pricing**: Most notification services are built for marketing teams sending thousands of messages, with minimum commitments and enterprise contracts.
* **Expensive and complex**: Traditional SMS providers require carrier verification, campaign registration, and number leasing—costing $18-24 before you send your first message.

* **Over-engineered solutions**: You don't need carrier verification, number leasing, or campaign management for simple alerts to yourself.
* **Over-engineered**: You don't need marketing features, campaign management, or enterprise infrastructure for simple alerts to yourself and your team.

You need a simple, affordable way to send SMS alerts without jumping through enterprise hoops or paying for features you'll never use.
You need a simple, affordable way to send notifications across multiple channels without jumping through enterprise hoops or paying for features you'll never use.

## What Notifox Is

Notifox is a **developer-focused alert service** that lets you send notifications to verified recipients (yourself and teammates) with a single API call:
Notifox is a **developer-focused multi-channel notification platform** that lets you send alerts to verified recipients (yourself and teammates) with a single API call:

* **Two channels**: Send alerts via SMS ($0.025/part) for urgent notifications, or Email ($0.001/email) for detailed reports.
* **Multiple channels**: Send alerts via SMS ($0.025/part) for urgent notifications, or Email ($0.001/email) for detailed reports. Choose the right channel for each alert.

* **No carrier verification required**: Since you're only sending to verified recipients, we handle the verification requirements for you.
* **No setup friction**: Since you're only sending to verified recipients, we handle all the complexity. No carrier verification, no number leasing, no campaigns.

* **No number leasing**: No monthly fees or upfront commitments. Pay only for the messages you send.

* **Usage-based pricing**: SMS at $0.025 per part, Email at $0.001 per email. No hidden fees, no minimums.
* **Usage-based pricing**: Pay only for what you send—SMS at $0.025 per part, Email at $0.001 per email. No monthly fees, no minimums, no hidden costs.

* **Simple verification**: Add recipients by verifying phone numbers and email addresses. Up to 15 verified recipients per account.

* **Built for alerts**: Designed specifically for developers sending critical notifications, not mass marketing campaigns.
* **Built for developers**: Designed specifically for sending critical notifications and alerts, not mass marketing campaigns.

* **Easy channel switching**: The same API works for both channels. Switch between SMS and email with a single parameter change.

## What Notifox Isn't

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## The Solution

Notifox eliminates the barriers that make traditional SMS services expensive and complicated:
Notifox eliminates the barriers that make traditional notification services expensive and complicated:

```bash
# Send via SMS for urgent alerts
curl -X POST https://api.notifox.com/alert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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"channel": "sms",
"alert": "Server is down!"
}'

# Or send via Email for detailed reports
curl -X POST https://api.notifox.com/alert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"audience": "joe",
"channel": "email",
"alert": "Deployment completed successfully. Details: ..."
}'
```

**No 10DLC registration. No number leasing. No monthly fees. Just simple, affordable SMS alerts.**
**No carrier registration. No number leasing. No monthly fees. Just simple, affordable multi-channel notifications.**

## Key Features

* **Zero setup friction**: Create an account, add a payment method, verify recipients, and start sending. No carrier approvals needed.
* **Zero setup friction**: Create an account, add a payment method, verify recipients, and start sending. No carrier approvals or complex configurations needed.

* **Two channels**: SMS for urgent alerts, Email for detailed notifications. Choose per-message.
* **Multi-channel support**: SMS for urgent, time-sensitive alerts. Email for detailed reports, logs, and non-critical updates. Choose the right channel per message.

* **Transparent pricing**: SMS at $0.025/part, Email at $0.001/email. Calculate costs before sending. No surprises.
* **Transparent pricing**: SMS at $0.025/part, Email at $0.001/email. Calculate costs before sending. No surprises, no minimums.

* **Simple API**: One endpoint, clear documentation, and SDKs for popular languages.
* **Simple API**: One endpoint for all channels, clear documentation, and SDKs for Python and Go.

* **Reliable delivery**: Built on proven infrastructure with automatic retries.
* **Reliable delivery**: Built on proven infrastructure with automatic retries and global reach.

* **Developer-friendly**: RESTful API, comprehensive docs, interactive console for testing.
* **Developer-friendly**: RESTful API, comprehensive docs, interactive console for testing, and easy channel switching.

## Perfect For

* Solo developers monitoring servers and services
* Small teams sending alerts to on-call engineers
* Automated systems notifying developers of critical events
* Anyone who needs simple, affordable SMS notifications without enterprise complexity
* Anyone who needs simple, affordable multi-channel notifications without enterprise complexity

## Quick Start

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4. **Verify recipients** by adding audiences and confirming phone numbers and/or email addresses
5. **Send your first alert** using the API, SDK, or interactive console

Get started in minutes, not days. No carrier verification, no campaigns, no enterprise sales calls.
Get started in minutes, not days. No carrier verification, no campaigns, no enterprise sales calls. Just simple, multi-channel notifications that work.
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}),
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