Bandwidth
Bandwidth is a leading cloud-based communications platform providing voice, messaging, emergency calling, phone number management, multi-factor authentication, and toll-free verification APIs. Built on Bandwidth's own Tier 1 network, the platform delivers enterprise-grade reliability for CPaaS applications.
Bandwidth publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Calls API, Conferences API, Emergency Notification Recipients API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Communications, CPaaS, Voice, Messaging, and Telephony.
The Bandwidth catalog on APIs.io includes 3 event-driven AsyncAPI specifications, 1 JSON-LD context, and 4 Spectral governance rulesets.
Bandwidth’s developer surface includes pricing, changelog, getting-started guide, authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 47 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telecom Network APIs (CAMARA) | mixed | 38.0 | - | - |
| Communications (CPaaS) | mixed | 38.0 | - | - |
| Zoom App Marketplace and Partner Ecosystem (builders and partners on Zoom) | mixed | 38.0 | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 8
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Bandwidth Calls API
Create, retrieve, and manage phone calls. Supports outbound call creation, call state queries, and in-progress call modifications using BXML or redirect URLs.
Bandwidth Conferences API
Create and manage multi-party conference calls. Supports adding and removing members, muting, holding, and playing audio to conferences.
Bandwidth Emergency Notification Recipients API
Configure notification recipients who receive alerts when 911 calls are made from your endpoints.
Bandwidth Endpoints API
Manage 911 endpoints that represent end users of your service. Endpoints are identified by Alternate End User IDs (AEUIs) and are associated with locations for emergency routing.
Bandwidth Locations API
Provision and manage physical locations (addresses) for 911 emergency services routing. Locations are validated against the Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) for accuracy.
Bandwidth Media API
Upload, retrieve, and manage media files for use in MMS messages. Supports files up to 3.75 MB with 48-hour retention.
Bandwidth Messages API
Send and retrieve SMS and MMS messages. Supports single and group messaging, delivery receipts, and message history queries.
Bandwidth Recordings API
Manage call recordings including retrieval of recording metadata, audio files, and transcription of recorded audio content.
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Postman Collections 18
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
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Open Collections 21
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Bandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Calls API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Endpoints API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Locations API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Media API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Messages API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Messaging API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers MFA API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Orders API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Port-Ins API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Recordings API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers SIP Peers API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Emergency Calling Available Numbers Sites API
OPEN COLLECTIONBandwidth Voice API
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Agent Skills 5
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
bandwidth-create-call
AGENT SKILLbandwidth-manage-conferences
AGENT SKILLbandwidth-manage-e911-endpoint
AGENT SKILLbandwidth-recordings-download-and-transcribe
AGENT SKILLbandwidth-send-and-list-messages
AGENT SKILLBandwidth API pricing
Prices published by Bandwidth, read 2026-10-28 from www.bandwidth.com/pricing/.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| U.S. 10DLC SMS outbound | $0.004 per message |
| U.S. 10DLC MMS outbound | $0.015 per message |
| U.S. Short code SMS outbound | $0.008 per message |
| U.S. Short code MMS outbound | $0.020 per message |
| U.S. Toll-free SMS outbound | $0.007 per message |
| U.S. local outbound voice | $0.0100 per minute |
| U.S. local inbound voice | $0.0055 per minute |
| Standard text-to-speech | $0.0007 per 100 char. |
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Rate limits
- Messaging API (default): 10 messages per second
- Voice API: 10 calls per second
- Concurrent calls: configurable per account concurrent
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Bandwidth's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Billed by: minute · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Bandwidth Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
Bandwidth
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Bandwidth Finops
FINOPSFeatures 16
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Event Specifications 3
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Bandwidth Messaging Events
Bandwidth Messaging API sends webhooks to your application for real-time message delivery notifications and inbound message alerts. Callbacks are sent via HTTP POST to the callb...
ASYNCAPIBandwidth Voice Events
Bandwidth Voice API sends webhooks (BXML callbacks) to your application for real-time call event notifications. These webhooks inform your application of call state changes and ...
ASYNCAPIBandwidth Webhooks
ASYNCAPISemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Bandwidth Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 4
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Bandwidth — asyncapi rules
SPECTRALBandwidth — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALBandwidth API Rules
SPECTRALBandwidth API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 71
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Bandwidth Call
JSON SCHEMAConference
JSON SCHEMACreateCallRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateMessageRequest
JSON SCHEMAEndpointListResponse
JSON SCHEMAEndpoint
JSON SCHEMALocationListResponse
JSON SCHEMALocation
JSON SCHEMAMedia
JSON SCHEMAMessageList
JSON SCHEMABandwidth Message
JSON SCHEMANotificationRecipientListResponse
JSON SCHEMANotificationRecipient
JSON SCHEMABandwidth Phone Number
JSON SCHEMARecording
JSON SCHEMATranscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMATranscription
JSON SCHEMAUpdateCallRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateConferenceMemberRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateConferenceRequest
JSON SCHEMAEndpointListResponse
JSON SCHEMAEndpoint
JSON SCHEMALocationListResponse
JSON SCHEMALocation
JSON SCHEMANotificationRecipientListResponse
JSON SCHEMANotificationRecipient
JSON SCHEMACreateMessageRequest
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAMedia
JSON SCHEMAMessageList
JSON SCHEMAMessage
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAMfaMessagingRequest
JSON SCHEMAMfaMessagingResponse
JSON SCHEMAMfaVerifyRequest
JSON SCHEMAMfaVerifyResponse
JSON SCHEMAMfaVoiceRequest
JSON SCHEMAMfaVoiceResponse
JSON SCHEMAAddress
JSON SCHEMAAvailableNumber
JSON SCHEMAAvailableNumbersResponse
JSON SCHEMADisconnectRequest
JSON SCHEMADisconnectResponse
JSON SCHEMAFeatureOrderRequest
JSON SCHEMAOrderListResponse
JSON SCHEMAOrderRequest
JSON SCHEMAOrderResponse
JSON SCHEMAPhoneNumberListResponse
JSON SCHEMAPhoneNumber
JSON SCHEMAPortInListResponse
JSON SCHEMAPortInRequest
JSON SCHEMAPortInResponse
JSON SCHEMASipPeerListResponse
JSON SCHEMASipPeer
JSON SCHEMASiteListResponse
JSON SCHEMASite
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAVerificationListResponse
JSON SCHEMAVerificationRequest
JSON SCHEMAVerification
JSON SCHEMACall
JSON SCHEMAConferenceMember
JSON SCHEMAConference
JSON SCHEMACreateCallRequest
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMARecording
JSON SCHEMATranscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMATranscription
JSON SCHEMAUpdateCallRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateConferenceMemberRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateConferenceRequest
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JSON Structure 54
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Bandwidth Call Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBandwidth Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBandwidth Phone Number Structure
JSON STRUCTUREEmergency Calling Endpoint List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREEmergency Calling Endpoint Structure
JSON STRUCTUREEmergency Calling Location List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREEmergency Calling Location Structure
JSON STRUCTUREEmergency Calling Notification Recipient Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMessaging Create Message Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMessaging Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMessaging Media Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMessaging Message List Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMessaging Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Messaging Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Messaging Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Verify Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Verify Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Voice Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMfa Mfa Voice Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Address Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Available Number Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Available Numbers Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Disconnect Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Disconnect Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Feature Order Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Order List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Order Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Order Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Phone Number List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Phone Number Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Port In List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Port In Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Port In Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Sip Peer List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Sip Peer Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Site List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREPhone Numbers Site Structure
JSON STRUCTUREToll Free Verification Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREToll Free Verification Verification Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREToll Free Verification Verification Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Call Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Conference Member Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Conference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Create Call Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Recording Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Transcription Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Transcription Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Update Call Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Update Conference Member Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREVoice Update Conference Request Structure
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Examples 54
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Bandwidth Call Example
EXAMPLEBandwidth Message Example
EXAMPLEMessaging Error Example
EXAMPLEMessaging Media Example
EXAMPLEMessaging Message Example
EXAMPLEMfa Error Example
EXAMPLEPhone Numbers Site Example
EXAMPLEVoice Call Example
EXAMPLEVoice Conference Example
EXAMPLEVoice Error Example
EXAMPLEVoice Recording Example
EXAMPLEVoice Transcription Example
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 8
What developers build with this provider.
Click-to-Call
Embed outbound calling in web and mobile applications.
IVR Systems
Build interactive voice response menus with DTMF input and TTS.
A2P Messaging
Send application-to-person SMS campaigns at scale.
2FA / OTP
Add SMS or voice-based multi-factor authentication to applications.
Number Provisioning
Automate phone number procurement and assignment for customers.
E911 Compliance
Meet Kari's Law and RAY BAUM's Act requirements for enterprise voice.
Call Center
Build inbound/outbound contact center applications with recording.
Number Porting
Migrate existing phone numbers to Bandwidth programmatically.
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Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 13
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 8
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 4
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Bandwidth API — frequently asked questions
Does Bandwidth have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Bandwidth, including Bandwidth Calls API, Bandwidth Conferences API and Bandwidth Emergency Notification Recipients API, and 5 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Bandwidth API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for Bandwidth, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Bandwidth API?
Bandwidth documents its authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Bandwidth Authentication.
How much does the Bandwidth API cost?
Bandwidth publishes its prices; its U.S. 10DLC SMS outbound plan is $0.004 per message as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 20 pricing plans for Bandwidth, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Bandwidth API ready for AI agents?
Bandwidth has a Kin Score of 60.8 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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