SMS - Github Student Pack

I have a project on Appwrite Github Student Pack but unable to send any message as I get error: "Phone authentication limit for your organization has exceeded. Please upgrade to a higher plan or update your budget cap." I am ready to pay for sms rates please help

I believe you'd have to upgrade your account to pro instead of the student pack at that point

Can I not connect any external provider like twillio? because just for sms paying $25/month does not make sense

afaik, rn in cloud there is not a way to add an sms provider for OTP codes.

I think you get like 10 free codes, then they're billed based on the country you're sending to.

https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/platform/phone-otp#rates

I am not able to send a single OTP codes, I just keep getting this error message : Phone authentication limit for your organization has exceeded. Please upgrade to a higher plan or update your budget cap.
I have also tried mock phone auth, dev keys but nothing is working

Free plans have 0 allowance for sms OTP codes. I meant the pro plan.

just for sms can i deploy a self hosted appwrite instance and somehow sync the appwrite users

You can self host an Appwrite instance and migrate your project from cloud to the self hosted version and just use that

but I want to use the limits of appwrite github student plan, for those limits I need to setup a powerful server if I self host it
I build my complete app using appwrite and now I am unable to send OTPs 🥲

Are SMS OTPs vital? There are a ton of other auth methods?

SMS use to be free until people abused it :P

yes actually I completed my app and the auth flow is using SMS flow 🥲
I understand about the abuse but I think it should be availble in Github student plan, you may safe guard it using payment methods. Like OTPs will be sent only after setting up payment methods

How did you built the whole auth flow without sending an otp?

I meant I coded the whole auth flow using OTP flow, and using appwrite service throughout the codebase. The codebase is moderately large. I didn't tested sending otp until I build the complete app, as I didn't found any reference like you need to be in a pro plan to send sms. Now as I completed the app, I wanted to test it before deployment and now unable to send message 🥲
So I am even unable to test my own app. Also I am on a tight deadline to deploy it...

@Steven Can github education orgs send sms otps?

Ig that would be right here

Free access to Appwrite's Education plan (10 projects with equivalent resource limits as Appwrite Pro

As far as changing that limit, there is nothing I can do. I've tagged steven, he may be able to help you out.

Thank You

nope

try using mock phone numbers to test

Already tried using mock phone numbers still unable to use sms auth, even for mock phone numbers I am receiving this error message

this is really urgent I would be grateful if you get mock sms to work for Github student org, I have a really tight deadline

please help @Kenny @Steven

what error?

oh "Phone authentication limit for your organization has exceeded. Please upgrade to a higher plan or update your budget cap."