Sautikit vs Zadarma: a Kenyan business number priced in KES
Zadarma's Nairobi number costs US$13.50 a month on monthly billing. Sautikit's Kenyan number is KES 500 a month, paid by M-Pesa, with apps and AI agents.
Zadarma's Nairobi number costs US$13.50 a month on monthly billing. Sautikit's Kenyan number is KES 500 a month, paid by M-Pesa, with apps and AI agents.
Zadarma is a global VoIP provider that sells virtual numbers in many countries, including Nairobi 020 numbers. On its Kenya price page (read 5 November 2026), a Nairobi number has no connection fee and costs US$13.50 a month on monthly billing, or US$9 a month if you pay for a year. A toll-free 0800 number costs US$28 to connect and US$45.60 a month on monthly billing. Prices are in US dollars, including taxes, and each number carries two simultaneous calls. Sautikit is built for Kenya: a Kenyan number costs KES 500 a month, inbound calls are free, outbound calls cost KES 3.00 a minute billed per second, and you pay from a KES wallet topped up with M-Pesa or card. The same number works with the SautiKit Phone apps, any SIP PBX, AI agents and broadcasts.
All Zadarma details on this page were read from zadarma.com on 5 November 2026. Check the live page before you commit.
| Sautikit | Zadarma | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyan number, monthly billing | KES 500 a month | US$13.50 a month (Nairobi 020) |
| Connection fee | None | None for 020; US$28 for 0800 |
| Currency | Kenyan shillings | US dollars |
| Pay with | M-Pesa or card, prepaid KES wallet | Account top-up in USD |
| Calls at once | No channel count to buy | Two simultaneous calls per number |
| Inbound calls | Free | Free on 020 numbers |
| Outbound calls to Kenyan networks | KES 3.00 a minute, billed per second | Billed on Zadarma's USD price plan |
| Apps | SautiKit Phone for web, Android, Windows and iOS/macOS (beta) | Works with SIP softphones |
| SIP credentials for a PBX | Yes, per number | Yes |
| AI voice agents | Yes, KES 4.00 a minute | Not part of the number offer |
| Voice broadcasts | Yes | Not part of the number offer |
| Hosted MCP server for AI assistants | Yes | Not listed |
Zadarma prices and bills in US dollars. For a Kenyan business, that means paying by card in a foreign currency and watching the shilling cost move with the exchange rate.
Sautikit prices everything in Kenyan shillings: KES 500 a month for the number, KES 3.00 a minute for outbound calls. You top up a prepaid wallet with M-Pesa or card, and every call shows its KES cost in the console. At any recent exchange rate, KES 500 is well under Zadarma's US$13.50 monthly fee for a Nairobi number.
Zadarma is a global platform covering many countries; Kenya is one price page among many. Sautikit is built around Kenyan numbers and Kenyan callers:
A Zadarma number connects to a PBX, softphone or forwarding rule. A Sautikit number does that and also runs:
If you need numbers in many countries, a global provider covers more of them; for Kenyan numbers, Sautikit gives you local pricing and the AI and broadcast tools on the same line.
On 5 November 2026 Zadarma listed a Nairobi 020 number at US$13.50 a month on monthly billing (US$9 a month paid yearly), with no connection fee, and a toll-free 0800 number at US$28 to connect plus US$45.60 a month.
Sautikit's Kenyan number is KES 500 a month, which is well under Zadarma's US$13.50 monthly fee at any recent exchange rate. Inbound calls are free on both.
Zadarma bills in US dollars through an account top-up. Sautikit takes M-Pesa or card into a KES wallet.
Yes. Every Sautikit number has SIP credentials for sip.sautikit.com on port 5080 that work with 3CX, FreePBX, Yeastar, Grandstream and other SIP PBXs.