PortSMS lives at portsms.com. Your personal top up address is ready on the Balance page after you sign in.

PortSMS

Send SMS to South Africa

$0.0101 per SMS part to numbers in South Africa. Top up with USDT and send from the web page or the API.

Price per part
$0.0101
Dial code
+27
Region
Africa
Local script
Latin letters fit GSM-7, 160 per part

What a send to South Africa costs

Totals for the same text sent to several recipients.

Recipients1 part2 parts
100$1.01$2.02
1,000$10.10$20.20
10,000$101.00$202.00
100,000$1,010.00$2,020.00

Plain Latin text uses GSM-7, so one part holds 160 characters (153 when the text is split). Accents outside the GSM-7 alphabet and emoji switch the message to Unicode.

South Africa at a glance

Price per part
$0.0101
Dial code
+27
Region
Africa
A $50 top up sends
4,950 messages
Price rank
30 of 227, from the lowest
Enterprise plan price
$0.0091

Price to South Africa on each plan

Your plan follows the total of all your top ups and takes a discount off every message to South Africa.

  • Starter

    0%

    $0.0101

  • Basic

    -3%

    $0.0098

  • Pro

    -5%

    $0.0096

  • Business

    -8%

    $0.0093

  • Enterprise

    -10%

    $0.0091

Sending SMS to South Africa

How much does an SMS to South Africa cost?

$0.0101 for each SMS part. A one-part message to 1,000 numbers in South Africa costs $10.10.

How should I write South Africa numbers?

Use the international format: + then 27 and the national number, in your list, CSV or API request. Every number is checked before sending, and you pay only for numbers that can be sent.

What if a message to South Africa is not delivered?

Its price goes back to your balance automatically, and its status is shown in your history and in the webhook.

More countries in Africa