SMS.to is a bulk SMS marketing tool, available via an API that enables developers to add bulk SMS features to Viper, or Whatsapp, etc.
$0.01
per month
SMSAPI
Score 9.0 out of 10
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SMSAPI is a bulk SMS messaging
service available via the Customer Portal, mobile app or by integrating SMS API, enabling integration with one's own IT systems, including
e-commerce and CRM.
The vendor states SMSAPI service is
used by 7000 customers, both the largest global concerns, local businesses as
well as public institutions and offices.
The platform enables running
personalized advertising and promotional SMS campaigns and supports customer
service activities…
SMS.to is ideal when you have a large number of users and you need to be charged by SMS delivered not by number of users. Let's put an example other solutions out there wanted us to pay user or contact which is illogican for a product that has more than 100K users because it doesn't matter if you send no message or you send 10 messages they will charge you per contact in the other hand solutions as SMS.to they will charge per SMS delivered which makes really economic the scenario specially if you only send to specific segments of contacts by making use of contact lists. A least appropiate scenario is when you need to send emergency/urgent SMS because for some resaon the SMS in this platform will be sent after 20-30 minutes even an hour I ignore why it happens but that's why we always try to schedule our campaigns and be sure they are generic marketing messages. For emergency/urgent SMS is recommended to use another platform.
We use SMSAPI in our client's projects. Mainly it is useful for sending urgent notifications ex. Action required from the user. Moreover, its use as remarketing channel for registered users that not decided to purchase or as promotional offers with additional items on sale or discounts.
I already pointed out this but basically we decided to go with SMS.to because 2 reasons:
1. It can be paid with paypal (first reason) we have some bad experience with other products because payment gateways may suddenly block your cards and you're unable to pay even if you want to use the service so when we saw that SMS.to has Paypal payment we just decided to go for this option.
2. You pay per message and not per contact this is ideal other platforms will ask you a monthly fee for marketing features that you're not looking plus paying per SMS or per contact we were just looking a straight forward software in order to send SMS campaigns.
We use SMSAPI because we have recommendations from trusted sources about this solution. As for now, everything is great. It works as supposed and fulfills all requirements.
