Bulk SMS to Philippines
Bulk SMS to Philippines from $0.00955 per message
Manila and Cebu are the Philippines' economic centers, with retail, logistics and education relying on large customer lists. Schools, retailers and transport companies send bulk SMS nationwide. High-volume moments include school exam results, holiday sales and typhoon alerts. Per-message pricing suits organizations sending frequent updates to dispersed island communities.
- 4,188 messages for a $40 top-up, credit that never expires
- Numbers start +63; local formats accepted with a default country
- Failed messages refunded to credit automatically
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Philippines, +63
$0.00955
per SMS segment, USD
- 1,000 SMS
- $9.55
- 10,000 SMS
- $95.50
- 100,000 SMS
- $955.00
Bulk SMS cost to Philippines by volume
The price per segment stays $0.00955 at every volume. A segment is 160 plain characters or 70 Unicode characters; longer texts are billed per part.
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments | 3 segments | Top-ups needed ($5,000 max each) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $9.55 | $19.10 | ||
| 10,000 | $95.50 | $191.00 | ||
| 50,000 | $477.50 | $955.00 | ||
| 100,000 | $955.00 | $1,910.00 | ||
| 250,000 | $2,387.50 | $4,775.00 |
Price your own list to Philippines
10,000 messages to Philippines, 1 segment each
$95.50
$0.00955 per segment. Failed messages are refunded to credit.
Top up $40
4,188
messages to Philippines
First top-up: 4,607 with +10% bonus credit
Top up $100
10,471
messages to Philippines
First top-up: 12,565 with +20% bonus credit
Top up $500
52,356
messages to Philippines
First top-up: 70,680 with +35% bonus credit
Top up $1,000
104,712
messages to Philippines
First top-up: 146,596 with +40% bonus credit
Number format for Philippines
Mobiles in the Philippines carry 10 digits after +63. Locally they are written with a leading 0, like 0905 123 4567; with the Philippines as the default country the console reads that as +63 905 123 4567, so local and international forms end up as the same recipient.
+63 905 123 4567
Alphabet and message length
Filipino and English text fits the GSM-7 alphabet, so a single SMS to the Philippines carries 160 characters and each part of a longer one carries 153. One emoji or curly quote turns the whole text into Unicode at 70 characters per segment; the composer names that character and can swap quotes and dashes for plain ones.
Local time in Philippines
The Philippines keeps UTC+8 all year, with no clock change. A 09:00 start in Manila is 01:00 UTC; the console shows both times when you schedule.
Who sends bulk SMS to Philippines
Typhoon alerts
Local governments in Manila send updates about storm warnings and evacuation plans during typhoon season.
Exam results
Universities in Cebu notify students about admission test results and enrollment deadlines.
Holiday sales
Retailers in Davao send promotions for Christmas and New Year sales to shoppers nationwide.
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