Bulk SMS
Add text messaging to your mobile or web application to effectively communicate with your users when you need to. Our Bulk SMS API gives you a reliable connection as you build a service that can send messages to many phone numbers instantly.
The Advantages of Bulk SMS for Property Owners/Managers in Kenya
Our Bulk SMS gateways ensure that you can reach your customers instantly with a quick and simple integration. This means that you can send relevant, targeted messages to a large group with only one API request. Brand your messages with your company or service name by using a Sender ID. This is an alphanumeric code that gives your users confidence on the source of the message while at the same time promoting brand visibility.
Pay-As-You-Go
Only top up your account with what you want to use. There are no plans or minimum requirements
Non - Expiry
Once purchased, your SMS messages remain valid until you send them out to your users.
Delivery Reports
We process and share delivery notifications that to your applications for all SMS messages sent using our APIs
Use cases
Notification Services
Add instant notifications to your applications to inform your clients when important events are generated. Sample scenarios include financial transactions, reminders or sharing updates with your users
Two Factor Authentication
Secure your mobile and web applications by sending SMS based authentication tokens. This has proved to be a useful and vital tool for verifying users of your service
Customer Engagement Platforms
Businesses see Bulk SMS as the quickest way to start engaging with their customers. Our APIs make it very easy to build a scalable platform that can be used to provided businesses an easy way to get started on mass text communication
Pricing
| Basic Plan KES 0 - 999,999 |
Premium Plan KES 1,000,000 - 9,999,999 |
Max Plan KES 10M+ |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Safaricom | KES 0.35 | KES 0.26 | KES 0.17 |
| Airtel Kenya (Local Traffic) | KES 0.35 | KES 0.26 | KES 0.17 |
| Airtel Kenya (International Traffic)* | USD 0.056 | ||
| Other Kenyan Telcos | KES 0.35 | KES 0.26 | KES 0.17 |
*Please Note:
- Airtel identifies traffic as international when your sender Id represents a brand that terminates messages to more than one country. That means that if you are sending messages from Kenya to an Airtel subscriber in any other country, then that message will be identified as international.
- Up to 160 characters are considered one message. Anything exceeding that will be counted as a new message.
- Also note that using special characters affects your character count and one SMS will be 70 characters instead of 160 characters. Here’s more information on character count.
Sender ID
Sender ID set up cost for all Mobile Service Providers
| Telco | Set Up |
|---|---|
| Bundled Safaricom, Telkom & Airtel | Special Offer: KES 15,100 KES 13,200 |
| Safaricom only | Special Offer:KES 7,700 KES 4,400 |
| Airtel only | Special Offer:KES 7,700 KES 4,400 |
| Telkom | Special Offer:KES 6,500 KES 4,400 |
| Equitel | Special Offer:KES 9,000 KES 4,400 |