Build customer messaging, voice, and verification via APIs
Sakura SMS
A Tanzania-focused messaging platform for businesses and developers to send SMS and WhatsApp messages, run campaigns, manage conversations, and verify users with OTP.
Sakura SMS Product Overview
Is Sakura SMS Right for You?
Liners prepares and updates these highlights as product information changes. Editorial standardsBest For
- Tanzanian businesses
- App developers
What It Does Well
- SMS sending
- WhatsApp messaging
Things to Check
- WhatsApp approval process
- Delivery reports detail
About Sakura SMS

Sakura SMS is a Tanzania-focused business messaging platform for companies and developers that need SMS, WhatsApp, and OTP workflows for marketing, notifications, and customer support.
Key capabilities include:
- SMS messaging for bulk and transactional use cases, including scheduled sends, delivery reports, and sender ID support.
- WhatsApp Business API messaging with templates and rich media for customer updates, promotions, and two-way conversations.
- Verification tools, including OTP verification (Verify API) and phone-number lookup (Lookup API) for account security and validation.
- Customer conversation management through a Unified Inbox that brings SMS, WhatsApp, chat, and Facebook Messenger into a single searchable view.
Developers can integrate via REST APIs, webhooks, and SDKs (JavaScript/Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, and Go). Campaign tools support contact management and audience segmentation, and pricing is pay-as-you-go with a free account that includes 100 test messages.
Available on Web, Android (Google Play, early access), and via API. Built for Tanzanian businesses and product teams, plus developers implementing OTP, alerts, marketing campaigns, and customer-support messaging.
Notable in the Tanzanian market context, the platform highlights direct routing across local carrier networks (Vodacom, Airtel, Tigo, Halotel) and supports local teams building messaging infrastructure from Dar es Salaam through Saccura Group (T) Limited.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Sakura SMS
Sakura SMS is a business messaging platform for sending and receiving SMS and WhatsApp messages, managing customer conversations, and verifying users with OTP. You can use its web dashboard or connect your systems through APIs, SDKs, and webhooks.
Sakura SMS uses pay-as-you-go pricing, with SMS rates starting at TZS 22 per message on the Starter tier. Verify API costs TZS 25 per verification and Lookup costs TZS 10 per lookup; a free account includes 100 test messages.
Sakura SMS primarily serves Tanzania and routes messages through local mobile networks. International SMS is also available, but supported destinations are not specified.
Create an account at sakurasms.com/register. New accounts get 100 free sandbox test messages.
Yes, Sakura SMS has an android app on the Google Play Store.
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