An SMS messaging and automation platform for businesses to send promotional and transactional texts, run campaigns, and integrate SMS via a REST API.

SMSPortal Product Overview

Is SMSPortal Right for You?

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Best For

  • Southern Africa businesses
  • Marketing campaigns

What It Does Well

  • Bulk SMS sending
  • Two-way SMS replies

Things to Check

  • Sender ID options
  • Opt-out handling

About SMSPortal

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SMSPortal is a cloud-based SMS messaging and automation platform for businesses that need to send promotional, transactional, and conversational text messages at scale.

Key capabilities include:

  • Bulk A2P SMS sending for promotional campaigns and transactional notifications, designed for high-volume delivery.
  • Conversational messaging using numbers and short codes to support two-way SMS and customer replies for 1:1 engagement.
  • Automation flows to trigger behavior-based customer journeys and send timed or event-driven SMS.
  • Link and content tools such as URL shortening with tracking and landing pages (prebuilt templates) to attach rich content to SMS and measure engagement.

Available via a web control panel and a REST API with documentation, recipes, and code examples (including C#, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Node.js, Ruby, and PowerShell).

It targets B2B teams such as marketing, customer support, and product teams, plus developers integrating SMS into internal systems and customer-facing apps.

Notable for its mix of self-serve and enterprise messaging options, a free plan with 100 SMS for testing (no credit card required), and public resources such as developer docs, platform integrations, and a system status page. The company also states it is trusted by 10,000+ businesses and highlights use cases with brands such as Capitec and Woolworths.

SMSPortal Facts

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Pricing & Fees
Variable pricingSMSPortal offers a free plan with 100 test SMS, while the Standard plan starts at $0.014 per message; Enterprise pricing is based on SMS volume.

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SMSPortal Funding History

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SMSPortal has 2 recorded funding events. The latest was Merger / Acquisition in Jun 2025.

Total Raised:
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Latest Round:
Merger / Acquisition

SMSPortal Investors & Funding Rounds

Acquired by LINK Mobility for $115M in 2025Read about this acquisition
Acquired by LINK Mobility in 2025Read about this acquisition

SMSPortal Founders & Leadership Team

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Brett Skinner
Ian Calder
Ian CalderC-Suite

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Frequently Asked Questions About SMSPortal

SMSPortal is a cloud-based SMS messaging and automation platform that lets businesses send bulk promotional, transactional, and conversational text messages through a web control panel and REST API. You upload or connect your contacts, create campaigns or automated flows, then Smsportal delivers the SMS, handles replies via numbers or short codes, and tracks performance with reporting and link tracking.

SMSPortal uses a freemium and pay-as-you-go pricing model. There is a free plan with 100 SMS for testing (no credit card required), a Standard pay-as-you-go plan starting from about $0.08 per message, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan based on volume and additional account features.

SMSPortal is headquartered in South Africa but supports text messaging delivery to 190 countries globally.

You can sign up for SMSPortal by creating an account through its online signup page, where you register your company and basic details, then access the web control panel once registration is complete. New accounts can use the free test SMS allocation to get started.

No, SMSPortal does not list any official mobile apps for iOS or Android. It is accessed through a web control panel and via its REST API.

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