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Comparison

SMSMeteor vs SMS.to
prices, identity checks, payments.

SMS.to is a card-paid gateway with a 25-unit minimum and no refunds; SMSMeteor is crypto-paid, with refundable balance and lower published rates.

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01In short

SMS.to is a multi-channel messaging gateway (SMS, Viber, WhatsApp, RCS, Telegram) with public per-country prices, a minimum purchase of 25 euros, dollars or pounds, a "no refund, exchange only" rule, and sign-up by email link and phone code. SMSMeteor asks for no phone number, refunds unused balance and publishes lower rates on every benchmark route.

Facts about SMS.to come from its own public pages, read on 21 September 2026 and listed at the bottom of this page. They change; check the source before deciding. SMSMeteor figures are generated from the live rate card.

DestinationSMS.toSMSMeteorSMSMeteor is
United States$0.0253$0.008467% lower
United Kingdom$0.0448$0.013071% lower
Germany$0.0826$0.023871% lower
India$0.0746$0.025666% lower
Nigeria$0.2640$0.032688% lower
Brazil$0.0230$0.004282% lower

Published price per SMS segment. US prices include the carrier pass-through fee where the provider adds one. Full rate card.

02Side by side

What each one asks of you, and gives you.

SMS.toSMSMeteor
Sign-up and identityEmail link plus phone one-time code; identity documents not mentionedEmail address and password; no phone verification
PaymentBank transfer, cards, PayPal; minimum 25 EUR, USD or GBP; "No refund, exchange only"; crypto not listedSeven cryptocurrencies; unused balance refundable under the refund policy
Free trialFree credits on sign-up, amount not statedTest key that validates and prices without sending
Coverage and senders245 destinations listed; alphanumeric up to 11 characters, numeric, rented numbers228 destinations; alphanumeric senders delivered as typed in 114 of them
APIREST with Postman documentation; webhooks signed with X-SMSto-SignatureREST; idempotency keys; batches of 1,000; HMAC-SHA256 webhooks; OpenAPI 3.1
Support and statusstatus.sms.to; business hours 09:00 to 17:00Conversations in the panel, seven days a week; public status page

03Who should pick which

Looking for a SMS.to alternative? Start here.

Viber, WhatsApp, RCS and Telegram channels next to SMS, and payment by card, PayPal or bank transfer: that is what SMS.to has and we do not. The rest is below.

Pick SMS.to if

  • You want Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram from the same account.
  • You pay by card, PayPal or bank transfer.

Pick SMSMeteor if

  • You want lower published rates on every benchmark route.
  • You want unused balance to be refundable.
  • You do not want to verify a phone number, and you pay in crypto.

Moving traffic is an afternoon: import the list, send a small test per destination, point the integration, move country by country. The four steps. What no-KYC means here.

04Questions, answered

SMSMeteor and SMS.to, answered.

Is SMSMeteor cheaper than SMS.to?

On the public price pages read on 21 September 2026, SMSMeteor is lower to United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, Nigeria and Brazil. Our figures are all-in per segment, with no carrier surcharge line; theirs are quoted as their pages state them.

Does SMS.to require identity verification?

SMS.to: Email link plus phone one-time code; identity documents not mentioned. SMSMeteor: Email address and password; no phone verification.

Can I pay SMS.to in cryptocurrency?

SMS.to: Bank transfer, cards, PayPal; minimum 25 EUR, USD or GBP; "No refund, exchange only"; crypto not listed. SMSMeteor: Seven cryptocurrencies; unused balance refundable under the refund policy.

What does SMS.to offer that SMSMeteor does not?

Viber, WhatsApp, RCS and Telegram channels next to SMS, and payment by card, PayPal or bank transfer. If those matter to you, SMS.to is the better fit; SMSMeteor sends SMS and nothing else.

Can I use SMSMeteor alongside SMS.to?

Yes. There is no contract on our side: keep SMS.to for the destinations or channels where it suits you and route the others here. The API is one endpoint with a bearer key, and the test key lets you integrate before depositing anything.

05Sources

Where the SMS.to facts come from.

Public pages only, read on 21 September 2026. Anything we could not verify is written as not published rather than guessed.

  1. SMS.to pricing: sms.to/pricing/
  2. SMS.to payment options: support.sms.to/support/solutions/articles/43000513773-payment-options
  3. SMS.to account creation and verification: support.sms.to/support/solutions/articles/43000571250-account-creation-and-verification
  4. SMS.to secure webhooks: support.sms.to/support/solutions/articles/43000668451-secure-webhooks-and-callbacks

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