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SMS Api

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Create contextual, effective communication with our SMS API.

Inform, reassure and delight your customers with information they need, when and where they need it—even within the context of your app.

Awesome ROI
59% of consumers prefer to receive text alerts on their orders from retailers and brands.*
* Source: Vibes 2016 Mobile Consumer Study (2016)
90% of consumers text at least once per day.*
* Source: Salesforce Mobility Behavior Report (2014)
Text messaging can reach over 7.5 billion devices worldwide.*
* Source: Ericsson Mobility Report (November 2016)
Mobile marketing over SMS has increased in usage by 111% from 2015 to 2016.*
* Source: Salesforce State of Marketing Report (2016)
79% of marketers agree that mobile marketing, inclusive of SMS, is core to their business.*
* Source: Salesforce State of Marketing Report (2016)
59% of consumers prefer to receive text alerts on their orders from retailers and brands.*
* Source: Vibes 2016 Mobile Consumer Study (2016)
90% of consumers text at least once per day.*
* Source: Salesforce Mobility Behavior Report (2014)

See how our reliable, scalable SMS API helps businesses like yours succeed.

Provide private SMS communication.

With private SMS communication, your users can seamlessly and safely book appointments, confirm deliveries, and more.
See Private SMS Communication

Send the right message at the right time.

Use notifications to send timely, well-targeted SMS messages that surprise and delight your users. (Think booking confirmations and reminders.)
See Customer Notification and Engagement

Authenticate with ease.

With convenient two-factor authentication, users can log in without having to memorize passwords or use an extra app.
See Two-Factor Authentication

Get noticed.

With text message marketing, you can inspire your customers with reactivation campaigns and event-based, region-specific offers.
See SMS Marketing

Discover more ways that our SMS API can help you reimagine your customer communications.

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Get reliable delivery, global compliance, and simple account management.

Adaptive Routing™

Proactively re-route messages to ensure optimum delivery—like GPS for your SMS.

Global Compliance Engine

Banish unpredictable delivery by removing the complexity of global carriers and regulations.

Outbound Network

Connect with virtually anyone in the world via a single API, completely hassle-free.
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See how others are making the most of SMS with Nexmo.

By partnering with Nexmo, all-in-one messaging service Text Magic grew by 40% in a year and successfully managed a 300% increase in inbound messages.
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Uber sends drivers text message notifications when demand may increase in a particular location (like after a big stadium event). It’s a win-win for Uber, drivers, and exhausted concert-goers everywhere.
With SMS capabilities from Nexmo, Norwegian mobile payment provider Auka provides bank-grade service—and exceeded customer acquisition targets.
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When Grab integrated our SMS into their communication plan, they experienced consistently high, worldwide deliverability and cost savings.
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Snapchat created their own 2-factor authentication process for new and existing users. By sending PIN codes over SMS with Nexmo, Snapchat makes security easy for their users.
By partnering with Nexmo, all-in-one messaging service Text Magic grew by 40% in a year and successfully managed a 300% increase in inbound messages.
Read the full story
Uber sends drivers text message notifications when demand may increase in a particular location (like after a big stadium event). It’s a win-win for Uber, drivers, and exhausted concert-goers everywhere.

Competitive pricing across the globe.

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    SMS insights and inspiration.

    Article
    Journey of an SMS: Global SMS Messaging in a Complex World
    Video
    Create Compelling Communications Experiences with SMS

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