sms Review, Pricing & Features

TellbySMS is a bulk SMS platform operated by The ScopeHost Operating Company, built specifically for businesses in Eswatini and the wider Southern Africa region. The product lets users send single, bulk, or group text messages with real-time delivery, run scheduled recurring campaigns (daily, weekly, or monthly), and send under a custom branded sender ID rather than an anonymous number. Messages can be personalized with contact fields (e.g. name and mobile number), sent from reusable templates, and organized through contact groups uploaded via CSV/TXT import. Beyond marketing-style blasts, TellbySMS also positions itself as transactional SMS infrastructure: it offers SMS-based two-factor authentication for account logins, real-time delivery reporting (delivered/failed/pending status), and role-based team management for multi-user accounts. For developers, the platform exposes a REST API with PHP code examples and a dedicated WordPress plugin with WooCommerce order-notification and customer OTP-login support, so SMS can be embedded directly into an existing store or website rather than only used through the TellbySMS dashboard. Pricing is usage-based: customers buy credits and pay per SMS sent, with per-message rates that decrease at higher volumes, and new accounts receive a small free credit balance to trial the service before paying. The platform is accessible as a browser-based web app and installable as a progressive web app on Android or iOS.