SMS-Activate Alternative: How to Choose a New Service

What happened to SMS-Activate?

In December 2025, SMS-Activate announced that it was closing its service. If you still had a balance or active numbers there, follow the instructions on SMS-Activate’s official channels.

Be careful with websites that use the SMS-Activate name: when a well-known service closes, look-alike sites often appear. This guide doesn’t compare other providers. It gives you a checklist you can apply to any of them, including us.

What to look for in an SMS-Activate alternative

• A clear refund rule. You should pay only for a code that arrives, and the refund should happen automatically, without tickets.
• A price you see before paying. Number prices move through the day. A good service shows the exact price and never charges more than that.
• The apps and countries you use. Check that your usual apps and countries are available, and look at live prices rather than a static list.
• An API that fits your tools. If you automate orders, check how keys are issued, how you read codes and how cancellations work.
• Payment methods that suit you. Topping up should be easy where you live.
• Longer-term numbers. If some accounts will ask for codes again, you’ll want number rental as well.
• Support you can reach. Find out where support answers and in which languages.

How we handle each point

• Refunds: if no SMS arrives, cancel the number or let it expire, and the price returns to your balance automatically.
• Price lock: the panel checks several servers live for every order and locks the price before you buy. If it changes, you’re asked first.
• Coverage: OTP numbers for 500+ apps — including WhatsApp, Telegram and ChatGPT — in many countries.
• API: a REST API with per-account keys you create in the panel. See API for developers.
• Payments: QRIS and USDT (TRC20 or BEP20).
• Rental: numbers for 12 hours, 1, 7, 30, 180 or 365 days depending on the country, renewable while active — see number rental.
• One balance for more: travel eSIM data for about 190 countries and a private temporary email inbox.
• Telegram bot: check your balance and get a receipt for every top-up.

Switching over, step by step

1. Sign up free with Telegram or Google.
2. Top up a small amount by QRIS or USDT.
3. Place one test order for an app you use often. Check the price, how fast the code arrives, and that a cancelled number is refunded.
4. Compare current prices on the pricing page and cheapest countries.
5. Once you’re happy, move your regular orders over — and your scripts, if you use any (see below).

For developers: moving your integration

Our API has its own endpoints, so code written for SMS-Activate or another service won’t work unchanged. The move is usually a matter of mapping the few calls your code already makes:

1. Create an API key in the panel. Keys are issued per account, so your integration acts on your own balance.
2. List what your code does today — check the balance, buy a number, read the code, cancel — and find the matching endpoint in the documentation in the panel.
3. Keep the same safety habits in your code: decide the most you’ll pay per number, and cancel numbers that receive nothing so the balance returns.
4. Run one order end to end, including a cancellation, before you switch your real traffic.

Tips for a smooth switch

• Accounts you verified with one-time numbers on the old service won’t get codes on those numbers again. Make sure each one has an email and two-step verification.
• Numbers rented on a service that has closed can’t be renewed. Move important accounts to a number you can keep.
• Start with a small top-up and add more once you’re happy with the results.
• New to OTP numbers? Read free vs paid numbers and verification code not received.