Yes, httpSMS has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes Send or receive up to 200 SMS per month. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
httpSMS is a service that turns an Android phone into an SMS gateway with a programmable HTTP API. It lets developers send and receive SMS messages through a companion Android app installed on a phone, with support for webhooks, message scheduling, bulk SMS uploads, multiple phones, and end-to-end AES-256 encryption.
The free plan includes up to 200 SMS per month, offline notifications, forwarded received messages via webhook, and basic email support. Paid plans increase the monthly SMS allowance to 5,000 or 10,000 messages. The service is open source and can be used with multiple phones under separate API keys.
- Android phone SMS gateway
- HTTP API for SMS send/receive
- 200 SMS per month free
- Webhook message forwarding
- Offline phone notifications
- AES-256 end-to-end encryption
- Bulk SMS CSV and Excel uploads
- Scheduled text messages
- Multiple phone API keys
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable starter offering: it includes monthly SMS usage, webhook forwarding, offline notifications, and basic email support, and the page explicitly says no credit card is required. Compared with the $10/month Pro plan, the free tier provides about 4% of the message volume (200 vs 5,000), so it is worth roughly $2/month as a practical comparison point.
What's included in the free tier
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- Send or receive up to 200 SMS per month.
- Receive offline notifications for your phone.
- Forward received messages via webhook.
- Access basic email support.
See httpSMS pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pro
- SMS/month
- 5,000
- Send and receive more SMS messages
- Offline notifications for your phone
- Forward received messages via webhook
- Priority support
10K Plan
- SMS/month
- 10K
- Send and receive up to 10,000 SMS messages
- Offline notifications for your phone
- Forward received messages via webhook
- Priority support
Pricing extracted from httpSMS's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is httpSMS free forever?
Yes. httpSMS has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does httpSMS require a credit card?
No. You can start on httpSMS's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed httpSMS's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. httpSMS's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $10 / month.
What is httpSMS's free tier worth?
httpSMS's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 50/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
