SMS API for Austria: bulk SMS to +43 numbers

Austria is a Central European country with Vienna as its capital and a strong focus on tourism and technology. Software products sending SMS here include travel agencies, financial services, and e-commerce platforms. Messages are triggered by events like booking confirmations, payment reminders, and delivery updates. Developers choose SMS because it reaches users instantly, including tourists roaming on local networks.

Austria

Calling code +43

Per SMS segment
$0.00707
Messages for $100
14,144
Local language
German
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Austria costs

Every message is priced at $0.00707 per segment to Austria. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.00707$0.01414
1,000$7.07$14.14
10,000$70.70$141.40
100,000$707.00$1,414.00

Number format in Austria

Mobile numbers in Austria have 9 digits after +43. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0664 123456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +43 664 123456.

Alphabet and segments

German text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Austria holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.

Time zone and timing

Austria changes its clocks: Vienna is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Vienna is 08:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +01:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Austria with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (AT) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+43664123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Austria

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Austria.

Booking confirmations

After reserving a hotel in Vienna, guests receive an SMS with check-in details and booking reference.

Payment reminders

Banks in Salzburg send SMS reminders for upcoming loan payments or credit card dues.

Delivery updates

Couriers in Graz send SMS notifications when a package is out for delivery or delayed.

Event tickets

After booking a concert in Innsbruck, attendees receive an SMS with their ticket QR code.

SMS to Austria: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Austria?

Each message segment to Austria costs $0.00707. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $7.07 and 10,000 cost $70.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Austria does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 14,144 one-segment messages to Austria at $0.00707 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Austria numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +43 664 123456 becomes "+43664123456" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Which language should SMS be in for Austria?

German is the primary language, but English is widely understood. German works best for local audiences.

Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?

Yes, traffic increases during the winter holiday season and summer tourism months.

Start sending to Austria

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Austria at $0.00707 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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