SMS API for Chile: bulk SMS to +56 numbers

Chile, a long, narrow country in South America, has Santiago as its capital and a strong mining and wine industry. E-commerce platforms, banks, delivery services, and healthcare providers send text messages from their systems. Messages notify users of payment confirmations, order updates, appointment reminders, and security alerts. SMS is chosen because it reaches all phones instantly, even in remote areas like Patagonia, and is read quickly.

Chile

Calling code +56

Per SMS segment
$0.00367
Messages for $100
27,247
Local language
Spanish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Chile costs

Every message is priced at $0.00367 per segment to Chile. 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$0.00367$0.00734
1,000$3.67$7.34
10,000$36.70$73.40
100,000$367.00$734.00

Number format in Chile

Mobile numbers in Chile have 9 digits after +56 and no trunk prefix, so the local form (2) 2123 4567 becomes +56 2 2123 4567 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Spanish fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, í, ó and ú: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.

Time zone and timing

Chile spans several time zones, from UTC-5 in Easter to UTC-3 in Santiago (January offsets). A send_at of 12:00 UTC lands at 09:00 in Santiago in January; for a nationwide reminder, split the list by region and give each batch its own send_at.

Send to Chile with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (CL) 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": "+56221234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Chile

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

Payment confirmations

A Santiago bank sends SMS confirmations for online payments and transfers, ensuring customers stay informed.

Order updates

An e-commerce platform in Valparaiso sends SMS notifications when an order is shipped or delayed.

Appointment reminders

A clinic in Concepcion sends SMS reminders for medical appointments, reducing missed visits.

Security alerts

A financial service in La Serena sends SMS alerts for suspicious account activity, protecting users.

SMS to Chile: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Chile costs $0.00367. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $3.67 and 10,000 cost $36.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 27,247 one-segment messages to Chile at $0.00367 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 Chile numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +56 2 2123 4567 becomes "+56221234567" 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.

Start sending to Chile

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Chile at $0.00367 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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