SMS API for Croatia: bulk SMS to +385 numbers

Croatia, located in Southeast Europe, is known for its Adriatic coastline, historic cities like Dubrovnik, and a growing tourism and tech sector. Software systems for banks, travel agencies, and e-commerce platforms send text messages to users. Messages are triggered by events such as booking confirmations, payment receipts, and delivery notifications. SMS is chosen for its reliability, ensuring messages reach recipients even in remote areas like Istria or Dalmatia.

Croatia

Calling code +385

Per SMS segment
$0.02037
Messages for $100
4,909
Local language
Croatian
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Croatia costs

Every message is priced at $0.02037 per segment to Croatia. 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$0.02037$0.04074
1,000$20.37$40.74
10,000$203.70$407.40
100,000$2,037.00$4,074.00

Number format in Croatia

Mobile numbers in Croatia have 9 digits after +385. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (092 123 4567); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +385 92 123 4567.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Croatian fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use č, ć, đ, š and ž: 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

Croatia changes its clocks: Zagreb is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Zagreb 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 Croatia with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (HR) 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": "+385921234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Croatia

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

Booking confirmations

Travel agencies in Split or Zadar send SMS confirmations for hotel reservations or ferry tickets to the islands.

Payment receipts

Online stores in Zagreb or Rijeka notify customers via SMS when their payments are processed successfully.

Delivery alerts

Courier services inform customers in Osijek or Pula when their orders are out for delivery or delayed.

Event reminders

Festival organizers in Dubrovnik or Šibenik send SMS reminders for concert tickets or event schedules.

SMS to Croatia: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Croatia costs $0.02037. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $20.37 and 10,000 cost $203.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 4,909 one-segment messages to Croatia at $0.02037 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 Croatia numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +385 92 123 4567 becomes "+385921234567" 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 Croatia

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Croatia at $0.02037 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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