SMS API for El Salvador: bulk SMS to +503 numbers

El Salvador, in Central America, has San Salvador as its capital and an economy driven by services, manufacturing, and remittances. Software products sending SMS include banks, delivery services, and healthcare providers. Messages are triggered by payment confirmations, delivery updates, and appointment reminders. SMS is chosen because it works on all phones, including those used by rural residents and visitors to popular destinations like La Libertad.

El Salvador

Calling code +503

Per SMS segment
$0.01277
Messages for $100
7,830
Local language
Spanish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to El Salvador costs

Every message is priced at $0.01277 per segment to El Salvador. 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$0.01277$0.02554
1,000$12.77$25.54
10,000$127.70$255.40
100,000$1,277.00$2,554.00

Number format in El Salvador

Mobile numbers in El Salvador have 8 digits after +503 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 7012 3456 becomes +503 7012 3456 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

El Salvador keeps UTC-6 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in El Salvador is always 15:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to El Salvador with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (SV) 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": "+50370123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to El Salvador

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in El Salvador.

Payment confirmations

A bank sends a text to a customer in Santa Ana confirming a remittance transfer to a family member.

Delivery updates

A courier service texts a recipient in San Miguel about the arrival of their package.

Appointment reminders

A clinic in Sonsonate texts a patient to remind them of their upcoming dental checkup.

Tourist alerts

A hotel in La Libertad sends a text to a guest about a special event happening at the beach.

SMS to El Salvador: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to El Salvador?

Each message segment to El Salvador costs $0.01277. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $12.77 and 10,000 cost $127.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 7,830 one-segment messages to El Salvador at $0.01277 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 El Salvador numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +503 7012 3456 becomes "+50370123456" 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.

Should SMS messages be in Spanish or English?

Spanish is the primary language, but English is understood in tourist areas. Use Spanish for local audiences.

How does SMS perform during holiday seasons?

SMS is reliable during holiday seasons like Semana Santa, when many Salvadorans travel to coastal areas like La Libertad.

Start sending to El Salvador

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to El Salvador at $0.01277 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API El Salvador: Bulk SMS to +503 From $0.01277 | BulkSMSAPI