SMS API for Greece: bulk SMS to +30 numbers

Greece, located in southeastern Europe, has Athens as its capital and an economy centered on tourism, shipping, and agriculture. Businesses like travel agencies, e-commerce platforms, and universities send SMS messages to their customers. These messages are triggered by events such as booking confirmations, order updates, or exam schedules. SMS is chosen because it is reliable, works on all devices, and is read quickly, even by tourists and students.

Greece

Calling code +30

Per SMS segment
$0.00987
Messages for $100
10,131
Local language
Greek
Encoding
Unicode (UCS-2)

What a bulk SMS send to Greece costs

Every message is priced at $0.00987 per segment to Greece. 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$0.00987$0.01974
1,000$9.87$19.74
10,000$98.70$197.40
100,000$987.00$1,974.00

Number format in Greece

Mobile numbers in Greece have 10 digits after +30 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 691 234 5678 becomes +30 691 234 5678 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Text in Greek is always Unicode, so a message to Greece written in Greek carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.

Time zone and timing

Greece changes its clocks: Athens is on UTC+2 in January and UTC+3 in July. 09:00 in Athens is 07:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +02:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Greece with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (GR) 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": "+306912345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Greece

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

Booking confirmations

Travel agencies in Athens send SMS confirmations for hotel reservations and flight bookings.

Order updates

E-commerce stores in Thessaloniki notify customers about the dispatch and delivery of their purchases.

Exam schedules

Universities in Patras send SMS reminders to students about upcoming exam dates and locations.

Event reminders

Cultural venues in Heraklion notify attendees about concert times and ticket details.

SMS to Greece: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Greece costs $0.00987. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $9.87 and 10,000 cost $98.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 10,131 one-segment messages to Greece at $0.00987 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 Greece numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +30 691 234 5678 becomes "+306912345678" 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 sent in Greek or English?

Greek is preferred for local audiences, while English is useful for tourists and international visitors.

Are there peak times for SMS traffic?

Peak times occur during the summer tourist season and around major holidays like Easter and Christmas.

Start sending to Greece

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Greece at $0.00987 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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