SMS API for Hungary: bulk SMS to +36 numbers

Hungary, located in Central Europe, is known for its historic capital Budapest, thermal baths, and a growing tech and manufacturing sector. Software systems for banks, e-commerce platforms, and healthcare providers send text messages to users. Messages are triggered by events such as payment confirmations, delivery updates, and appointment reminders. SMS is chosen for its reliability, ensuring messages reach recipients even in rural areas like Debrecen or Szeged.

Hungary

Calling code +36

Per SMS segment
$0.01417
Messages for $100
7,057
Local language
Hungarian
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Hungary costs

Every message is priced at $0.01417 per segment to Hungary. 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$0.01417$0.02834
1,000$14.17$28.34
10,000$141.70$283.40
100,000$1,417.00$2,834.00

Number format in Hungary

Mobile numbers in Hungary have 9 digits after +36. Locally they are written with a leading 06 (06 20 123 4567); in the API that 06 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +36 20 123 4567.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Hungarian fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, í, ó, ő, ú and ű: 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

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

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (HU) 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": "+36201234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Hungary

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

Payment receipts

Online stores in Budapest or Pécs notify customers via SMS when their payments are processed successfully.

Delivery alerts

Courier services inform customers in Győr or Miskolc when their orders are out for delivery or delayed.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Szeged or Debrecen send SMS reminders for doctor visits or test results.

Event tickets

Event organizers in Budapest or Sopron send SMS confirmations for concert tickets or festival schedules.

SMS to Hungary: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Hungary costs $0.01417. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $14.17 and 10,000 cost $141.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 7,057 one-segment messages to Hungary at $0.01417 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 Hungary numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +36 20 123 4567 becomes "+36201234567" 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 Hungary

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Hungary at $0.01417 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Hungary: Bulk SMS to +36 From $0.01417 | BulkSMSAPI