SMS API for Indonesia: bulk SMS to +62 numbers

Indonesia, an archipelago in Southeast Asia, has a diverse economy driven by agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism, with Jakarta as its capital. Software systems for banks, e-commerce platforms, and ride-hailing apps send text messages to users. Messages are triggered by events such as payment confirmations, delivery updates, and ride booking details. SMS is chosen for its universal reach, ensuring messages are read quickly even in remote islands like Bali or Sumatra.

Indonesia

Calling code +62

Per SMS segment
$0.04257
Messages for $100
2,349
Local language
Indonesian and Malay
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Indonesia costs

Every message is priced at $0.04257 per segment to Indonesia. 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$0.04257$0.08514
1,000$42.57$85.14
10,000$425.70$851.40
100,000$4,257.00$8,514.00

Number format in Indonesia

Mobile numbers in Indonesia have 9 digits after +62. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0812-345-678); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +62 812 345 678.

Alphabet and segments

Indonesian and Malay text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Indonesia holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.

Time zone and timing

Indonesia spans several time zones, from UTC+7 in Jakarta to UTC+9 in Jayapura (January offsets). A send_at of 02:00 UTC lands at 09:00 in Jakarta in January; for a nationwide reminder, split the list by region and give each batch its own send_at.

Send to Indonesia with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (ID) 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": "+62812345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Indonesia

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

Payment alerts

Banks in Jakarta or Surabaya send SMS notifications to confirm transactions or low account balances.

Delivery updates

E-commerce platforms notify customers in Bandung or Medan when their orders are dispatched or delivered.

Ride confirmations

Ride-hailing apps in Bali or Yogyakarta send SMS details for driver details and pickup locations.

Event tickets

Event organizers in Jakarta or Makassar send SMS confirmations for concert tickets or festival schedules.

SMS to Indonesia: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Indonesia costs $0.04257. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $42.57 and 10,000 cost $425.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 2,349 one-segment messages to Indonesia at $0.04257 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 Indonesia numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +62 812 345 678 becomes "+62812345678" 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 Indonesia

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Indonesia at $0.04257 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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