SMS API for Malaysia: bulk SMS to +60 numbers
Malaysia
Calling code +60
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00907
- Messages for $100
- 11,025
- Local language
- Indonesian and Malay
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Malaysia costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00907 | $0.01814 |
| 1,000 | $9.07 | $18.14 |
| 10,000 | $90.70 | $181.40 |
| 100,000 | $907.00 | $1,814.00 |
Number format in Malaysia
Mobile numbers in Malaysia have 9 digits after +60. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (012-345 6789); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +60 12 345 6789.
Alphabet and segments
Indonesian and Malay text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Malaysia 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
Malaysia keeps UTC+8 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Kuala Lumpur is always 01:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Malaysia with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (MY) 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": "+60123456789", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+60123456789", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00907", country: "MY"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+60123456789", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.00907"What developers send to Malaysia
Order confirmations
E-commerce platforms in Kuala Lumpur send SMS confirmations for orders placed by customers in Penang and Johor Bahru.
Payment receipts
A bank in Johor Bahru sends SMS receipts for transactions, keeping customers informed about their financial activity.
Public notices
Government agencies in Putrajaya send SMS alerts about public health campaigns or service updates to residents nationwide.
Appointment reminders
Clinics in Kuala Lumpur send SMS reminders for medical appointments to patients across Malaysia.
More countries in Southeast Asia
SMS to Malaysia: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Malaysia?
How many SMS to Malaysia does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Malaysia numbers for the API?
Should messages be in Malay or English?
How do I reach rural areas?
Start sending to Malaysia
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Malaysia at $0.00907 per segment, from the console or with one API call.