SMS API for Puerto Rico: bulk SMS to +1 numbers

Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, has San Juan as its capital and a diverse economy including tourism, manufacturing, and services. Businesses like airlines, resorts, and delivery services send text messages to customers. These messages are triggered by flight updates, booking confirmations, and delivery notifications. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones instantly, works without internet, and is widely used by locals and tourists alike.

Puerto Rico

Calling code +1

Per SMS segment
$0.00847
Messages for $100
11,806
Local language
Spanish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Puerto Rico costs

Every message is priced at $0.00847 per segment to Puerto Rico. 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$0.00847$0.01694
1,000$8.47$16.94
10,000$84.70$169.40
100,000$847.00$1,694.00

Number format in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 787 234 5678. The API reads the area code (787 here) to price the number as Puerto Rico rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.

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

Puerto Rico keeps UTC-4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Puerto Rico is always 13:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Puerto Rico with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (PR) 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": "+17872345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Puerto Rico

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Puerto Rico.

Flight updates

Airlines send SMS notifications to passengers in San Juan about flight delays or gate changes.

Booking confirmations

Resorts in Puerto Rico send SMS confirmations to guests after booking their stays.

Delivery notifications

Delivery services notify customers in Ponce when their packages are out for delivery.

Event reminders

Event organizers send SMS reminders to attendees in Mayaguez about upcoming concerts or festivals.

SMS to Puerto Rico: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Puerto Rico?

Each message segment to Puerto Rico costs $0.00847. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $8.47 and 10,000 cost $84.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 11,806 one-segment messages to Puerto Rico at $0.00847 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 Puerto Rico numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +1 787 234 5678 becomes "+17872345678" 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 Puerto Rico

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Puerto Rico at $0.00847 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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