SMS API for Switzerland: bulk SMS to +41 numbers
Switzerland
Calling code +41
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00847
- Messages for $100
- 11,806
- Local language
- French
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Switzerland costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 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 Switzerland
Mobile numbers in Switzerland have 9 digits after +41. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (078 123 45 67); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +41 78 123 45 67.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: 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
Switzerland changes its clocks: Zurich is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Zurich 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 Switzerland with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (CH) 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": "+41781234567", "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: "+41781234567", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00847", country: "CH"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+41781234567", "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"]) # "0.00847"What developers send to Switzerland
Banking alerts
A Zurich bank sends SMS alerts for account logins and money transfers, ensuring customers know immediately about account activity.
Flight updates
Geneva Airport sends SMS notifications for flight delays or gate changes, keeping travelers informed in real time.
Parcel tracking
A logistics company in Basel sends SMS updates when a package is out for delivery or delayed.
Appointment reminders
A Bern clinic sends SMS reminders for medical appointments, reducing no-shows and improving patient care.
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SMS to Switzerland: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Switzerland?
How many SMS to Switzerland does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Switzerland numbers for the API?
Which language should SMS messages use in Switzerland?
Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic in Switzerland?
Start sending to Switzerland
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Switzerland at $0.00847 per segment, from the console or with one API call.