BulkSMS.com review
BulkSMS.com is a bulk SMS gateway operated by Celerity Systems (Pty) Ltd, whose South African company registration number, 2000/005883/07, indicates registration in 2000. The group also carries UK and Swiss entities, Celerity Messaging UK Ltd and Celerity Europe AG, with its main office in Cape Town. Its own Australia page names seven local networks its routes connect to, including Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, but no Australian entity, office or local support channel is stated anywhere on the site. Pricing is credit based and quoted depending on origin and destination country and volume; no baseline per-message figure is published for sending to Australian numbers.
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One of 44 brands reviewed. Not in the priced comparison: publishes no Australian rate.
- Real, named routes into Australia's own mobile networks, not a generic global claim
- No subscription or contract required; pay as you go on a credit based system
- Long operating history under Celerity Systems, registered in South Africa in 2000
- No Australian entity, office or local support of any kind
- No baseline per-message price for Australia in any currency; the calculator requires specific sending details before quoting
- A support request goes to a general address rather than an Australian based team
Where BulkSMS.com stands
BulkSMS.com is a bulk SMS gateway operated by Celerity Systems (Pty) Ltd, whose South African company registration number, 2000/005883/07, indicates registration in 2000. The group also carries UK and Swiss entities, Celerity Messaging UK Ltd and Celerity Europe AG, with its main office in Cape Town. Its own Australia page names seven local networks its routes connect to, including Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, but no Australian entity, office or local support channel is stated anywhere on the site. Pricing is credit based and quoted depending on origin and destination country and volume; no baseline per-message figure is published for sending to Australian numbers.
A global platform serving Australian numbers, sometimes with local virtual numbers, but no Australian company, office or entity that a buyer can find. How we classify this.
Sending under your own brand name also depends on the ACMA SMS Sender ID Register, separate from this site's own scoring. What the register requires.
What BulkSMS.com publishes instead of a rate
BulkSMS.com publishes no Australian per-message rate that maps onto a monthly volume, so this page carries no rate table and no cost calculator. Putting a figure here would mean quoting a price BulkSMS.com does not publish. What it does publish is below.
| Feature | Published |
|---|---|
| API | not published |
| Email to SMS | not published |
| Two way | not published |
| SMPP | not published |
| Dedicated number | not published |
| Shared number | not published |
| Sender ID | not published |
"Not published" means the provider states nothing either way on its Australian pages. It is not the same as "No", and this page does not turn one into the other.
Real Australian routes, no Australian office
BulkSMS.com is operated by Celerity Systems (Pty) Ltd, whose South African company registration number, 2000/005883/07, indicates registration in 2000. The group also carries UK and Swiss entities, Celerity Messaging UK Ltd and Celerity Europe AG, and its main office is in Cape Town. Its Australia page names seven local networks its routes connect to, including Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, a real and specific claim rather than a generic one, but no Australian entity, office or local support channel appears anywhere on the site.
Pricing is credit based, with the exact cost depending on the origin country, destination country and volume entered into its own calculator. No baseline per-message price for sending to Australian numbers is published, so no rate is carried in the tables above. A support request for an Australian sender goes to a general address rather than a local team.
Compare BulkSMS.com with another provider
| Measure | BulkSMS.com | Cellcast |
|---|---|---|
| Overall out of 10 | not published | 9.0 |
| Rate at 1K | no published rate | 3.70c |
| Rate at 15K | no published rate | 3.10c |
| Rate at 125K | no published rate | 2.83c |
| Rate at 250K | no published rate | 2.83c |
| Cost at 15,000 a month | not published | $465 |
| Carrier routes | not published | not published |
| Uptime | not published | "100% uptime SLA" and a "100% delivery rate guarantee"; no SLA document, credit schedule or remedy is published behind either |
| Dedicated number | not published | Yes |
| Shared number | not published | Yes |
| Alpha sender ID | not published | Yes |
| Email to SMS | not published | Yes |
| SMPP | not published | not published |
| Two way | not published | Yes |
| Support | not published | 8am to 8pm AEST staffed, with 24/7 emergency tickets; phone, email and SMS |
| Head office | Cape Town, South Africa | South Melbourne, Victoria |
| Public reviews | not published | 4.2/5 from 6 reviews on Trustpilot |