International SMS Alternatives


In August 2008, Twitter discontinued international sms delivery to users outside of the US, Canada, and India. Since then, a number of third-party, paid sms delivery services have been announced or launched in response to this unmet need.

 

This page serves as an index of these paid sms alternatives.

 

      1. http://tweetSMS.com
      2. http://twitsms.co.uk
      3. http://3jam.com/twitter
      4. http://twittex.com/
      5. http://www.senokian.com/tweeteroo/
      6. http://tweet2sms.com
      7. http://twitmobile.com
      8. http://www.hootsms.com/
      9. http://www.zygotweet.com
      10. http://www.twe2.com

 

Live or in Beta

 

http://tweetSMS.com

Sends: DM, @replies, updates

Delivers SMS to: 197 countries (see list)

Can send Twitter reply via this service: Yes, internationally

Local numbers avail to send updates: Soon for Australia

Purchase Credits: Paypal

Status: Live

 

http://twitsms.co.uk

Sends: DM, @replies, updates

Delivers SMS to: Multi-country (see list)

Can send Twitter reply via this service: No

Local numbers avail to send updates: None

Purchase Credits: Paypal

Status: Live

 

http://3jam.com/twitter

Sends: DMs (may add @replies if enough demand)

Delivers SMS to: multi-country

Can send Twitter reply via this service: Yes

Local numbers avail to send updates: Australia, UK, Germany, Sweden

Purchase Credits: Paypal, credit card

Status: Live

 

http://twittex.com/

Sends: Updates

Delivers SMS to: UK only

Can send Twitter reply via this service: --

Local numbers avail to send updates: --

Purchase credits: --

Status: Live

 

http://www.senokian.com/tweeteroo/

Sends: Direct messages

Delivers sms to: over 170 countries

Can send Twitter reply via this service: --

Local numbers avail to send updates: --

Purchase credits: --

Status: Live

 

http://tweet2sms.com

Sends: DMs and tracks your username

Delivers SMS to: --

Can send Twitter reply via this service: --

Local numbers avail to send updates: --

Purchase Credits: --

Status: In private beta. Invite code required

 

http://twitmobile.com

Sends:

Delivers SMS to: 148 countries (see list)

Can send Twitter reply via this service: No

Local numbers avail to send updates: No

Purchase Credits: --

Status: Services UK mobile numbers only

 

Announced

 

http://www.hootsms.com/

Sends: DMs, new followers, latest tweets

Delivers SMS to: over 200 countries (see list)

Can send Twitter reply via this service: --

Local numbers avail to send updates: --

Purchase Credits: --

Status: Expected to go live Sep 4

 

http://www.zygotweet.com

 

http://www.twe2.com

Sends: DM's,@

Delivers SMS to: over 200 countries (see list)

Can send Twitter reply via this service: Yes

Local numbers avail to send updates: --

Purchase Credits: FREE(100% free)

Status: Live