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SMS gateway for Brazil: send SMS from your own Brazil number

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Put a SIM from Brazil in an Android phone, install textbee, and every API call sends a real SMS from that +55 number. Recipients see a local number they can reply to. textbee is $14.99 a month for up to 5,000 messages, and the SIM keeps its own carrier plan.

textbee, 5K SMS
$14.99
a month, plus your SIM plan
Twilio, 5K SMS
$299.50
cheapest cloud provider listed
Sender
Local +55
a number recipients can reply to

How it works with a local SIM

  1. Put a Brazil SIM in an Android phone that stays on and on power, and install the textbee app on it.
  2. Register the device from the dashboard, which pairs the phone with your API key.
  3. Call POST /gateway/send-sms with the recipient in E.164 form. The phone sends it over the SIM and reports the result back.

What it costs at 1K, 5K and 25K messages

Monthly spend sending to Brazil, cloud providers and a local SIM against textbee plans
Provider1K messages5K messages25K messages
Twilio$59.90$59.90 messages$299.50$299.50 messages$1,497.50$1,497.50 messages
textbee$14.99Pro plan, up to 5,000 messages included$14.99Pro plan, up to 5,000 messages included$29.99Scale plan, up to 25,000 messages included

textbee plans include the messages shown. There is no per message fee, number rental or carrier surcharge.

Provider prices checked on September 4, 2026

No carrier plan page for Brazil could be read on September 4, 2026, so the table shows provider rates and textbee plans only, and your own SIM plan is on top of the textbee plan.

Twilio SMS price in Brazil

Twilio lists $0.0599 per outbound SMS segment to Brazil and $0.0599 per inbound message, checked on September 4, 2026. A message longer than one segment is billed as more than one.

At 5,000 messages a month, Twilio costs $299.50 for messages; textbee Pro is $14.99 flat.

At 25,000 messages a month, Twilio costs $1,497.50 for messages; textbee Scale is $29.99 flat.

textbee

$14.99

Pro plan, up to 5,000 messages included

Free plan covers up to 300 messages a month

Twilio

$59.90

$59.90 messages

Provider rates vary by country and time. Check each provider's site for current pricing. textbee uses your Android phone; you pay your carrier, not per-message fees to textbee. Provider prices checked on September 4, 2026.

Quickstart

send.sh
curl -X POST https://api.textbee.dev/api/v1/gateway/send-sms \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"recipients": ["+5511961234567"], "message": "Your textbee code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

On a dual SIM phone, pass simSubscriptionId to pick the SIM the message goes out on, as the send reference describes.

Format and check Brazil numbers

The API takes E.164, which for Brazil looks like +5511961234567, so strip any local trunk prefix before you send.

Result

Enter a phone number above.

Use E.164 format (e.g. +15551234567) for textbee.dev API recipients.

Count segments

A message over one segment is sent as more than one SMS, so it draws more than once on the SIM plan.

Result

  • Characters: 54
  • Encoding: GSM-7
  • Segments: 1 SMS
  • 1 segment = 1 SMS

GSM-7: 160 chars per segment (153 for multi-part). Unicode/emoji: 70 chars per segment (67 for multi-part). Carriers may charge per segment.

Honest limits

One phone sends roughly 10 to 15 messages a minute, so a large blast takes time to drain. Carriers can filter bulk patterns on consumer SIMs. Marketing messages still need consent from the recipient under the local rules.

Local rules to know

  • ANATEL states that a provider may not send advertising messages without the prior, free and express consent of the consumer, and that the consumer may cancel receipt at any time, under article 3 of Resolution 632/2014. gov.br, checked on September 4, 2026
  • The Brazilian data protection law, Lei 13.709/2018, allows personal data to be processed on the basis of consent, defines consent as a free, informed and unambiguous statement for a specific purpose, and lets the data subject revoke it at any time by a free and easy procedure. planalto.gov.br, checked on September 4, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Does textbee work in Brazil?

Yes. Any Android phone with a Brazilian SIM that can send SMS runs the textbee app. ANATEL describes a prepaid registration where the holder gives a CPF number, date of birth and postcode for the carrier to verify, then submits a selfie and a photo of an official ID, and without it the line is not activated.

What number do recipients see?

The Brazilian mobile number of the SIM, and replies come back to it. Your code reads them from a webhook or GET /gateway/messages. A phone has no way to send an alphanumeric sender name, so recipients see a number they can answer.

What does it cost to send SMS in Brazil?

The textbee plan is flat: Free for 300 messages a month, Pro $14.99 for up to 5,000, Scale $29.99 for up to 25,000. The other cost is the local plan on the SIM you put in the phone. Twilio charges $0.0599 a message to Brazil, so its bill grows with every message while the textbee plan does not.

How many messages can one phone send?

Roughly 10 to 15 a minute. Consumer SIMs can be filtered when the pattern looks like bulk, so spread the sending out. Additional Android devices on the same account increase the rate.

Do I need consent before texting customers in Brazil?

Yes. ANATEL states that a provider may not send advertising messages without the prior, free and express consent of the consumer, who may cancel receipt at any time, under article 3 of Resolution 632/2014. The data protection law defines consent as a free, informed and unambiguous statement for a specific purpose that the person can revoke at any time.

Sources

  1. SMS rules Brazil, gov.br, checked on September 4, 2026
  2. SMS rules Brazil, planalto.gov.br, checked on September 4, 2026
  3. Sending from a local SIM Brazil, gov.br, checked on September 4, 2026
  4. Twilio SMS pricing, Brazil, checked on September 4, 2026

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