textbee Logotextbee.dev
Plans from $9.99/mo.View Plans

SMS gateway for Poland: send SMS from your own Polish number

Published and updated

Put a SIM from Poland in an Android phone, install textbee, and every API call sends a real SMS from that +48 number. Recipients see a local number they can reply to. textbee is $9.99 a month for up to 5,000 messages, and the SIM keeps its own carrier plan.

How it works with a local SIM

  1. Put a Poland 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 Poland, cloud providers and a local SIM against textbee plans
Provider1K messages5K messages25K messages
Twilio$46.85$45.70 messages, $1.15 number$229.65$228.50 messages, $1.15 number$1,143.65$1,142.50 messages, $1.15 number
Orange Flex 75 GB, calls, SMS and MMS without limit in Poland ("rozmowy, SMS-y i MMS-y bez limitu")$9.13PLN 35 per month$9.13PLN 35 per month$9.13PLN 35 per month
textbee$9.99Pro plan, up to 5,000 messages included$9.99Pro 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 23, 2026

The textbee plan is the platform fee and the SIM plan is what the carrier charges for the messages, so a local setup costs the plan price plus the SIM.

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": ["+48512345678"], "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 Poland numbers

The API takes E.164, which for Poland looks like +48512345678, 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.

Frequently asked questions

Does textbee work in Poland?

Yes. Any Android phone with a Polish SIM that can send SMS runs the textbee app. The app sends through that SIM, and the REST API drives it from your own code.

What number do recipients see?

The Polish mobile number of the SIM, so a reply goes straight back to it. Your code reads replies from a webhook or GET /gateway/messages. A phone has no way to present an alphanumeric sender name, so recipients always see a number they can answer.

What does it cost to send SMS in Poland?

The textbee plan is flat: Free for 300 messages a month, Pro $9.99 for up to 5,000, Scale $29.99 for up to 25,000. Orange Flex lists 75 GB with calls, SMS and MMS without limit in Poland at PLN 35 a month. Twilio charges $0.0457 a message to Poland.

How many messages can one phone send?

Roughly 10 to 15 messages a minute from one device. Carriers can filter bulk patterns on a consumer SIM, so keep sends paced rather than firing a whole list at once. Connect more Android phones to the same account to raise the ceiling.

Sources

  1. Orange Flex 75 GB, calls, SMS and MMS without limit in Poland ("rozmowy, SMS-y i MMS-y bez limitu"), checked on September 23, 2026
  2. Twilio SMS pricing, Poland, checked on September 23, 2026

Read next