Managing SMS credits and enabling automatic re-crediting
Find out how to manage your OVHcloud SMS credits
Find out how to manage your OVHcloud SMS credits
Last updated 9th February 2023
The purpose of this guide is to explain what SMS credits are, how to set up automatic re-crediting, and how to transfer credits between your SMS accounts.
Telecom
section, then SMS
.0.8 SMS credit is the cost for sending 1 SMS message in Ireland. The price is degressive depending on the number of SMS credits you buy at once.
You can view the list of SMS packs here.
E.g. to purchase a pack of 100 SMS credits, each credit costs 0.048 €
Sending 1 SMS message in Ireland costs 0.8 credit. With this pack, you can send 125 SMS messages in Ireland.
Sending 1 SMS message in India costs 0.4 credit. With this pack, you can send 250 SMS messages in India.
On this webpage, you can view the price in credits for sending SMS messages, depending on their destination.
An SMS message can only contain a limited number of characters, depending on its encoding. The details on encoding and valid characters is available in the following guide:
To ensure that you are never short of credit on your account, you can enable automatic re-crediting. Once a minimum threshold of remaining credit has been reached, a new number of credits is automatically added to your SMS account.
The automatic re-crediting option can only be enabled if the following conditions are met:
To enable automatic re-crediting, log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel, then go to the Telecom
tab. Next, click on the SMS
section in the services bar. Choose the SMS account you would like to enable automatic re-credit for.
Go to the Options
menu (1), then Automatic re-credit
(2).
Then click Edit
in the “Manage options” section.
Finally, fill in the required fields.
Confirm
to apply the settings.SMS credits can only be transferred between SMS accounts within the same OVHcloud account. Credits cannot be transferred between two different OVHcloud accounts.
In your OVHcloud Control Panel, choose one of your SMS accounts and click Transfer Credits
from the Home
tab.
Then choose:
Click Send
to execute the transfer. This one is immediate.
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