Charges

In what state will the text message service fee be charged?

Service fees are charged when the messages are passed to SMS carriers or CPaaS Providers, regardless of whether the messages are successfully sent to Recipients or not.

SMS Character Limit

Botion SMS uses GSM-7 character set to determine SMS character limit. For messages encoded using the GSM-7 character set, the character limit is 153 characters; For messages not encoded with GSM-7, it is 67 characters. A large message containing over 153 characters or 67 characters will be split into individual SMS messages, also known as segments, and recreated at the receiving end.

Messages encoded using the GSM-7 character set

One text message can contain a maximum of 153 characters, including spaces. For messages exceeding 153 characters, the content will be broken down into chunks, with each chunk containing a maximum of 153 characters.

Example

If you send an English text message containing 500 characters, including spaces, then your message will be broken into chunks of 153 characters. So, in total, you will send three messages of 153 characters and one message of 41 characters.

Messages not encoded with GSM-7 character set

One text message can contain a maximum of 67 characters, including spaces. For messages exceeding 67 characters, the content will be broken down into chunks, with each chunk containing a maximum of 67 characters.

Example

If you send a non-English text message containing 200 characters, including spaces, then your message will be broken down into chunks of 67 characters. So, in total, you will send two messages of 67 characters and one message of 66 characters.