SMS pricing in Switzerland
SMS to Switzerland costs from $0.084 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Swisscom, Sunrise, Salt); sender IDs (OFCOM-CH): Free-form.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator OFCOM-CH
How much does SMS to Switzerland cost?
SMS to Switzerland costs from $0.084 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and OFCOM-CH-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (EUR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Swisscom Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0812 per SMS · $ 0.0882 USD | — |
Sunrise Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0793 per SMS · $ 0.0862 USD | — |
Salt Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0773 per SMS · $ 0.0840 USD | — |
- Alphanumeric sender IDs allowed without formal registration.
- German, French, Italian all supported.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Switzerland: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Switzerland coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM-CH) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Swisscom, Sunrise, Salt |
| Sender-ID lead time | Free-form |
| Typical OTP latency | 2.4 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 11M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +41 · 228 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | EUR · USD · CHF |
| Published SMS band | EUR 0.07 – 0.10 |
SMS to Switzerland: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Switzerland, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Switzerland?
How do I get test access for Switzerland?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (EUR per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | € 0.0773$ 0.0840 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | € 0.0680$ 0.0739 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | € 0.0572$ 0.0622 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | € 0.0464$ 0.0504 USD |
More on Switzerland
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Switzerland on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production. Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'