# Mobile Message review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Prepaid bulk SMS for Australian businesses, with API and email to SMS Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Mobile Message is an Australian bulk SMS service sold on prepaid credits instead of a subscription. It covers bulk sends, an API, email to SMS and automations, with a free virtual number included. The company says messages go directly to Australian mobile carriers. - **Category:** SMS & Chat Marketing - **Made by:** Mobile Message - **Website:** https://mobilemessage.com.au - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you send outside Australia, because the pages don't say it covers other countries. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Mobile Message is a paid product with a free trial, starting at A$20 for 500 credits, prepaid, at 4 cents per SMS. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 50 free SMS credits when you sign up. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 500 credits | A$20 prepaid, never expires, at 4 cents per credit | Minimum purchase. The first purchase is 1.6 cents a credit for 30 days after signup. | | 10,000 credits | A$300 prepaid, never expires, at 3 cents per credit | Marked Best Seller. The first purchase is 1.6 cents a credit, which is A$160. | | 1,000,000 credits | A$20,000 prepaid, never expires, at 2 cents per credit | Largest tier shown; first-purchase pricing of 1.6 cents also applies at any volume. | Read from https://mobilemessage.com.au/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mobile Message before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **1.6 cents per SMS on a first purchase** (Other savings): New accounts pay 1.6 cents a credit at any volume on their first purchase, available for 30 days after signup. Source: https://mobilemessage.com.au/pricing ## Key features - **Bulk SMS and marketing:** Send campaigns to contact lists, with scheduling and contact import. - **SMS API and gateway:** Connect websites and software to send and receive messages through the API. - **Email to SMS:** Trigger texts from an email, useful for order alerts and similar notifications. - **Free dedicated number:** A free dedicated virtual number is listed with the account. - **Auto top-up:** Credits refill automatically when the balance runs low, and it can be switched off any time. ## Good for - Australian businesses that text a few hundred to a few thousand people - Developers who want a low-cost SMS API with prepaid billing - Teams that dislike monthly SMS plans with unused messages ## Worth knowing - Prices are in Australian dollars and exclude GST. - A credit covers one SMS up to 160 characters; longer messages use additional credits. - The 1.6 cent first-purchase rate lasts 30 days from signup. - The company positions itself on Australian delivery; the pages do not say it covers other countries. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Mobile Message sells prepaid SMS credits for Australian businesses, from A$20 for 500 credits, with 50 free credits on sign-up and a free dedicated number. But prices are Australian dollars before GST, the cheap first-purchase rate lasts only 30 days, and the pages don't say it reaches other countries. - **Value for money: C.** A$20 buys 500 credits at 4 cents a text, falling to 2 cents at 1,000,000. The 1.6 cent first-purchase rate lasts 30 days, and prices exclude GST. There's no monthly fee, so it sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 50 free SMS credits on sign-up, no card shown. That's a few texts, not a plan. - **Features: C.** Bulk SMS, an API and gateway, email to SMS, a free dedicated number and auto top-up. It does the sending job and little else. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You top up, send from the web, or wire up the API. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with an API but no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mobile Message's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SMS and chat marketing tools - Mobile Message's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 27 of the 77 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, and level with 19. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/chat-marketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Mobile Message you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** SMS marketing, Business texting, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Cellcast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cellcast): Australian SMS and MMS on prepaid credits, plus monthly Infinity plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cellcast-vs-mobile-message) - [ClickSend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clicksend): Prepaid SMS and MMS sending by app, API or email, with no monthly fee. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clicksend-vs-mobile-message) - [Kudosity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kudosity): Pay-as-you-go SMS, MMS, WhatsApp and RCS platform from Australia. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kudosity-vs-mobile-message) - [SMSGlobal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smsglobal): Pay-as-you-go SMS, WhatsApp and voice messaging with an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mobile-message-vs-smsglobal) - [BulkSMS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bulksms): Prepaid bulk SMS with web platform, API, RCS and incoming numbers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bulksms-vs-mobile-message) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://mobilemessage.com.au/pricing - https://mobilemessage.com.au Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mobile-message Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).