SMS-Activate alternative: where to move your software and numbers

The RelySMS team · Updated October 28, 2026 · 2 min read

SMS-Activate closed at the end of 2025, leaving many people with software built around its API. The SMS-Activate protocol has long been a standard, and RelySMS speaks it — moving over usually means changing the address and the key.

What changed

SMS-Activate announced its closure at the end of 2025, and the windows for withdrawing balances ended in early 2026. If you bought numbers on the website, just pick a new service. If you used the API, your software needs reconfiguring.

Moving over in 5 minutes

1. Sign in to RelySMS with Telegram or email and top up: buying through the API needs at least $20 on the balance.
2. Take your API key in the cabinet: Balance → API.
3. In your software, change the address to https://relysms.pro/stubs/handler_api.php and the key to yours.
4. Check getBalance and getPrices — and you're ready to buy.

https://relysms.pro/stubs/handler_api.php?api_key=YOUR_KEY&action=getBalance
→ ACCESS_BALANCE:25.00

What's compatible

• Methods: getBalance, getNumber and getNumberV2, getStatus, setStatus, getPrices, getCountries, getServicesList, getActiveActivations.
• Service and country codes are the protocol's standard ones: tg is Telegram, wa is WhatsApp, country 187 is the US.
• Statuses: setStatus=3 asks for another code on the same number, 6 finishes the order, 8 cancels it with a refund.
• Answers and errors are the same strings: ACCESS_NUMBER, STATUS_OK, NO_NUMBERS, NO_BALANCE and the rest.

What the protocol never had

For new code there is a REST API: JSON, idempotency keys, batches of up to 20 numbers and signed webhooks — no polling the status every few seconds, the code comes to you.

Money and refunds

• The number is yours for 20 minutes. No code, the money goes back to your balance by itself.
• No code after 2 minutes — take another number for free or cancel the order.
• Telegram starts at ⁦$0.13⁩. Every country and price is in the catalogue, no sign-up needed.

Telegram⁦$0.13⁩+WhatsApp⁦$0.26⁩+Google, Gmail, YouTube⁦$0.08⁩+ChatGPT / OpenAI⁦$0.10⁩+