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BulkSMS.com

BulkSMS

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

19 Reviews Write a Review

What is BulkSMS?

BulkSMS is a SMS messaging service provider offering two-way SMS communication services straight from your internet enabled device. The BulkSMS gateway reaches across borders and connects to over 800 mobile network operators world-wide.

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BulkSMS Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love BulkSMS?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Text Messaging

Application Integration

Scheduled Messaging

Communication Archive

Social Media Marketing Management

Surveys Feedback

Mobile Marketing Management

Opt-in

Marketing Analytics

Loyalty Promotions Management

Mobile Payments

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

BulkSMS Reviews

Jayendra P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2023

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates BulkSMS from other similar products?

Global coverage: BulkSMS has direct connections with more than 800 mobile network operators in over 200 countries, giving businesses the ability to reach customers virtually anywhere in the world. Easy-to-use platform: The BulkSMS platform is user-friendly and straightforward, making it easy for businesses of all sizes to create, send, and track their SMS marketing campaigns.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

High open and response rates: SMS messages have an incredibly high open rate (98%) and response rate (45%), making it an effective way to reach and engage with customers. Cost-effective: SMS marketing is relatively low-cost compared to other forms of marketing, making it an accessible option for small and medium-sized businesses.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited messaging options: While SMS is an effective way to reach customers, it may not be the most suitable or effective channel for all types of messages or campaigns.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Understand your audience: Before using BulkSMS, make sure you have a clear understanding of your target audience and their communication preferences. SMS may not be the most effective channel for all audiences or types of messages. Set clear goals: Determine what you want to achieve with your SMS marketing campaigns and set clear goals and metrics to measure success. Plan your campaigns: Plan your campaigns in advance, including message content, timing, and frequency. This will help ensure that your messages are relevant, timely, and effective.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Caring
Saves Time

Ondřej W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Let your customers know via SMS!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BulkSMS from other similar products?

I bet there are dozens of applications that provides SMS marketing or automatization, but we use only BulkSMS. We use it mainly toto interact and inform customers about their orders being prepared or ready to get picked up. We have a custom API modul connected to our e-shop platform and it just works perceftly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Mainly that it does what is says for a cheap price. It delivers SMS that we need with no problems, easy to use administration, cool statistics and it just works!

What do you dislike most about this product?

Once you hit zero credits, it wont send any SMS, we had a few times misscomunication and we forgot to top up the credit and after 3-5 days we did it and every SMS that was in not sent was afterwards sent all at once which was a bit confusing for customers, but we added more emails and phone numbers to get noticed before it runs out again and its looks good so far

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a cheap, reliable, easy to use SMS app, give this a chance :)

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Altruistic

Peter d.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Easy to use, good value, very helpful.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates BulkSMS from other similar products?

Readily available and cost-effective.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use, allows grouping, not too expensive.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No customisation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Work out how to upload your spreadsheets, to make life easy.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

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BulkSMS Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love BulkSMS?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Text Messaging The capability to send messages by SMS in addition to email.

Application Integration Includes functional and data integration with common applications such as CRM, CSM, ERP, email, etc.

Scheduled Messaging Scheduling of one-time, multiple, or repeated messaging.

Communication Archive Includes complete conversation or thread archiving capabilities for historical reporting, investigation, audit, and compliance purposes.

Social Media Marketing Management Ability to push content and pull leads from popular social media networks and manage social properties; aggregate and analyze social data for trend reporting.

Surveys Feedback Enables surveys/feedback forms to be sent to customers​

Mobile Marketing Management Includes ability to manage SMS, mobile application marketing, and push notifications on a variety of end user devices.

Opt-in Provides an opt-in option for potential subscribers.

Marketing Analytics Predictive analytics, machine learning, data ingestion and visualization; data segmentation; assign attributes to unstructured data; work from segmented data.

Loyalty Promotions Management The solution has a comprehensive loyalty module that also supports both fixed and real-time promotions, impacting pricing or product availability

Mobile Payments The ability to process mobile payments from a mobile wallet or other mobile phone payment app

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

BulkSMS Reviews

Jayendra P.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ondřej W.

Let your customers know via SMS!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Peter d.

Easy to use, good value, very helpful.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Text Messaging

Application Integration

Scheduled Messaging

Communication Archive

Social Media Marketing Management

Surveys Feedback

Mobile Marketing Management

Opt-in

Marketing Analytics

Loyalty Promotions Management

Mobile Payments

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization