# SMS Activate - Virtual Phone Numbers for SMS Verification

> SMS Activate provides long-term virtual phone numbers in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, Israel, Puerto Rico and Sweden for secure SMS verification across 70+ platforms. Create a free account and buy numbers on-site with instant code delivery; the Telegram bot @PrivatePhoneBot is an optional extra.

Key facts:
- 99% SMS delivery success on in-stock numbers; codes typically arrive in under 10 seconds (see https://sms-activate.app/success-rate)
- Virtual phone numbers in stock in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, Israel, Puerto Rico and Sweden — live availability and price are shown before purchase
- SMS verification support for 70+ platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, Google, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
- Account-first: create an account at https://sms-activate.app/register, add balance, and buy on-site; the Telegram bot @PrivatePhoneBot is optional
- Live price and availability are shown per country and per service+country page before purchase
- No personal phone number required -- complete privacy protection
- Available in 9 languages: English, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, Portuguese
- Private numbers from $8 per 28-day period; the Number Watcher's first watch is free, then $10/month per extra watch (full machine-readable pricing: https://sms-activate.app/pricing.md)

## Main Pages

- [Home](https://sms-activate.app/): Main landing page with service overview, features, and supported platforms
- [Create Account](https://sms-activate.app/register): Sign up to buy numbers on-site (primary flow)
- [Delivery Success Rate](https://sms-activate.app/success-rate): Public per-service/country SMS delivery success and speed
- [Compare Alternatives](https://sms-activate.app/compare): How SMS Activate compares with other SMS verification services
- [Pricing](https://sms-activate.app/pricing): Pricing for private numbers and the Number Watcher
- [Virtual Phone Numbers](https://sms-activate.app/virtual-phone-numbers): Browse private virtual phone numbers by country for SMS and calls
- [Supported Platforms](https://sms-activate.app/platforms): Full list of 70+ platforms a private number works with
- [Number Watcher](https://sms-activate.app/number-watch): Watch the catalog for a digit pattern or exact number and auto-buy it
- [SMS Receiver](https://sms-activate.app/sms-receiver): Online SMS receiver service for verification codes
- [OTP & Account Registration](https://sms-activate.app/otp): Receive one-time codes and register private accounts on 70+ platforms
- [Developer API](https://sms-activate.app/api): REST API with Bearer keys, OpenAPI spec and a copy-paste LLM agent skill to automate SMS verification
- [Blog](https://sms-activate.app/blog): Guides and tutorials on SMS verification and virtual phone numbers

## Service + country pages (programmatic, live data)

Every supported service can be combined with every country at https://sms-activate.app/numbers/{service}/{country},
each showing live price and availability for that exact combination. Examples:
- [whatsapp in australia](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/whatsapp/australia): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country
- [whatsapp in brazil](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/whatsapp/brazil): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country
- [whatsapp in canada](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/whatsapp/canada): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country
- [whatsapp in china](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/whatsapp/china): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country
- [telegram in australia](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/telegram/australia): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country
- [telegram in brazil](https://sms-activate.app/numbers/telegram/brazil): Live price/availability + how-to for this service & country

## Tools

- [Random Phone Number Generator](https://sms-activate.app/random-phone-number-generator): Generate random phone numbers by country for testing
- [Free SMS Receiver](https://sms-activate.app/free-sms-receiver): Free online SMS receiving service
- [Free Phone Numbers](https://sms-activate.app/free-phone-numbers): Free virtual phone numbers for basic use
- [Temporary Phone Numbers](https://sms-activate.app/temporary-phone-numbers): Short-term disposable phone numbers

## Legal

- [Contact](https://sms-activate.app/contact): Contact form and support channels
- [Terms of Service](https://sms-activate.app/terms): Terms and conditions
- [Privacy Policy](https://sms-activate.app/privacy): Privacy policy and data handling

## Optional

- [Pricing](https://sms-activate.app/pricing.md): Canonical machine-readable pricing feed
- [OpenAPI Spec](https://sms-activate.app/openapi.json): Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the public REST API
- [Agent Skill](https://sms-activate.app/api-skill.md): Copy-paste LLM agent skill (SKILL.md) for the public REST API
- [Telegram Bot](https://t.me/PrivatePhoneBot?start=Special_smsactivateapp): Optional Telegram bot for code delivery (secondary to on-site purchase)