SMS-Activate alternatives now that it has closed

What SMS-Activate’s closing notice says

The notice on sms-activate.org, in Russian, says the service is closed and fully stopped operating from 22 December. It doesn’t print the year; a BitBrowser news article dated January 19, 2026 places the announcement in late December 2025.

• Balances. Withdrawals were available until 5 February, and the notice now says there is no longer anyone to process requests.
• The successor. SMS-Activate says it handed its technologies to the HeroSMS team and recommends trying it.
• The name. SMS-Activate says its name leaves with it, and that any service calling itself SMS-Activate now is a scam. We don’t link to any site using the name.

Where former SMS-Activate users can go

The first three sell numbers per code in many countries. Prices as each site showed them on November 13, 2026.

1. HeroSMS

   Google from $0.0062 (country not stated)

   Former users who want the successor SMS-Activate named

   HeroSMS describes itself as powered by SMS-Activate’s technical infrastructure. It sells activations for one-time codes, usable from 20 minutes, in 180+ countries, and a “full rent” option for longer use. It has an API, verification by call and voice bot, and discount levels that rise with your top-ups. A code that doesn’t arrive is refunded to your balance.

   The catch: You top up a balance before buying, and we couldn’t confirm its US prices or its payment methods from its public pages.

2. 5sim

   US Google 0.3846 per activation

   Per-activation numbers in about 180 countries, with a public price list

   5sim sells one number per activation, from $0.008, and publishes its prices and a success rate for each supplier through a public price list. On the day we checked, a US Google activation was 0.3846 (the list has no currency field; the site shows dollars). A code that doesn’t arrive is refunded automatically.

   The catch: Numbers last 10 to 20 minutes, and 5sim says longer periods are unavailable.

3. SMSPool

   US Telegram 0.65 to 1.33 per order

   Per-code numbers in 150+ countries, topped up by card or crypto

   SMSPool takes card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and iDEAL through Stripe, plus crypto, and shows a success rate for each service before you buy. Its prices carry no currency symbol; the deposit box is in US dollars. One-off numbers stay from 20 minutes to a few days, and there are monthly rentals.

   The catch: WhatsApp can’t be ordered at the moment, and SMSPool blocks some services, including Discord, financial services and crypto exchanges.

4. VerifyWith

   $3.99 for 1 day to $34.99 for 1 year

   One US number for your own accounts, kept for days or longer

   We don’t sell codes one at a time. You rent one non-VoIP US number for a day, a week, a month or a year, and every text sent to it arrives. That suits a former SMS-Activate user who needed US numbers for their own accounts and wants the number to still be there at the next sign-in, or a developer testing their own sign-up through our API.

   The catch: US only, no per-code price, no voice codes. Each account can get only a limited number of numbers: the service is for one person’s own accounts.

   Get a VerifyWith number

Questions people ask

Is SMS-Activate still working?

No. Its site says the service is closed and fully stopped operating from 22 December. A January 2026 news report places that in December 2025.

Can I still withdraw my SMS-Activate balance?

SMS-Activate’s notice says withdrawals were available until 5 February and that there is no longer anyone to process requests.

Is HeroSMS the same company as SMS-Activate?

SMS-Activate says it handed its technologies to the HeroSMS team, and HeroSMS says it is powered by SMS-Activate’s technical infrastructure. We could not confirm anything about their relationship beyond that handover.

Are the sites called SMS-Activate today genuine?

SMS-Activate’s own notice says its name left with it, and that any service now calling itself SMS-Activate is a scam.