Every number on WaterSMS is a physical SIM in a physical phone on a US carrier network — not VoIP, not a shared cloud pool. Pull a number, get the code in seconds, or rent the line for as long as you need it.
Numbers live on real handsets with real SIMs. Sites that block VoIP ranges accept them because there is nothing to block.
Inbound SMS is read straight off the device and pushed to your dashboard — no refreshing, no forwarding delay.
If nothing arrives before the hold expires, the charge is reversed to your wallet automatically. Cancel early and it is refunded too.
Per-code pricing below. Rentals hold a number for a fixed window and show you every message it receives.
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A rental gives you the full inbox for that number for the whole window — every sender, every message.
We speak the SMS-Activate protocol, so existing tooling works against WaterSMS with only a URL change. There's a clean JSON API too.