# SMS's - whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS's to/from a Ruby on Rails application?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281 "2008-04-09T14:09:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281/1 "2008-04-09T14:09:35Z")

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Hi,

Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS’s to/from a Ruby on Rails  
application? I’m assuming this might be a company that has a  
value-for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send,  
and  
receive SMS’s?

Thakns

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281/2 "2008-04-09T14:23:43Z")

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On 09 Apr 2008, at 14:06, Greg H. wrote:

> Whats the cheapest way to send/receive SMS’s to/from a Ruby on Rails  
> application? I’m assuming this might be a company that has a value-  
> for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send, and  
> receive SMS’s?

Depends on where you live, where you want to send SMSs to and the  
volume you expect to send. Just google for “sms gateway” and quite a  
few will pop up. You’ll have to choose what method of interfacing  
you’d like to use (e-mail sms sending/receiving, xml/webservice api,  
…) and then compare prices yourself, maybe even try to negotiate a  
better deal if the total monthly SMS volume is very large.

There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a  
bit harder: [http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms\_fu](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu)  
Don’t know what service is uses.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281/3 "2008-04-09T16:03:32Z")

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Or you can so it for free with SMS fu.

[http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send-text-messages-from-rails-with-sms-fu](http://brendanlim.com/2008/2/28/send-text-messages-from-rails-with-sms-fu)

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281/4 "2008-04-09T22:31:52Z")

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Thanks,

I’m in Australia actually, so it seems SMS Fu won’t help here at the  
moment  
from what I read. Is this correct?

Regards  
Greg

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:02 AM, randomutterings… \<

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smss-whats-the-cheapest-way-to-send-receive-smss-to-from-a-ruby-on-rails-application/134281/5 "2008-04-10T10:33:30Z")

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Indeed, in the US there are still a few free services, but as soon as  
you venture into Europe or Australia or you want to receive SMSs and  
send them with the certainty of arriving in time, you need to use a  
commercial gateway. Google around for “sms gateway  
\<name\_of\_australian\_providers\>” and see which one delivers the best  
service for you.

On 09 Apr 2008, at 22:31, Greg H. wrote:

> > > for-money means of interfacing to from Rails as a means to send,  
> > > There is a plugin for sending them, receiving SMSs is always quite a  
> > > bit harder:[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms\_fu](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/sms_fu)  
> > > Don’t know what service is uses.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt