Use Short Message Service on the Alibaba Cloud app-Short Message Service(SMS)-阿里云帮助中心

You can use the Alibaba Cloud app on mobile devices, such as iOS and Android, to log on to the Short Message Service (SMS) console and manage configurations. This topic describes how to perform common operations on the mobile app, such as monitoring SMS data, purchasing subscription resource plans, viewing sending statistics, and configuring security and sending frequency settings.

Prerequisites

The Alibaba Cloud app is installed on your mobile device and you are logged on. For more information, see Log on to an account on the Alibaba Cloud app.
The SMS features on the Alibaba Cloud app focus on business statistics. This guide is intended for users who have already used SMS in the console or by calling an API. For more information, see Quick starts.

Overview of SMS features on the app

Type	Supported on app	Description
Service activation	✅	New users who have not activated SMS can activate the service on the app.
Qualification Management	❌	Requesting SMS qualifications, viewing the qualification list, and other qualification-related operations are not supported on the app. Perform qualification operations on the Qualification Management page in the console.
Signature Management	❌	Requesting SMS signatures, viewing the signature list, and other signature-related operations are not supported on the app. Perform signature operations on the Signature Management page in the console or manage signatures using an API.
Template Management	❌	Requesting SMS templates, viewing the template list, and other template-related operations are not supported on the app. Perform template operations on the Template Management page in the console or manage templates using an API.
Send text messages	❌	Sending text messages in any form is not supported on the app. Send text messages from the console or send text messages using an API.
View data	✅	The app supports the following data viewing and alert features: Resource plan fees: Query the remaining quota of resource plans, set alerts for remaining quota, and purchase resource plans. Sending statistics: View the total number of messages sent today and this month (including the total number of messages sent, the number of successful and failed messages, and the success rate), and set thresholds for the total number of sent messages (including alert thresholds and limits). Security and sending frequency settings: Enable abuse prevention monitoring for verification codes, and set the sending frequency for verification code messages, notification messages, and promotional messages.
View data	❌	The app does not support features such as querying and exporting sending record details, analyzing failure reasons, or log analysis. Perform these operations on the Sending Record and Log Analysis pages in the console.

Logon portal

Use the search box

Open the Alibaba Cloud app and select the Console tab.
In the search box at the top, enter Short Message Service.
From the search results, select the Short Message Service console.

Use the product list

Open the Alibaba Cloud app and select the Console tab.
At the top of the page, select More Consoles to go to the All Consoles page.
On the All Consoles page, select the Enterprise Services & Cloud Communication tab. In the product list, click Short Message Service.

Note
If Short Message Service is not on the Enterprise Services & Cloud Communication tab, find it in My Console or search for it on the home page.

Data overview

The Alibaba Cloud app lets you query data and check the running status of your SMS business on your mobile device anytime and anywhere.

Select Overview. In the section below, view metrics such as alert information, remaining resource plan quota, and sending data.

Resource plan fees

On the Resource plan fees tab, view the remaining quota of your resource plans and set an alert threshold. When the total remaining quota of a resource plan reaches the alert threshold you set, the system sends a message to the app and the contact's mobile phone number.
When a resource plan is nearly depleted and a computer is not available, you can conveniently purchase a new plan using your mobile phone.

Sending statistics

You can view SMS sending data on a monthly or daily basis. The statistics include the total number of messages sent, the number of successful and failed messages, and the success rate.
You can estimate your SMS sending volume based on your business needs and configure daily and monthly alert thresholds and limits for the total sending volume to prevent issues. When the sending volume reaches the alert threshold, the system sends an alert message. When the volume reaches the limit, the system pauses SMS sending. This feature is not supported for digital messages.
The trend chart for SMS sending data shows how the number of sent messages changes over a period of time. You can specify a custom time period.

Security and sending frequency settings

You can configure an abuse threshold for verification codes to enable abuse prevention monitoring and protect the security of your SMS account.
You can configure the maximum number of text messages that can be sent per minute, per hour, and per day to limit the sending frequency and ensure normal SMS operations.