Rent a Phone Number for SMS: Weekly and Monthly Rentals
Renting a phone number makes sense when you'll need the account again — a new login, a password reset or two-factor codes. The number stays yours for the rental period and accepts SMS from any sender.
How it works: phone number rental
Rentals cost more than one-time codes but solve the biggest weakness of temporary numbers: you can't recover an account on a number someone else now owns. Note that not every service offers rentals — Tiger SMS, for example, sells one-time numbers only.
How we picked
- Rental terms and renewal without changing the number
- SMS from any sender
- Price per day and per month
- A refund when no SMS arrives is required to be listed
Best services: phone number rental
HeroSMS
NewHeroSMS presents itself as the continuation of SMS-Activate after that service shut down, citing the same infrastructure, an API, a mobile app and numbers in 180+ countries.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
TextVerified
A US service focused on non-VoIP American numbers for verification, with single-use codes and rentals.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
- Visa & Mastercard
- USDT & crypto
SMSPool
An English-language service with a strong pool of US and UK numbers, rentals and an API.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
- Visa & Mastercard
- Apple Pay & Google Pay
SMS-Man
A long-running service with a large catalog of apps and countries, a mobile app and an API.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
- USDT & crypto
- Visa & Mastercard
OnlineSIM
Focused on reliability and long-term number rentals for repeat logins, plus a page of free public numbers.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
SMSPVA
One of the oldest SMS receiving services, popular with marketers, offering one-time numbers and rentals.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
- Visa & Mastercard
PVAPins
Non-VoIP numbers for one-time codes and rentals, mostly used by English-speaking customers.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- Non-VoIP numbers
- USDT & crypto
- Visa & Mastercard
SMSBower
NewA newer activation service with an API for software and a low entry price.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
Anosim
A European service with numbers on physical SIM cards, mainly German. Useful for platforms that reject virtual numbers.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- Non-VoIP numbers
Hushed
A subscription app that gives you a second US, Canadian or UK number for calls and texts.
- Phone number rental
- Second number apps
- Visa & Mastercard
- Apple Pay & Google Pay
Vak-SMS
A service built mainly for Russian-speaking users, with local payment methods.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- Cheap SMS verification
SimSMS
One of the oldest one-time SMS activation sites. Each number is issued for one service.
- Receive SMS online
- Phone number rental
- SMS verification API
- Payeer, AdvCash & e-wallets
- USDT & crypto
Burner
A US app for disposable calling and texting numbers on a subscription.
- Phone number rental
- Second number apps
- Visa & Mastercard
- Apple Pay & Google Pay
Quackr
FreeA site with free public numbers and paid private rentals.
- Free numbers
- Phone number rental
- PayPal
- Visa & Mastercard
More on keeping your accounts
- Recovering an Account Registered on a Temporary Number — What to do when the number isn't yours anymore.
- Which Country Should Your Virtual Number Be From? — Country affects price, acceptance and access.
Phone number rental: FAQ
Which service is best for a phone number rental?
HeroSMS, TextVerified, SMSPool lead our ranking for this number type; HeroSMS is first.How many services offer a phone number rental?
14 of the 24 services we rated. See the full ranking.
What if the code doesn't arrive?
Cancel the order — a refund for undelivered SMS is required to be listed — and try another number or country. Full checklist.