Most people who land here typed "smspva" into a search box. If you were looking for the SMSPVA website itself: it is still online. We checked it on 3 September 2026 and it is trading normally. This is not a page telling you it has gone away.
What this page is: an independent comparison, written by a competing service and labelled as such, for the moment when you are deciding which SMS-verification provider to put money into. Three of the names that still appear on other comparison lists cannot take your money any more, and that is worth knowing before you deposit anywhere.
Quick answer
- SMSPVA is operating. Verified on its own site, 3 September 2026.
- It lists 60 countries and states it does not serve clients from the Russian Federation.
- SMS-Activate closed in December 2025 and DaisySMS closed in March 2026. GoGetSMS has been seized by law enforcement. All three still appear on older "best alternative" lists.
- Country coverage is the axis providers differ on most. Prices for a given service in a given country differ far less than the marketing suggests.
- PvaPins lists 223 countries and 8,892 services, with cell prices from $0.10. You can check every price before creating an account.
Is SMSPVA still online?
Yes. We fetched smspva.com on 3 September 2026 and it returned a working site with a live catalogue. If you are getting an error, a blank page or a login screen that will not accept your details, that is a problem between you and their service, and their support is the right place for it. We have no visibility into anyone else's accounts and cannot recover a balance held somewhere else.
Two things SMSPVA publishes about itself are worth knowing before you compare it with anyone:
- It lists 60 countries. That is a deliberately narrower catalogue than the providers advertising 180 or 200-plus.
- It states that it does not serve clients from the Russian Federation. If that applies to you, it is a hard blocker rather than a preference.
Which providers are actually still running
This is the part most comparison pages get wrong, because they were written before the closures and never revisited. We checked each provider's own website on 3 September 2026.
| Service | Status | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| SMSPVA | Operating | Live site and catalogue. Lists 60 countries; does not serve clients from the Russian Federation. |
| SMS-Activate | Closed | Serves a closure notice in English, Russian and Chinese: "We have completely ceased our operation since December 22." Withdrawals ended 5 February 2026. |
| DaisySMS | Closed | Publishes a shutdown timeline ending "Mar 26, 2026. Site shut down." |
| GoGetSMS | Domain seized | The domain now serves a law-enforcement seizure notice for a coordinated international operation, referring visitors to Eurojust. |
| Hero-SMS | Operating | Named in SMS-Activate's own closure notice as the team it handed its technology to. |
| 5SIM | Operating | Lists 180 countries on its site. |
| Tiger SMS | Operating | Advertises 260 "countries" — see the note on country counts below. |
| OnlineSim | Operating | Lists around 110 countries and sells rentals as well as one-time numbers. |
| SMS-Man, SMSHub, GrizzlySMS | Operating | All three sites are live and actively defended against automated checks. |
| PvaPins | Operating | This site. 223 countries and 8,892 services live at the time of writing. |
If you are reading an SMSPVA comparison that still lists SMS-Activate, DaisySMS or GoGetSMS as live options, it has not been updated in at least six months. Check the date on anything you are about to act on.
SMSPVA and the alternatives, side by side
Country counts below are the figures each provider publishes about itself, not our measurement of them. The one exception is our own row, which comes from a live query against our catalogue. Treat the column as a rough guide to breadth and nothing more.
| Service | Countries listed | One-time numbers | Rentals | Public API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMSPVA | 60 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 5SIM | 180 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OnlineSim | ~110 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tiger SMS | 260 (claimed) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hero-SMS | Not published | Yes | Yes | |
| PvaPins | 223 (measured) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Why the country numbers are not comparable. A provider counts a country as "covered" if it has ever had a number there for any service. That is not the same as having a number available for your service today. A catalogue of 260 countries and one of 60 can offer identical odds on a Germany WhatsApp number on a Tuesday afternoon. Use the count to rule out providers that clearly do not reach your region, then check the specific country and service you actually need.
Why some cells are blank. Where we could not confirm something from a provider's own published material, we left it empty rather than guessing. A blank cell means "we did not verify this", not "no".
What to compare before you switch
Six things decide whether a provider works for you. Price is on the list, but it is not first.
- Does it have your exact country and service? Not "does it cover India" — does it have a number for the specific app you are verifying, right now. Every provider's catalogue has holes, and the holes move.
- Can you see prices before you deposit? Some providers require a funded account before showing you a single rate. That makes comparison shopping impossible by design.
- What happens when a code does not arrive? Read the refund terms before you need them, not after. This is the single biggest source of complaints across every provider in this market, ours included.
- One-time or rental? A one-time number receives a code and is gone. A rental keeps the same number for a period, which is what you need if the account will ask you to re-verify later. Buying the wrong shape is a common and avoidable waste.
- Is there an API you can read? If you are automating, documentation quality matters more than the feature list.
- How do you pay, and can you get money out? Crypto-only providers are normal in this market. The relevant question is what happens to an unspent balance if you stop using the service — a question SMS-Activate's customers had roughly six weeks to answer.
Where PvaPins fits
We run one of the services on this page, so treat this section as what it is. Here are the figures, all of them checkable against the site itself:
- 223 countries and 8,892 services live in the catalogue.
- Cell prices from $0.10. The average cell is $0.68, and 383,549 of 518,228 price cells are $0.50 or less.
- Both product shapes: one-time activations and rentals.
- A public REST API, a web dashboard and an Android app on Google Play.
- Crypto and card top-ups.
- Prices are public. You do not need to sign up or deposit anything to look — the catalogue and its prices are on the site for anyone.
What we will not tell you is how often a code arrives, because any number we published would be an average across thousands of routes and would not predict your route. Every provider quoting you a delivery percentage is doing exactly that. Test a cheap number on the country and service you care about before you commit a budget to it — with us or with anyone else.
How this market actually works
Almost every service on this page, including ours, is a reseller. The numbers come from a smaller set of upstream operators, and several providers you would compare as competitors are quietly buying from the same supplier. This has two consequences worth knowing:
- When a country or service goes bad, it often goes bad everywhere at once. Switching providers does not always help, because the problem is upstream of both of you.
- Price differences on a given cell are usually margin, not access. Nobody has a secret cheap route to Germany.
This is also why "we have 260 countries" is a weaker claim than it sounds. It largely describes which wholesalers a provider has integrated, not what is in stock.
A warning about lookalikes
When a well-known service closes, sites appear using its name. SMS-Activate's own farewell notice is blunt about this: "Our name goes away with us. If you find a service called SMS-Activate, then be sure they are scammers." The same pattern follows any recognisable brand in this market. If a site you have not used before asks for a deposit, check the domain carefully and start with the smallest amount it will accept.
Key points
- SMSPVA is online and trading as of 3 September 2026. Nobody needs to switch away from it because it has closed, because it has not.
- SMS-Activate, DaisySMS and GoGetSMS are all unavailable, and older comparison pages still recommend them.
- Published country counts measure integrations, not stock. Check your specific country and service.
- Decide between a one-time number and a rental before you buy — they solve different problems.
- Read the refund terms before a code fails, and test small before you commit a budget anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Is SMSPVA still working in 2026?
Yes. We checked smspva.com on 3 September 2026 and it was online and trading normally, with a live catalogue.
Why can I not log in to SMSPVA?
We have no visibility into another provider's accounts, so we cannot answer that or recover a balance held there. Their own support is the only route. The site itself was up and responding when we checked it on 3 September 2026, so a login problem is not a site-wide outage.
How many countries does SMSPVA cover?
It lists 60 countries on its own site, and states that it does not serve clients from the Russian Federation. That is a narrower catalogue than several competitors, though a published count says nothing about whether a specific number is in stock today.
What is the best SMSPVA alternative?
There is no single answer, because it depends on the country and service you need. 5SIM, OnlineSim, Tiger SMS, Hero-SMS and PvaPins are all operating as of 3 September 2026. Check your exact country and service on two or three of them rather than trusting any ranked list, including this one.
Which SMS verification services have closed?
SMS-Activate closed on 22 December 2025 and ended withdrawals on 5 February 2026. DaisySMS closed on 26 March 2026. The GoGetSMS domain has been seized by law enforcement. All three are still recommended on comparison pages written before those dates.
How much does a verification number cost?
On PvaPins, cell prices start at $0.10 and the average is $0.68, with 383,549 of 518,228 price cells at $0.50 or less. Prices vary by country and by service, and every provider prices the same way, so a headline "from" figure tells you very little until you check your own combination.
Should I buy a one-time number or rent one?
Buy a one-time number if you need a single code and will never touch the account again. Rent if the account will ask you to verify a second time later, because a one-time number is gone as soon as it has delivered. Buying the wrong shape is the most common avoidable mistake in this market.
Do I need an account to see prices on PvaPins?
No. The catalogue and its prices are public. You do not need to sign up or deposit anything to look, which also means you can price your exact country and service against another provider before committing to either.
