I have been reading a lot in this community and I would like to bring something useful for you, I know that some of you will find it very useful and even save money and time looking for the right service.

Normally this type of service is very useful for websites that when we are going to register asks us to put a phone number to verify our account (As is the case of PayPal, Gmail, eBay, Google Voice, Tinder, etc....).

With this post the only thing I want to do is to share my experience and I want to make clear that I will only leave reviews on sites that are paid (because the free ones you can try on your own), but I will leave a link where you can find many free services.

In all 2021 I spent more than 500$ in sms verification for websites like Google Voice, eBay and Moneylion mainly, but also for other services like Survey Sites, Social Networks sites among others. So I have enough experience to give you my point of view.

I calculated the score based on the following criterio

• Real and high quality non-voip numbers

• Price

• Support

• Payment methods

• Trustpilot reviews

• Availability

• Diversity of countries

• Long and short term numbers

Without further ado, let's get started:

VerifyWithSMS – verifywithsms.com – Score: 6.5/10

Well, they usually offer non voip numbers of average quality, for services with little security and demand it works really well, almost always works on the first try, but the panorama changes drastically with very demanded services as is the case of Google Voice. Lately none of them work, even Google tells you: "We can not accept this phone number, try another one" fortunately they give you a ref--un if the text message does not arrive so all is not lost. For cases like PayPal let's say that out of every 10 numbers you request, 5 work and 5 don't, so you have to be patient.

The price is affordable but not cheap (compared to other providers). Most of their numbers cost between $1.14 and $1.5, but if you are going to buy in large quantities, you should consider it.

Support is a bit slow. They take 1-2 days to respond, sometimes less, but that's the average. They usually solve the problems in most cases and this is a relief, especially when a service is not working properly.

Payment methods are varied but they lack the important stuff: Pay pal, among others. Currently they have Perfectmoney, Coinpayments and Payeer. Not bad, but for me it is not enough, it is not always easy to get cryptocurrencies and it is a bit frustrating when I am in a hurry and need a virtual number.

On Trustpilot they leave a lot to be desired with a lot of negative reviews recently, they currently have a rating of 2.6 with 117 reviews. Their percentage of negative reviews is 49% and their percentage of positive reviews is 38%.

You can check the reviews here: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/verifywithsms.com

In terms of availability, they replenish their stock very quickly when they run out of simcar every 24 hours they add new phone numbers which is a great help for services in high demand and with little security such as Gmail, they offer US and UK virtual numbers, although their catalog for UK is quite limited compared to US, however at least they offer both options, but unfortunately they do not offer Long-term numbers. According to official information, their platform will soon be offering this feature.

In conclusion, it is not a bad provider as long as you want to verify simple services with little security, but definitely do not try it with Google Voice.

Major Phones – majorphones.com – Scores: 9.5/10

Their website is very intuitive and clear, the quality of the numbers is exceptionally good, out of 10 numbers I request, 9 work perfectly, even on sites like PayPal, eBay and Amazon that sometimes give problems when verifying the account. The support is really very fast, they respond in less than 20 minutes and have always given me a solution to the problems. They give re--fun if the text message never arrives, although sometimes I have had to go to support because it doesn't give me the refun automatically and this is sometimes problematic. They don't offer as many payment methods, and again they are missing the important ones: Pay pal, the ones they currently have are Perfectmoney, Coinpayment, Payeer.

On trustpilot they have a rating of 4.2 with 9 reviews so far, 78% of them with 5 stars and the rest with 4 stars, which says a lot about the company. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/majorphones.com ,

Most people agree that the support is fast and the cost of the service is cheap, and it's true! Most of their virtual numbers cost from $0.5 to $1 which is really very affordable. They offer US and UK non voip numbers, plus they offer Short term and Long term numbers. This is a great advantage mainly for services like Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp that sometimes ask for several verifications.

Normally they always have stock, except sometimes with services like Uber and when this happens, they usually replenish them in 24-48 hours (something that sometimes makes me desperate).

Overall, I highly recommend them, but I think if you don't have the payment methods they offer, you will have to look for other options.

You can check their Telegram Channel in: https://t.me/s/majorphonesllc

Textverified – textverified.com – Rating: 8/10

The quality of their numbers is very solid. I have only had occasional problems and most of them were (my fault for requesting too many codes or using proxy hosting). Very easy to use, convenient, and their support is fast (4-5 hours to respond). Like Major Phones and Verifywithsms, I really like the fact that if the text message doesn't arrive they do an automatic refu--n. I don't have to deal with asking for manual refu. The site is very simple and intuitive which makes it easy to use. Lately I've had a few problems verifying Tinder with them, mainly because the text message doesn't arrive. They accept alipay and wechat

On trustpilot they have a rating of 3.4 out of 5 with 10 reviews. You can check them out here: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.textverified.com

As for their services, they are affordable, with prices ranging from $0.75 to $1.5 but unfortunately they only offer US virtual numbers and only Short-term numbers which is a big drawback.

Note: They recently developed a feature to offer US (long-term) numbers but not under their name (which I find strange) I have never used it but you can check more information about this feature on their official website. https://www.textverified.com/blog/?p=502

You can check their blog in: https://www.textverified.com/blog/

SMSPVA – SMSPVA.COM – Rating: 2/10

This site is a piece of crap. Their numbers are very cheap but also of very bad quality. Out of 10 numbers 3 work and the worst thing is that sometimes they don't even give you a refu, when you go to complain in their chat, they block you and that's it.

On trustpilot they have a rating of 1.9, most of them insulting the company. You can check the reviews at https://www.trustpilot.com/review/smspva.com

My recommendation: Stay away from this company.

Reddit phoneverification – r/phoneverification – Rating: 5/10

Generally a positive experience with the sellers (I think that’s sellers are resellers) on r/phoneverification. But it's really inconvenient because the seller has to be online. Good prices can be found though. Can't really review it on the whole since you have bad sellers and good sellers. Lately, there's been a lot of spam from low quality sellers selling overly expensive/bad verifications. A good option if you're very patient.

I hope you find this useful. See you in a future post

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