SMS Length Calculator
The Falkon SMS Length Calculator is a completely free tool designed to make SMS messaging smarter. Whether you’re testing campaigns or sending personal messages, it ensures your texts are optimized, correctly encoded, and cost-effective.
How to Use the SMS Length Calculator
Our SMS length calculator is an easy-to-use online tool that helps you understand exactly how your text message will behave before you send it. It shows you the total character count, encoding type, message segmentation, and more to help you stay within the right SMS character limit and avoid extra costs.
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Enter or Paste Your Message
Simply type or paste your message into the text box. As you type, the SMS character counter updates in real time, showing how many characters and segments your text contains.
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02
Check Encoding Type
The tool automatically detects whether your message uses GSM-7 or Unicode encoding.
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This step helps you see if your message will be split into multiple parts.
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03
Review SMS Segments
Under the message box, you’ll see the number of SMS segments your text will use. Long text messages with special symbols are divided into multiple segments, which can affect your total cost when sending bulk SMS.