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SMS Partner Make integrationAutomate SMS Partner with Make.

Need a text message to go out the moment something happens in another tool? The SMS Partner Make integration gives you 2 action modules, one to send an SMS and one to call the API. This page is for ops and marketing teams, and it walks you from connection to a live first scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the SMS Partner Make integration do for you?

The SMS Partner Make integration lets a Make scenario, the automation you build as a chain of modules, send text messages through your SMS Partner account. SMS Partner itself does not start anything: another app or a schedule kicks off the scenario, and SMS Partner delivers the message at the end.

Order confirmations without copy and paste. An online shop records a sale, its trigger starts the scenario, and Send an SMS texts the buyer with the details pulled from the order. The customer gets a confirmation, and nobody on the team types it.

Alerts for sales reps on fresh leads. A new contact lands in your CRM, and Make texts the rep who owns the territory. The lead gets a call while the interest is still warm.

Offers that follow your product data. When a product row changes in a database or a spreadsheet, Make can send a short promotional message to the list you choose.

What Make does not give you here: the documentation for SMS Partner is thin, Make itself flags it as limited, and there is no trigger to react to replies or delivery reports. When the listed modules fall short, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the SMS Partner API with the same connection. If you are still weighing the platform, read the Make review and the n8n vs Make comparison, then check Make pricing before you scale your sending.

Connect

How do you connect SMS Partner to Make?

  1. 01

    Add an SMS Partner module

    In your scenario, click the +, search for SMS Partner and pick Send an SMS. Then click Create a connection. A connection is your SMS Partner account linked to Make once and reused by every SMS Partner module afterwards.

  2. 02

    Name the connection

    Give the connection a name you will recognize later, such as the brand or the client it sends for. This step is optional, but it helps a lot when several SMS Partner accounts live in the same Make organization.

  3. 03

    Authorize and save

    Make then asks you either to authorize it on the SMS Partner page or to paste the key that SMS Partner gives you, depending on how the app signs in. Complete that step and click Save. The module is now ready to fill in.

First scenario

Your first scenario with SMS Partner

GoalWhen a new order arrives in your online store, Make sends the buyer a confirmation text through SMS Partner.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. The first module comes from your store app, because SMS Partner has no trigger of its own.

  2. 02

    Set the store trigger

    Pick the store module that watches new orders and connect that account. Each order becomes a bundle, one item passed from one module to the next.

  3. 03

    Add Send an SMS

    Click the + on the right of the store module, search for SMS Partner and choose Send an SMS. Create the connection, then map the phone number and order details from the previous module.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Place a test order with your own number, then click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time and shows the bundle each module received, so you can read exactly what was sent.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch it on

    Open the clock on the first module. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default. Adjust it to your plan, then switch the scenario on.

Modules

What SMS Partner can do in Make

SMS Partner gives you 2 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

SMS Partner1

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

This module reaches any endpoint of the SMS Partner API through the connection you already set up, so you are not stuck with the single sending module. It is the way to cover what the listed modules leave out.

When to use it
you need an SMS Partner feature that Send an SMS does not offer, and you are comfortable reading the SMS Partner API reference.
Watch out
each call counts as one operation, and Make gives no ready form here, so you build the request yourself.
SMS Partner2

Send an SMS

Action

In Make“Send an SMS automatically.”

Here is the module that puts a text on a phone: it sends an SMS from your SMS Partner account using data mapped from earlier modules. Most scenarios with this app end on it.

When to use it
a sale, a new lead or a changed record in another app should reach a customer or a colleague as a text message.
Watch out
every bundle that reaches it sends one message, so a test on real data texts real people. While you build, map your own number as the recipient.
Need help

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FAQ

SMS Partner and Make: common questions

01Is the SMS Partner Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. SMS Partner is a standard app, so it is available from the Free plan, which allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs and 5 minutes of execution per run. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) bring the interval down to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. Make counts usage in operations, one execution of one module on one bundle, so each text sent uses at least one. Your SMS Partner account and what it charges for messages are a separate matter this page does not cover.
02What do you need to connect SMS Partner to Make?
An SMS Partner account and a Make account. The Make documentation lists no prerequisite for this app and no specific connection steps, so the generic flow applies: add an SMS Partner module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, then either authorize Make on the SMS Partner page or paste the key SMS Partner provides, and click Save. Make itself describes its SMS Partner documentation as limited, so if the dialog asks for something unexpected, look for it in your SMS Partner account first: that is the likeliest place.
03Does SMS Partner trigger a Make scenario in real time?
No, because SMS Partner has no trigger module in Make. Both of its modules are actions, so something else has to start the scenario. You can open the flow on an instant trigger from another app, which that app fires through a webhook as soon as an event happens, and let Send an SMS follow it. Or you can start from the scenario schedule, which runs every 15 minutes by default on a new scenario and can go down to 1 minute on paid plans.
04What if a module you need is missing from the SMS Partner Make integration?
Use Make an API Call. It is listed for SMS Partner and lets the scenario call any endpoint of the SMS Partner API with the connection you already created, so you are not limited to Send an SMS. The trade off is that you build the request yourself from the SMS Partner API reference. Keep in mind that Make flags the documentation for this app as limited, which means the listed modules are the only part Make describes, and anything else goes through that API module.
05Should you use Make or n8n for SMS Partner?
It depends on your criteria, and this page only speaks to the Make side. In Make, SMS Partner offers 2 action modules, a guided connection and Make an API Call for the rest, and it runs from the Free plan. Whether n8n has a node for SMS Partner is not something this page can confirm, so check that first. If both tools cover what you need, compare the editor, the plans and how your team likes to work, using the n8n vs Make comparison on this site.
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