{
  "slug": "textbelt",
  "category": "communications-apis",
  "name": "Textbelt",
  "description": "SMS API with a paid hosted service and an open-source self-hosted version that sends through carrier email-to-SMS gateways.",
  "website": "https://textbelt.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/typpo/textbelt",
  "license": "MIT",
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": null,
  "score": 13,
  "coverage": 45,
  "summary": "Textbelt is not graded yet: 45% of its criteria have evidence, and 60% is needed. It partly meets open source and TLS configuration. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and security headers. Still needing evidence: no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, message content deleted or redacted and EU data location. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D-.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/communications-apis/textbelt/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/communications-apis/textbelt/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/typpo/textbelt/blob/master/LICENSE",
      "note": "The self-hosted version is MIT-licensed. It uses a different, free sending method, and the code of the paid hosted service is not public."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "The website loads analytics.js with a Google Analytics ID."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=textbelt.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade B"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=textbelt.com",
      "note": "Grade D- (25/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "content_retention": {
      "title": "Message content deleted or redacted",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    },
    "eu_data_location": {
      "title": "EU data location",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "unknown",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": null
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "B",
    "observatory": "D-",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Cloudflare Web Analytics",
        "host": "static.cloudflareinsights.com",
        "effect": "partial"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:29:53.690Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}