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title: "Send Text Alerts Directly from SolarWinds"
url: "https://textbolt.com/integration/solarwinds-email-to-text-alerts/"
date: "2026-05-28T04:09:46-07:00"
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name: "Rakesh Patel"
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summary: "Send Text Alerts Directly from SolarWinds"
description: "Send text from SolarWinds NPM and SAM to NOC and IT Ops in seconds. Replace PageGate, GSM modems, and per-seat PagerDuty with 10DLC email-to-SMS."
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# Send Text Alerts Directly from SolarWinds
_Published: May 28, 2026_
_Author: Rakesh Patel_
Turn any SolarWinds Email/Page alert into [10DLC-compliant SMS](https://textbolt.com/blog/10dlc-compliance/) with TextBolt. No PageGate license, no GSM modem.
[Start Standard Plan Trial →](https://my.textbolt.com/signup/)[Book a Demo](https://calendly.com/rp-spaceo/textbolt-demo-or-consultation-call-via-zoom)  SMS Delivery Rate  Setup Time  Team Members  Trusted by DevOps, IT, and Support teams worldwide. SolarWinds’ SMS paths (PageGate, GSM modems, hardware appliances, webhook plus Twilio, IRM platforms) each come with trade-offs that SysAdmins, NOC operators, network engineers, and IT Operations engineers hit at scale. TextBolt slots in on top using the Send an Email/Page action you already configure. Six SMS challenges teams encounter on SolarWinds.
The SolarWinds Platform’s “Dial a paging or SMS service” action ships configured for PageGate, a paid third-party Windows app installed on the Orion server. NPM, SAM, NTA, DPA, VMAN, and NCM share the same gap: an online SMS gateway isn’t part of the built-in action set, and the THWACK feature request for one has sat open as a community ask. TextBolt slots into the Send an Email/Page action you already configure, so SMS becomes one more output of your existing alert tree.
The documented quick path was an Email/Page alert addressed at `9055556543@txt.att.net`. [AT&T retired `txt.att.net`](https://textbolt.com/migration/att/) on June 17, 2025 (acknowledged in SolarWinds’ own documentation). [T-Mobile took `@tmomail.net` offline](https://textbolt.com/migration/tmobile2/) in December 2024. [Verizon’s `@vtext.com` shutdown](https://textbolt.com/migration/verizon/) completes by March 2027. NOC operators and network engineers relying on that pattern see silent delivery failures or intermittent text alerts they cannot trust at 3 AM.
PageGate is the SolarWinds-recommended path, but it is a separately-licensed Windows application that installs on the SolarWinds Platform server, integrates with Orion, requires patching, and renews annually. Most PageGate deployments also need a GSM modem and an active SIM card to deliver SMS. SysAdmins inherit a hardware-plus-software stack to maintain on top of SolarWinds itself.
Hardware alternatives like SMSEagle’s NXS-9750 require a physical box with a GSM modem, an active cellular SIM with monthly carrier billing, HTTP GET configuration through Advanced Alert Manager, and ongoing appliance maintenance. The hardware path keeps SMS on-prem but adds capital expense, SIM-renewal admin, and a single point of failure that SysAdmins now own.
The community workaround is “Send a GET or POST Request to a Web Server” pointed at Twilio’s API. THWACK threads document recurring “SMS Alert: Failed to Execute HTTP request” errors. Even when it works, IT Operations engineers own request construction, signature handling, retry logic, Twilio per-message billing of about $0.0083 per US SMS plus per-number monthly fees, and a separate 10DLC registration with The Campaign Registry.
PagerDuty’s documented Orion integration adds about $21 to $41 per user per month on top of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability licensing. For a 10-person NOC, that is $210 to $410 per month just for SMS routing. OpsGenie, the cheaper alternative, is being absorbed into Jira Service Management and adds migration overhead. Over five years, the IRM stack often exceeds the SolarWinds license itself.
TextBolt connects SolarWinds alert actions to a registered 10DLC business number through the standard “Send an Email/Page” action you already configure. No PageGate license, no GSM modem, no Twilio webhook script, no PagerDuty seat.
Each SolarWinds alert becomes an SMS within seconds. Critical events (down nodes, interface flaps, disk-space breaches, application service stops, NetFlow bandwidth spikes, database query waits) reach the on-call SysAdmin, NOC operator, network engineer, or IT Operations engineer immediately, before downtime compounds.
TextBolt handles business profile verification with The Campaign Registry on your behalf (typically 1 to 2 business days). Approved SMS routes through 10DLC infrastructure with up to 98% delivery, a toll-free business number, and an audit trail for federal-contractor and regulated SolarWinds deployments.
When a NOC operator or network engineer replies “ack,” “rerouting,” or “investigating” by SMS, the reply lands as an email in the inbox of whoever sent the original alert. The whole rotation sees acknowledgments without paying for a PagerDuty seat just for the SMS-to-ack flow.
In SolarWinds Alert Manager, edit the trigger action of type “Send an Email/Page” and set the recipient to `+1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com`. Same alert action you already use, same trigger conditions, same escalation tab. The standard email channel routes through TextBolt and arrives as SMS.
Skip the PageGate Windows install, the GSM modem and SIM card, the SMSEagle appliance purchase, the Twilio webhook script, and the PagerDuty per-seat fee. TextBolt is one flat monthly fee covering up to 10 team members, with no software to maintain on the Orion server and no hardware to provision in the rack.
The “Send an Email/Page” alert action is consistent across every SolarWinds module: NPM (network), SAM (server and application), NTA (NetFlow), DPA (database performance), VMAN (virtualization), NCM (configuration), IPAM (IP address), and Web Help Desk. One TextBolt account covers your entire SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability footprint with no per-product configuration.
SMS Delivery Rate
SMS Replies to Your Inbox
Routes & Infrastructure
Up to 10
Team Members on Shared Account
Hands-on configuration takes around 30 minutes. 10DLC business verification with The Campaign Registry runs in parallel and typically takes 1 to 2 business days for the carriers to approve your number. Once approved, your SolarWinds “Send an Email/Page” alerts begin routing as SMS. No PageGate license to procure, no GSM modem to rack, no PagerDuty seat to provision.
**01 Sign Up for TextBolt**
Create your TextBolt account using your work email. Account creation takes about 2 minutes. The account ties to your domain so you can add coworkers later.
**02 Choose a Toll-Free Business Number**
Pick a dedicated toll-free number for outbound SMS. $45/year toll-free number fee. The number is the sender ID on every SMS SolarWinds sends through TextBolt.
**03 TextBolt Handles 10DLC Business Verification**
Provide your business details during TextBolt onboarding. TextBolt handles 10DLC business and campaign registration with The Campaign Registry on your behalf, so you don’t manage the registration process yourself. Carrier approval typically takes 1 to 2 business days. Once approved, your number is enabled for compliant business SMS and the SolarWinds alerts you wire up start delivering.
**04 Edit “Send an Email/Page” in SolarWinds Alert Manager**
In the SolarWinds Platform web UI, open Alerts & Activity, edit the alert’s trigger action of type “Send an Email/Page”, and set the recipient to `+15551234567@sendemailtotext.com` using the engineer’s actual phone. Save the action.
**05 Trigger a Test Alert**
Use the alert action’s Test button or temporarily lower a threshold (interface utilization, ping response time, disk space) to fire a test. The SMS lands on the engineer’s phone in seconds. Confirm the format and signal strength before going live.
**06 Add Up to 10 Team Members**
Invite the rest of your NOC and IT Ops rotation to the shared TextBolt account. Add per-engineer recipients to the SolarWinds alert action, or create separate alert definitions per team. Use SolarWinds Alert Escalation rules to repeat or escalate if no acknowledgment in 10 minutes.
Edit one alert’s “Send an Email/Page” trigger action, set the recipient to `+1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com`, and the alert becomes SMS from your business number. Clean for solo on-call rotations and per-alert critical-only paths.
Add multiple TextBolt-bound recipients (NOC team, network team, application team) to one alert, or create separate “Send an Email/Page” actions per team and tier them under SolarWinds Alert Escalation. NPM down-node alerts route to the network engineer first; SAM application alerts to the SysAdmin.
Replace the PageGate-driven action, the SMSEagle HTTP GET configuration, or the PagerDuty integration with a “Send an Email/Page” action pointed at TextBolt. Same alert definitions, same trigger conditions, same engineers. Decommission the PageGate license, the modem appliance, or the IRM seat.
Six common SolarWinds modules where SMS to the on-call engineer replaces a PageGate install, an SMSEagle appliance, or a dead carrier gateway. The same “Send an Email/Page” alert action works across every module.
**NPM (Network Performance Monitor)**
Network engineers and NOC operators get SMS for down nodes, interface flaps, packet loss spikes, latency breaches, and OSPF/BGP neighbor drops. Standard “Send an Email/Page” alert action wired into any NPM alert definition.
**SAM (Server & Application Monitor)**
SysAdmins and IT Operations engineers running SAM get SMS for application service stops, Windows service failures, IIS/Apache/Tomcat health drops, SQL Server connection failures, and exchange queue thresholds. SAM alert actions route through the same email gateway path.
**NTA (NetFlow Traffic Analyzer)**
Network engineers get SMS when NTA detects bandwidth spikes, top-talker anomalies, suspicious flow patterns, or interface saturation. NetFlow alert thresholds trigger the same “Send an Email/Page” action and arrive as text on the on-call engineer’s phone.
**DPA (Database Performance Analyzer)**
DBAs and IT Operations engineers running DPA get SMS for SQL query waits, blocking sessions, deadlock spikes, instance health drops, and Oracle/SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL response anomalies. DPA alert actions inherit the same SMS path.
**VMAN (Virtualization Manager)**
Virtualization admins and SysAdmins get SMS for VM CPU/memory pressure, datastore capacity warnings, host failures, snapshot age violations, and vCenter/Hyper-V cluster events. VMAN alerts route through the same trigger action without per-VM configuration overhead.
**NCM and IPAM (Configuration and IP Address Management)**
Network engineers running NCM get SMS for unauthorized config changes, compliance policy violations, and out-of-policy device drift. IPAM alerts on subnet exhaustion, DHCP scope warnings, and DNS record anomalies route the same way through the standard email-page action.
Three common paths for adding SMS to SolarWinds. PageGate plus a GSM modem is the documented Windows path. PagerDuty and OpsGenie stack per-seat costs. TextBolt slots into the “Send an Email/Page” action SolarWinds already supports.
PageGate license plus modem and SIM
The official path: install PageGate from Notepage.net on the Orion server, license it annually, integrate it with the SolarWinds Platform, attach a GSM modem, and run a SIM card with monthly carrier billing.
- Paid Windows software on the Orion server
- GSM modem hardware plus active SIM
-  Annual license renewal
- Single-host deployment, single point of failure
- No two-way replies to inbox
Recommended
$49/month with multi-user access for up to 10 team members (Standard plan)
Email-to-SMS gateway. Edit the existing “Send an Email/Page” alert action and set the recipient to `+1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com`. Standard SolarWinds email channel, standard trigger conditions, standard escalation rules. Now compliant, audit-trailed, two-way.
[Start Standard Plan Trial →](https://my.textbolt.com/signup/)$9 to $41+/user/month per seat
Full IRM platforms with documented Orion integrations. Powerful escalation and on-call scheduling, but per-seat pricing stacks on top of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability licensing. OpsGenie is also being absorbed into Jira Service Management.
- $9 to $41+/user/month per seat
- Stacks on SolarWinds licensing
- OpsGenie absorbed into Jira Service Management
- Separate dashboard and config to learn
- Overkill for SMS-only need
Three ways customers route SMS through SolarWinds with TextBolt: replacing the PageGate license, ditching the GSM modem stack, and skipping per-seat IRM bills.
SysAdmin, Federal Contractor IT
NOC Operator, Healthcare System Operations
Network Engineer, Manufacturing IT
The numbers that matter when wiring SMS into a SolarWinds NPM, SAM, or Hybrid Cloud Observability stack.
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Standard Plan, 10 Users
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**Does SolarWinds have native SMS support?**
No. The SolarWinds Platform’s “Dial a paging or SMS service” alert action requires PageGate, a paid third-party Windows app from Notepage.net installed on the Orion server. NPM, SAM, NTA, DPA, VMAN, and NCM all share the same gap. To send SMS from SolarWinds, you either point a “Send an Email/Page” action at a third-party email-to-SMS gateway (TextBolt), install PageGate plus a GSM modem, deploy an SMSEagle appliance, build a webhook to Twilio, or pay for an IRM platform like PagerDuty or OpsGenie.
**What replaced the carrier email-to-SMS gateway path for SolarWinds?**
After AT&T retired `txt.att.net` on June 17, 2025, T-Mobile took `tmomail.net` offline in December 2024, and Verizon’s `vtext.com` shutdown completes by March 2027, SolarWinds shops have three options: replace the carrier gateway address with TextBolt’s gateway in the existing “Send an Email/Page” action (closest one-line replacement), install PageGate with a GSM modem on the Orion server, or pay for PagerDuty/OpsGenie. TextBolt preserves the email-page mental model unchanged.
**How do I send SMS from SolarWinds without PageGate or a GSM modem?**
Sign up for TextBolt, complete 10DLC business verification, and edit the SolarWinds “Send an Email/Page” alert action to set the recipient to `+1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com`. Trigger a test alert through the alert’s Test button. The SMS lands in seconds. No PageGate license to procure, no GSM modem to rack, no SIM card to renew, no Twilio credentials to manage.
**Can I use my existing SolarWinds Email/Page alert action for SMS?**
Yes. The integration uses the SolarWinds Platform’s standard “Send an Email/Page” alert action. Replace the dead carrier gateway recipient (`[phone]@txt.att.net`) with `+1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com`. Existing trigger conditions, alert escalation tabs, and Advanced Alert Manager configurations all work unchanged. NPM, SAM, NTA, DPA, VMAN, and NCM alerts route the same way.
**How is this different from PagerDuty or OpsGenie for SolarWinds SMS?**
PagerDuty and OpsGenie are full IRM platforms with documented SolarWinds Orion integrations, escalation policies, on-call schedules, and SMS bundled inside, charging $9 to $41+ per user per month per seat. TextBolt is just the SMS path: edit the existing email-page action, SMS to the on-call engineer, replies threaded back to the admin’s inbox. $49 per month flat with multi-user access for up to 10 team members, no platform learning curve, no IRM seat to provision. OpsGenie is also being absorbed into Jira Service Management, which adds migration risk to that path.
**Is SolarWinds SMS via TextBolt 10DLC compliant?**
Yes. TextBolt registers your sender identity with The Campaign Registry during onboarding so SMS routes through carrier-approved 10DLC infrastructure. This satisfies FCC business SMS requirements and produces the audit trail federal-contractor and regulated SolarWinds deployments need. TextBolt is not HIPAA compliant; healthcare-adjacent monitoring with PHI requirements should contact sales for Enterprise options.
**Can engineers reply to acknowledge SolarWinds alerts via SMS?**
Yes. Replies to a TextBolt-sent SMS land as an email in the inbox of whoever sent the original alert. The whole rotation sees acknowledgments without paying for a PagerDuty seat. Note: TextBolt replies don’t automatically clear the SolarWinds alert (the SolarWinds Web Console or the Orion SDK is required for that). For SMS-to-acknowledge automation, route the reply through SolarWinds’ incident-management tooling or Web Help Desk.
**Does this work with NPM, SAM, NTA, DPA, VMAN, NCM, and IPAM?**
Yes. The “Send an Email/Page” alert action is consistent across every SolarWinds module: NPM (network), SAM (server and application), NTA (NetFlow), DPA (database performance), VMAN (virtualization), NCM (configuration), IPAM (IP address), Web Help Desk, and the broader SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability suite. One TextBolt account covers the entire SolarWinds footprint with no per-product configuration.
**How much does it cost to send SMS from SolarWinds with TextBolt?**
Basic $29/month (500 credits, single user), Standard $49/month with multi-user access for up to 10 team members (1,000 credits), Professional $99/month with multi-user access for up to 10 team members (2,500 credits), Enterprise custom (5,000+ credits). $45/year recurring toll-free number fee. Annual plans are 20% off. Compares favorably to PagerDuty ($21 to $41+/user/month) or OpsGenie ($9 to $29/user/month) stacked on top of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability licensing.
**How long does it take to set up SolarWinds-to-SMS with TextBolt?**
About 30 minutes of hands-on configuration (account creation, toll-free number selection, and editing the “Send an Email/Page” action in SolarWinds Alert Manager to add the gateway recipient), plus 1 to 2 business days of 10DLC business verification with The Campaign Registry running in parallel. TextBolt handles the registration paperwork with the carriers on your behalf; you don’t manage the submission yourself. Once carriers approve the number, your SolarWinds alerts begin sending SMS immediately on trigger.
Reach NOC and IT Ops Without PageGate, Modems, or PagerDuty Seats
About 30 minutes of hands-on configuration, plus 1 to 2 business days for 10DLC carrier verification running in parallel. Edit the “Send an Email/Page” action and your existing trigger conditions, escalation rules, and module coverage keep working, now compliant and two-way.
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