SimpleTexting vs SlickText
An independent, review-free comparison compiled by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Both products are profiled in full, and neither can pay for placement here.
The short answer
Editorial assessmentSlickText compared with SimpleTexting
Both are credit-based general texting platforms at a similar price, and the differences are structural. SimpleTexting publishes its carrier pass-through precisely, includes three user seats, and rolls credits over one month. SlickText includes every number type in the plan price including short codes, rolls credits for a full year on annual billing, and has the stronger ecommerce and automation layer. Choose SimpleTexting if the shared inbox and cost transparency matter most; choose SlickText if you are running marketing workflows against a Shopify store.
Choose SimpleTexting if
Small and mid-sized US and Canadian businesses that want a straightforward, well-supported texting platform for appointment reminders, promotions, alerts, and two-way customer conversations, especially teams of three to five who value rolling credits and included seats over ecommerce or CRM depth.
Choose SlickText if
Small and mid-sized US businesses that want real SMS marketing machinery rather than a plain texting inbox, especially Shopify merchants under roughly 50,000 messages a month who want revenue attribution without an ecommerce-platform contract, and any team that sends in lumpy bursts and wants unused credits to roll over.
Side by side
13 attributes| Attribute | SimpleTexting | SlickText |
|---|---|---|
| Category | SMS | SMS |
| Starting price | $39 per month for 500 credits, or $398.40 per year with annual billing (free trial) | $29 per month for 500 credits (14 days trial) |
| Pricing model | Credit-based monthly subscription, quoted by monthly credit volume. Credits are consumed per message segment. Three user seats included, additional seats and numbers charged separately, carrier fees passed through at cost. | Credit-based monthly subscription across eight published tiers, with one SMS segment costing one credit and MMS costing three credits per segment, plus carrier fees passed through. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | Free trial with no credit card required, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee | 14 days, all features, no credit card required |
| Best for | Small and mid-sized US and Canadian businesses that want a straightforward, well-supported texting platform for appointment reminders, promotions, alerts, and two-way customer conversations, especially teams of three to five who value rolling credits and included seats over ecommerce or CRM depth. | Small and mid-sized US businesses that want real SMS marketing machinery rather than a plain texting inbox, especially Shopify merchants under roughly 50,000 messages a month who want revenue attribution without an ecommerce-platform contract, and any team that sends in lumpy bursts and wants unused credits to roll over. |
| Setup time | An account and a local number can be live the same day. Realistically you are gated by carrier registration: A2P 10DLC brand and campaign approval takes roughly one to four weeks, toll-free verification up to a week, and a short code six to eight weeks. Start registration immediately and build lists while you wait. | An afternoon to send your first campaign, but plan one to two weeks of calendar time before you can send at volume, because A2P 10DLC registration or toll-free verification sits in the middle and neither is under SlickText's control. |
| Learning curve | Genuinely low. The interface is the plainest in this category and a non-technical front-desk employee can send a campaign in fifteen minutes. Drip campaigns and segmentation take an afternoon. The only conceptual hurdle is credit accounting, and specifically the fact that an emoji can double or triple the cost of a message. | Low for campaigns and keywords, moderate for workflows and behavioural segmentation. The Shopify event triggers are the part worth reading the documentation for. |
| Platforms | Web application, iOS and Android apps, US and Canadian SMS and MMS, Local, toll-free, and short code numbers | Web application, Mobile-responsive web, REST API, Webhooks |
| Compliance | TCPA-aligned consent capture with recorded opt-in source, CTIA messaging principles, A2P 10DLC brand and campaign registration submitted on your behalf, Toll-free verification, Automatic STOP and opt-out suppression | TCPA consent workflows, CTIA messaging guidelines, A2P 10DLC brand and campaign registration, Double opt-in and age verification |
| Founded | 2010 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Miami Beach, Florida, United States (originally founded in New York) | Jamestown, New York, with a second headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Ownership | Owned by Sinch AB, the Swedish CPaaS group, following acquisition by MessageMedia in November 2020 | PE-owned (Iron Creek Partners and Main Street Capital) |
Strengths and limitations
SimpleTexting
Strengths
- Credits roll over on monthly plans, so a business with a lumpy sending pattern does not forfeit what it paid for at the end of every month.
- Three user seats included on every plan before the $20 per seat charge starts, which is more generous than most competitors and matters for a front desk with rotating staff.
- Free inbound SMS makes genuinely two-way conversation economically viable rather than something you ration.
- Features are not gated by tier. You buy volume, not capability, which means plan selection is arithmetic instead of a feature-matrix negotiation.
Limitations
- Per-credit economics are poor at volume. At entry pricing you are paying multiples of what per-message platforms charge, and the 5.5 cent overage rate punishes miscalculation.
- No ecommerce data model at all, so revenue attribution, cart triggers, and product-level personalization simply do not exist.
- CRM integration runs mostly through Zapier rather than native object sync, which is a meaningful gap next to Salesmsg or Sakari for a sales team.
- Number porting away has been publicly documented as slow and obstructive, in one case requiring an FCC complaint and taking three weeks. That is a real switching cost you should price in before choosing a number.
SlickText
Strengths
- Every number type is included in the plan price, including short codes, which is genuinely unusual and saves the businesses that need one four figures a month.
- The best rollover terms published in this category: one month on monthly plans, a full year on annual plans.
- Real marketing automation rather than a bulk sender, with workflows, behavioural segmentation on Shopify events, A/B testing, and revenue attribution in reporting.
- Compliance tooling that goes past the minimum, including double opt-in, age verification, consent records, and AI recognition of opt-out intent phrased in plain English.
Limitations
- Carrier pass-through fees are acknowledged but not published as a rate, so your true per-message cost is not knowable from the pricing page alone.
- Credit pricing at the entry tiers is expensive per message, and anyone sending above roughly 100,000 a month should be looking at per-message platforms instead.
- The inbox is competent but shallower than a dedicated conversational platform: no WhatsApp, no Apple Messages for Business, and less sophisticated agent routing than Heymarket or Textline.
- Ecommerce depth stops at Shopify. There is no equivalent native model for WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or a headless stack beyond the API.
Pricing compared
SimpleTexting
Credit-based monthly subscription, quoted by monthly credit volume. Credits are consumed per message segment. Three user seats included, additional seats and numbers charged separately, carrier fees passed through at cost.
- 500 credits$39
- Higher credit tiersScales with volume
- Annual billing20 percent off
SimpleTexting is priced as a business tool rather than a telecom commodity, and whether that is good value depends entirely on volume. At 500 credits for $39, you are paying roughly 7.8 cents a credit, which is five times what a pay-as-you-go platform charges per message and eight times what an ecommerce platform charges at scale. What you are actually buying is the shared inbox, three included seats, the automation layer, the support, and the fact that unused credits roll over. For a practice or a studio sending a few hundred reminders a month and holding real conversations, that is a fair trade and the total bill stays under $50. For anyone sending tens of thousands of messages, the credit model becomes the most expensive way to buy SMS in this category and you should be looking at per-message pricing instead. The rollover policy and the three included seats are the two structural details that make it competitive at the small end, and they are genuinely better than most rivals offer.
SlickText
Credit-based monthly subscription across eight published tiers, with one SMS segment costing one credit and MMS costing three credits per segment, plus carrier fees passed through.
- Starter$29
- Professional$49
- Business$79
- Growth$129
- Scale$169
- Enterprise Lite$319
- Enterprise$579
- Enterprise Plus$939
At the small end SlickText is priced fairly rather than cheaply. Starter at $29 for 500 credits works out to 5.8 cents a credit, which is a lot of money per message compared with a raw API, and the honest answer is that you are not buying messages, you are buying workflows, consent tooling, Shopify attribution, a shared inbox, and a phone number you do not have to fight a carrier for. The included short code alone is worth more than the plan fee for the handful of businesses that need one. The curve improves fast: Enterprise Plus at $939 for 50,000 credits is about 1.9 cents, which is competitive with mid-market SMS platforms and still generous on features. Where it stops making sense is above roughly 100,000 messages a month, where per-message ecommerce platforms and CPaaS providers are simply cheaper. The rollover policy is the quiet differentiator, and for any business with a lumpy sending calendar it is worth more than a small discount from a competitor.
Editorial verdict on each
SimpleTexting
SimpleTexting is the sensible default for a small business that wants to text customers and has no interest in becoming a telecom expert. Fifteen years in market, a clean interface a receptionist can use unaided, phone support on every plan, three seats included, free inbound messages, and credits that actually roll over add up to a product that does not fight you. Sinch ownership gives it real carrier infrastructure without an enterprise sales motion. The limits are equally clear. Per-credit economics are poor at volume, there is no ecommerce data model, CRM integration is Zapier-shaped rather than native, and the publicly documented difficulty of porting a number away is a genuine switching cost that deserves weight in the decision. Buy it if you are a practice, a studio, a school, an agency, or a local retailer sending hundreds to low thousands of messages a month with a small team working the replies. Look elsewhere if you are a Shopify store, a CRM-driven sales team, or a high-volume sender chasing the lowest rate per segment.
Read the full SimpleTexting profileSlickText
SlickText is the general SMS marketing platform to shortlist when your sending calendar is uneven and your store runs on Shopify. Two things on the pricing page do real work: every number type including short codes is bundled into the plan fee, and unused credits roll over for a month on monthly billing or a full year on annual. Both quietly save more money than the headline price differences between competitors. The product itself is a proper marketing tool, with workflows, behavioural segmentation, A/B testing, attribution, and more consent tooling than the price suggests. The reservations are the unpublished carrier pass-through, a two-way inbox that is competent rather than best in class, and a credit model that stops being competitive above roughly 100,000 messages a month. Below that line, for a business that wants marketing rather than telecom, it is one of the better buys in the category.
Read the full SlickText profileSimpleTexting profile last reviewed 2026-08-22; SlickText last reviewed 2026-08-22. Pricing is compiled from public sources and can change without notice. See our methodology.