Mobile Text Alerts vs Textedly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mobile Text Alerts and Textedly share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Textedly starts cheaper, at $29 a month against $36 a month.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mobile Text Alerts
SMS marketing and alerts with campaigns, a 2-way inbox and API
Textedly
Mass texting with every feature on every plan, priced by volume
Which one is for you
Pick Mobile Text Alerts if
- Fits if you send texts to a list built by keyword or QR code
- Works for small senders who don't need the API
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want the API: Professional, from $500 a month
- Watch out: only the annual price is shown, with no monthly figure
- Watch out: an MMS costs 3 credits, and unused credits don't roll over on annual plans
- Pricey if you outgrow 1,000 credits: extra messages are 4 cents each
Pick Textedly if
- Fits if you run a restaurant, salon or shop and text offers to regulars
- Works for businesses that want to take payments and ask for Google reviews by text
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a discount for paying yearly, as you get more texts, not a lower price
- Tight if you often run over your monthly messages, since no overage price is published
- Skip it if your customers chat on WhatsApp or Instagram rather than text
- Pricey if several people send texts, since each extra teammate costs $10 a month
- Watch out: the free account is a one-time 50 texts, and numbers past the first carry the carriers' fees
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAMobile Text AlertsFair | 2.2GPATextedlyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$36 a month on annual billing for 1,000 credits, the middle of the category. | CBronze is $49 a month for 1,000 messages, or 1,200 if billed yearly, the plan for texting 1,000 customers once. Yearly adds texts, not a discount. Inbound texts are free and Textedly pays 10DLC registration for your first number, but no overage price is published. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 14-day trial with 50 messages and no card, and no free plan. | CNo monthly free plan, but a free account with 50 texts and one keyword, no card and no time limit. It's a one-off taster, not something to run a business on. |
| Features | CCampaigns, keywords, a two-way inbox and sign-up tools, with the API held back for $500 a month and up. | CThe texting job done fully: mass SMS and MMS, drip and birthday texts, text-to-pay through Stripe, Google review requests and AI agents for texts and calls. But texting is one channel of this category, with no WhatsApp or Instagram. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and keywords and sign-up tools need setting up. | CNo App Store rating on record. Every plan has the same features, but there are keywords, forms and campaigns to set up, and extra numbers carry the carriers' fees. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Zapier and a custom API; no desktop app. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Zapier, Mailchimp, Shopify, Salesforce, HubSpot and Stripe. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | business texting sold by message credits | texting offers to regular customers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Mobile Text Alerts and Textedly. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mobile Text Alerts starts at $36 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Textedly starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Textedly starts $7 a month lower. Of the other SMS and chat marketing tools on the chart, 4 score higher than Mobile Text Alerts for less, and 3 score higher than Textedly for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Mobile Text Alerts also covers qR codes.
- Textedly also covers review collection.
At a glance
| Mobile Text Alerts | Textedly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $36 per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually | $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial with 50 messages and a dedicated toll-free number; no card needed | Free account with 50 texts and one keyword to try it, no credit card and no time limit |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mobile Text Alerts | Textedly |
| Price read from | mobile-text-alerts.com | textedly.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Mobile Text Alerts
- The 1 SMS to the US or Canada costs 1 credit and an MMS costs 3; international rates vary.
- The API is only on Professional and above, which start at $500 a month.
- Unused messages roll over for one month on monthly plans; on annual plans they do not roll over.
- Only the annual price is shown by default; the page offers a 20% annual saving but not a monthly figure.
Textedly
- Plans are capped by messages a month and keywords; inbound texts are free, and no overage price is published.
- Each extra teammate costs $10 a month.
- Textedly pays 10DLC registration for the first local number only; more numbers carry the carriers' standard fees.
- The free account is a one-time 50 texts and one keyword, not a monthly free plan.
Key features
Mobile Text Alerts
- Campaigns and automations
- Mass texts, message scheduling and automations, with reports and analytics, available even in the free trial.
- Subscriber sign-up tools
- Text-to-join keywords, automatic QR codes, web sign-up forms and spreadsheet import for building a list.
- Two-way inbox
- A 2-way messaging inbox for one-to-one replies, with contact grouping and unlimited groups.
- Dashboard and mobile app
- A web dashboard plus an iOS and Android app for sending and managing the account away from a desk.
- Integrations and API
- Zapier connects to 5,000-plus apps; Professional plans add API access for custom integrations.
Textedly
- Mass SMS and MMS
- Text blasts and picture messages of up to 1,600 characters, with rich font formatting and a free GIPHY library.
- Drip and birthday campaigns
- Automated message sequences and birthday texts that go out on a schedule after someone joins a list.
- Text-to-pay
- Payment requests sent by text and paid through Stripe, without an app or an invoice.
- Google review requests
- Texts that ask customers to leave a Google Business review, included on every plan.
- AI agents
- Conversational AI agents that answer texts and AI voice agents for calls, included on every plan with an omnichannel inbox.
- Keywords and web forms
- Custom text-to-join keywords, the shared short code 55222 and compliant web forms for collecting opt-ins.
Plans
Mobile Text Alerts
Core$36
per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually
Unlimited keywords and users, iMessage sending and MCP server access. Extra messages $0.04 each. Monthly price is not shown.
Professional$500
per month and up, billed annually
For up to 1 million messages a month. Adds API access, a launch specialist, branded short links and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
For over 1 million messages a month, with a dedicated account manager, custom reporting, Slack and a 5-digit short code.
Textedly
Basic$29
per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually)
Every feature, unlimited contacts, a free toll-free and a free local number. Inbound texts are free.
Bronze$49
per month for 1,000 messages (1,200 if billed annually)
Same features with more messages and keywords.
Plus$79
per month for 2,000 messages (2,400 if billed annually)
Same features with more messages and keywords. The 3,500-message Enterprise plan is $125 a month.
Elite$169
per month for 5,000 messages (6,000 if billed annually)
Same features with more messages and keywords.
Business$299
per month for 10,000 messages (12,000 if billed annually)
Same features. Steps continue through Silver ($420, 15,000) and Premium ($599, 25,000).
Gold$1,020
per month for 50,000 messages (60,000 if billed annually)
Same features. Larger plans run up to Legend at $5,520 for 300,000 messages, and custom plans beyond that.
Ways to pay less
Mobile Text Alerts
- Annual discount
20% off with annual billing
The pricing page toggle labeled Annual pricing (save 20%) shows the yearly-billed prices used here.
Textedly
- Annual discount
20% more texts each month with yearly billing
Textedly's pricing page says annual payment keeps the monthly price and adds 20% more messages: Basic gives 600 messages a month instead of 500.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mobile Text Alerts or Textedly?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Textedly is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $36 a month for Mobile Text Alerts. Mobile Text Alerts starts at $36 per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually, and Textedly starts at $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually).
Which has a free plan, Mobile Text Alerts or Textedly?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Mobile Text Alerts nor Textedly has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.