The Textedly Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Textedly in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Textedly
The Insider’s Guide
Mass texting with every feature on every plan, priced by volume
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SMS and chat marketing tools, read from Textedly’s own pages.
Made by Textedly · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Textedly’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Textedly’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 2 of the 14 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade
Textedly is a US text marketing service for sending mass SMS and picture messages, running drip and birthday campaigns, and collecting payments and Google reviews by text. Every plan has the same features, including AI text and voice agents, a shared inbox and unlimited contacts. The price follows how many messages you send a month, and yearly billing adds 20% more messages.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Textedly, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Same features on every plan helps, but there are keywords, forms and campaigns to set up, and extra numbers carry the carriers' fees.
- 1
Best for texting offers to regular customers
Textedly is a US texting service where every plan gets every feature: mass texts and picture messages, drip and birthday campaigns, text-to-pay, Google review requests and AI agents for texts and calls.
- 2
Paid plans start at $29 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually).
- 3
You can try it first
Free account with 50 texts and one keyword to try it, no credit card and no time limit
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Mass SMS and MMS
Text blasts and picture messages of up to 1,600 characters, with rich font formatting and a free GIPHY library.
- 6
Drip and birthday campaigns
Automated message sequences and birthday texts that go out on a schedule after someone joins a list.
- 7
Text-to-pay
Payment requests sent by text and paid through Stripe, without an app or an invoice.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 2 of 14
That is against the other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Textedly you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Textedly at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free account with 50 texts and one keyword to try it, no credit card and no time limit
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Textedly
- Category
- SMS & Chat Marketing
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for texting offers to regular customers
Textedly is a US texting service where every plan gets every feature: mass texts and picture messages, drip and birthday campaigns, text-to-pay, Google review requests and AI agents for texts and calls. You pay by volume, $49 a month for 1,000 messages, and yearly billing adds 20% more texts instead of cutting the price.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Bronze 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 | C | No 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 | C | The texting job done fully, and a bit more: 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 | C | No App Store rating on record. Same features on every plan helps, but there are keywords, forms and campaigns to set up, and extra numbers carry the carriers' fees. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone and Android, with Zapier, Mailchimp, Shopify, Salesforce, HubSpot and Stripe. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Textedly is for
- Great if you run a restaurant, salon or shop and text offers to regulars
- Handy when you want to take payments and ask for Google reviews by text
- Good for teams who'd rather not compare tiers, since every plan has every feature
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Restaurants, salons and retail stores texting offers to regulars
- Small businesses that want payments and reviews by text
- Teams that want every feature without moving to a higher tier
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$29
A month to start
Textedly is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually).
It's a one-off taster, not something to run a business on.
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.
Trying it first
Free account with 50 texts and one keyword to try it, no credit card and no time limit
Read from textedly.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on textedly.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Mass texting with every feature on every plan, priced by volume. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, marketing automation, business texting, sMS marketing, review collection.
But texting is one channel of this category, with no WhatsApp or Instagram.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Zapier
- Mailchimp
- Shopify
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Stripe
Textedly is made by Textedly.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/14
Other SMS and chat marketing tools it is graded above
Textedly's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 14 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 1 of 14) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $26.59 for the category: 7 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 15 SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Textedly’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 14
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 14
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 14
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 14
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 SMS and chat marketing tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Textedly is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Textedly you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 6 of the 14 other SMS and chat marketing tools grade higher. It costs $348 a year.
What you could make
- Review collection: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Zapier, Mailchimp and Shopify among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Textedly’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, SlickText, Salesmsg and Postscript
The 5 tools Textedly is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
SimpleTexting
Free trial · from $23.20/mo
SMS marketing and two-way texting priced by monthly message credits.
- Textedly also covers review collection.
- SimpleTexting also covers forms.
- 2.2GPA
EZ Texting
Free trial · from $20/mo
SMS, MMS and RCS marketing for US and Canadian businesses.
- Textedly also covers review collection.
- EZ Texting also covers qR codes.
- 2.2GPA
SlickText
Free trial · from $24.17/mo
SMS marketing with workflows and popups, every feature on every plan.
- Textedly also covers review collection.
- SlickText also covers forms and popups.
- 2.6GPA
Salesmsg
Free trial · from $21/mo
Business texting and calling that logs to your CRM.
- Textedly also covers marketing automation and review collection.
- Salesmsg also covers shared inbox, workflow automation, AI agents and business phone line.
- 2.2GPA
Postscript
Free trial · from $49/mo
SMS and RCS marketing for Shopify stores, billed per message sent.
- Only Textedly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Textedly also covers business texting and review collection.
- Postscript also covers popups.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Textedly free?
No, Textedly is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free account with 50 texts and one keyword to try it, no credit card and no time limit.
How much does Textedly cost?
Textedly lists 6 plans. Basic: $29 per month for 500 messages (600 if billed annually).
What platforms does Textedly work on?
Textedly is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Textedly offer any discounts?
Textedly publicly lists the following: 20% more texts each month with yearly billing.
Does Textedly have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Textedly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Textedly have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Textedly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Textedly open source?
Textedly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does Textedly integrate with?
Textedly's listing names Zapier, Mailchimp, Shopify, Salesforce, HubSpot and Stripe.
Who makes Textedly?
Textedly is made by Textedly.
What are the alternatives to Textedly?
The closest alternatives to Textedly in our directory are SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, SlickText, Salesmsg and Postscript.
How does Textedly compare with other SMS and chat marketing tools?
Textedly's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 14 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, and level with 6.
Is Textedly good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Textedly C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $26.59 for the category: 7 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Textedly?
To replace Textedly you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Textedly’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Textedly's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Textedly. Prices change, so check textedly.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,281
Tools graded, in 73 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
73
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Textedly, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/textedly
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Textedly’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Textedly is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Textedly. Prices and plans change: check textedly.com before you buy.