# TextMagic review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Pay-as-you-go business SMS and email with a shared inbox Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Textmagic is a business texting service for mass SMS, two-way conversations, automation flows and email campaigns. It has no monthly subscription: you buy credits and pay per message, with unlimited contacts and users. It works mainly in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, and has web, iOS and Android apps. - **Category:** SMS & Chat Marketing - **Made by:** Textmagic (since 2001) - **Website:** https://www.textmagic.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you send a lot: every text costs 4.9 cents. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, TextMagic is a paid product with a free trial, starting at No monthly fee; 4.9¢ per US text, billed from prepaid credit. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial; 10,000 emails included as a one-time welcome bonus. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pay as you go | $0 no monthly fee, billed per message from credit | Buy credit and spend it on SMS at 4.9¢ per 160-character text; 1¢ per text via a connected Twilio, Vonage, Sinch or Bandwidth account. | Read from https://www.textmagic.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TextMagic before buying. ## Key features - **Mass texting:** Send campaigns and scheduled texts to unlimited contacts, with two-way messaging and delivery reporting included. - **Automation flows:** A flow builder for drip campaigns and message sequences, with follow-ups across SMS and email. - **Shared inbox and chat widget:** Connects SMS, live chat and social channels in one inbox for the whole team, and the page says there is no per-seat charge. - **Email campaigns:** Drag-and-drop and AI template builder with open and click tracking, billed per email after the first 10,000. - **Bring your own number:** Connect an existing Twilio, Vonage, Sinch or Bandwidth account to send from your own numbers at a lower per-text rate. - **Numbers and compliance tools:** Local and toll-free numbers, alphanumeric sender IDs, and guided 10DLC brand and campaign registration for US texting. ## Good for - Small businesses that text unevenly and want no monthly commitment - Teams that want unlimited users and contacts - Businesses texting in the US, UK, Canada or Australia ## Worth knowing - Cost depends on volume: 4.9¢ per US text, plus $10 per month for each number after its first free month. - Longer messages cost extra; one part is 160 plain or 70 Unicode characters. - US 10DLC brand and campaign registration is required for local numbers, and the pricing page lists a fee for it. - After the first 10,000 emails, email is billed per message at $0.001 at the volumes the page lists. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Textmagic has no monthly fee: you buy credit and pay about 4.9 cents a US text, with unlimited contacts and users. But numbers cost $10 a month after the first, US registration has a fee, and the trial terms aren't clear. - **Value for money: C.** No subscription; 4.9 cents a US text from prepaid credit, plus $10 a month for each number after the first. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial exists, but its length and card terms aren't stated; the 10,000 email credits are a one-off. - **Features: B.** Mass texting, automation flows, a shared inbox, chat widget, email campaigns and bring-your-own-number. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and US 10DLC registration is yours to finish. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with 8 integrations; no desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TextMagic's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SMS and chat marketing tools - TextMagic's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 47 of the 77 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on features (B, above 65 of 77) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 24). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/chat-marketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace TextMagic 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. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers. - You could not: A chat box on your site that reaches you the moment a customer types. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with HubSpot, Shopify, WooCommerce, Twilio, Vonage, Sinch, Bandwidth, ChatGPT **Tags:** SMS marketing, Business texting, Shared inbox, Email campaigns, Workflow automation, Live chat ## Alternatives - [SimpleTexting](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simpletexting): SMS marketing and two-way texting priced by monthly message credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/simpletexting-vs-textmagic) - [ClickSend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clicksend): Prepaid SMS and MMS sending by app, API or email, with no monthly fee. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clicksend-vs-textmagic) - [EZ Texting](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ez-texting): SMS, MMS and RCS marketing for US and Canadian businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ez-texting-vs-textmagic) - [Sinch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sinch): Messaging, voice and email APIs plus campaign apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sinch-vs-textmagic) - [SlickText](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slicktext): SMS marketing with workflows and popups, every feature on every plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slicktext-vs-textmagic) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.textmagic.com/pricing/ - https://www.textmagic.com/features/ - https://www.textmagic.com/about-us/ - https://www.textmagic.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/textmagic Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).