https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/ Independent pricing and capability data on business texting and SMS software — shared-inbox plans, message-credit allowances, and per-segment overage, normalized. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/ Business Texting · index Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent pricing and capability data on business texting and SMS software — shared-inbox plans, message-credit allowances, and per-segment overage, normalized. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/compare/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/compare/ Business Texting · comparison Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Full capability matrix for business texting: entry pricing, billing model, compliance and named integrations, each with per-row provenance. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/state-of/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/state-of/ Business Texting · report Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Data-driven report on business texting pricing in 2026, computed from the underlying dataset. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/methodology/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/methodology/ Business Texting · methodology Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How business texting figures are captured, dated, verified and normalized across billing models. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/how-much-does-business-texting-software-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/how-much-does-business-texting-software-cost/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 outbound messages a month, the cheapest business texting platform resolves to about $0/mo (Avochato), and the median across 11 priceable vendors is $25/mo. Bases bundle a monthly message-credit allowance; sending beyond it is metered per extra segment, so the real cost rises with send volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/cheapest-business-texting-under-50/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/cheapest-business-texting-under-50/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publish a base plan under $50/mo, the cheapest being Avochato at $0 (pay-as-you-go). These bases bundle a small monthly credit allowance — extra segments are metered on top — so the real monthly cost depends on send volume rather than the sticker alone. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-message-business-texting-pricing/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-message-business-texting-pricing/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 3 of 17 tracked business texting platforms bill per message with no bundled monthly allowance — you pay a published per-segment rate for every text sent, on top of a low or $0 base: Avochato, Text-Em-All, Textla. The cheapest base is Avochato at $0 (pure pay-as-you-go). The exact per-segment rate is recorded in each vendor profile; per-message wins at low or unpredictable send volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-seat-business-texting-platforms/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-seat-business-texting-platforms/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 2 of 17 tracked business texting platforms price per user seat rather than by bundled credits: Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Heymarket. The lowest per-user list price is $19/user/mo (Quo (formerly OpenPhone)). Per-seat models suit multi-agent shared-inbox teams; most carry a minimum seat count and meter SMS per segment on top of the seat fee, which we record per vendor rather than fold into the headline price. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/hipaa-compliant-business-texting/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/hipaa-compliant-business-texting/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Of 17 tracked business texting platforms, 7 publicly state HIPAA support and 2 also offer a signed BAA (Avochato, Textline). For healthcare senders texting reminders, intake and two-way replies, the signed BAA is the document that matters — the rest say nothing about HIPAA publicly, which we record as "not published," not as "no." https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-hubspot-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-hubspot-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 13 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name HubSpot as a supported integration — i.e. syncs texting conversations and contacts with the HubSpot CRM: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-salesforce-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-salesforce-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 14 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name Salesforce as a supported integration — i.e. logs texts and contacts into Salesforce: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-zapier-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-zapier-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 16 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name Zapier as a supported integration — i.e. automates texts across 6,000+ apps through Zapier: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Textla, Text-Em-All, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/quote-only-business-texting-platforms/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/quote-only-business-texting-platforms/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 6 of 17 tracked business texting platforms are quote-only — they publish no per-plan price on their live pages and route pricing through a sales conversation: Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia, Textel. These are typically the larger front-office and contact-center brands. We record each as quote-only with where pricing was sought, never a fabricated figure, so the gap is explicit rather than papered over with a secondary-source estimate. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/simpletexting-vs-slicktext/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/simpletexting-vs-slicktext/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls/mo (3 min each), SimpleTexting costs $39/mo and SlickText costs $29/mo — a $10/mo gap, with SlickText cheaper at this volume. SimpleTexting bills a monthly base plus bundled message credits and SlickText bills a monthly base plus bundled message credits, so the ranking can flip as call volume changes.