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Compare bulk SMS platforms for sales teams
Most texting platforms are built for marketing broadcasts and priced as a monthly bundle of credits. Signilio is built for outbound sales teams and priced in dollars: monthly plans with texts included and every feature on every plan. These pages put the two side by side on the things that decide the bill: pricing model, what a plan includes, extra-message and seat charges, carrier fees, 10DLC registration and the shared inbox.
How these pages are written
- Every figure about another product comes from that product's own published pricing page. We link the page and show the date we checked it (most recently September 25, 2026).
- Where a vendor does not publish a number, the page says "not published" rather than guessing.
- Each page says where the other product is the better fit. A comparison that only flatters us is not one you should trust.
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Head-to-head, by category
SMS marketing platforms
Broadcast tools sold as a monthly bundle of credits or a per-text rate: keywords, subscriber lists and promotions.
- ComparisonSimpleTexting vs SignilioSimpleTexting is a polished SMS marketing tool sold as a monthly credit plan with three seats included and carrier fees billed on top. Signilio is an outbound platform priced in dollars: monthly plans with texts included, 2 to 15 seats by plan and carrier fees included. At small marketing volumes SimpleTexting's bundle is simple and competitive. For a sales team sending tens of thousands of texts a month across several reps, the lower per-text price on the larger plans, the included seats and the included carrier fees usually make Signilio the lower bill, and the estimator below shows the exact gap at your volume.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonEZ Texting vs SignilioEZ Texting prices by the size of your contact list, and every plan below Enterprise includes the same 500 credits, so a sales team's real cost is the plan plus overage at 3 to 4 cents a message plus $10 for every extra seat. Signilio's plans are in dollars, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000, with carrier fees included, every feature on every plan and no list-size tier to outgrow. EZ Texting's guided setup and included carrier registration are genuinely good for a first SMS program; at outbound volume the overage and seat charges are what decide the bill.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonSlickText vs SignilioSlickText puts every feature on every plan and refuses to bill overage, which makes it a clean choice for a marketing list that fits a credit tier. It also stops publishing prices at 50,000 credits, bills carrier fees separately and does not publish seat pricing. Signilio also puts every feature on every plan, but publishes a price for every extra text, includes carrier fees and 2 to 15 seats by plan, and is built for outbound sales conversations rather than list marketing. For a team that keeps outgrowing its credit tier, the estimator below is the honest way to compare.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextedly vs SignilioTextedly publishes the longest price list in the category, all the way to 300,000 messages a month, with every feature on every plan and a free 10DLC number. The bill grows in ways the plan table does not show: an $8 monthly telecom surcharge, $10 per teammate, $25 blocks for extra messages, credits that do not roll over, and a 67-character segment for any message with an emoji. Signilio is a monthly plan in dollars with 2 to 15 seats included, carrier fees included and a set price for every extra text. At 10,000 to 50,000 texts a month for a multi-rep team the gap is real, and the estimator below shows it.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextMagic vs SignilioTextMagic has the simplest pricing on this list: prepaid credit at a flat $0.049 per text, unlimited users, and it files your 10DLC registration for you. The rate does not fall with volume unless you move to a monthly Professional plan whose prices are not published, and every number and every campaign is $10 a month. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts and reach $189.99 for 12,000, about 1.6 cents a text, with carrier fees included, numbers included with the plan and extra ones at $1. At any real outbound volume the per-text gap is the whole story, and the estimator shows it.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextla vs SignilioTextla's pitch is a penny a text, and it is real: $25 or $50 a month for the subscription, then $0.01 per segment with carrier fees inside and inbound texts charged the same way. The catch for a sales team is the number: Textla supplies toll-free numbers, and local 10DLC numbers only work if you bring your own carrier account and register it yourself. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts and reach $189.99 for 12,000, on local registered numbers with the registration done for you and replies free. If toll-free sending suits your list and you are happy to be your own compliance desk, Textla is cheaper on published pricing; the estimator shows by how much at your volume.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTrumpia vs SignilioTrumpia is a long-standing SMS marketing platform with a deep credit ladder, carrier fees included, and a free toll-free number. The gaps are the ones a sales team feels: no published overage, $20 a month per extra user with the included count unstated, local 10DLC numbers at an unpublished fee, and no shared inbox described on its pages. Signilio is a monthly plan in dollars with carrier fees included, a published extra-text price, 2 to 15 seats, local numbers included and extra ones at $1, and a two-way inbox. The estimator prices Trumpia's plans as published and lists what it leaves out.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextellent vs SignilioTextellent is a tidy small-business texting tool: $59 a month for 750 credits or $119 for 2,000, a shared inbox, free 10DLC registration and no contract. It adds up quickly for a team, at $10 per extra user, $20 per extra line, a $49 activation fee and 3.4 to 3.9 cents per extra credit. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts and 2 seats, with carrier fees included, every feature on every plan and extra numbers at $1. The estimator shows where the two bills land for a team of five.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonSakari vs SignilioSakari is a straightforward SMS marketing tool with unlimited users, a free number, integrations and a slider that sizes your plan in segments. The entry rate is about 3 cents a segment, but Sakari bills inbound segments too, adds a $49.50 vetting fee when your campaign goes to the carriers, and charges $4 a month per extra number. Signilio's Starter is $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts with replies free, extra numbers at $1 and registration handled during onboarding. For a small marketing list the two are close on paper; the estimator shows the difference once replies and numbers are counted.Read the comparison →
Team texting and shared inbox
Two-way business texting priced per user or per plan, built around conversations.
- ComparisonText Request vs SignilioText Request is a two-way texting inbox for small businesses with a fair headline: $59 a month for 1,000 texts, unlimited users, and 10DLC filed for you. Between that and the $2,750 top plan the ladder is published only as an image, the overage rate is not stated, and some features people expect, scheduled messages and keywords, are paid add-ons. Signilio publishes all three plans, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000, with scheduling and keyword replies on every plan. The estimator can price only the two rungs Text Request states in text, so treat it as a floor and a ceiling.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonSalesmsg vs SignilioSalesmsg is the closest of the marketing-and-inbox tools to what Signilio does: two-way business texting for revenue teams, with calling and CRM integrations in the same seat. It is priced as a credit plan with one seat and one number included, and carrier fees, 10DLC fees, extra seats and extra numbers all bill separately. Signilio is a monthly plan in dollars with carrier fees and 2 to 15 seats included, built for outbound campaigns at volume rather than CRM-native conversations. A team that lives in its CRM and calls as much as it texts should look hard at Salesmsg; a team sending tens of thousands of outbound texts a month will usually find Signilio's bill lower, and the estimator below shows by how much.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextline vs SignilioTextline is a well-built shared inbox for support and sales teams, sold as a monthly plan with a few agents and a few hundred credits included, and priced so that seats are the real cost: $50 to $70 a month per extra agent, $15 a month per campaign and per extra number, and credits that expire at the end of the cycle. Signilio includes 2 to 15 seats by plan, extra numbers at $1 and texts priced in dollars, from $34.99 a month for 1,000. On Textline's entry plan the included credits work out to about 25 cents a message and add-ons are 3 cents; for a sales team with several reps sending at volume, the estimator shows the difference.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonHeymarket vs SignilioHeymarket is a shared inbox priced per user with message credits bought on top, and campaigns only from the Plus plan up. For a two-person support team that is fine; for a sales floor it means $49 to $75 a month per seat before a single credit, then 3 cents a credit that falls to 1.5 cents past 50,000. Signilio's plans include 2 to 15 seats and the texts in one dollar price, carrier fees included, with campaigns on every plan. The estimator prices the whole Heymarket bill at your team size.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonTextUs vs SignilioTextUs is aimed at the same teams we are, sales and recruiting, and prices simply: $299 a month for 5,000 messages and five numbers, 2 cents a message for planned growth and 5 cents for spikes, $49 a month per extra number, on a 12-month term. Signilio's plans are month to month, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000 texts and 10 numbers, with extra numbers at $1. At the $299 floor TextUs works out to about 6 cents a message; the estimator shows where the two land for your volume and how many numbers you run.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonMessageDesk vs SignilioMessageDesk sells the simplest bill here: one per-user price, unlimited messaging, numbers free, registration included, nothing else on the invoice. The shape is the catch for a sales team. Team at $39 a user is one-to-one texting only, and Pro at $99 a user sends broadcasts a hundred people at a time, on an annual contract. Signilio's plans are month to month, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000 with 15 seats, and every plan sends campaigns to a whole list. For a small support team the flat seat is attractive; the estimator prices the seats a sales floor would need.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonPodium vs SignilioPodium is a messaging and reviews platform for local businesses, now sold around an AI employee that answers leads, and it publishes no prices at all: every plan is a quote. That makes a dollar comparison impossible and a fit comparison easy. Podium is built for a dealership or a home-services company handling inbound leads and reviews across locations. Signilio is built for a sales team sending outbound at volume and working the replies, on published plans from $34.99 a month. If you are pricing outbound texting, the pages linked below have published numbers.Read the comparison →
Business phone systems with texting
Calling first, texting second, usually with limits on how many people you can text at once.
- ComparisonOpenPhone (Quo) vs SignilioQuo, formerly OpenPhone, is a business phone system with a very good shared inbox, priced per user with unlimited calling and texting under a fair-use policy. It is not a campaign tool: its own pages say mass texting is not available, group texts stop at ten people, and automated sends cost a cent each. For a small team that texts conversationally from a shared number it is excellent value. For a sales team sending campaigns to a list, it is the wrong category, and the estimator below prices only what it can, the seats.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonGoogle Voice vs SignilioGoogle Voice is a phone line, and a good one for a small team already on Google Workspace: $10 to $30 a user with unlimited US texting for real conversations. It is not a texting platform, and Google says so in plain words: messaging is for interactive conversations, it is not intended for bulk messaging, and sending the same text to many people can get you blocked. There is no campaign tool, no shared inbox and no 10DLC registration. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts on registered local numbers, built for campaigns and the replies they bring. If you have been blasting from Google Voice and getting restricted, that is the reason.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonJustCall vs SignilioJustCall is a sales calling platform with texting attached: per-user plans with a two-user minimum, a few hundred segments per seat, and SMS bundles that get down to about a cent a segment at 47,500 a month. Add the seats, the $10 monthly campaign fee, an AT&T surcharge it does not quantify and registration you do yourself, and a texting bill is several lines. Signilio's plans put 2 to 15 seats, carrier fees and the texts in one dollar price, with registration handled. If your reps dial all day and text on the side, JustCall's dialer earns its seats; if texting is the outbound channel, the estimator shows the difference.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonRingCentral vs SignilioRingCentral is a phone system for the whole company, and texting comes with it in small doses: 25 or 100 texts a user a month on a $30 or $35 seat, a $25-a-user Booster for a shared inbox, and a separate High Volume SMS product at $0.0119 a message for anything that looks like a campaign, plus registry fees you handle yourself. Signilio is a monthly plan in dollars with the inbox, campaigns, 2 to 15 seats and registration included, carrier fees inside. If you are buying a phone system and want some texting in it, RingCentral is a sensible place to get both; if texting is the outbound channel, the estimator adds up the seats, the Booster and the per-message product.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonKixie vs SignilioKixie is a sales dialer first: unlimited calling, a power dialer across up to four lines, call coaching and CRM sync, with texting as a feature on the side. It publishes no prices, so there is no bill to estimate; its support center says texts are billed per message on top of the seat and numbers are $5 a month after the first. For a team whose day is calls, Kixie's dialer is the product. For a team whose outbound channel is texting, Signilio publishes its plans, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts, with seats included, campaigns to a list and registration handled.Read the comparison →
SMS APIs and gateways
Raw per-message sending for developers and notification traffic; you build the inbox, the campaigns and the compliance.
- ComparisonTwilio vs SignilioTwilio is the cheapest number on this list and the most expensive product: $0.0083 per segment plus about half a cent of carrier fees, and then everything else is yours to build, the inbox, the campaigns, the opt-out handling, the registration and the engineers who keep it running. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts and reach $189.99 for 12,000, for a finished platform with a two-way team inbox and registration done with you. If you have a development team and want to build your own texting product, Twilio is the right tool. If you have a sales team that needs to send on Monday, the per-segment price is not the comparison that matters, and the estimator shows both bills.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonClickSend vs SignilioClickSend is a bulk SMS gateway sold as prepaid credit: the bigger the top-up, the lower the rate, from 2.9 cents down to just under a cent, plus a flat 0.42-cent carrier fee, with unlimited users and no subscription. It is a sending engine more than a sales tool; the pricing page does not describe a team inbox, and 10DLC number and campaign fees are not published. Signilio's plans are in dollars, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts, with the inbox, routing and registration included and carrier fees inside. The estimator shows both bills; what it cannot show is the fees ClickSend leaves off its page.Read the comparison →
High-volume outbound texting
Platforms built for blasting large lists. The comparison here is about consent, registration and what a message really costs.
- ComparisonSmarter Contact vs SignilioSmarter Contact is the largest of the high-volume texting platforms, now including Launch Control, and it prices like one: a plan fee of $199 to $499 a month plus 2 to 3 cents per outbound text, or committed-use tiers from $799 with 20,000 texts included, then numbers, media and extra seats at $159 to $199 each on top. Signilio's plans run from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000, with seats and numbers included and extra numbers at $1. The bigger difference is what the two are for. Smarter Contact is built for investors and contractors texting property and business lists at volume, with a litigator scrub as the safety net. Signilio is built for outbound to people who have agreed to hear from you, on registered numbers, with opt-outs honored automatically and carrier fees inside the price. The estimator prices both bills.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonLaunch Control vs SignilioLaunch Control, now owned by Smarter Contact, sells texting in hard-capped monthly plans: $497 a month for 12,500 segments with a 750-a-day limit, up to $2,297 for 90,000, plus a flat provider fee of $22 to $135 and $15 per extra area-code market, with no overage beyond boost packs at 4.5 to 6 cents a segment. Signilio's plans run from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000, with no daily plan cap, extra texts at 4¢ down to 3¢ and extra numbers at $1. Launch Control is built for real estate investors texting property lists and prices that way; Signilio is built for consented outbound on registered numbers. The estimator prices Launch Control's plans as published, provider fee included.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonLead Sherpa vs SignilioLead Sherpa bundles texting with skip tracing for investors: $149 a month for 15,000 messages and 5,000 skip traces, up to $1,299 for 100,000 messages and 40,000 traces, with unlimited users. The texting itself runs on your own Twilio or Telnyx account, so every message, number and 10DLC fee is a second bill Lead Sherpa does not publish, and "messages" are not defined as segments. Signilio's plans run from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts to $189.99 for 12,000, carrier fees included, on numbers we provide and register for you. If skip tracing is the reason you are buying, Lead Sherpa's bundle is hard to beat; if texting is, the estimator shows what Lead Sherpa's platform fee buys and what it leaves to your carrier account.Read the comparison →
Ecommerce marketing platforms
SMS sold alongside email to online stores, priced by subscriber count and credits, built for promotions rather than sales conversations.
- ComparisonKlaviyo SMS vs SignilioKlaviyo is an ecommerce marketing platform, and its SMS is priced like one: a monthly plan in dollars that works out to about 1.2 to 3 cents a send with carrier fees inside, on a toll-free number, with replies handled as helpdesk tickets. For an online store texting its subscribers alongside email it is excellent value and the data model is the whole point. For a sales team it is the wrong shape: no local 10DLC numbers in the US, a toll-free sender that reads as a brand rather than a rep, an inbox sold separately, and a public price that ends at 20,000 sends. Signilio's plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts on registered local numbers, with a two-way team inbox included. Klaviyo's published price is lower at the volumes it lists; the estimator shows both bills up to its published ceiling.Read the comparison →
- ComparisonAttentive vs SignilioAttentive is the enterprise SMS marketing platform for consumer brands, and it is sold that way: a contract with a base fee, per-segment rates you learn from the order form, minimum commits, and short codes at $750 a month, with carrier fees passed through on top. None of the platform pricing is published, so there is no bill to estimate. For a large brand running SMS and email to a subscriber list with a dedicated success team, that is the product. For a sales team it is neither the shape nor the price bracket. Signilio publishes its plans, from $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts, on registered local numbers, with a two-way team inbox and monthly plans you can cancel anytime.Read the comparison →
Alternatives
Looking to switch? Each page lists the realistic options for a sales team, ours included, with published entry pricing.
- SimpleTexting alternatives
- EZ Texting alternatives
- SlickText alternatives
- Textedly alternatives
- TextMagic alternatives
- Textla alternatives
- Trumpia alternatives
- Textellent alternatives
- Text Request alternatives
- Sakari alternatives
- Salesmsg alternatives
- Textline alternatives
- Heymarket alternatives
- TextUs alternatives
- MessageDesk alternatives
- Podium alternatives
- OpenPhone (Quo) alternatives
- Google Voice alternatives
- JustCall alternatives
- RingCentral alternatives
- Kixie alternatives
- Twilio alternatives
- ClickSend alternatives
- Smarter Contact alternatives
- Launch Control alternatives
- Lead Sherpa alternatives
- Klaviyo SMS alternatives
- Attentive alternatives
Want the number for your volume?
Plans start at $34.99 a month for 1,000 texts, carrier fees included. The pricing page shows which plan fits your volume.