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SMS Marketing · Rank #8 of 10

SlickText review and pricing

Modern SMB SMS with strong onboarding support.

By SlickText · Founded 2012 · Jamestown, NY · private

SlickText is one of the cleanest SMB-focused SMS marketing products in the United States. Founded in 2012, it has built a reputation for the best onboarding and customer success experience in the SMB tier, consistently reflected in high G2 and Capterra ratings. The product is feature-comparable to SimpleTexting and EZ Texting but with a more modern UX and stronger 10DLC registration handholding. Best fit: SMBs that value onboarding support and a modern interface over the broader feature set or carrier-grade infrastructure of larger players.

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Best for

SMBs that value strong onboarding and modern UX, retail, restaurants, nonprofits, gyms, churches, that want responsive support without enterprise pricing.

Worst for

E-commerce DTC at scale (Klaviyo, Attentive, Postscript), enterprise senders needing global coverage (Twilio), or teams needing deep CRM integration.

Vendor Trust Score

Is SlickText a trustworthy vendor?

8.2/10
High trust
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
8.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
8.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.0
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
8.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
8.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.5
Trust signal log
  • 2023-03-21
    10DLC registration handholding rolled into all tiers
  • 2024-10-08
    Two-way SMS shared inbox launched on mid tiers
  • 2025-07-14
    G2 SMB Leader for tenth consecutive quarter
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 1,320 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Onboarding and customer success best in the SMB tier
    87% →
  • Modern UX cleaner than EZ Texting or SimpleTexting
    71% ↑
  • 10DLC registration handholding genuinely helpful
    64% ↑

Complaint patterns

  • Smaller integration ecosystem than SimpleTexting
    41% →
  • No bundled email channel
    38% →
  • International SMS support thin
    31% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
89/100 +3 pts
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Representative voices

  • “The SlickText onboarding team got our 10DLC registration through in three days. The other vendors we trialed took weeks.”

    Marketing Manager, restaurant group· G2 · 2026-03-25

  • “Cleanest SMS tool I have used. The UX makes sense the first time you open it.”

    Owner, retail boutique· Capterra · 2026-02-18

Patterns are extracted from review corpus and human-verified. We surface trends, not anecdotes.
Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

134 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-05-01

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Company size Median annual
SMB 1-10 users $588
SMB 10-50 users $1,188
Mid-market 50-200 users $4,200
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Strongest onboarding and customer success experience in the SMB tier
  • Modern UX cleaner than EZ Texting or SimpleTexting
  • Consistently high G2 and Capterra ratings
  • Strong 10DLC registration handholding
  • Two-way SMS conversations with shared inbox
  • MMS picture and video messages
  • Mobile keywords for opt-in

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Smaller integration ecosystem than SimpleTexting
  • Less differentiated for e-commerce than category leaders
  • No bundled email channel
  • CRM integration depth shallower than Salesmsg
  • International SMS support thinner than Twilio or TextMagic

Key features & integrations

  • +Two-way SMS conversations
  • +Shared team inbox
  • +MMS picture and video
  • +Mobile keywords for opt-in
  • +Drip campaigns and autoresponders
  • +Contact list segmentation
  • +10DLC and short code provisioning
  • +Loyalty programs via SMS
50+ integrations
MailchimpHubSpotSalesforceZapierShopifyConstant Contact
Geography supported
United States primary; limited Canada and international
Best fit
1-200 employees · SMB to small mid-market
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of SMS Marketing

SlickText ranks #8 in our editorial review of 10 sms marketing platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

Read the full ranking

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