Pony Express HQ vs Textmagic

Textmagic is the closest comparison to us on the surface, because both products are built around prepaid credits rather than plan tiers. The difference is what sits underneath the credits.

The structural difference

Textmagic charges prepaid credits for the messages themselves, alongside required monthly subscriptions to hold a dedicated virtual number or sender ID and to maintain 10DLC registration for US local numbers.

So the messages are pay-as-you-go, but there is a recurring floor before you send anything, and that floor is the part a per-message rate comparison hides.

We include one dedicated US local or toll-free number at no monthly charge. Additional local numbers are $1.25 a month each if you want them. Carrier registration fees for A2P 10DLC are set by the carriers rather than by us and apply either way, whichever platform you use.

Where Textmagic is genuinely stronger

Genuinely international coverage across many countries, alphanumeric sender IDs where local rules allow them, and email as well as SMS from one balance. We cover the US and Canada only. If you need to reach recipients outside North America, this comparison ends here and you should use them.

Where we are stronger

Inside the US and Canada, the recurring floor is the difference. If you send occasionally, a monthly number fee is a subscription by another name, and it is charged in the months you send nothing.

Unlimited groups, keywords and team logins are included here rather than priced separately.

Which to choose

Choose Textmagic if you send internationally, need a branded alphanumeric sender ID, or want SMS and email drawing on one balance.

Choose us if your audience is in the US or Canada and you would rather your dedicated number not carry a monthly charge.

Work out your own figures with the cost calculator, and read Textmagic’s current pricing directly, including the recurring items listed below the per-message rates.