Pricing
Simple app. Simple pricing. Get started today with a free account. Every account comes with all features. Pay less per text when you subscribe to more credits. Get 2 months FREE when you pay annually.
Select how many message credits per month you will need to see the price:
Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel any time.
A 1 segment SMS Message = 1 credit. Learn more about segments and credits below.
Use a calculator to estimate the number of credits you need.
A one-time $19 A2P application fee is required in order to register your organization with wireless carriers.
100
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 7 ¢ per additional credit
250
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 7 ¢ per additional credit
500
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 6 ¢ per additional credit
1,000
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 5 ¢ per additional credit
2,000
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 5 ¢ per additional credit
3,000
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 4 ¢ per additional credit
5,000
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 3 ¢ per additional credit
10,000
- All features included
- Free incoming messages
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited contacts
- Private phone number
- Cancel anytime
- 3 ¢ per additional credit
10,000+
Talk to us about custom pricing. Contact us.
Credit Calculator
Use this calculator to estimate how many credits per month you will need.
Credit Calculator
Use this to calculate the total number of estimated credits you will need to send a message on TextSpot.
National Event Management
Mike runs an event planning company that regularly updates 300 vendors and 4,000 attendees about schedules and logistics. He expects to send two text messages to each recipient each month during the summer. Mike can sign up for TextSpot’s 10,000-a-month plan for $200 a month and have plenty of credits left over for additional updates for his vendors.
- 4,000 one-segment messages twice per month: 8,000 credits per month
- 300 two-segment messages twice per month: 1,200 credits per month
- Total estimated credits needed: 9,200
- Best Plan = 10,000 credits per month with a custom plan
Church Notifications
Pastor Mary sends weekly updates to the 300 members of her congregation, she’ll need 1,200 credits per month. For $70 a month, you can get 2,000 monthly credits to send to the congregation. A discounted annual plan is available for $700.
- 300 one-segment messages per week: 1,200 credits per month
- Best Plan = 2,000 credits per month for $70/month or $700/year
Healthcare Appointment Reminders
A healthcare group with 8,000 patients wants to send monthly appointment reminders and prescription refill notifications. Each patient will receive two messages per month. They’ll need 16,000 credits/month, which are available through a custom plan. Talk to our team to get a quick estimate.
- 8,000 one-segment messages twice per month: 16,000 credits per month
- Best Plan = 16,000 credits per month with a custom plan
Restaurant Marketing Campaign
Sarah manages a pizza restaurant with 1,000 loyalty members and sends two promotional messages per month: one with a special offer and another featuring the seasonal menu. She can do that 2,000 credits per month, which costs $70.
- 1,000 two-segment messages twice per month: 4,000 credits per month
- Best Plan = 5,000 credits per month for $130/month or $1,300/year
School Reminders
A private school wants to send event updates to 1,500 students and parents once a month. They will need 1,500 credits per month, which can be purchased for $700 a year or $70 per month.
- 1,500 one-segment messages once per month: 1,500 credits per month
- Best Plan = 2,000 credits per month for $70/month or $700/year
Fitness Center Promotions
A fitness center sends bi-weekly promotions and class schedules to 1,500 members, which will need 3,000 credits a month. For $97 a month or $970 a year, they can send those messages through TextSpot.
- 1,500 one-segment messages twice per month: 3,000 credits per month
- Best Plan = 3,000 credits per month for $97/month or $970/year
University Notifications
A large university wants to send texts to 12,000 students twice a month, that will cover events, deadlines, and emergency alerts. Each message includes a link to the student portal. They will need 24,000 credits/month, which can be purchased through a custom-pricing model. Learn more by contacting our team.
- 12,000 one-segment messages twice per month: 24,000 credits per month
- Best Plan = 24,000 credits per month with a custom plan
Frequently Asked Questions
1 credit = 1 sent SMS text (a plain text message with or without emojis) delivered in 1 segment (block of text).
3 credits = 1 sent MMS message (a message with any media, like a video, image, or GIF)
Messages broken up into more than 1 segment cost 1 additional credit per segment.
Examples:
- Send a 2 segment SMS message to 1 contact and it will cost 2 credits.
- Send a 1 segment SMS message to a list of 10 contacts and it will cost 10 credits.
- Send a 1 segment MMS message to 1 contact and it will cost 3 credits.
- Send a 1 segment MMS message to a list of 10 contacts and it will cost 30 credits.
To determine your total estimated credits used for any sent message, follow this simple equation:
Total Contacts x Total Segments x Message Type (MMS or SMS) = Total Credits Used
When wireless carriers (like Verizon and ATT, for example) break up text messages into multiple segments they charge us to deliver those messages on your behalf.
We pass those costs on to you.
Segments are usually 160 characters for the GSM-7 format and 70 characters for the UCS-2 format. GSM-7 is the standard format, but UCS-2 is almost always used if your message contains emojis.
These formats and the estimated number of credits you will be using will be indicated before sending or scheduling any message.
Once you are subscribed, you will be able to pick from a list of available local numbers.
For those sending a high volume of messages (over 500 messages at a time), you may need to register for a toll-free phone number to prevent message throttling from telecom carriers. Contact us if you are concerned or want to register for a toll-free phone number.
It may be possible to use your existing landline or phone number to send and receive text messages with TextSpot. Contact us to see if your number is supported.
No. There are no hidden, additional fees, but there is a one-time A2P application registration fee of $19. This fee is paid to register your brand/organization and vet your use of sending text messages from an application to person(s) otherwise known as A2P.
You will be charged for additional credits used beyond your current plan.
For example, if you are subscribed to 100 credits per month and are about to send your 101st message within a 30-day period, then you'll be charged an additional $0.07 (7 cents) per message, which is collected at your next billing period.
Overages for credits range from $0.07 - $0.03 depending on the plan you are subscribed to.
In some cases, it is more affordable to simply go over a few credits rather than upgrading your account. In other cases, it may make more sense to upgrade. You can upgrade and downgrade your account at any time.
Yes. If you pay annually, you'll get 2 months free!
Yes. If you pay annually, you'll have access to all of your credits right away.
For example, if you pay annually for the 50 credits account, you'll be able to use all 600 credits (50 x 12 months) right away. You could send all 600 in one message if you'd like, or within 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, or whatever you choose.
If you go over that limit at any time, you'll need to upgrade or pay per additional credit.
Messages broken up into more than 1 segment cost 1 additional credit per segment.
SMS segments are the blocks of characters (letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation, etc) that an individual SMS message is broken into.
Segments are usually 160 characters for the GSM-7 format and 70 characters for the UCS-2 format. GSM-7 is the standard format, but UCS-2 is almost always used if your message contains emojis.
Messages over the character limit will be sent in multiple segments.
These rules are set by wireless carriers, not TextSpot.
Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade at any point within your account.
An organization can have as many users as you want. This allows your team to access the same account so that anyone from your team can manage your contacts, schedule texts, etc.
A user is someone within your organization that can access your account and manage features of your account.
Contacts are the people and lists you send your messages to. There is no limit to the number of contacts you import or individually add to your account.
The character limit is 160 characters.
If your message goes over 160 characters, your message will be split and count as more than 1 credit.
For example, a 161-character message will be sent as two messages, one with 153 characters and the second with 8 characters.
No. Credits do not roll over for monthly or yearly subscriptions.
Yes. There is no limit to the number of text messages you can send on TextSpot. However, there is no fixed-price unlimited plan. Learn more about why fixed-price unlimited text messaging plans do not exist.
If you need more than 10,000 message credits per month, contact us for a custom plan.
Yes. We award qualifying non-profits with discounts of up to 30% off your messaging credits.
Please email contact@textspot.io with:
- A link to your non-profit's website.
- A brief explanation of what you are using TextSpot for.
Our team will review your non-profit to determine whether or not to award your account with an additional 30% off.
Who Should Use TextSpot?
Honestly, anyone that wants to enhance their SMS capabilities beyond what their personal cell phone offers. We've got people that use TextSpot for personal daily reminders all the way to enterprise level organizations that send transactional and marketing messages to thousands daily.
We write about use cases for particular industries: