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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EZ Texting

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AEZ Texting provides businesses and organizations with a text marketing solution, including features and integrations to keep conversations going. The solution can be used by businesses to connect with their audiences. It can be used to send promotions, promote a new product, build brand awareness, or drive traffic to websites or storefronts. EZ Texting Key Features EZ Texting's features are designed to enhance the effectiveness of text marketing…

    $25

    per month

    SlickText

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlickText, from Slicktext.com headquartered in Jamestown (Slick Innovations LLC) is a mobile marketing platform emphasizing text and SMS marketing. Subscriptions support unlimited contacts, picture messaging, and rollover texts.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    EZ TextingSlickText
    Editions & Modules
    Launch
    $25
    per month
    Boost
    $75
    per month
    Scale
    $125
    per month
    Enterprise
    $3,000
    per month
    The Basic
    $29
    per month 500 Texts
    The Step Up
    $49
    per month 1,000 Texts
    The Lil' Bro
    $79
    per month 2,000 Texts
    The Big Bro
    $139
    per month 3,600 Texts
    The Boss
    $189
    per month 5,000 Texts
    The Albatross
    $350
    per month 10,000 Texts
    The Whale
    $750
    per month 25,000 Texts
    The Monstro
    1,250
    per month 50,000 Texts
    The Mammoth
    1,999
    per month 100,000 Texts
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EZ TextingSlickText
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLAUNCH PLAN: Recommended for up to 500 contacts. Local EZ Textable Number. Max Speed: up to 500/day. Cost Per Msg:$0.030. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. BOOST PLAN: Recommended for 501-2,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume Number. Max Speed: up to 2,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.025. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. SCALE PLAN: Recommended for 2,000-50,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume, High-Speed Number. Max Speed: up to 50,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.020. Delivery Rate: 95%. Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. ENTERPRISE PLAN: Recommended for 50,000+ contacts. This Plan offers. Dedicated Short Codes. Max Speed: up to 1 MM/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.010. Delivery Rate: 99%. Includes 200k msg/mo. Pricing information for EZ Texting is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase EZ Texting must be conducted with the seller. Included in All Plans: Unlimited Incoming Messages, Contacts, & Keywords. New Features: Realize ROI faster with AI Compose & Team Inbox with AI Reply. Live Support Chat: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm ET and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm ET. Growth Tools: QR Codes, Keywords & Signup Forms. MMS Edge: Enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock. CRM-Lite: Upload, Management, Groups & Personalization.—
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    EZ TextingSlickText
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    CallFire
    Chose EZ Texting
    The onboarding process for ez texting is more straightforward and less cumbersome than other texting options. Ez texting lets you know what documentation is needed, typical response times, what party you are waiting on (the phone carriers, for example), that you have to provide …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    EZ TextingSlickText
    Small Businesses
    SimpleTexting
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Attentive
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Airship
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EZ TextingSlickText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (256 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (95 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (112 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EZ TextingSlickText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallFire
    For what we use EZ Texting for (Emergency contact system), it does what we need and is very easy to manage and keep up to date. The team always reaches out to see if there is anything more we need, which is kind as well. I can't speak to its features as a whole, however, as its use is very narrow in scope in our business.
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    SlickText
    Very well suited for those getting started with SMS campaigns. It was easy for everyone on our team to pick up and get going without a lot of training. If you have mobile number lists in the hundreds of thousands I can see how it would be tough to manage with the lists, keywords, etc. I could be wrong as we are not in that space but that would be my assumption.
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    Pros
    CallFire
    • I appreciate the detailed delivery reports.
    • The support team’s quick responses are appreciated.
    • The automation feature is incredibly handy for instantly messaging leads right after they sign up.
    • The onboarding process is straightforward.
    • Genuine customer inquiries show up in the inbox, organizing important messages in one place.
    • You can avoid the email spam folder by using ez texting!
    • Opt-outs resolve themselves.
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    SlickText
    • User friendly interface
    • A good resource for making sure we maintain compliance with all the privacy policies
    • The text-to-join feature looks awesome. That is the one we are hoping to get started soon.
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    Cons
    CallFire
    • Drafts don't save well, seemed like I kept having to redo the same text because a draft wouldn't save.
    • I want to be able to click and update users quickly, but there were too many steps to add/remove people from lists.
    • The app didn't work if I used google SSO - i couldn't ever get signed in.
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    SlickText
    • Easy to find resources for short codes
    • The current automation is nice for beginners but it's not terribly sophisticated for experienced users
    • Minimal integrations to this point but I'm sure more are on the way
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallFire
    We're excited about EZ Texting and what it does for us. We want to get more into automation with campaigns dealing directly with web sales so a more robust solution will likely leave EZ Texting as our event activation partner and only be used during select times of the year.
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    SlickText
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    Usability
    CallFire
    I think it is straightforward to use. UX is always challenging, and the platform does an excellent job of making it easy enough to use. However, it's not 100% intuitive and takes just a bit of figuring out, so I gave it an 8 / 10. It's easy enough as is, but of course, it could always be better.
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    SlickText
    Very easy to use. Intuitive website that our entire team has been able to quickly pick up. In my opinion it is the most user friendly interface of all the software we did demos with.
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    Reliability and Availability
    CallFire
    We have never needed to use the system and it be unavailable. They seem to schedule their server maintenance perfectly (at least for us!).
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    Performance
    CallFire
    It works pretty well but sometimes things don't work the way you would assume, IE marking messages as read is not as intuitive
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    Support Rating
    CallFire
    EZ Texting "gets it"! When I have had something I needed customer service to help me with, they returned my emails and calls promptly. I have a smaller business and they came through as if I was a huge corporate entity. They really care about all sizes of customers!
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    Implementation Rating
    CallFire
    The most important aspect of implementation was selecting a valuable keyword. When we first started using EZ Texting, we were able to grab a simple, easy word to use to connect people to our texts. That proved invaluable in our marketing and selling people on using the service. If we didn't have a good word, I would imagine it wouldn't have been as successful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallFire
    EZ Texting has a much better user interface and better support. At first I wanted to "pay as you go" so switched from EZ Texting to BulkSMS. BIG MISTAKE. After 2 hours of banging my head against the wall, I went straight back to EZ Texting and paid the little extra monthly and it was like light from Heaven shined down upon me
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    SlickText
    We felt SlickText was the most user friendly, budget friendly, and we liked the fact that they didn't balk at the fact we wanted to go month to month to start so we didn't end up in a long term commitment right out of the gate.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CallFire
    We have been grandfathered into our old package, but I wish there were better package options offered now.
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    Scalability
    CallFire
    We haven't really utilized it for this purpose but it does seem like there are a lot of great options you can utilize.
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    SlickText
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    Professional Services
    CallFire
    easy access
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    Return on Investment
    CallFire
    • Customers, as well as potential customers, do not seem to have any issue, providing their phone numbers for text messages as opposed to receiving countless emails.
    • Upselling items has improved considerably due to our ability to notify customers of new products and specials that we are offering in the store.
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    SlickText
    • We are receiving a click through rate anywhere between 12-20% on our renewal reminder texts
    • Those people who click have a conversion rate of around 50% which is the best of any of the campaigns we run
    • One negative could be if we start to use the tool for promotional texts then there may be a negative impact on the member experience. Need to use it in moderation
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    ScreenShots

    EZ Texting Screenshots

    Screenshot of where the user can view recent activity, upcoming campaigns, and access AI Assistant.Screenshot of the enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock, which includes 450+ million free images and 20k design templates to create more scroll-stopping texts.Screenshot of the upgraded AI Compose - Used to create engaging messages with emojis, helpful templates,, easy editing, and Spanish translations.Screenshot of workflows. These are used to send texts triggered by actions and events to boost engagement and drive conversions. With a drag & drop editor, technical expertise or code is never required.Screenshot of delivery confirmations, as well as where the user can check on bounce rates and view opted-outs.

    SlickText Screenshots

    Screenshot of Text message marketing software with a toolset that helps grow, engage, and nurture customers.Screenshot of The Platform balances sophistication and simplicity making it easy to start, learn, and grow.Screenshot of For 50 or 500,000 messages, SlickText offers fast send speeds and high delivery rates.Screenshot of Subscriber growth tools to maximize audience size and keep it growing.Screenshot of An automated workflow tool used to create automated SMS sequences that engage with people one-on-one. No coding required.