Textlocal Alternative After the Closure: SMSMeteor Compared

01In short

Textlocal, the long-running UK bulk SMS service, closed on 31 July 2026: its website now redirects to Webex Interact, which states that sales stopped on 31 May 2026 and that remaining credits can be transferred or refunded. Former Textlocal senders who want a pay-per-message gateway rather than a new platform contract can send to the United Kingdom from SMSMeteor at $0.0130 per message, with alphanumeric sender names delivered as typed.

Facts about Textlocal come from its own public pages, read on 21 September 2026 and listed at the bottom of this page. They change; check the source before deciding. SMSMeteor figures are generated from the live rate card.

Destination	Textlocal	SMSMeteor	SMSMeteor is
United States	service closed	$0.0084	n/a
United Kingdom	service closed	$0.0130	n/a
Germany	service closed	$0.0238	n/a
India	service closed	$0.0256	n/a
Nigeria	service closed	$0.0326	n/a
Brazil	service closed	$0.0042	n/a

Published price per SMS segment. US prices include the carrier pass-through fee where the provider adds one. Full rate card.

02Side by side

What each one asks of you, and gives you.

	Textlocal	SMSMeteor
Status	Closed on 31 July 2026; sales stopped on 31 May 2026; the website redirects to Webex Interact	Open; account created with an email address
Existing credits	Transferable to Webex Interact or refundable, according to the closure notice	Prepaid balance that never expires; unused balance refundable
Pricing model	Credit bundles (discontinued)	USD per message, one published rate per destination, no bundle
Payment	Card and invoice (discontinued)	Seven cryptocurrencies
United Kingdom	Was a UK-first service	$0.0130 per message; alphanumeric senders delivered as typed; quiet hours 08:00 to 21:00 by default
India	The Indian site was not reachable on the date checked	$0.0256 per message on an international route; DLT headers need an Indian entity
API	Discontinued	REST with idempotency keys, batches of 1,000, signed webhooks, OpenAPI 3.1

03Who should pick which

Looking for a Textlocal alternative? Start here.

A migration path for existing Textlocal credits, offered by the same owner through Webex Interact: that is what Textlocal has and we do not. The rest is below.

Move to Webex Interact if

You hold Textlocal credits and want them transferred rather than refunded.
You want to stay with the same owner and a managed platform with account management.
You pay by card or invoice and need a UK contracting entity.

Pick SMSMeteor if

You want to pay per message with no bundle, contract or monthly fee.
You send to the UK and abroad and want every rate on one public page.
You send from CSV files or a simple REST API and want to be live today.

Moving traffic is an afternoon: import the list, send a small test per destination, point the integration, move country by country. The four steps. What no-KYC means here.

04Questions, answered

SMSMeteor and Textlocal, answered.

Is Textlocal still available?

No. Textlocal Messenger closed on 31 July 2026 and its website redirects to Webex Interact. Sales had stopped on 31 May 2026. According to the closure notice, remaining credits can be transferred or refunded.

What is a good Textlocal alternative for UK bulk SMS?

It depends on what you used. For campaigns from a file and a simple API, SMSMeteor sends to the United Kingdom at $0.0130 per message, delivers alphanumeric sender names as typed, and needs only an email address to start. If you want a managed platform from the same owner, Webex Interact is the successor named in the closure notice.

Can I keep my sender name?

In the United Kingdom, yes: alphanumeric senders of 3 to 11 characters are delivered as typed, with no registration step on our side. Other countries apply their own rule, shown on each country page.

How do I move my contact lists?

Export them as CSV, import the file in the composer, and read the import report: numbers are normalised to international format, duplicates merged and invalid rows listed. Keep the consent records that go with each list.

Do I need a contract or a minimum spend?

No. You fund a prepaid balance in cryptocurrency and pay the published rate per message. There is no bundle, no monthly fee and no expiry.

05Sources

Where the Textlocal facts come from.

Public pages only, read on 21 September 2026. Anything we could not verify is written as not published rather than guessed.

Textlocal Messenger closure notice (Webex Interact): webexinteract.com/textlocal/

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