# SMSMeteor vs Textmagic

> Textmagic is a business text-messaging app with an inbox, contacts and an API; it charges $0.049 per SMS to the United States, bills extras such as an alphanumeric sender ID at $10 a month, and requires brand and campaign registration before sending in North America. SMSMeteor is a gateway without the team inbox, at a fraction of the per-message price and without registration.

Third-party facts read on 2026-09-21 from the public pages listed under Sources. SMSMeteor figures are generated from the live rate card (last updated 2026-09-22).

## Published price per SMS segment (USD)

| Destination | Textmagic | SMSMeteor |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.0490 | $0.0084 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0680 | $0.0130 |
| Germany | $0.0930 | $0.0238 |
| India | $0.0590 | $0.0256 |
| Nigeria | $0.2500 | $0.0326 |
| Brazil | $0.1180 | $0.0042 |

## Side by side

- Sign-up and identity. Textmagic: Email code; North America requires brand and campaign registration before sending (2 to 7 business days, EIN and website). SMSMeteor: Email address and password; no registration programme.
- Payment. Textmagic: Card or PayPal, bank transfer; smallest bundle 500 SMS; pay-as-you-go credit never expires; crypto not listed. SMSMeteor: Seven cryptocurrencies; balance never expires.
- Extras. Textmagic: Alphanumeric sender ID $10 a month; 10DLC campaign and dedicated number $10 a month each. SMSMeteor: Alphanumeric and shared senders free.
- Free trial. Textmagic: Free test balance, amount not stated. SMSMeteor: Test key that validates and prices without sending.
- Coverage and senders. Textmagic: 237 destinations in its price feed; alphanumeric up to 11 characters after review. SMSMeteor: 228 destinations; alphanumeric senders without review in 114 of them.
- API. Textmagic: REST v2 with a published Swagger file and SDKs in seven languages; callback signing and idempotency not documented on the fetched pages. SMSMeteor: REST; idempotency keys; batches of 1,000; HMAC-SHA256 webhooks; OpenAPI 3.1.
- Support and status. Textmagic: status.textmagic.com; support hours not stated. SMSMeteor: Conversations in the panel, seven days a week; public status page.

## Pick Textmagic if

- Your team texts customers from a shared inbox and needs contacts, templates and mobile apps.
- You send low volumes where the per-message price matters less than the app.
- You pay by card or PayPal and want invoices.

## Pick SMSMeteor if

- Price per message matters: $0.0084 against $0.049 to the United States on the pages read.
- You want a free alphanumeric sender instead of $10 a month.
- You send from your own code or from CSV files and do not need a team inbox.

## Sources

- Textmagic SMS pricing: https://www.textmagic.com/sms-pricing/
- Textmagic billing plans: https://support.textmagic.com/article/textmagic-billing-plans/
- Textmagic account sign-up: https://support.textmagic.com/article/sign-up-for-a-textmagic-account/
- Textmagic sender ID: https://www.textmagic.com/sms-sender-id/


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Source: https://smsmeteor.com/compare/textmagic (HTML). Generated by SMSMeteor from the same data as the page. Summary of the whole site: https://smsmeteor.com/llms.txt