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16 DIFFERENCES ยท 8 THE SAME

SlickText vs Twilio

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SlickText and Twilio both meet every requirement for 7 jobs we track, including bulk and A2P SMS, two-way business texting and appointment reminders. The biggest differences in the data: Twilio costs 94% less for two-way business texting at 5,000 messages/month and native integrations: 8 native on SlickText against 1 native on Twilio.

Both meet every requirement for

Differences 16

FieldSlickTextTwilio
COSTBulk and A2P SMS: monthly cost at 100,000 messages/monthUnknown$10.20/mo
COSTShort codes: monthly cost at 100,000 messages/monthUnknown$10.20/mo
COSTTwo-way business texting: monthly cost at 5,000 messages/month$169/mo$10.20/mo
COSTPricing modelFlat monthly plansPer message
FEATURESDelivery receiptsUnknownIncluded
FEATURESShared team inbox for messagesIncludedUnknown
FEATURESScheduled and triggered messagesIncludedAdd-on
FEATURESContact lists and segmentsIncludedUnknown
FEATURESRCS business messagingAdd-onIncluded
COMPLIANCESOC 2 Type IINot published by the vendorIncluded
COMPLIANCEData residencyNot published by the vendorEU
COVERAGECountries you can text2 countriesUnknown
INTEGRATIONSNative integrations8 native1 native
REVIEWSReview sentimentUnknownMostly negative
ACCEPTANCEFinanceAccepted with conditionsUnknown
ACCEPTANCEHealthcareAccepted with conditionsUnknown

SlickTextTwilio

Assumptions used: Average call length 3 minutes per call (stated assumption); Call volume when the page is not sized by calls 400 calls per month (stated assumption). How costs are computed

The same on both 8

FieldSlickTextTwilio
COSTFree trialYesYes
FEATURESSends SMSIncludedIncluded
FEATURES10DLC brand and campaign registrationIncludedIncluded
FEATURESKeywords and automatic opt-outIncludedIncluded
FEATURESTwo-way textingIncludedIncluded
FEATURESSends MMS (images)IncludedIncluded
FEATURESDedicated or shared short codesIncludedIncluded
COMPLIANCEHIPAA BAAIncludedIncluded