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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "simpletexting",
 "name": "SimpleTexting",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "simpletexting.com",
 "category": "Communication & Voice",
 "task": "WhatsApp, SMS & social messaging",
 "summary": "SMS marketing and business texting: run mass-text campaigns, two-way conversations and automations with compliance built in.",
 "best_for": "US businesses that want straightforward, compliant SMS marketing and two-way texting with rollover credits",
 "skip_if": "you don't have a real opted-in list or a compelling offer — texting a cold audience burns money and trust",
 "honest_knock": "The credit model plus US carrier (10DLC) fees and per-number/per-seat add-ons mean the sticker isn't the whole bill — and SMS marketing only works with genuine opt-in and a real offer, not blasting a cold list.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$29",
  "entry_price_terms": "500-credit plan (local number extra) · per month",
  "from_price_usd_month": 29.0,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(re-verified 2026-10-03 on simpletexting.com/pricing) Credit-based by monthly volume, and the headline is not the plan price: the page's \"estimated monthly cost\" bundles a $10/mo local number into every figure. The credit plans themselves are $29 (500 credits), $49 (1,000), $79 (2,000), $109 (3,000), $229 (7,500), $399 (15,000), $549 (25,000) and $899 (50,000) a month, so the printed $39 to $909 range is those figures plus the number. SMS = 1 credit, an extended message up to 306 characters = 2, MMS = 3; incoming SMS is free and incoming MMS costs 1 credit. Extra credits beyond the plan taper with the tier, from 5.5 cents at 500 to 2 cents at 50,000. Yearly billing takes 20% off the credit portion only — the entry tier becomes $23.20 of credits plus the same $10 number, i.e. $33.20 a month billed yearly at $398.40 — and grants the year's credits as one upfront bucket (6,000 at the entry tier) instead of a monthly allowance. The rollover rule the page states is for monthly plans: unused plan credits roll over until the end of the following month. Every paid plan includes three user seats, with additional seats at $20/mo and additional numbers at $10/mo; a local number carries a $4 activation fee and there is a separate one-off $4 carrier (10DLC) registration. A toll-free number has no additional monthly fee but carrier approval can take up to a week; dedicated short codes begin at $1,000/mo and take 6-8 weeks to provision. Carrier fees are passed through without markup at roughly $0.0025 per message in the US and $0.0068 in Canada. Nonprofits, churches and other tax-exempt organisations get 15% off any monthly plan, and there is a 30-day refund.",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
  "source_url": null,
  "schema_offer": {
   "price": 29.0,
   "currency": "USD",
   "description": "500-credit plan (local number extra), per month; the page's own \"estimated monthly cost\" of $39 is this plan plus a $10 local number, and yearly billing makes it $23.20 of credits plus the same $10, i.e. $398.40 a year. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-10-03.",
   "page": "https://zerotouchsupport.com/simpletexting-review.html"
  },
  "source_quotes": null,
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": {
   "status": "stable",
   "tracked_since": "2026-08-12",
   "last_read": "2026-11-03",
   "read_days": 18,
   "stable": {
    "since": "2026-08-12",
    "until": "2026-11-03",
    "reads": 18,
    "days": 83
   },
   "changes": [],
   "method": "Stable = every amount on the vendor's pricing page identical across >= 3 of our reads over >= 30 days. A change is listed only after we confirmed the new price on the page, with a verbatim quote. Differences in raw readings are never published on their own."
  }
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "per_seat",
   "label": "Per-seat pricing",
   "evidence": "The credit model plus US carrier (10DLC) fees and per-number/per-seat add-ons mean the sticker isn't the whole bill — and SMS marketing only works with genuine opt-in and a real offer, not blasting a cold list.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "usage_metered",
   "label": "Usage-metered",
   "evidence": "(re-verified 2026-10-03 on simpletexting.com/pricing) Credit-based by monthly volume, and the headline is not the plan price: the page's \"estimated monthly cost\" bundles a $10/mo local number into every figure.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "addons_extra",
   "label": "Key features are paid add-ons",
   "evidence": "The credit model plus US carrier (10DLC) fees and per-number/per-seat add-ons mean the sticker isn't the whole bill — and SMS marketing only works with genuine opt-in and a real offer, not blasting a cold list.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "EZ Texting or Klaviyo SMS",
  "why": "other SMS-marketing tools"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/simpletexting.json",
  "review": "https://zerotouchsupport.com/simpletexting-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/simpletexting/",
  "vendor_site": "https://simpletexting.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://simpletexting.stptnr.net/4jtoi813qzd0",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "Being verified: free trial and refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "read",
  "free_trial": "being_verified",
  "refund": "being_verified"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "third_party_video": {
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd5E3g6-V4Q",
  "channel": "Business Solution",
  "published": "2026-09-03",
  "shows": "text-to-join keywords, contact lists, and writing and scheduling a first campaign",
  "independent": true,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-20"
 },
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "simpletexting:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "simpletexting:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "simpletexting:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "simpletexting:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}