Head to head · SMS Marketing

Postscript vs SlickText

These two aim at different buyers. Postscript is Shopify native SMS built for ecommerce brands, strong on automated flows and revenue per message with usage based pricing. SlickText is friendly small business texting known for rollover credits and hands on onboarding, with published monthly plans. Shopify stores lean Postscript; general small businesses land more softly on SlickText.

Reviewed by M. HALLORAN·Updated JUNE 2026·How we vet
★ Our pick
Postscript
90 /100
vs
Challenger
SlickText
83 /100
◂ Postscript Advantage SlickText ▸
Postscript leads on Shopify fit, automation and scale · SlickText answers on ease, rollover credits and one on one onboarding.

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How they score

Criteria Postscript SlickText Winner
Shopify and ecommerce fit
93
72
Postscript
Marketing automation
90
76
Postscript
Ease of use
82
89
SlickText
Onboarding and support
83
90
SlickText
Self serve pricing clarity
80
87
SlickText
Scale and deliverability
89
80
Postscript

Scores are our editorial assessment against the VettedSaaS rubric · not vendor supplied.

Choose Postscript if…
+You run a Shopify store and want native ecommerce SMS
+Automated flows like abandoned cart and welcome matter most
+You want usage based pricing that scales with sends
+You measure revenue per message, not just broadcasts
Choose SlickText if…
+You want simple broadcast texting beyond ecommerce
+Published monthly plans and rollover credits appeal
+Hands on one on one onboarding matters
+You are a small business or nonprofit, not a Shopify brand

Feature by feature

✓ full  ·  ∼ partial  ·  — none
Capability Postscript SlickText
Shopify native
Marketing automation
Published pricing usage based
Rollover credits
One on one onboarding
Two way texting

Feature support verified as of June 2026 · check the vendor for current details.

Pricing, side by side

Verified June 2026
Postscript Our pick
Starter (free) $0
Growth plan $25/mo
Professional $500/mo
SlickText Challenger
500 texts $29/mo
2,000 texts $79/mo
Onboarding tier from $129/mo

Pricing as of June 2026. Postscript starts free on Starter at about $0.015 per SMS, then Growth from $25 and Professional from $500 a month, both near $0.008 per SMS, with incoming messages free; SlickText runs from $29 a month for 500 texts up to about $939 at the top, with rollover credits, two free months on annual billing and one on one onboarding unlocked from about $129 a month. Check the vendor for current pricing.