| Price from | $0.08/mo | $19.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · SMS Marketing Software | 8.6 (#7) | 8.1 (#15) |
| API | The homepage provides API examples for C#, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Node.js, Ruby and PowerShell. | Textdrip links to developer API documentation and lists APIs and webhooks in its plan feature comparison. |
| Automation | Automation Flows let businesses create goal-specific visual journeys that send relevant texts and use real-time analytics. | Its features include appointment reminder drips, automated keyword replies, and AI-generated message options. |
| Company history | SMSPortal says it was founded in Cape Town and grew from a bootstrapped garage startup into a cloud communications platform provider. | Textdrip says the product launched on August 12, 2020, after founder Phil Portman assembled a development team. |
| Headquarters | The company lists West Office Tower, Century City, Cape Town, South Africa as its physical address. | Highland, Michigan, United States |
| Integrations | Official platform integrations listed are Optimove, MoEngage, Adobe Campaigns, Plumb5, Zapier and RapidAPI. | The integrations directory describes connections using Automation Studio for Calendly, Flowlu, Facebook, Google Sheets, Salesforce, WooCommerce, Stripe, Shopify, and Pipedrive. |
| Messaging | Its SMS offering supports promotional, transactional and conversational texts. | The platform supports bulk texting, scheduled messages, MMS, and one-to-one two-way conversations. |
| Product | SMSPortal describes itself as a cloud-based omnichannel messaging platform for business communications. | Textdrip describes itself as an AI-powered SMS marketing platform for automated texting, follow-ups, replies, and appointment booking. |
| Support | The pricing page lists live chat support as business-hours for Free and 24/7 for Standard and Enterprise, with agent calls during business hours across plans. | The support page says the team will respond to support requests within one business day. |
