Best mass texting service for sending to a big list
6 services comparedVendor claims read 2026-10-22
For a school, church, gym, club or shop that sends one text to everyone at once: the closure notice, the event reminder, the weekend sale. At that volume one gap in the list repeats a few thousand times, so we read six services' own documentation on 2026-10-22 for the texting rules and for what they do to the list before it goes out. Every status names the page it came from.
Verdict by use case
Best overall for organisation-wide sends
It reads replies like "take me off this list" as opt-outs and applies every opt-out to the whole account, voice calls included. Registration is handled for you, and a Require Opt-Ins switch keeps texts to people who joined from their own phone.
Best for importing a list you already have
Bulk import opens only after its team reviews the list you describe, so the consent question gets asked before the CSV goes in. Contacts keep an opt-in date and source, and each new contact gets a free disclosure text first.
Best for a list that sits idle between sends
An optional setting unsubscribes numbers that keep failing to receive, which is how dead numbers usually show up on an old list. Only the person who opted out can opt back in, so a stale STOP cannot be undone by mistake.
Six services, eight texting rows
The rows are the carrier and FCC basics every marketing text needs: a record of the opt-in, the confirmation, STOP and HELP, the hours and registration. "Our pick" marks the best-overall verdict. For conversational, one-to-one texting read the business texting comparison; for keyword and pop-up list building, the SMS marketing comparison.
| Requirement | Our pickText-Em-All | SimpleTexting | EZ Texting | Textmagic | ClickSend | SlickText |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Records opt-in with a timestamp and the number | Check with the vendor | Yes | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor |
| Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates) | Check with the vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Check with the vendor | Yes |
| Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automatically | Yes | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Yes |
| HELP auto-reply | Check with the vendor | Yes | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Yes |
| Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zone | Check with the vendor | No | No | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | No |
| 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-product | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Consent records exportable | Yes | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor |
| Double opt-in available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Check with the vendor | Check with the vendor | Yes |
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the number
- CTIA asks senders to keep the date, time, number and the words used to secure consent.CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices (May 2023), 5.1.2
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)
- CTIA lists five things a recurring programme's confirmation text should carry.CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices (May 2023), 5.1.2.1
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automatically
- The FCC rule names seven reply words and also counts any reply a reasonable person reads as a revocation.47 CFR § 64.1200(a)(10)
- HELP auto-reply
- CTIA's confirmation calls for customer care contact details or HELP instructions.CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices (May 2023), 5.1.2.1
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zone
- Telephone solicitations are barred before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time at the called party's location.47 CFR § 64.1200(c)(1)
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-product
- US carriers route business texts on local numbers through registered brands and campaigns.
- Consent records exportable
- CTIA asks senders to retain every opt-in and opt-out so consent can be shown later.CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices (May 2023), 5.1.5
- Double opt-in available
- A confirming reply ties the consent to the handset that will receive the texts.
Five list checks before a send
The table above is about the tool. A broadcast also fails on the list: a number with no consent behind it, an opt-out that only reached one list, a number that changed owners. These five checks come before the send button, and the right-hand column says which of the six tools helps with each. The opt-out wording people actually use is in the opt-out keywords guide, and the database check in our Reassigned Numbers Database guide.
| Before the send | What the rule says | What the tools document |
|---|---|---|
| 01Every number has a consent source | CTIA asks senders to keep the timestamp, consent medium, the language used, the campaign, IP address, phone number and the person's identity, and not to use opt-in lists that have been rented, sold or shared.CTIA Messaging Principles §§ 5.1.2, 5.1.4 | SimpleTexting switches bulk import on only after its team reviews the list. SlickText makes you set an opt-in status for every imported contact and sends campaigns only to Subscribed ones. Textmagic describes free, unlimited CSV imports with no review step.SimpleTexting: TCPA Compliance (how to start importing)SlickText: Importing Contacts in Bulk or Creating Them One at a TimeTextmagic: Can I import my contacts from a .CSV or Excel file? |
| 02An opt-out on one list blocks every list | A revocation must be honoured within a reasonable time not to exceed ten business days from receipt.47 CFR § 64.1200(a)(10) | Text-Em-All and SimpleTexting skip an opted-out number on every later send. ClickSend adds it to the Opt-Out List but leaves it on your other lists, which are protected only when the send is checked against that list.Text-Em-All: Opt-Out ReportSimpleTexting: What do opt in and opt out mean?ClickSend: Managing opt-outs |
| 03No number has changed hands since it opted in | A caller who checks the FCC's Reassigned Numbers Database before calling is protected when the database wrongly answers "no". Providers wait at least 45 days before reassigning a disconnected number.FCC: Reassigned Numbers Database | None of the six help centres we read describes a database check. Textmagic can unsubscribe numbers that keep failing to receive; that catches dead numbers, not numbers that now belong to someone else.Textmagic: How can people opt in and opt out? |
| 04The send lands inside each recipient's hours | No telephone solicitation before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time at the called party's location. Florida ends commercial telephone solicitation phone calls at 8 p.m. in the called person's time zone.47 CFR § 64.1200(c)(1)Fla. Stat. § 501.616(6)(a) | SimpleTexting's autoresponder windows, SlickText's scheduled campaigns and EZ Texting's scheduled messages run on the account's time zone. Textmagic takes one time zone per scheduled send. Text-Em-All leaves sending hours to the customer.SimpleTexting: Adding Delivery Windows to AutorespondersSlickText: Send or Schedule Mass Text MessagesEZ Texting help: How to send a text broadcastTextmagic: Schedule text messages to be sent laterText-Em-All: How Text-Em-All Helps with Text Message Delivery |
| 05The list fits the number's daily cap | Not a law but a carrier limit: daily caps and speed are set per carrier from the registered use case and vetting score, and every segment counts as a message.Text-Em-All: Text Number Registration | SimpleTexting quotes T-Mobile daily limits of 1,000 for a sole proprietor and an average of 2,000 for a standard brand. Text-Em-All quotes 1,000 to 200,000 a day and 15 to 4,500 a minute, by carrier.SimpleTexting: Is there a limit to the number of messages I can send?Text-Em-All: Text Number Registration |
Two settings undo the work above. Text-Em-All lets you review and reverse its automatic opt-outs, and ClickSend's opt-outs live on a separate list your other lists must be checked against. Reverse an opt-out only when the person asked to rejoin, and never send to a list that skips the opt-out check.
How long a big send takes
Two clocks bind a broadcast. One is the recipient's: no telephone solicitation before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. where they are, and a list spread across zones shares only the hours all of them are awake. The other is the carrier's daily cap on your number, counted in segments. Change the numbers to see both for your own list; registration tiers are in the 10DLC guide, and stricter state hours in the state mini-TCPA guide.
Opted-in numbers only, after suppression.
Counted in 160-character segments, as Text-Em-All counts them.
Ask your provider; SimpleTexting quotes 2,000 a day on average for a standard brand.
Messages this send uses
9,600
- Segments per text2
- Days at this cap, worst case5
- Shared window, Eastern time11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
In local time that is 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mountain and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific. A send that starts at the top of the window and runs past its end needs splitting by zone.
The window is the federal one for telephone solicitations (no earlier than 8 a.m., no later than 9 p.m. where the recipient is). Some states are stricter: check the quiet hours checker for one number, and the segment counter for exact segments with emoji.
Vendor by vendor
Each card repeats the table's rows with the detail from the vendor's own page. Three of them have comparisons of their own: EZ Texting alternatives, SimpleTexting alternatives and SlickText alternatives.
Text-Em-All
What it is
A mass texting and voice broadcast service built for organisations that reach a whole community at once: schools, churches, employers, associations. Contacts are uploaded from a spreadsheet and sent to in groups.
Who it fits
Organisations sending the same text to hundreds or thousands of people, often alongside a voice call.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberCheck with the vendor
Contacts who text JOIN are added to your list; the help pages do not say whether the time of joining is stored.
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Check with the vendor
Adds "Reply STOP to stop" to the first text a new contact receives; a full confirmation message is not described.
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyYes
STOP, QUIT, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, OPT OUT, OPTOUT and REVOKE, plus replies like "Please remove me from your list" or "This is the wrong number". An opt-out covers the whole account, voice included.
- HELP auto-replyCheck with the vendor
HELP is reserved and cannot be used as a keyword; the reply's wording is not documented.
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneCheck with the vendor
Text-Em-All lists sending hours and time zones among the things the customer controls. A calling window exists for voice broadcasts.
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productYes
Text-Em-All submits and tracks brand and campaign registration for you and charges no registration fee.
- Consent records exportableYes
Contact exports include each number's opt-in status; the Opt-Out Report lists every opted-out number.
- Double opt-in availableYes
A Require Opt-Ins setting (off by default) limits texts to contacts who joined from their own phone by texting JOIN.
SimpleTexting
What it is
A texting platform for campaigns, keywords, sign-up forms and a shared inbox. Bulk imports are switched on per account after its team reviews the list you plan to upload.
Who it fits
Businesses and organisations moving an existing customer or member list onto texting for the first time.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberYes
Contacts carry an opt-in date and an opt-in source (keyword or web form) that segments can filter on.
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Yes
A free, separate compliance text goes to each new contact: your name, STOP, HELP and message-and-data-rates. Keyword sign-ups add the monthly frequency you set.
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyCheck with the vendor
STOP unsubscribes the contact and adds the number to the Local Block List, which every later send skips. Other wording is not documented.
- HELP auto-replyYes
A fixed system reply that gives your company phone number; it cannot be edited.
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneNo
Delivery windows exist on autoresponders, but they follow the account's time zone, not each recipient's.
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productYes
A 10DLC registration form in the app after you pick a local number; SimpleTexting files it with The Campaign Registry.
- Consent records exportableCheck with the vendor
Lists export to CSV with contact fields and inbox history; opt-in date and source columns are not listed.
- Double opt-in availableYes
A per-keyword option: new subscribers reply Y or N before they are added.
EZ Texting
What it is
A web-based text marketing platform for campaigns, keywords, sign-up forms and workflows, with local, toll-free and short-code numbers.
Who it fits
Businesses that grow the list mostly through keywords and web forms and send regular promotional blasts.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberCheck with the vendor
Its FAQ says keywords and web sign-up forms create the documented opt-in record carriers and the TCPA require; the fields kept (time, number) are not listed.
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Yes
A keyword sign-up gets the confirmation message you wrote, sent automatically.
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyCheck with the vendor
STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END and QUIT remove the contact automatically. The FAQ says plain-language opt-outs must also be honoured, without saying the platform catches them.
- HELP auto-replyCheck with the vendor
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneNo
Scheduled messages go out on the time zone set on the account, not the recipient's; the FAQ advises 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the recipient's time zone.
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productYes
An in-app A2P application: Standard registration for under 1,000 messages a day, High-Volume Vetted above that.
- Consent records exportableCheck with the vendor
- Double opt-in availableYes
Offered to every account; required in some cases, such as age-gated content.
Textmagic
What it is
A bulk SMS service with a web app, an email-to-SMS gateway and an API. Lists are imported from CSV or Excel, and sends can be one-off or recurring on a schedule.
Who it fits
Senders who text a list now and then rather than every week, and lists that sit idle between sends.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberCheck with the vendor
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Yes
Subscribe forms can send an automatic opt-in confirmation; you write its wording.
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyCheck with the vendor
STOP, STOPP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, END and QUIT unsubscribe and block the number; plain-language replies are not covered in the docs.
- HELP auto-replyCheck with the vendor
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneCheck with the vendor
A scheduled send takes one time zone; Textmagic recommends the recipient country's zone for sends abroad.
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productYes
A 10DLC form in the web app; Textmagic reviews it and forwards it to The Campaign Registry within one business day.
- Consent records exportableCheck with the vendor
- Double opt-in availableCheck with the vendor
ClickSend
What it is
A business messaging service for SMS, MMS, email and post, sold worldwide, with a dashboard, subaccounts and an API.
Who it fits
Teams that send in several countries or through many subaccounts and want one opt-out list shared across them.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberCheck with the vendor
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Check with the vendor
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyCheck with the vendor
STOP (or a custom keyword) or a per-message unsubscribe link moves the number to the Opt-Out List. Other wording is not documented.
- HELP auto-replyCheck with the vendor
ClickSend's US guide lists what a HELP reply must contain for registration; whether the platform sends one is not stated.
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneCheck with the vendor
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productYes
A self-service 10DLC application; ClickSend says numbers are typically active in 1 to 4 business days.
- Consent records exportableCheck with the vendor
The Opt-Out List can be exported; an opt-in record export is not described.
- Double opt-in availableCheck with the vendor
SlickText
What it is
A text marketing platform for campaigns, keywords, web forms, pop-ups and workflows. Every contact carries an opt-in status that decides what it may receive.
Who it fits
Senders who want the platform to refuse campaign texts to anyone not marked Subscribed.
- Records opt-in with a timestamp and the numberCheck with the vendor
Each contact carries an opt-in status and a join source (manual, import or keyword); a stored opt-in time is not described.
- Sends the opt-in confirmation (program, HELP, STOP, frequency, rates)Yes
An opt-in compliance statement is appended to every opt-in auto-response.
- Honours STOP and plain-language revocation automaticallyYes
Stop, unsubscribe, remove, cancel, end, quit and opt out always opt the contact out; optional Opt-Out Intelligence reads other replies and can opt the contact out too.
- HELP auto-replyYes
Answers HELP with a link to your website and your email.
- Quiet-hours window by the recipient's time zoneNo
Scheduled campaigns deliver on the time zone of the SlickText account, not the recipient's.
- 10DLC brand and campaign registration in-productNo
Toll-free numbers are registered in the app; a 10DLC number goes through your SlickText representative or support.
- Consent records exportableCheck with the vendor
- Double opt-in availableYes
Required for web forms and pop-ups; a Force Double Opt-In setting extends it to keywords.
How we read the claims
Questions buyers ask
Can we text everyone in our customer database?
Not on the strength of having their numbers. For marketing texts sent by an automatic dialing system, the FCC rule asks for prior express written consent: a written agreement, bearing the person's signature, that clearly authorises the messages and names the number they go to (47 CFR § 64.1200(f)(9)). CTIA adds that senders should not use opt-in lists that have been rented, sold or shared. A number from a receipt, a sign-in sheet or a CRM export is a contact, not a subscriber.
What if someone replies "please stop texting me" instead of STOP?
It counts. The rule names seven reply words (stop, quit, end, revoke, opt out, cancel, unsubscribe) and also any other words a reasonable person would read as a request to revoke, and the request must be honoured within ten business days (47 CFR § 64.1200(a)(10)). Text-Em-All and SlickText (with Opt-Out Intelligence on) read plain-language replies; the other four document their keywords only, so someone has to read the inbox.
How many texts can one number send in a day?
Carriers decide, by registered use case and vetting score, and each segment counts as a message (160 plain GSM-7 characters for a one-part text, 153 per part of a longer one). SimpleTexting quotes T-Mobile limits of 1,000 a day for a sole proprietor and an average of 2,000 for a standard brand; Text-Em-All quotes 1,000 to 200,000 a day depending on carrier. A 4,800-contact list and a two-segment text is 9,600 messages: about five days at a 2,000 cap. Vetting can raise a cap, but SimpleTexting is clear that a higher limit is not guaranteed.
Do we have to check the Reassigned Numbers Database?
No law makes you check it, but it is the only safe harbor for texting a number that changed hands: you must have had consent, checked the database before sending, and received a wrong "no". Providers must wait at least 45 days before reassigning a disconnected number and report disconnections every month, so an old list is where the risk sits. None of the six tools here describes running the check for you.
Does a mass texting service make our texts TCPA-compliant?
No. The tool carries out your settings; the consent, the content and the timing are yours, as SimpleTexting, SlickText and EZ Texting each say on their own pages. A violation costs $500 per call or text, up to three times that ($1,500) if the court finds the violation willful or knowing, and on a broadcast that is multiplied by the list. The revocation rules are also moving: the FCC adopted new ones in FCC 26-67 on 30 September 2026, and they take effect 30 days after Federal Register publication, which had not happened when we read on 2026-10-22.
Sources
- CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices (May 2023), 5.1.2fetched 2026-10-22
- 47 CFR § 64.1200(a)(10)fetched 2026-10-22
- 47 U.S.C. § 227 (private right of action and damages)fetched 2026-10-22
- FCC: Reassigned Numbers Databasefetched 2026-10-22
- FCC 26-67, consent revocation order (adopted 30 September 2026)fetched 2026-10-22
- Fla. Stat. § 501.616(6)(a)fetched 2026-10-22
- NIST: Daylight Saving Timefetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: How to Opt Out of Messagesfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: Opt-Out Reportfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: Text Number Registrationfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: TCPA Compliance (how to start importing)fetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Import Guidelines and Rulesfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: What do opt in and opt out mean?fetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Is there a limit to the number of messages I can send?fetched 2026-10-22
- Textmagic: How can people opt in and opt out?fetched 2026-10-22
- Textmagic: Can I import my contacts from a .CSV or Excel file?fetched 2026-10-22
- Textmagic: Schedule text messages to be sent laterfetched 2026-10-22
- ClickSend: Understanding opt-outsfetched 2026-10-22
- ClickSend: Managing opt-outsfetched 2026-10-22
- ClickSend: United States of America (+1)fetched 2026-10-22
- SlickText: Viewing and Managing Contact Datafetched 2026-10-22
- SlickText: Importing Contacts in Bulk or Creating Them One at a Timefetched 2026-10-22
- SlickText: Send or Schedule Mass Text Messagesfetched 2026-10-22
- SlickText: Obtaining and Registering a Sending Numberfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: Understanding Auto Opt-Outsfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: How Text-Em-All Helps with Text Message Deliveryfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: Exporting Contact Listsfetched 2026-10-22
- Text-Em-All: Require Opt In for Text Messagesfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Creating Audience Segmentsfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Free Compliance Messagefetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: What is a HELP response?fetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Adding Delivery Windows to Autorespondersfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: How to register your local numberfetched 2026-10-22
- SimpleTexting: Setting Up a Keywordfetched 2026-10-22
- EZ Texting: Frequently Asked Questionsfetched 2026-10-22
- EZ Texting help: How to send a text broadcastfetched 2026-10-22
- EZ Texting: 10DLC & A2P registrationfetched 2026-10-22
- EZ Texting: SafeSTOP compliance featuresfetched 2026-10-22
- Textmagic: Grow your contacts using compliant subscribe formsfetched 2026-10-22
- Textmagic: 10DLC registration guidefetched 2026-10-22
- ClickSend: 10DLC self-servicefetched 2026-10-22
- SlickText: Tools to Help You Stay Compliantfetched 2026-10-22