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Text-Em-All vs Podium

See exactly where pricing, contracts, and fit differ.

How does Text-Em-All compare to Podium?

Text-Em-All and Podium both send business texts, but they solve different problems. Text-Em-All is a US-based, employee-owned platform built to reach your whole list with the messages people can't miss, alerts, reminders, and offers, plus automated voice, from $19 a month with no contract.

Podium is an all-in-one platform for local businesses that centers on online reviews, website lead conversion, payments, and AI, with texting as one feature, starting around $399 a month on an annual contract. Choose Text-Em-All when reaching your people affordably is the goal; choose Podium when reviews, lead capture, and payments are.

Where Text-Em-All and Podium differ

Built to reach your list, or texting inside a suite

Text-Em-All is built to send to your entire list with no message caps. Mass texting and voice are the product, priced by credits or a flat monthly plan, so reaching everyone is simple and predictable.

Podium bundles texting into a reviews, webchat, and payments suite, and caps bulk messages (about 250 a month on the Core plan), with more capacity sold as an add-on.

Text and voice, or a front-office phone

Text-Em-All includes automated voice broadcast in your credits, so a text and a recorded call reach the same list from one place, a real backup for people who won't read a text.

Podium offers a business phone and an AI receptionist for handling inbound calls, but no automated voice broadcast to a list.

What you pay beyond the sticker price

Text-Em-All is $19 a month or 9 cents a credit, with no contract, free phone numbers and users, and carrier and 10DLC fees absorbed.

Podium starts around $399 a month per location on a 12-month contract, with a $5 monthly 10DLC fee per location and add-ons for AI, extra numbers, and phones that push many businesses to $450 to $600.

Text-Em-All vs. Podium at a glance
  Text-Em-All Podium
Starting price $19/mo or 9¢ per credit, pay-as-you-go About $399/mo per location (Core)
Pricing model Credits or monthly, your choice Monthly subscription, priced per location
Contracts None 12-month contract, auto-renews
Voice broadcasting Yes, included in your credits No outbound voice broadcast
Max text length 1,600 characters on credit plans Standard SMS, plus MMS
Users included Unlimited, free 4 on Core; extra seats cost
Additional phone numbers Free 5 on Core, then $5/mo each
Carrier surcharges None, Text-Em-All absorbs them $5/mo 10DLC per location, passed through
Unused credits Never expire No credits; bulk texts capped (~250/mo on Core)
Live support Yes, US employee-owners Yes, onboarding + success team
Free trial Free account with test credits Demo, sales-led; no free account
G2 rating 4.8 out of 5 4.5 out of 5

How pricing compares

The two price completely differently: Text-Em-All charges for the messages you send; Podium charges a monthly subscription for a suite of tools.

Text-Em-All pricing

Starts at 9 cents per credit, or $19 a month, and the per-credit price drops toward 6 cents as your volume climbs. One credit sends one text, and a voice call comes out of the same balance. Numbers are free, users are free, carrier and 10DLC fees are absorbed, and credits never expire. No contract, ever.

You can see current Text-Em-All pricing for the full breakdown.

TextMagic pricing

Podium doesn't publish prices; you talk to sales. Third-party analyses put Core at around $399 per location per month and Pro at around $599, on a 12-month auto-renewing contract. Core includes about 250 bulk messages a month; extra capacity, AI (~$99/mo), extra numbers ($5/mo), and phones ($30/user/mo plus setup) are add-ons, so the total often lands between $450 and $600 a month.

A worked example

Say a home-services company wants to text its 1,200 customers, appointment reminders, seasonal offers, and the occasional closure, about 1,500 texts a month.

Podium

Texting lives inside Podium's suite. Core runs about $399 per location per month on a 12-month contract and includes only ~250 bulk messages. So 1,500 a month means a higher tier or add-on capacity, plus the $5 10DLC fee. You also pay for reviews, webchat, and payments, whether you use them or not.

The result is about $399+/month

Text-Em-All

On credits, 1,500 credits fall in the 8.5-cent tier, so 1,500 texts cost about $128, with no contract, the number included, carrier and 10DLC fees absorbed, and unused credits that never expire.

The result is $128/month

For reaching your list, Text-Em-All runs roughly $270 a month less, about $3,000 a year, because Podium prices a whole reviews-and-payments platform and Text-Em-All prices your messages.

Run your own numbers through the SMS cost calculator to compare.

Feature comparison

Messaging

Both send bulk SMS and MMS with two-way replies. Text-Em-All allows up to 1,600 characters and puts no monthly cap on sends. Podium includes bulk messages up to a monthly limit (~250 on Core), with more as an add-on, alongside webchat and review requests.

Voice

Text-Em-All includes automated voice broadcast in your credits, for informational and emergency messages. Podium offers a business phone and an AI receptionist for inbound calls, but not voice broadcast to a list.

Everything else

Podium also does reviews, webchat, lead consolidation, text-to-pay, and an AI employee. Text-Em-All doesn't do reviews or payments; it's focused on reaching your audience by text and voice, simply and affordably.
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Which platform fits your organization?

Choose Text-Em-All if you...

  • Need to reach a large list with alerts, reminders, or offers, with no monthly message cap.
  • Want text and automated voice from one place, so people who miss a text still get the message.
  • Want simple credit or monthly pricing, no contract, and free numbers and users.
  • Want an independent, employee-owned vendor built for the long haul.

Podium may fit if you...

  • Want to generate and manage online reviews and your reputation.
  • Want to convert website visitors with webchat and centralize inbound leads.
  • Want text-to-pay, payments, and an AI receptionist in one local-business suite.

Why organizations choose Text-Em-All

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Independent and employee-owned

No outside investment, where Podium has raised over $400 million in venture capital. 100% employee-owned through an Employee Ownership Trust since 2023, built for the long haul, not an exit.
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Simple, fair pricing

Credits or monthly, no contract, no per-user or per-number fees, and credits that never expire. You pay for your messages, not a suite of tools you may not use.
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Text and voice together

When part of your audience can't read a text, a voice broadcast to the same list still reaches them. Some messages are too important for one channel.
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What customers say

Orange-stars

Text-Em-All handled the signup and telcom authorization with ease. I just entered my info, waited for them to clear me, and composed my message. It was simple to upload my delivery list via Excel. The messages were transmitted quickly and included delivery verification. Simple and effective. Reasonable price too.

Josh W.

Orange-stars

Text-Em-All has been an incredibly helpful tool for our youth soccer organization. With more than 100 players and families to keep informed, it allows us to quickly send practice updates, game reminders, schedule changes, weather cancellations, and other important announcements to everyone at once.

Tammy

Orange-stars

Text-em-all has been great. When I called customer service, a real person answered the phone and was very helpful. They even followed up and called me back to make sure everything was corrected and working properly. I sent a test message yesterday, and it took 37 seconds before everyone started receiving it. We will be extending our service with Text-Em-All.

Fred G.

16,000+ organizations served
 
100% employee-owned
 
95%+ message deliverability
 
4.7★ 1,036 reviews on Trustpilot

Frequently asked questions

Reach everyone, the easy way

Text-Em-All helps organizations reach large groups by text and voice, without per-user fees or expiring credits.


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