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SlickText vs Sakari Comparison (2026)

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SlickText

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Sakari

Overview

SlickText has powered over 124,000 text message programs since 2011. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, SlickText helps businesses build valuable customer relationships through personalized mass texting, automated workflows, and two-way messaging.

Sakari is a cloud-based text messaging platform that helps businesses send SMS confirmations, reminders, alerts, and marketing campaigns to customers. Key features include data encryption, multiple user accounts, contact filtering, rich messages, group texting, and predefined message templates.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

29

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

25

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

271

5

4

3

2

1

230

37

2

1

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
90%
would recommend this app

4.5

101

5

4

3

2

1

64

29

4

2

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

Pros

“SlickText has become an important tool to communicate with our employees and demonstrate our appreciation through running employee contests via text to win gift cards, concert tickets and even NBA playoff tickets. ”
LH

Louis H.

President and CEO

“Our primary use case is to communicate to our employees and we love the ability to run "Employee Appreciation Contests" via text.”
LH

Louis H.

President and CEO

“I am able to message my customers with great sales and discounts, new products, great markdowns, and everything else.”
JF

Judy F.

Owner

Pros

“Sakari stood out as a promising option.”
AS

Alaa S.

CEO

“I know for a fact that I only have less than 500 contacts and that the beginner one can handle.”
LA

Lyndon A.

Founder

“I have signed up for a $16 plan to text it out.”
LA

Lyndon A.

Founder

Cons

“Unable to select employees one by one to text them a one-off group message.”
AD

Amber D.

HR Manager

“wanting to text one person or a subgroup info but not being able to can be tricky”
AB

Alex B.

Marketing manager

“I like the features it offers, but I wasn't able to use them because I don't have a website set up and the business pages that I use weren't sufficient.”
KA

Kristy A.

Emotional Health Consultant

Cons

“I've been getting bad support as a new customer for six weeks.”
JB

James B.

President

“Awful.”
JB

James B.

President

“Not reliable at all and can't talk with a human over the phone or chat , they took more than 1 week to answer and did not even reply to my questions.”
GV

Gaspard V.

Inside Sales Representative

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review17 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features80
  • 2-Way Messaging
  • A/B Testing
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Autoresponders
  • CRM
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Segmentation
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consent Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contextual Targeting
  • Coupons
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable CTAs
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • Drip Campaigns
  • Dynamic Content
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Generative AI
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Lead Management
  • Lead Qualification
  • Link Shortening
  • Location-Based Marketing
  • MMS
  • Marketing Automation
  • Mass Texting
  • Message Personalization
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Coupons
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Polls/Voting
  • QR Codes
  • ROI Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SMS Marketing
  • SMS Messaging
  • Sales Analytics
  • Scheduled Messaging
  • Segmentation
  • Shortcodes
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text-to-Win
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features24
  • 2-Way Messaging
  • A/B Testing
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Autoresponders
  • CRM
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Segmentation
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consent Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contextual Targeting
  • Coupons
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable CTAs
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • Drip Campaigns
  • Dynamic Content
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Generative AI
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Lead Management
  • Lead Qualification
  • Link Shortening
  • Location-Based Marketing
  • MMS
  • Marketing Automation
  • Mass Texting
  • Message Personalization
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Coupons
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Polls/Voting
  • QR Codes
  • ROI Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SMS Marketing
  • SMS Messaging
  • Sales Analytics
  • Scheduled Messaging
  • Segmentation
  • Shortcodes
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text-to-Win
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations10
  • AWeber
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Aircall
  • BoomTown
  • CallRail
  • Cognito Forms
  • Constant Contact
  • Copper
  • GetResponse
  • Gmail
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Contacts
  • Gorgias
  • Gravity Forms
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Kit
  • Knack
  • Leadpages
  • MailerLite
  • Mailgun
  • MeisterTask
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Parseur
  • Process Street
  • Salesmate
  • Shift4Shop
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Streak
  • TimeHero
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • Typeform
  • Wave
  • Webinato
  • WooCommerce
  • Wufoo
  • Zapier
  • Zenkit
  • Zoho CRM
  • Total integrations35
  • AWeber
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Aircall
  • BoomTown
  • CallRail
  • Cognito Forms
  • Constant Contact
  • Copper
  • GetResponse
  • Gmail
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Contacts
  • Gorgias
  • Gravity Forms
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Kit
  • Knack
  • Leadpages
  • MailerLite
  • Mailgun
  • MeisterTask
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Parseur
  • Process Street
  • Salesmate
  • Shift4Shop
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Streak
  • TimeHero
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • Typeform
  • Wave
  • Webinato
  • WooCommerce
  • Wufoo
  • Zapier
  • Zenkit
  • Zoho CRM