--- title: "SimpleTexting vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)" description: "See SimpleTexting and Ticket Fairy side by side: fees, features and what switching takes. Checked October 2026." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ticket-fairy-vs-simpletexting" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare) 3. [SMS marketing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing) 4. SimpleTexting vs Ticket Fairy # SimpleTexting vs Ticket Fairy With Ticket Fairy, you can text the people who bought your tickets, your marketing texts wait until your quiet hours end, and event information texts cost you nothing. With SimpleTexting, each new contact gets a free compliance message, fans' incoming texts cost you nothing and every number comes with unlimited text-to-join keywords. 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[How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **7 of 9** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy - **8 of 9** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of SimpleTexting ## Which should you choose? ### Where Ticket Fairy is stronger - You can text the people who bought tickets, picked by ticket type, add-on or whether they came, with about how many people shown before you send.[1](#source-1) - Fans never get a marketing text during your quiet hours, because it waits until they end, and your team gets a warning before fans get more marketing messages in a week than the limit you set.[1](#source-1) - You can send event information texts, such as an event-day reminder, to anyone with a ticket from Ticket Fairy's number at no cost to you.[1](#source-1) ### Where SimpleTexting is stronger - SimpleTexting sends a standalone CTIA compliance message free to each new contact on their first message.[2](#source-2) - Incoming SMS messages are free on every plan.[3](#source-3) - Each number comes with unlimited text-to-join keywords at no extra charge.[4](#source-4) Ticket Fairy is the better fit when the fans you want to reach are your ticket buyers, so you text them from the same place you sold them their tickets. SimpleTexting suits you if you want each new contact to get a standalone CTIA compliance message, free, with their first text. ## What can SimpleTexting and Ticket Fairy each do for texting your fans? ### Where does each platform win on what you need? - Not offered Text-to-join keywords *SimpleTexting wins* Included - Not offered Replies from fans *SimpleTexting wins* Included - Included Selling tickets from the same account Not found **6 things you need are the same on both:** How your ticket buyers get on the list, Choosing who gets each text, Consent and opt-outs, Scheduling texts for later, Texts that go out automatically, Results for each text SimpleTexting gives you 2 of these that Ticket Fairy does not offer. | What you need | Ticket Fairy | SimpleTexting | | --- | --- | --- | | Who you can reach | | | | How your ticket buyers get on the list | Included[1](#source-1) Your texts reach the people who bought tickets, picked by ticket type, add-on or whether they came | Included[5](#source-5) Eventbrite and SimpleTix connect through Zapier to add registrants or ticket buyers to lists; CSV or Excel import; keywords and web forms | | Choosing who gets each text | Included[1](#source-1) You can pick who to text in plain words and see about how many people that is before you send | Included[6](#source-6) Segments by custom fields, opt-in date and source, birthday month and link clicks | | Consent and opt-outs | Included[1](#source-1) You can keep event information texts separate from marketing texts, with a weekly limit on marketing texts | Included[7](#source-7) Automatic STOP unsubscribe; free standalone compliance message to each new contact; opt-in web forms | | Sending | | | | Scheduling texts for later | Included[1](#source-1) Texts go now or at a scheduled time, and fans get no marketing texts during the quiet hours you choose | Included[8](#source-8) Send now, schedule for later, or set a recurring campaign | | Texts that go out automatically | Included[9](#source-9) Switch on reminders and thank-yous once, and your buyers get them for every event | Included[10](#source-10) Autoresponders send timed follow-ups and drip messages after a contact joins a list | | Text-to-join keywords | Not offered[1](#source-1) Your fans can sign up for texts on your event pages and at checkout rather than by texting a keyword | Included[11](#source-11) Unlimited text-to-join keywords with each number | | Replies from fans | Not offered[1](#source-1) You can send texts to fans; Ticket Fairy does not collect their replies | Included[12](#source-12) Inbox to receive, reply to and start one-to-one conversations; incoming SMS free | | Results | | | | Results for each text | Included[1](#source-1) Each text shows how many people it went to and how many received it | Included[13](#source-13) Link click-through rates per campaign and autoresponder; UTM links for web analytics | | Selling tickets from the same account | Included[14](#source-14) Because Ticket Fairy sells your tickets, you can text buyers you already have | Not found in SimpleTexting's public documentation[15](#source-15) No ticket-selling feature found in SimpleTexting's published material | ## What else should you know about SimpleTexting and Ticket Fairy? Can SimpleTexting text the people who bought tickets to my event?: Yes, through other tools. SimpleTexting's own pages say Eventbrite and SimpleTix connect through Zapier to add registrants or ticket buyers to your lists, and you can also import a CSV or Excel file or collect fans by keyword and web form. With Ticket Fairy, you can text the people who bought tickets and pick them by ticket type, add-on or whether they came. [16](#source-16) [1](#source-1) Can SimpleTexting text only some of my fans?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say you can segment contacts by custom fields, opt-in date and source, birthday month and link clicks. With Ticket Fairy, you can describe the group in plain words and see about how many people it reaches before you send. [17](#source-17) [1](#source-1) How do fans opt in and opt out on SimpleTexting?: SimpleTexting's own pages say a STOP reply unsubscribes the fan automatically, each new contact gets a free standalone compliance message, and web forms collect opt-ins. With Ticket Fairy, you can keep event information texts separate from marketing texts, and a weekly limit warns you before fans hear from you too often. [18](#source-18) [1](#source-1) Can SimpleTexting schedule texts?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say you can send now, schedule a text for later or set up a recurring campaign. With Ticket Fairy, you can send a text now or schedule it, and your marketing texts wait until your quiet hours end, so nobody gets one in the middle of the night. [19](#source-19) [1](#source-1) Can SimpleTexting send texts automatically?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say autoresponders send timed follow-ups and drip messages after a contact joins a list. With Ticket Fairy, your buyers get reminders and thank-yous automatically for every event, without you sending them. [20](#source-20) [9](#source-9) Does SimpleTexting have text-to-join keywords?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say each number comes with unlimited text-to-join keywords. With Ticket Fairy, your fans can join your texts from your event pages and checkout instead of texting a keyword. [21](#source-21) [1](#source-1) Can fans reply to texts in SimpleTexting?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say you can receive, answer and start one-to-one conversations in its inbox, and incoming texts are free. With Ticket Fairy, you can send texts out to your fans; their replies do not come back to you in Ticket Fairy. [22](#source-22) [1](#source-1) What does SimpleTexting report on each text?: SimpleTexting's own pages say it reports link click-through rates for each campaign and autoresponder, and adds UTM tags to links for your web analytics. With Ticket Fairy, you can see how many people each text went to and how many received it. [23](#source-23) [1](#source-1) How much does SimpleTexting cost?: SimpleTexting's pricing page says you pay monthly or yearly for a number of message credits, where each SMS uses 1 credit and each MMS uses 3. You also pay a monthly phone-number fee and carrier fees, and custom plans start above 50,000 texts. [24](#source-24) Can I export my data from SimpleTexting?: Yes. SimpleTexting's own pages say you can export each list as a CSV file with its custom fields, and the file includes a column with your inbox messages to and from each contact. [25](#source-25) ## What else are you comparing? - [SlickText alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/slicktext-alternatives) - [EZ Texting vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ticket-fairy-vs-ez-texting) - [Textedly vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ticket-fairy-vs-textedly) - [Textmagic vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ticket-fairy-vs-textmagic) - [Attentive vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ticket-fairy-vs-attentive) - [EZ Texting vs SimpleTexting for events](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/ez-texting-vs-simpletexting-for-events) - [Best SMS marketing platforms for events](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/best-sms-marketing-platforms-for-events) - [Questions about SMS marketing for events](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing/questions) - [SMS marketing compared](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/sms-marketing) ## Where does each fact come from? Every fact about another company comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) 1. Ticket Fairy [Your emails and texts bring fans back to your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/emails-to-buyers/email-and-text-campaigns) 2. SimpleTexting SimpleTexting sends a standalone CTIA compliance message free to each new contact on their first message. "The first time a new contact receives a message from you, we'll send your CTIA disclosures in a free compliance text." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/3064899-free-compliance-message](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/3064899-free-compliance-message), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203729/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/3064899-free-compliance-message) 3. SimpleTexting Incoming SMS messages are free on every plan. "All incoming SMS messages are free!" [simpletexting.com/pricing/](https://simpletexting.com/pricing/), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261010002132/https://simpletexting.com/pricing/) 4. SimpleTexting Each number comes with unlimited text-to-join keywords at no extra charge. "SimpleTexting offers complimentary, unlimited keywords with each number." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203855/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword) 5. SimpleTexting How your ticket buyers get on the list "Add new registrants to a SimpleTexting list" [simpletexting.com/integration/eventbrite/](https://simpletexting.com/integration/eventbrite/), read on 16 October 2026. 6. SimpleTexting Choosing who gets each text "With segments, you can filter for these contacts and send targeted text messages." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203338/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments) Show all 25 sources 7. SimpleTexting Consent and opt-outs "SimpleTexting automatically unsubscribes them if a customer replies STOP." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203616/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response) 8. SimpleTexting Scheduling texts for later "Now, choose whether you’d like to send your campaign immediately, schedule it for the future, or set it as recurring." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203455/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign) 9. Ticket Fairy [Reminders and thank-yous go out for all your events automatically](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/emails-to-buyers/automatic-and-suggested-messages) 10. SimpleTexting Texts that go out automatically "With autoresponders, you can send messages automatically after a contact joins your list. A perfect tool for automatic follow-ups, drip campaigns, and more." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016204148/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders) 11. SimpleTexting Text-to-join keywords "SimpleTexting offers complimentary, unlimited keywords with each number." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203855/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword) 12. SimpleTexting Replies from fans "The inbox is where you receive and reply to incoming messages, and you can initiate messages to individual contacts that you have not messaged before." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016204029/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox) 13. SimpleTexting Results for each text "The Campaigns report shows you how many text messages were sent and received, plus opt-outs, success rate, and link click-through rates for both campaigns and autoresponders." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260217082309/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report) 14. Ticket Fairy [You lose fewer sales and know who is coming](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/checkout) 15. SimpleTexting Selling tickets from the same account "SMS is limited to 160 characters and costs 1 credit each." Where we looked: simpletexting.com/pricing/ feature list; simpletexting.com/integrations/ (integration list embedded in page: Eventbrite, SimpleTix listed as third-party ticketing apps); /integration/eventbrite/; /integration/simpletix/; /guide/sms-marketing-for-entertainment-venues/; help.simpletexting.com all 17 collections and 185 article titles (no ticketing article); the pricing page. [simpletexting.com/pricing/](https://simpletexting.com/pricing/), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261010002132/https://simpletexting.com/pricing/) 16. SimpleTexting Eventbrite and SimpleTix connect through Zapier to add registrants or ticket buyers to lists; CSV or Excel import; keywords and web forms "Add new registrants to a SimpleTexting list" [simpletexting.com/integration/eventbrite/](https://simpletexting.com/integration/eventbrite/), read on 16 October 2026. 17. SimpleTexting Segments by custom fields, opt-in date and source, birthday month and link clicks "With segments, you can filter for these contacts and send targeted text messages." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203338/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1881457-creating-audience-segments) 18. SimpleTexting Automatic STOP unsubscribe; free standalone compliance message to each new contact; opt-in web forms "SimpleTexting automatically unsubscribes them if a customer replies STOP." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203616/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1177042-what-is-a-stop-response) 19. SimpleTexting Send now, schedule for later, or set a recurring campaign "Now, choose whether you’d like to send your campaign immediately, schedule it for the future, or set it as recurring." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203455/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1040615-campaigns-how-to-send-a-text-message-campaign) 20. SimpleTexting Autoresponders send timed follow-ups and drip messages after a contact joins a list "With autoresponders, you can send messages automatically after a contact joins your list. A perfect tool for automatic follow-ups, drip campaigns, and more." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016204148/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/2637970-setting-up-autoresponders) 21. SimpleTexting Unlimited text-to-join keywords with each number "SimpleTexting offers complimentary, unlimited keywords with each number." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016203855/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1071268-setting-up-a-keyword) 22. SimpleTexting Inbox to receive, reply to and start one-to-one conversations; incoming SMS free "The inbox is where you receive and reply to incoming messages, and you can initiate messages to individual contacts that you have not messaged before." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016204029/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1821614-the-inbox) 23. SimpleTexting Link click-through rates per campaign and autoresponder; UTM links for web analytics "The Campaigns report shows you how many text messages were sent and received, plus opt-outs, success rate, and link click-through rates for both campaigns and autoresponders." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260217082309/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/1201035-what-is-the-campaigns-report) 24. SimpleTexting Monthly or yearly subscription sized by message credits (SMS 1 credit, MMS 3 credits), plus a monthly phone-number fee and pass-through carrier fees; custom plans above 50,000 texts. "SMS is limited to 160 characters and costs 1 credit each." [simpletexting.com/pricing/](https://simpletexting.com/pricing/), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261010002132/https://simpletexting.com/pricing/) 25. SimpleTexting Contacts export per list as a CSV including custom fields; the CSV also includes a column with the inbox messages exchanged with each contact. "A CSV will automatically download with your list of contacts including any additional information they've provided you with such as email, birthday, etc." [help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/4593645-how-do-i-export-contacts](https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/4593645-how-do-i-export-contacts), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016204645/https://help.simpletexting.com/en/articles/4593645-how-do-i-export-contacts) Updated 17 October 2026: First published. SimpleTexting is a trademark of its owner. Ticket Fairy is not affiliated with it. **You choose the tools to start with** You can start with event management or marketing alongside your current ticketing provider. 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