Postscript alternative for abandoned cart SMS with texts included
If you want a Postscript alternative for abandoned cart SMS, CartAbandon is a recovery platform for Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento stores that includes texts in a flat plan. Plans start at 49 USD per month, or 24 USD per month billed yearly, with 250 to 15 000 SMS included, recovery email on every plan and WhatsApp from Growth. Postscript is an SMS marketing platform for Shopify that bills a plan fee plus every message and carrier fee.
CartAbandon vs Postscript at a glance
Postscript is built for SMS marketing on Shopify: campaigns, keyword signups, popups, segments and automated flows, abandoned cart among them. CartAbandon does one job. It wins back revenue you nearly had, across browse, cart and checkout abandonment, declined cards, back in stock and price drops, and it picks the channel for each cart instead of always texting.
Postscript details below come from its public pricing page at the time of writing. Check their site for current terms.
| Postscript | CartAbandon | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Starter 0 USD per month with a 49 USD monthly minimum spend, Growth 100 USD, Professional 500 USD | 49 USD per month, or 24 USD per month billed yearly |
| Text pricing | Per message on top of the plan: SMS 0.009, 0.008 or 0.007 USD by plan, MMS 0.045 to 0.024 USD | 250 to 15 000 SMS included per month, depending on plan |
| Carrier fees | Extra, listed as about 0.0033 USD per SMS and 0.008 USD per MMS on average in the US | Included |
| Countries for texts | US and Canada | Follows your store and the consent you hold |
| Recovery email | Postscript lists an email product on its pricing page, with no published price | Included on every plan |
| Not listed on its pricing page | 1 000 to 15 000 messages included from Growth | |
| Decision per cart | Flows and branches built by the merchant | Recovery Brain picks channel, delay and offer per cart (Growth and up) |
| Declined card recovery | Not described as a feature | Flow based on decline codes (Growth and up) |
| SMS campaigns and keyword signups | Yes, this is its core | Not offered, recovery only |
| Platforms | Shopify | Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento and Adobe Commerce |
What a month of cart recovery texts costs on each
Per-message pricing looks small until you add it up. A Shopify store sending 3 000 abandoned cart texts a month on Postscript Growth pays the 100 USD plan fee, about 24 USD in message fees at 0.008 USD each and roughly 10 USD in average carrier fees. That comes to about 134 USD a month for texts alone, before any campaign sends, and the number moves every time traffic does.
The same 3 000 texts fit inside CartAbandon Scale at 399 USD per month, or 199 USD billed yearly, together with 4 000 WhatsApp messages, recovery email and web push. At 1 000 texts a month, Growth covers it at 149 USD per month, or 74 USD billed yearly.
Here is the honest part. If you only send a few hundred recovery texts a month, Postscript Starter can cost less, because its 49 USD minimum spend covers roughly 4 000 message and carrier fees combined. Our price is higher at that size because it also covers email, the exit-intent offer and the decision per cart. Compare cost per recovered order, not cost per text.
When Postscript is the better choice
Postscript is a well-regarded SMS platform, and for some Shopify stores it is the right answer. Keep it, or pick it, when:
- SMS campaigns are a main revenue channel. Drops, launches and weekly text promos are what Postscript is built for. CartAbandon does not send campaigns.
- You grow your list with keywords and QR codes. Text-to-join and SMS signup tools are Postscript features we do not offer.
- Your texting volume is low and US only. Pay-as-you-go message fees with a 49 USD minimum are cheap for a small list.
- You want one SMS vendor for everything. One inbox, one consent record and one bill can matter more than a better recovery rate.
Plenty of stores split the work: Postscript keeps campaigns and signups, CartAbandon takes over cart, checkout and declined card recovery across email, SMS and WhatsApp. If you do that, pause the Postscript abandoned cart flows so nobody gets two texts for one cart.
Where CartAbandon works differently
Not every cart needs a text
Texting every abandoner is the most expensive way to recover a cart. CartAbandon reads the cart first: customer type, cart value, past discount use, consent per channel, stock and time zone. A returning buyer with a 320 USD cart may get one text in 20 minutes with no coupon. A first visitor with a 45 USD cart may get one email in four hours. The AI cart recovery decision engine logs the reason for each choice.
Texts that do not add to the bill
SMS and WhatsApp sit inside plan limits, so a busy weekend does not show up as a bigger invoice. You see a prompt at 80 percent of your plan instead of overage charges. Consent and quiet hours are covered on the abandoned cart text and SMS page.
Email in the same flow
Shoppers who did not opt in to texts still get a recovery email written in your brand voice, timed for them. See the abandoned cart email page for how sequences are written and capped.
Declined cards treated as a payment problem
A declined card is not a pricing objection, so a discount does not help. On Growth and up, CartAbandon sends a payment update link matched to the decline code. Read more about dunning software for failed payment recovery.
How to move abandoned cart texts off Postscript
- Write down your baseline. Pull 30 days of Postscript abandoned cart flow results: messages sent, message and carrier fees, and attributed orders.
- Connect your store. Approve the Shopify abandoned cart app install, or add WooCommerce or Magento keys.
- Keep your consent. CartAbandon reads the SMS consent your store already holds and records source and time per contact and channel. Nobody who opted out starts getting texts.
- Set guardrails. Maximum discount, minimum margin, quiet hours and the customers who never get a code.
- Review the drafts, then switch. Turn on CartAbandon flows and pause the Postscript cart and checkout flows on the same day. Campaigns and signups can stay in Postscript.
Stores that usually switch, and stores that should stay
| Your situation | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify store paying growing message and carrier fees for cart texts | CartAbandon | Texts included in a flat plan |
| WooCommerce or Magento store | CartAbandon | Postscript is built for Shopify |
| Store with large or repeat carts that close without a coupon | CartAbandon | Discount only when a cart needs it |
| Store losing orders to declined cards | CartAbandon | Decline-code recovery in the same plan |
| Brand whose revenue comes from SMS campaigns and drops | Postscript, or both | Campaigns are Postscript's core |
| Small US store sending a few hundred texts a month | Postscript | Minimum spend covers that volume |
FAQ
Questions about postscript alternative
What is a good alternative to Postscript for abandoned cart texts?
For Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento stores, CartAbandon is a recovery-focused alternative with SMS included in flat plans from 49 USD per month, plus email on every plan and WhatsApp from Growth. It decides per cart whether to text, email or offer a discount. Keep Postscript if SMS campaigns are your main channel.
How much does Postscript cost?
Postscript's pricing page lists Starter at 0 USD per month with a 49 USD monthly minimum spend, Growth at 100 USD and Professional at 500 USD, plus per-message fees. US SMS costs 0.009, 0.008 or 0.007 USD by plan and MMS 0.045 to 0.024 USD, with carrier fees added on top.
Does Postscript charge carrier fees?
Yes. Postscript lists carrier fees as an extra charge, averaging about 0.0033 USD per SMS and about 0.008 USD per MMS in the US. CartAbandon includes carrier costs in the plan price, so included texts have no per-message charge.
Does Postscript work with WooCommerce?
Postscript is built for Shopify stores. If you sell on WooCommerce or Magento and want abandoned cart texts, CartAbandon connects with a REST API key or an integration token and sends SMS, email and WhatsApp from one plan.
Can I use CartAbandon and Postscript together?
Yes. Keep Postscript for SMS campaigns, keyword signups and promos, and let CartAbandon run cart, checkout and declined card recovery. Pause the Postscript abandoned cart flows when you switch, so a shopper never gets two texts about the same cart.
Does CartAbandon have a free trial like Postscript?
Postscript gives new accounts a message credit for the first 30 days. CartAbandon starts with a free revenue estimate for your store, then you pick a paid plan in checkout. Yearly billing costs half of the monthly price.
See what your store loses before you switch
Your estimate shows recoverable revenue by flow and channel, and which plan fits your order volume.