TxtCart alternative for abandoned cart SMS with no cut of recovered sales
If you want a TxtCart alternative for abandoned cart SMS, CartAbandon is a recovery platform for Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento stores that includes texts in a flat plan and never takes a share of recovered sales. 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. TxtCart bills a plan by orders, every message, carrier fees and, for its P2P cart recovery add-on, 10 percent of recovered sales.
CartAbandon vs TxtCart at a glance
TxtCart is a conversational SMS app built around Shopify: an AI agent that replies to shoppers, campaigns, flows and cart recovery by text. 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 decides per cart whether a text, an email or nothing at all is the right move.
TxtCart details below come from its public pricing page at the time of writing. Check their site for current terms.
| TxtCart | CartAbandon | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Starter 29 USD per month up to 500 orders, Growth 99 USD up to 2 000 orders, Pro 499 USD up to 5 000 orders, Enterprise custom | 49 USD per month, or 24 USD per month billed yearly |
| Text pricing | Per message on top of the plan, US SMS 0.011, 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 | Passed through at cost and itemized on the bill | Included |
| Share of recovered sales | P2P Cart Recovery add-on billed at 10 percent of recovered sales | None on any plan |
| Recovery email | Not described on its pricing page | Included on every plan |
| Shown only on the custom Enterprise plan | 1 000 to 15 000 messages included from Growth | |
| Decision per cart | Flows and AI replies inside the text thread | 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) |
| Two-way AI text conversations | Yes, this is its core | Not the focus, recovery messages only |
| Trial | 14 days with free message credits | Free revenue estimate for your store, then a paid plan |
TxtCart pricing next to a flat plan, for one real month
Take a Shopify store with 1 200 orders a month that sends 2 000 abandoned cart texts. On TxtCart Growth it pays the 99 USD plan fee, about 16 USD in message fees at 0.008 USD each and carrier fees on top, so roughly 120 USD a month before campaigns. If the store also runs the P2P Cart Recovery add-on and it books 6 000 USD of recovered sales, add 600 USD. The total lands near 720 USD, and it grows every time recovery works better.
The same store fits CartAbandon Scale at 399 USD per month, or 199 USD billed yearly, with 4 000 SMS, 4 000 WhatsApp messages, recovery email and web push included. A month with twice the recovered sales costs exactly the same.
Here is the honest part. If you only send texts, do not use the P2P add-on and stay under 500 orders, TxtCart Starter at 29 USD plus messages costs less than our Starter at 49 USD. Our price covers email, the exit-intent offer and the decision per cart too, so compare cost per recovered order, not plan price.
When TxtCart is the better choice
TxtCart is a capable SMS tool, and for some Shopify stores it fits better. Keep it, or pick it, when:
- You want an AI agent chatting with shoppers by text. Two-way conversations, product questions answered in the thread and replies that sell are what TxtCart is built for.
- SMS campaigns matter to your revenue. Launch texts and promos to your list sit in the same tool as recovery.
- You are small and text only. At a few hundred orders a month, the 29 USD Starter plan plus message fees is hard to beat.
- You prefer paying only when it works. Some owners like a share of recovered sales because a quiet month costs little. Just model a good month before you agree to it.
Many stores split the work: TxtCart keeps campaigns and shopper conversations, CartAbandon runs cart, checkout and declined card recovery across email, SMS and WhatsApp. If you do that, turn off the TxtCart abandoned cart flows so nobody gets two texts for one cart.
Where CartAbandon works differently
A flat price that does not punish good months
Revenue share pricing feels safe in a slow month and expensive in a strong one. CartAbandon charges the plan price whether recovery brings in 2 000 or 20 000 USD, and the ROI panel shows recovered revenue next to what you paid, so you can check the math yourself.
Not every cart gets a text
Texting every abandoner is the most expensive way to recover a cart and the fastest way to train shoppers to wait for a code. CartAbandon reads the cart first: customer type, cart value, past discount use, consent per channel, stock and time zone. The AI cart recovery decision engine logs the reason for each choice.
Email for shoppers who never opted in to texts
Most of your abandoners have an email address and no SMS consent. They still get a recovery email in your brand voice, timed for them. See how sequences are written and capped on the abandoned cart email page.
WooCommerce and Magento on the same plan
TxtCart is built around Shopify and lists other platforms as expanding. CartAbandon connects to the Shopify abandoned cart app, WooCommerce REST API keys or a Magento integration token, all on the same plans.
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 TxtCart
- Write down your baseline. Pull 30 days of TxtCart recovery results: texts sent, message and carrier fees, any revenue share invoiced, and attributed orders.
- Connect your store. Approve the Shopify 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 TxtCart cart and checkout flows on the same day. Campaigns and conversations can stay in TxtCart.
Stores that usually switch, and stores that should stay
| Your situation | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Store paying a share of recovered sales on top of message fees | CartAbandon | Flat plan, no revenue share |
| Store where most abandoners have email but no SMS consent | CartAbandon | Email included on every plan |
| WooCommerce or Magento store | CartAbandon | Same plans across all three platforms |
| Store losing orders to declined cards | CartAbandon | Decline-code recovery in the same plan |
| Brand that wants AI text conversations and SMS campaigns | TxtCart, or both | Conversational SMS is TxtCart's core |
| Small Shopify store sending a few hundred texts a month | TxtCart | Starter plan plus message fees costs less |
For the wider field, our roundup of the best SMS marketing apps for Shopify compares TxtCart with Postscript, Klaviyo, Attentive and Omnisend by all-in cost per text, and the Postscript alternative page runs the same math for Postscript.
FAQ
Questions about txtcart alternative
What is a good alternative to TxtCart 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, recovery email on every plan and WhatsApp from Growth. It takes no share of recovered sales. Keep TxtCart if AI text conversations and SMS campaigns are your main use.
How much does TxtCart cost?
TxtCart's pricing page lists Starter at 29 USD per month up to 500 orders, Growth at 99 USD up to 2 000 orders and Pro at 499 USD up to 5 000 orders, plus per-message fees of 0.011 to 0.007 USD per US SMS and carrier fees passed through. Its P2P Cart Recovery add-on costs 10 percent of recovered sales.
Does TxtCart take a percentage of sales?
Its P2P Cart Recovery add-on is billed at 10 percent of recovered sales, according to the TxtCart pricing page. The base plans are a monthly fee plus message and carrier fees. CartAbandon never takes a percent of recovered revenue on any plan.
Does TxtCart send abandoned cart emails?
TxtCart is an SMS-first tool, and its pricing page does not describe recovery email. If many of your shoppers never opted in to texts, you need email somewhere in the flow. CartAbandon includes recovery email on every plan, in the same sequence as SMS and WhatsApp.
Does TxtCart work with WooCommerce?
TxtCart lists WooCommerce among the platforms it supports and says coverage beyond Shopify is still expanding. CartAbandon connects WooCommerce with REST API keys and runs cart, checkout, declined card and WooCommerce Subscriptions renewal recovery on the same plans as Shopify.
Can I use CartAbandon and TxtCart together?
Yes. Keep TxtCart for SMS campaigns and AI text conversations, and let CartAbandon run cart, checkout and declined card recovery. Pause the TxtCart abandoned cart flows when you switch, so a shopper never gets two texts about the same cart.
See what your store loses before you switch
Your estimate shows recoverable revenue by flow and channel, and which plan fits your order volume.