TextGrid
TextGrid scores 64/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
TextGrid — 7 products
10 SKUs priced in mixed units (segment, minute, lookup…)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
SMS Outgoing Outgoing SMS segment price | $0.0035 / segment | — |
SMS Incoming Incoming SMS is free | $0 / segment | — |
MMS Outgoing Outgoing MMS segment price | $0.014 / segment | — |
MMS Incoming Incoming MMS segment price | $0.014 / segment | — |
Voice Outgoing Outgoing voice minute price | $0.0064 / minute | — |
Voice Inbound Inbound voice minute price | $0.004 / minute | — |
Carrier Lookup Carrier lookup price per request | $0.00125 / lookup | — |
Name Lookup Name lookup price per request | $0.001 / lookup | — |
Phone Number Monthly price per phone number | $0.5 / phone_number_month | — |
$0.00063 / email | — |
How TextGrid scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
10 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
64 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1,000 outgoing SMS segments
$3.5/mo
1,000 outgoing MMS segments
$14/mo
100 outgoing voice minutes
$0.64/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
Startup credits
trial credits at signup
Trust & compliance
Certifications
SSO / SAML
Unknown
RBAC
Unknown
Audit logs
Unknown
Data residency
Positioning & ecosystem
“The best prices in the industry, period.”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from TextGrid?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- No clear agent-favorable signals were extracted on this scoring run.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How TextGrid could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Textgrid — Programatically send and receive text messages at scale and globally. |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 1450 |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | null |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 1 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
| public_api_docs_url | null |
| api_docs_auth_walled | null |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | null |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | false |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Cloud Communication Platform
Textgrid — Programatically send and receive text messages at scale and globally.
0
No
$1450/mo
1 / 0
Auth-walled
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Multi-product subscription
TextGrid pricing starts at $0.0035 per SMS segment for outgoing messages; incoming SMS is free; other APIs are priced per usage, e.g., $0.014 per MMS segment, $0.0064 per voice minute, $0.00125 per carrier lookup, $0.5 per phone number per month, and $0.00063 per email.
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Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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