ClickSend

Overview

ClickSend is a business messaging platform owned by Sinch. It offers a web dashboard and a REST API for two-way SMS, MMS and RCS, plus fax and printed letters and postcards. It has no iMessage. ClickSend's API docs say Voice and transactional email are no longer offered to new customers.

Key features

• SMS and MMS from shared numbers, dedicated numbers, alpha tags or a number you own and verify
• RCS with a verified brand and read receipts, sent through the SMS endpoints and falling back to SMS
• Inbound rules that forward replies to your webhook, email or an auto-reply
• SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, C#, Go and more
• Official MCP server for Claude, Cursor and VS Code
• Zapier, Make, GoHighLevel and Salesforce integrations, plus an n8n node

Pricing

Prepaid top-ups with no subscription. US SMS costs $0.0285 a message on a $20 top-up and falls to $0.0093 on a $2,000 top-up, plus a $0.0041 carrier fee. MMS is $0.0370. A US toll-free number is $3.49 a month. Inbound SMS is free. A free trial is available on sign-up. RCS needs approval from the sales team.

How it compares to Linq

ClickSend has no iMessage; Linq sends iMessage and falls back to RCS and SMS. ClickSend charges per message from prepaid credit, while Linq charges a flat monthly fee (Pro from $260 a month) with no per-message fees. Both publish an MCP server. ClickSend offers fax and post, which Linq does not, but its voice service is closed to new customers.

Best for

Small and mid-sized businesses that want prepaid SMS, MMS and RCS through an API or no-code tools.

Sources

• clicksend.com/us
• clicksend.com/us/pricing/us
• clicksend.com/us/rich-messaging
• clicksend.com/us/ai-messaging
• developers.clicksend.com/llms.txt
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/llms.txt
• developers.clicksend.com/docs
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/changelog
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/sms
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/rcs
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/email
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/voice-messaging
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/sender_ids/numbers
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/messaging/sender_ids/own-numbers
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/automations/sms
• developers.clicksend.com/docs/testing
• developers.clicksend.com/libraries
• developers.clicksend.com/mcp-guides
• github.com/ClickSend/clicksend-mcp-server
• github.com/ClickSend/integration-n8n
• integrations.clicksend.com
• trust.sinch.com/?product=clicksend