AgentPhone vs Blue Reacher
Compare AgentPhone and Blue Reacher side by side: iMessage features, channels, developer tools, pricing and compliance, checked on each provider's own site.
AgentPhone
Phone numbers with voice, SMS and iMessage for AI agents
- Starting price
- $3/month per number plus usage; iMessage from $150/month per line
- Free plan
- $5 starting credit, no card required
Blue Reacher
Managed iMessage lines for B2B sales, with API and MCP
- Starting price
- $199/month per line at 4+ lines; $249/month for 1 to 3 lines
- Free plan
- Free public sandbox key; simulator only, no real sends
AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and Blue Reacher supports 50.
Where AgentPhone is ahead
Where Blue Reacher is ahead
- Read receipts
- Rich link previews
- Voice messages
- FaceTime calls
- Bring your own number
- Line pooling
- Calls on the iMessage number
- CLI
and 4 more in the table below.
Feature comparison
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| iMessage messaging | ||
| iMessage | ||
| Group chats | ||
| Group management | ||
| Group name and photo | ||
| Mentions | Not listed | Not listed |
| Tapbacks | ||
| Threaded replies | ||
| Typing indicators | ||
| Read receipts | Not listedThe pricing page mentions read receipts; no API or webhook for them is documented. | |
| Edit and unsend | Not listed | Not listed |
| Message effects | ||
| Animated text effects | Not listed | Not listed |
| Stickers | Not listed | Not listed |
| Formatted text | Not listed | |
| Attachments | ||
| Live Photos | Not listed | Not listed |
| Rich link previews | Not listed | |
| Voice messages | Not listed | |
| Contact cards | ||
| Polls | Not listed | Not listed |
| Chat backgrounds | Not listed | |
| Location sharing | Not listedThe API has location endpoints returning coordinates per number, but their use is not described. | Not listed |
| iMessage apps | Not listed | Not listed |
| Live app cards | Not listed | Not listed |
| Sender name and photo | Not listedDocs say recipients see only the number until they save your contact card. | |
| FaceTime calls | Not listed | |
| Delivery status | ||
| iMessage availability check | ||
| Focus and Notify Anyway | Not listed | Not listed |
| Numbers and delivery | ||
| Managed lines | ||
| Dedicated numbers | ||
| Shared numbers | Not listed | |
| Bring your own number | Not listed | |
| Line pooling | Not listed | |
| SMS fallback | ||
| RCS fallback | ||
| Outbound-first messaging | ||
| Calls on the iMessage number | Not listed | |
| Other channels | ||
| SMS | ||
| RCS | ||
Not supportedNot offered | ||
| Telegram | Not supportedNot offered | Not supported |
| Slack | Not supported | |
Not supported | ||
| Phone calls | ||
| Apple Messages for Business | Not supportedNot offered | |
| Unified channel API | ||
| Developer tools | ||
| REST API | ||
| TypeScript SDK | ||
| Python SDK | ||
| Other SDKs | Not listedDocs list only TypeScript and Python; an agentphone-go repo holds only a placeholder README. | |
| CLI | Not listedNo own CLI found; numbers can be provisioned through the Stripe Projects CLI. | |
| Webhooks | ||
| Signed webhooks | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Open source | ||
| Self-hosting | Not supportedHosted cloud service only | Not listed |
| Local testing | ||
| Custom channel providers | Not listed | Not listed |
| Event replay | ||
| OpenTelemetry | Not listed | Not listed |
| No-code integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | Not listed | |
| Built for AI agents | ||
| Agent framework | ||
| Agent framework integrations | ||
| Streaming replies | Not listed | |
| Agent group chats | Not listed | |
| Human handoff | ||
| Audit logs | Not listed | |
| Message history API | ||
| Plans and compliance | ||
| Free plan | ||
| Public pricing | ||
| No per-message fees | ||
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
| Isolated infrastructure | Not listedSub-accounts isolate agents, numbers and data per client; no dedicated infrastructure offer found. | |
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| GDPR |
Checked on each provider's own site and docs on 2026-10-25. “Not listed” means the provider does not mention it.
Pricing
AgentPhone
Pay as you go with $5 of starting credit: $3 per number a month, $0.13 to $0.22 a voice minute and $0.02 per SMS segment, with iMessage lines at $150 or $250 a month and no per-message charge.
Pricing model: usage-based, flat per line for iMessage
SourceBlue Reacher
Lines are $249 a month each plus a $449 activation fee, $199 a month each at 4 or more lines, or $1,949 per line per year with activation waived.
Pricing model: flat per line, no per-message fees
SourceWhich should you choose?
Choose AgentPhone if you need chat backgrounds, sender name and photo, WhatsApp and streaming replies.
Choose Blue Reacher if you need read receipts, rich link previews, voice messages and FaceTime calls.
Frequently asked questions
AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and Blue Reacher supports 50. AgentPhone adds chat backgrounds, sender name and photo, WhatsApp, streaming replies and agent group chats. Blue Reacher adds read receipts, rich link previews, voice messages, FaceTime calls and bring your own number.
AgentPhone: Pay as you go with $5 of starting credit: $3 per number a month, $0.13 to $0.22 a voice minute and $0.02 per SMS segment, with iMessage lines at $150 or $250 a month and no per-message charge. Blue Reacher: Lines are $249 a month each plus a $449 activation fee, $199 a month each at 4 or more lines, or $1,949 per line per year with activation waived.
Blue Reacher does not list chat backgrounds on its site or in its docs.
Blue Reacher does not list sender name and photo on its site or in its docs.
Blue Reacher does not support WhatsApp.