AgentPhone vs BlueBubbles
Compare AgentPhone and BlueBubbles 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
BlueBubbles
Free, open-source iMessage bridge you host on a Mac
- Starting price
- Free
- Free plan
- Free and open source (Apache-2.0)
AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and BlueBubbles supports 45.
Where AgentPhone is ahead
- Contact cards
- Managed lines
- Dedicated numbers
- SMS fallback
- RCS fallback
- Phone calls
- TypeScript SDK
and 10 more in the table below.
Where BlueBubbles is ahead
- Mentions
- Read receipts
- Edit and unsend
- Stickers
- Formatted text
- Live Photos
- Rich link previews
- Voice messages
and 11 more in the table below.
Feature comparison
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| iMessage messaging | ||
| iMessage | ||
| Group chats | ||
| Group management | ||
| Group name and photo | ||
| Mentions | 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 | |
| Message effects | ||
| Animated text effects | Not listed | Not listed |
| Stickers | Not listed | |
| Formatted text | Not listed | |
| Attachments | ||
| Live Photos | Not listed | |
| Rich link previews | Not listed | |
| Voice messages | Not listed | |
| Contact cards | Not listed | |
| Polls | Not listed | |
| Chat backgrounds | ||
| Location sharing | Not listedThe API has location endpoints returning coordinates per number, but their use is not described. | |
| iMessage apps | Not listed | |
| Live app cards | Not listed | Not listed |
| Sender name and photo | ||
| FaceTime calls | Not listed | |
| Delivery status | ||
| iMessage availability check | ||
| Focus and Notify Anyway | Not listed | |
| Numbers and delivery | ||
| Managed lines | ||
| Dedicated numbers | Not supportedNot offered; uses your own Apple ID | |
| Shared numbers | Not listed | Not supported |
| Bring your own number | Not listed | |
| Line pooling | Not listed | Not listed |
| SMS fallback | Not listedNot documented; FAQ says SMS is unsupported, the fit quiz says forwarded texts work | |
| RCS fallback | Not listed | |
| 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 |
Not supported | Not supported | |
| Phone calls | Not supportedNot offered; FaceTime only | |
| Apple Messages for Business | Not supportedNot offered | 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. | Not listed |
| Webhooks | ||
| Signed webhooks | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Open source | ||
| Self-hosting | Not supportedHosted cloud service only | |
| Local testing | Not listed | |
| Custom channel providers | Not listed | Not listed |
| Event replay | ||
| OpenTelemetry | Not listed | Not listed |
| No-code integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | Not listed | Not listed |
| Built for AI agents | ||
| Agent framework | Not listed | |
| Agent framework integrations | Not listedOnly community projects are listed, such as a ChatGPT agent and Clawdbot | |
| Streaming replies | Not listed | |
| Agent group chats | Not listed | |
| Human handoff | Not listed | |
| Audit logs | Not listed | Not listed |
| Message history API | ||
| Plans and compliance | ||
| Free plan | ||
| Public pricing | ||
| No per-message fees | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| Isolated infrastructure | Not listedSub-accounts isolate agents, numbers and data per client; no dedicated infrastructure offer found. | |
| SOC 2 Type II | Not listedSelf-hosted; compliance is up to whoever runs the Mac | |
| GDPR | Not listed |
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
SourceBlueBubbles
The software is free and open source; an optional BlueBubbles Pro subscription for the upcoming 2.x server costs $3/month, $30/year or $55 once.
Pricing model: free self-hosted software, optional Pro subscription
SourceWhich should you choose?
Choose AgentPhone if you need contact cards, managed lines, dedicated numbers and SMS fallback.
Choose BlueBubbles if you need mentions, read receipts, edit and unsend and stickers.
Frequently asked questions
AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and BlueBubbles supports 45. AgentPhone adds contact cards, managed lines, dedicated numbers, SMS fallback and RCS fallback. BlueBubbles adds mentions, read receipts, edit and unsend, stickers and formatted text.
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. BlueBubbles: The software is free and open source; an optional BlueBubbles Pro subscription for the upcoming 2.x server costs $3/month, $30/year or $55 once.
BlueBubbles does not list contact cards on its site or in its docs.
BlueBubbles does not support managed lines.
BlueBubbles does not support dedicated numbers.