AgentPhone vs iBlueText
Compare AgentPhone and iBlueText 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
iBlueText
Hosted or self-hosted iMessage lines with iPhone lookup
- Starting price
- $29/month (self-hosted, 1 line); $99/month per hosted line
- Free plan
- No-card trial: 100 lookups, 10 verifications and 10 iMessages; self-hosted 3-day trial
AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and iBlueText supports 43.
Where AgentPhone is ahead
- Group chats
- Group management
- Group name and photo
- Chat backgrounds
- Phone calls
- TypeScript SDK
- Python SDK
- Local testing
and 6 more in the table below.
Where iBlueText is ahead
- Read receipts
- Rich link previews
- Voice messages
- FaceTime calls
- Shared numbers
- Bring your own number
- Line pooling
- Calls on the iMessage number
and 5 more in the table below.
Feature comparison
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| iMessage messaging | ||
| iMessage | ||
| Group chats | Not listedNot mentioned in the API docs | |
| Group management | Not listed | |
| Group name and photo | Not listed | |
| 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Telegram | Not supportedNot offered | Not supportedNot offered |
| Slack | Not supported | Not supported |
Not supported | Not supported | |
| Phone calls | Not supportedNot offered; calls are FaceTime audio only | |
| Apple Messages for Business | Not supportedNot offered | Not supportedNot offered |
| Unified channel API | ||
| Developer tools | ||
| REST API | ||
| TypeScript SDK | Not listedNone found; docs say no SDK is needed | |
| Python SDK | Not listed | |
| Other SDKs | Not listedDocs list only TypeScript and Python; an agentphone-go repo holds only a placeholder README. | Not listed |
| 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 | |
| Event replay | ||
| OpenTelemetry | Not listed | Not listed |
| No-code integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | Not listed | |
| Built for AI agents | ||
| Agent framework | Not listed | |
| Agent framework integrations | Not listed | |
| 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 | ||
| Isolated infrastructure | Not listedSub-accounts isolate agents, numbers and data per client; no dedicated infrastructure offer found. | |
| SOC 2 Type II | Not listed | |
| GDPR | Not listedPrivacy policy mentions GDPR rights where applicable; no DPA found |
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
SourceiBlueText
Hosted lines cost $99 a month each plus a one-time setup fee from $249, self-hosted Bridge plans run from $29 a month for 1 line to $999 for 100 lines, and lookups cost $0.005 each.
Pricing model: flat per line, plus prepaid credits for lookups and verifications
SourceWhich should you choose?
Choose AgentPhone if you need group chats, group management, group name and photo and chat backgrounds.
Choose iBlueText 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 iBlueText supports 43. AgentPhone adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, chat backgrounds and phone calls. iBlueText adds read receipts, rich link previews, voice messages, FaceTime calls and shared numbers.
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. iBlueText: Hosted lines cost $99 a month each plus a one-time setup fee from $249, self-hosted Bridge plans run from $29 a month for 1 line to $999 for 100 lines, and lookups cost $0.005 each.
iBlueText does not list group chats on its site or in its docs.
iBlueText does not list group management on its site or in its docs.
iBlueText does not list group name and photo on its site or in its docs.