What is the difference between AgentPhone and Tuco AI?

AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and Tuco AI supports 41. AgentPhone adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, threaded replies and message effects. Tuco AI adds read receipts, voice messages, FaceTime calls, bring your own number and line pooling.

How much do AgentPhone and Tuco AI cost?

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. Tuco AI: Starter is $149 a month for 1 line and Growth $299 a month for 2 lines, each with a one-time $335 setup fee per line and no per-message fees.

Does Tuco AI support group chats?

Tuco AI does not support group chats.

Does Tuco AI support group management?

Tuco AI does not support group management.

Does Tuco AI support group name and photo?

Tuco AI does not support group name and photo.

AgentPhone vs Tuco AI

Compare AgentPhone and Tuco AI 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

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Tuco AI

iMessage follow-up for opted-in leads from your CRM

Starting price: $149/month (Starter, 1 line) plus $335 setup
Free plan: None; docs say no free trials or refunds

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AgentPhone supports 44 of the 77 features compared here, and Tuco AI supports 41.

Where AgentPhone is ahead

and 9 more in the table below.

Where Tuco AI is ahead

and 6 more in the table below.

Feature comparison

Feature	AgentPhone	Tuco AI
iMessage messaging
iMessage	SupportediMessage lines are a separate number type (type=imessage).	Supported
Group chats	SupportediMessage groups arrive as one conversation with roster and sender; reply to the group id.	Not supportedTuco's llms.txt says it has no group chats.
Group management	PartialStart a new group by listing recipients and rename it; adding or removing members is not documented.	Not supportedNo group chat support
Group name and photo	PartialGroup name can be set by API; the group icon is only readable.	Not supported
Mentions	Not listed	Not supported
Tapbacks	SupportedSix classic tapbacks, custom emoji on newer lines; inbound reactions via agent.reaction.	SupportedSend six classic tapbacks by API; inbound reactions, including custom emoji, arrive as message.reaction.
Threaded replies	Supportedreply_to_message_id; also on WhatsApp.	Not listed
Typing indicators	SupportedSend only, best-effort, auto-expires after a few seconds.	PartialStart and stop typing by API, best effort. Inbound typing events not documented.
Read receipts	Not listedThe pricing page mentions read receipts; no API or webhook for them is documented.	Supportedmessage.opened webhook with readAt when the recipient has read receipts on.
Edit and unsend	Not listed	Not listed
Message effects	Supported12 screen and bubble effects via send_style.	Not listed
Animated text effects	Not listed	Not listed
Stickers	Not listed	Not listed
Formatted text	Not listed	Not listed
Attachments	SupportedImages, video and files by URL; several images arrive as a carousel on iMessage.	SupportedUp to 2 files per message, 25 MB each. Not allowed on the first message to a contact.
Live Photos	Not listed	Not listed
Rich link previews	Not listed	Not listed
Voice messages	Not listed	SupportedvoiceNote sends one audio file as a native voice note bubble.
Contact cards	SupportedvCard files can be sent as media (listed as a supported MMS type).	Not listed
Polls	Not listed	Not listed
Chat backgrounds	SupportedSet or remove a background image per iMessage conversation.	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	PartialContact card sets a display name and avatar on the iMessage number; $250/month line only.	PartialLine name and photo are set by Tuco staff, at most 3 changes per line per month.
FaceTime calls	Not listed	PartialFaceTime Audio calls as a $100/month per-line add-on. Tuco's llms.txt says it has no FaceTime.
Delivery status	PartialMessages carry a status and failure reason; no delivery or read webhooks are documented.	Supportedqueued, sent, delivered, failed and fallback statuses, with sent, failed and fallback webhooks.
iMessage availability check	SupportedLive check of iMessage, SMS and RCS reachability for a number before sending.	SupportedSingle, round-robin and bulk checks, about 70 per line per day.
Focus and Notify Anyway	Not listed	Not listed
Numbers and delivery
Managed lines	SupportediMessage lines are ordered through the API and run by AgentPhone.	SupportedEach line is a real iPhone with an eSIM that Tuco hosts. About 48 hours to activate.
Dedicated numbers	SupportedUS and Canada numbers at $3/month; dedicated iMessage lines at $250/month.	SupportedOne Apple identity per line. Lines can be ordered by API.
Shared numbers	Not listed	Not listed
Bring your own number	Not listed	PartialDocs say existing numbers cannot be ported in, but a Linq migration page offers to port Linq numbers.
Line pooling	Not listed	SupportedSends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.
SMS fallback	SupportedFalls back to SMS/MMS when iMessage is not available.	PartialThrough your Twilio, GoHighLevel or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line once support enables it.
RCS fallback	SupportediMessage-capable numbers deliver over RCS or SMS to non-Apple recipients.	Not supportedRCS not offered
Outbound-first messaging	PartialOutbound iMessage lines: 50 new contacts a day per line; inbound-only lines do not start chats; SMS needs 10DLC.	SupportedOutbound to opted-in contacts. Cold lists are refused, and first messages cannot carry links or files.
Calls on the iMessage number	Not listed	SupportedCalls go out from the same number the line texts from. 500 minutes per line per month included.
Other channels
SMS	SupportedSMS and MMS; inbound works at once, outbound needs 10DLC.	PartialSMS through your own Twilio, GHL or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line in its eSIM country.
RCS	BetaRCS Business Messaging is beta and concierge-onboarded: branded sender, quick-reply chips.	Not supportedNot offered
WhatsApp	BetaBeta, enabled per account. Connect your own WhatsApp Business Account; Meta bills you.	Not supported
Telegram	Not supportedNot offered	PartialTelegram bot for team notifications and replies. Leads are not messaged on Telegram.
Slack	Not supported	PartialLead conversations appear as Slack threads the team can reply from. Not a channel to contacts.
Email	Not supported	SupportedmessageType email sends email, and an email bridge sends iMessages from your inbox.
Phone calls	SupportedInbound and outbound calls in webhook mode or hosted AI mode; also browser web calls.	SupportedOutbound calls with recording, inbound forwarding and a click-to-call API (beta, +1 numbers only).
Apple Messages for Business	Not supportedNot offered	Not supportedNot offered
Unified channel API	SupportedOne send endpoint for SMS, MMS, iMessage, RCS and WhatsApp; one agent.message webhook incl. voice.	SupportedOne send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.
Developer tools
REST API	Supported	Supported
TypeScript SDK	Supportednpm install agentphone	Not listedThe iMessage API page shows npm install @tuco-ai/sdk, but no such package is on npm.
Python SDK	Supportedpip install agentphone	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	SupportedProject default webhook with per-agent overrides.	SupportedSent, failed, fallback, opened, reply, reaction, AI draft, handover, call recording and DNC events.
Signed webhooks	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and body, with a timestamp header for replay protection.	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 in the X-Tuco-Signature header.
MCP server	SupportedHosted MCP server (mcp.agentphone.ai) and npm package agentphone-mcp.	Supportedtuco-mcp on npm, run locally with an API key, with about 90 tools.
Open source	Not supportedClosed platform. The MCP server and framework integrations are MIT-licensed on GitHub.	Partialtuco-mcp is MIT licensed on npm. The platform is closed.
Self-hosting	Not supportedHosted cloud service only	Not listedHosted on Tuco hardware. Self-hosting is not mentioned.
Local testing	PartialBrowser web calls test a voice agent without a phone number; no message simulator found.	PartialSimulate runs a goal bot against a transcript without sending. Message sends have no sandbox.
Custom channel providers	Not listed	PartialSMS fallback can route through your Twilio, GoHighLevel or a custom webhook.
Event replay	PartialFailed webhooks retry 5 times over about 20 hours; deliveries can be listed but not replayed.	Supported30-day webhook delivery log with replay from the dashboard or API, plus one automatic retry.
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	Not listed
No-code integrations	PartialAgentPhone block in Sim's no-code workflow builder; no Zapier, Make, n8n or GoHighLevel found.	SupportedGoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.
CRM integrations	Not listed	SupportedHubSpot, Salesforce, Close and Pipedrive. One CRM per workspace.
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	SupportedHosted voice mode runs calls from a system prompt; conversation state rides along in webhooks.	SupportedHosted goal bots and Knowledge Base replies with tools, in copilot or autopilot mode.
Agent framework integrations	SupportedVercel Chat SDK adapter, LangChain, CrewAI and OpenAI Agents SDK tools, Google ADK guide.	Not listed
Streaming replies	PartialVoice only: NDJSON streamed webhook replies start speech on the first chunk.	Not listed
Agent group chats	PartialAgents can create and take part in iMessage groups; agent-to-agent groups are not described.	Not supportedNo group chat support
Human handoff	PartialVoice only: cold transfer of a call to a transferNumber, by the AI or your webhook.	SupportedCopilot drafts need approval, and conversation.handover fires when the AI stops for a person.
Audit logs	Not listed	SupportedActivity log of workspace changes, including MCP tool calls.
Message history API	SupportedConversations with paginated messages and custom metadata; call transcripts.	SupportedMessage history, conversations and replies endpoints.
Plans and compliance
Free plan	Partial$5 starting credit, no card. Outbound calls need a top-up first.	Not supportedDocs say there are no free trials, paid pilots or refunds.
Public pricing	Supported	SupportedStarter $149/month, Growth $299/month, plus $335 setup per line.
No per-message fees	PartialiMessage lines and WhatsApp have no per-message charge; SMS is $0.02 a segment, MMS $0.03.	SupportedNo per-message fees. AI credits and extra call minutes are billed separately.
Uptime SLA	Not supportedTerms promise no uptime; SLAs only if set in an order or separate agreement.	Not listedGrowth lists a 4-hour support SLA. No uptime SLA found.
Isolated infrastructure	Not listedSub-accounts isolate agents, numbers and data per client; no dedicated infrastructure offer found.	SupportedEach line runs on its own iPhone and Apple ID on dedicated Mac hardware, with no VMs.
SOC 2 Type II	PartialSOC 2 Type I report as of July 30, 2026; Type II examination in progress.	Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.
GDPR	SupportedPrivacy policy sets out GDPR legal bases for processing.	SupportedGDPR page with data rights and Standard Contractual Clauses. DPA availability listed.

Feature

AgentPhone

Tuco AI

iMessage messaging

iMessage

iMessage lines are a separate number type (type=imessage).

Group chats

iMessage groups arrive as one conversation with roster and sender; reply to the group id.

Not supportedTuco's llms.txt says it has no group chats.

Group management

PartialStart a new group by listing recipients and rename it; adding or removing members is not documented.

Not supportedNo group chat support

Group name and photo

PartialGroup name can be set by API; the group icon is only readable.

Not supported

Mentions

Not listed

Not supported

Tapbacks

Six classic tapbacks, custom emoji on newer lines; inbound reactions via agent.reaction.

Send six classic tapbacks by API; inbound reactions, including custom emoji, arrive as message.reaction.

Threaded replies

reply_to_message_id; also on WhatsApp.

Not listed

Typing indicators

Send only, best-effort, auto-expires after a few seconds.

PartialStart and stop typing by API, best effort. Inbound typing events not documented.

Read receipts

Not listedThe pricing page mentions read receipts; no API or webhook for them is documented.

message.opened webhook with readAt when the recipient has read receipts on.

Edit and unsend

Not listed

Message effects

12 screen and bubble effects via send_style.

Not listed

Animated text effects

Not listed

Stickers

Not listed

Formatted text

Not listed

Attachments

Images, video and files by URL; several images arrive as a carousel on iMessage.

Up to 2 files per message, 25 MB each. Not allowed on the first message to a contact.

Live Photos

Not listed

Rich link previews

Not listed

Voice messages

Not listed

voiceNote sends one audio file as a native voice note bubble.

Contact cards

vCard files can be sent as media (listed as a supported MMS type).

Not listed

Polls

Not listed

Chat backgrounds

Set or remove a background image per iMessage conversation.

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

Live app cards

Not listed

Sender name and photo

PartialContact card sets a display name and avatar on the iMessage number; $250/month line only.

PartialLine name and photo are set by Tuco staff, at most 3 changes per line per month.

FaceTime calls

Not listed

PartialFaceTime Audio calls as a $100/month per-line add-on. Tuco's llms.txt says it has no FaceTime.

Delivery status

PartialMessages carry a status and failure reason; no delivery or read webhooks are documented.

queued, sent, delivered, failed and fallback statuses, with sent, failed and fallback webhooks.

iMessage availability check

Live check of iMessage, SMS and RCS reachability for a number before sending.

Single, round-robin and bulk checks, about 70 per line per day.

Focus and Notify Anyway

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

iMessage lines are ordered through the API and run by AgentPhone.

Each line is a real iPhone with an eSIM that Tuco hosts. About 48 hours to activate.

Dedicated numbers

US and Canada numbers at $3/month; dedicated iMessage lines at $250/month.

One Apple identity per line. Lines can be ordered by API.

Shared numbers

Not listed

Bring your own number

Not listed

PartialDocs say existing numbers cannot be ported in, but a Linq migration page offers to port Linq numbers.

Line pooling

Not listed

Sends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.

SMS fallback

Falls back to SMS/MMS when iMessage is not available.

PartialThrough your Twilio, GoHighLevel or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line once support enables it.

RCS fallback

iMessage-capable numbers deliver over RCS or SMS to non-Apple recipients.

Not supportedRCS not offered

Outbound-first messaging

PartialOutbound iMessage lines: 50 new contacts a day per line; inbound-only lines do not start chats; SMS needs 10DLC.

Outbound to opted-in contacts. Cold lists are refused, and first messages cannot carry links or files.

Calls on the iMessage number

Not listed

Calls go out from the same number the line texts from. 500 minutes per line per month included.

Other channels

SMS

SMS and MMS; inbound works at once, outbound needs 10DLC.

PartialSMS through your own Twilio, GHL or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line in its eSIM country.

RCS

BetaRCS Business Messaging is beta and concierge-onboarded: branded sender, quick-reply chips.

Not supportedNot offered

BetaBeta, enabled per account. Connect your own WhatsApp Business Account; Meta bills you.

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered

PartialTelegram bot for team notifications and replies. Leads are not messaged on Telegram.

Slack

Not supported

PartialLead conversations appear as Slack threads the team can reply from. Not a channel to contacts.

Not supported

messageType email sends email, and an email bridge sends iMessages from your inbox.

Phone calls

Inbound and outbound calls in webhook mode or hosted AI mode; also browser web calls.

Outbound calls with recording, inbound forwarding and a click-to-call API (beta, +1 numbers only).

Apple Messages for Business

Not supportedNot offered

Unified channel API

One send endpoint for SMS, MMS, iMessage, RCS and WhatsApp; one agent.message webhook incl. voice.

One send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.

Developer tools

REST API

TypeScript SDK

npm install agentphone

Not listedThe iMessage API page shows npm install @tuco-ai/sdk, but no such package is on npm.

Python SDK

pip install agentphone

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

Project default webhook with per-agent overrides.

Sent, failed, fallback, opened, reply, reaction, AI draft, handover, call recording and DNC events.

Signed webhooks

HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and body, with a timestamp header for replay protection.

HMAC-SHA256 in the X-Tuco-Signature header.

MCP server

Hosted MCP server (mcp.agentphone.ai) and npm package agentphone-mcp.

tuco-mcp on npm, run locally with an API key, with about 90 tools.

Open source

Not supportedClosed platform. The MCP server and framework integrations are MIT-licensed on GitHub.

Partialtuco-mcp is MIT licensed on npm. The platform is closed.

Self-hosting

Not supportedHosted cloud service only

Not listedHosted on Tuco hardware. Self-hosting is not mentioned.

Local testing

PartialBrowser web calls test a voice agent without a phone number; no message simulator found.

PartialSimulate runs a goal bot against a transcript without sending. Message sends have no sandbox.

Custom channel providers

Not listed

PartialSMS fallback can route through your Twilio, GoHighLevel or a custom webhook.

Event replay

PartialFailed webhooks retry 5 times over about 20 hours; deliveries can be listed but not replayed.

30-day webhook delivery log with replay from the dashboard or API, plus one automatic retry.

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

No-code integrations

PartialAgentPhone block in Sim's no-code workflow builder; no Zapier, Make, n8n or GoHighLevel found.

GoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.

CRM integrations

Not listed

HubSpot, Salesforce, Close and Pipedrive. One CRM per workspace.

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

Hosted voice mode runs calls from a system prompt; conversation state rides along in webhooks.

Hosted goal bots and Knowledge Base replies with tools, in copilot or autopilot mode.

Agent framework integrations

Vercel Chat SDK adapter, LangChain, CrewAI and OpenAI Agents SDK tools, Google ADK guide.

Not listed

Streaming replies

PartialVoice only: NDJSON streamed webhook replies start speech on the first chunk.

Not listed

Agent group chats

PartialAgents can create and take part in iMessage groups; agent-to-agent groups are not described.

Not supportedNo group chat support

Human handoff

PartialVoice only: cold transfer of a call to a transferNumber, by the AI or your webhook.

Copilot drafts need approval, and conversation.handover fires when the AI stops for a person.

Audit logs

Not listed

Activity log of workspace changes, including MCP tool calls.

Message history API

Conversations with paginated messages and custom metadata; call transcripts.

Message history, conversations and replies endpoints.

Plans and compliance

Free plan

Partial$5 starting credit, no card. Outbound calls need a top-up first.

Not supportedDocs say there are no free trials, paid pilots or refunds.

Public pricing

Starter $149/month, Growth $299/month, plus $335 setup per line.

No per-message fees

PartialiMessage lines and WhatsApp have no per-message charge; SMS is $0.02 a segment, MMS $0.03.

No per-message fees. AI credits and extra call minutes are billed separately.

Uptime SLA

Not supportedTerms promise no uptime; SLAs only if set in an order or separate agreement.

Not listedGrowth lists a 4-hour support SLA. No uptime SLA found.

Isolated infrastructure

Not listedSub-accounts isolate agents, numbers and data per client; no dedicated infrastructure offer found.

Each line runs on its own iPhone and Apple ID on dedicated Mac hardware, with no VMs.

SOC 2 Type II

PartialSOC 2 Type I report as of July 30, 2026; Type II examination in progress.

Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.

GDPR

GDPR page with data rights and Standard Contractual Clauses. DPA availability 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

Source