What is the difference between Blooio and Linq?

Blooio supports 60 of the 77 features compared here, and Linq supports 63. Blooio adds FaceTime calls, Focus and Notify Anyway, bring your own number, Apple Messages for Business and custom channel providers. Linq adds mentions, edit and unsend, animated text effects, stickers and contact cards.

How much do Blooio and Linq cost?

Blooio: A free trial with 20 messages, shared plans at $39 and $89 a month, Commercial Dedicated at $289 a month per line, an Inbound plan at $98 a month, and Enterprise Dedicated from $195 a month per line at 6+ lines. Linq: Hobby is free with up to 20 contacts through the CLI, Pro starts at $260 a month with a 7-day free trial, and Enterprise is custom.

Does Linq support FaceTime calls?

Linq does not support FaceTime calls.

Does Linq support Focus and Notify Anyway?

Linq does not list Focus and Notify Anyway on its site or in its docs.

Does Linq support bring your own number?

Linq does not list bring your own number on its site or in its docs.

Blooio vs Linq: Features, Pricing and Differences

Feature comparison

Feature	Blooio	Linq
iMessage messaging
iMessage	Supported	Supported
Group chats	Supported	SupportedPro plan. Up to 31 recipients. No read or delivery receipts in groups.
Group management	PartialCreate groups by API. Adding or removing members is marked coming soon (returns 501).	SupportedAdd and remove participants and leave a group, iMessage groups only, 3-member minimum.
Group name and photo	SupportedRename groups and set or remove group icons.	SupportedSet display_name and group_chat_icon on group chats.
Mentions	Not listedA guide index lists mentions, but no mention field is documented.	SupportedGroup chats only. Notifies iMessage recipients even in a muted chat.
Tapbacks	SupportedAdd or remove tapbacks on any message; inbound reactions arrive as message.reaction events.	SupportedSix classic tapbacks or any emoji, send and receive via reaction webhooks.
Threaded replies	Supportedreply_to on sends.	Supportedreply_to with optional part_index. iMessage only.
Typing indicators	SupportedSend, and receive typing.started and typing.stopped events.	SupportedSend and receive, in direct and group chats. iMessage only.
Read receipts	SupportedMark chats read and receive message.read events.	SupportedMark chats read and receive message.read. One-to-one chats only.
Edit and unsend	Not listed	PartialEdit text up to 5 times within 15 minutes. Delete does not unsend from the recipient's device.
Message effects	Supportedeffect field on text sends.	Supported11 screen and 4 bubble effects.
Animated text effects	Not listed	Supportedtext_decorations animations: big, small, shake, nod, explode, ripple, bloom, jitter.
Stickers	Not listed	SupportedPeel emoji or images onto messages, send stickers, or place them inline in text.
Formatted text	SupportedMarkdown bold, italic, underline and strikethrough sent as iMessage rich text.	SupportedBold, italic, underline and strikethrough ranges, plus animated text. iMessage only.
Attachments	Supported	SupportedUp to 10MB by URL, 100MB with pre-upload.
Live Photos	Not listed	Not listed
Rich link previews	Supportedrich_link bubbles with image and title overrides.	Supportedlink parts render as rich previews on iMessage and RCS.
Voice messages	SupportedA single audio file is sent as a native voice memo.	SupportedDedicated voice memo endpoint renders the native iMessage voice bubble.
Contact cards	Not listedAttachments accept other files, but .vcf is not named. Name and Photo cards are documented.	SupportedSend .vcf files as media parts.
Polls	SupportedSend, vote and read results, with poll webhooks.	SupportedCreate, add options, vote and read tallies, with poll webhooks. Not as a chat's first message.
Chat backgrounds	SupportedImage backgrounds only.	SupportedColor, animated or photo backgrounds, in direct and group chats.
Location sharing	PartialReads Find My locations of contacts already sharing. Location access is provisioned on request.	SupportedRequest, read and stop Find My shares. Live location is a $79/mo add-on on Pro.
iMessage apps	SupportedCustom bubbles for your own iMessage app extension, sent and received.	SupportedPro plan. Cards from your own Messages extension, or Linq-hosted cards (Experiences).
Live app cards	Not supportedDocs say a send cannot continue an app session; each bubble starts a new one.	SupportedUpdate App Card replaces a delivered iMessage app or Experience card in place.
Sender name and photo	SupportedSet name and avatar per number and share the card into a chat.	SupportedContact card API sets name and photo, shared per chat via Name and Photo Sharing.
FaceTime calls	PartialOn request for dedicated lines. Docs say the FaceTime API is disabled for now (returns 501).	Not supportedDocs say the API does not place or answer calls.
Delivery status	Supported	Supportedsent, delivered, read and failed webhooks. Groups report sent only.
iMessage availability check	SupportedLive per-number iMessage, SMS and RCS capability lookup.	Supportedcheck_imessage and check_rcs endpoints.
Focus and Notify Anyway	SupportedRead a contact's Focus status and send Notify Anyway. Direct chats only.	Not listed
Numbers and delivery
Managed lines	SupportedPre-warmed numbers claimed self-serve from the dashboard.	Supported
Dedicated numbers	Supported	SupportedPaid lines are dedicated. Provisioned by Linq, no self-serve number API.
Shared numbers	SupportedStarter and Commercial Shared use managed shared pools.	SupportedFree Hobby tier uses a Shared Line, inbound-first, 20 contacts.
Bring your own number	PartialiMessage only by porting on dedicated plans. Your own Twilio number can carry SMS.	Not listed
Line pooling	SupportedNumber pools and channel priorities; a contact keeps one number in a pool.	SupportedManaged load balancing (Pro): send without from and Linq picks and fails over lines.
SMS fallback	Supported	Supported
RCS fallback	Supported	SupportedOrder is iMessage, then RCS, then SMS.
Outbound-first messaging	SupportedShared plans cap new conversations per day. Inbound plan is reply-only.	SupportedFree Hobby tier is inbound-first. Docs recommend inbound-first flows to avoid flagging.
Calls on the iMessage number	SupportedVoice calling and call forwarding on Commercial and Enterprise Dedicated lines.	PartialAPI forwards inbound calls on the line; outbound needs caller-ID masking via another provider.
Other channels
SMS	SupportedFrom the iMessage line, or through your own Twilio account.	Supported
RCS	SupportedRCS fallback on numbers, plus an RCS for Business channel type.	Supported
WhatsApp	SupportedWhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) on the v4 API.	BetaSeparate WhatsApp API in beta. Access by request, no SLA.
Telegram	Not supportedNot offered	Not supportedNot offered
Slack	Not supported	Not supported
Email	Not supportedNot offered. iMessage can be sent to email handles.	Not supportedNot offered. iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email handles.
Phone calls	PartialVoice calling and forwarding on dedicated plans. No calling API documented.	PartialAPI does not place or answer calls; it forwards inbound calls. Calling lives in the Linq Blue app.
Apple Messages for Business	SupportedBlooio says it is an official Apple Messages for Business MSP.	Not listedAI context page mentions it, but no product page or docs were found.
Unified channel API	Supportedv4 API covers iMessage, SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and Apple Messages for Business.	PartialiMessage, RCS and SMS share one API. WhatsApp is a separate API with its own keys and SDKs.
Developer tools
REST API	Supported	Supported
TypeScript SDK	Supported@blooio/sdk	Supported@linqapp/sdk
Python SDK	Supportedblooio on PyPI.	Supportedlinq-python
Other SDKs	SupportedGo and Java SDKs.	SupportedOfficial Go SDK.
CLI	Not listed	Supported@linqapp/cli: signup, sending, and a local webhook listener.
Webhooks	Supported	Supported
Signed webhooks	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 with timestamp, rotatable secrets and delivery replay.	SupportedHMAC-SHA256, Standard Webhooks format, with replay protection.
MCP server	SupportedHosted at mcp.blooio.com/v4.	Supported@linqapp/sdk-mcp with docs search and code execution tools.
Open source	PartialSDKs are Apache-2.0 on GitHub. The messaging platform is closed.	PartialSDKs, CLI and adapters are Apache-2.0 or MIT on GitHub. The messaging platform is closed.
Self-hosting	Not supportedBlooio says it is not a self-hosted iMessage relay.	Not supportedLinq describes itself as fully managed, in contrast to self-hosted options.
Local testing	Not listed	Not listedThe CLI streams webhooks locally, but tests still use a real phone.
Custom channel providers	PartialYour own Twilio account can be added as an SMS channel under the same API.	Not listed
Event replay	SupportedWebhook delivery logs with replay, plus an events feed to list past events.	PartialRetries for 30 minutes; after that, re-fetch chats or ask Linq for a manual replay.
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	PartialW3C trace IDs on every response and webhook for OTel backends. No export of Linq spans by default.
No-code integrations	SupportedGoHighLevel, n8n, Make, Zapier and IFTTT.	SupportedLinq Blue works as a GoHighLevel messaging provider. No n8n, Make or Zapier found for the API.
CRM integrations	SupportedGoHighLevel and HubSpot.	SupportedVia Linq Blue: GoHighLevel, HubSpot and Salesforce.
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	PartialNo own framework. Community Chat SDK adapter, plus plugins for Hermes Agent and eve.	PartialNo own framework. Maintains a Vercel Chat SDK adapter and OpenClaw and Hermes plugins.
Agent framework integrations	SupportedBlooio publishes Hermes Agent and eve channel plugins. The Chat SDK adapter is a community package.	SupportedLinq-maintained Vercel Chat SDK adapter, plus OpenClaw and Hermes Agent plugins.
Streaming replies	Not listed	Not supportedDocs say the Chat SDK adapter buffers streams into one final message.
Agent group chats	Not listed	Not listed
Human handoff	PartialHandoff webhook events, documented for Apple Messages for Business chats.	Not listed
Audit logs	PartialLists audit logging among internal security controls. No customer audit log documented.	SupportedDashboard Activity page plus account-change webhooks with actor and origin.
Message history API	SupportedRetention runs 90 days to unlimited depending on plan.	Supported
Plans and compliance
Free plan	PartialFree trial is 20 messages total on a shared number. Apple Messages for Business has a free sandbox.	SupportedHobby: $0, up to 20 contacts, through the CLI.
Public pricing	SupportedNumber plans from $39/mo. Apple Messages for Business is custom, per monthly active user.	SupportedPro from $260/mo. Enterprise is custom.
No per-message fees	SupportedNumber plans are flat. Apple Messages for Business is billed per monthly active user.	Supported
Uptime SLA	SupportedContractual SLA with a signed Enterprise Order Form; 99.9% uptime target	SupportedContractual SLAs on the Enterprise plan; marketing cites 99.95%
Isolated infrastructure	PartialDedicated numbers are isolated to your workspace. No per-customer servers or devices described.	SupportedDedicated lines across 4 data centers on paid plans; Hobby uses a shared line
SOC 2 Type II	Not supportedTrust Center lists SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 as in progress.	SupportedType I and Type II, reports for 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
GDPR	SupportedTrust Center marks GDPR as passing.	SupportedDPA covers GDPR and UK GDPR, with Standard Contractual Clauses.

Feature

Blooio

Linq

iMessage messaging

iMessage

Group chats

Pro plan. Up to 31 recipients. No read or delivery receipts in groups.

Group management

PartialCreate groups by API. Adding or removing members is marked coming soon (returns 501).

Add and remove participants and leave a group, iMessage groups only, 3-member minimum.

Group name and photo

Rename groups and set or remove group icons.

Set display_name and group_chat_icon on group chats.

Mentions

Not listedA guide index lists mentions, but no mention field is documented.

Group chats only. Notifies iMessage recipients even in a muted chat.

Tapbacks

Add or remove tapbacks on any message; inbound reactions arrive as message.reaction events.

Six classic tapbacks or any emoji, send and receive via reaction webhooks.

Threaded replies

reply_to on sends.

reply_to with optional part_index. iMessage only.

Typing indicators

Send, and receive typing.started and typing.stopped events.

Send and receive, in direct and group chats. iMessage only.

Read receipts

Mark chats read and receive message.read events.

Mark chats read and receive message.read. One-to-one chats only.

Edit and unsend

Not listed

PartialEdit text up to 5 times within 15 minutes. Delete does not unsend from the recipient's device.

Message effects

effect field on text sends.

11 screen and 4 bubble effects.

Animated text effects

Not listed

text_decorations animations: big, small, shake, nod, explode, ripple, bloom, jitter.

Stickers

Not listed

Peel emoji or images onto messages, send stickers, or place them inline in text.

Formatted text

Markdown bold, italic, underline and strikethrough sent as iMessage rich text.

Bold, italic, underline and strikethrough ranges, plus animated text. iMessage only.

Attachments

Up to 10MB by URL, 100MB with pre-upload.

Live Photos

Not listed

Rich link previews

rich_link bubbles with image and title overrides.

link parts render as rich previews on iMessage and RCS.

Voice messages

A single audio file is sent as a native voice memo.

Dedicated voice memo endpoint renders the native iMessage voice bubble.

Contact cards

Not listedAttachments accept other files, but .vcf is not named. Name and Photo cards are documented.

Send .vcf files as media parts.

Polls

Send, vote and read results, with poll webhooks.

Create, add options, vote and read tallies, with poll webhooks. Not as a chat's first message.

Chat backgrounds

Image backgrounds only.

Color, animated or photo backgrounds, in direct and group chats.

Location sharing

PartialReads Find My locations of contacts already sharing. Location access is provisioned on request.

Request, read and stop Find My shares. Live location is a $79/mo add-on on Pro.

iMessage apps

Custom bubbles for your own iMessage app extension, sent and received.

Pro plan. Cards from your own Messages extension, or Linq-hosted cards (Experiences).

Live app cards

Not supportedDocs say a send cannot continue an app session; each bubble starts a new one.

Update App Card replaces a delivered iMessage app or Experience card in place.

Sender name and photo

Set name and avatar per number and share the card into a chat.

Contact card API sets name and photo, shared per chat via Name and Photo Sharing.

FaceTime calls

PartialOn request for dedicated lines. Docs say the FaceTime API is disabled for now (returns 501).

Not supportedDocs say the API does not place or answer calls.

Delivery status

sent, delivered, read and failed webhooks. Groups report sent only.

iMessage availability check

Live per-number iMessage, SMS and RCS capability lookup.

check_imessage and check_rcs endpoints.

Focus and Notify Anyway

Read a contact's Focus status and send Notify Anyway. Direct chats only.

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

Pre-warmed numbers claimed self-serve from the dashboard.

Dedicated numbers

Paid lines are dedicated. Provisioned by Linq, no self-serve number API.

Shared numbers

Starter and Commercial Shared use managed shared pools.

Free Hobby tier uses a Shared Line, inbound-first, 20 contacts.

Bring your own number

PartialiMessage only by porting on dedicated plans. Your own Twilio number can carry SMS.

Not listed

Line pooling

Number pools and channel priorities; a contact keeps one number in a pool.

Managed load balancing (Pro): send without from and Linq picks and fails over lines.

SMS fallback

RCS fallback

Order is iMessage, then RCS, then SMS.

Outbound-first messaging

Shared plans cap new conversations per day. Inbound plan is reply-only.

Free Hobby tier is inbound-first. Docs recommend inbound-first flows to avoid flagging.

Calls on the iMessage number

Voice calling and call forwarding on Commercial and Enterprise Dedicated lines.

PartialAPI forwards inbound calls on the line; outbound needs caller-ID masking via another provider.

Other channels

SMS

From the iMessage line, or through your own Twilio account.

RCS

RCS fallback on numbers, plus an RCS for Business channel type.

WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) on the v4 API.

BetaSeparate WhatsApp API in beta. Access by request, no SLA.

Not supportedNot offered

Slack

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered. iMessage can be sent to email handles.

Not supportedNot offered. iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email handles.

Phone calls

PartialVoice calling and forwarding on dedicated plans. No calling API documented.

PartialAPI does not place or answer calls; it forwards inbound calls. Calling lives in the Linq Blue app.

Apple Messages for Business

Blooio says it is an official Apple Messages for Business MSP.

Not listedAI context page mentions it, but no product page or docs were found.

Unified channel API

v4 API covers iMessage, SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and Apple Messages for Business.

PartialiMessage, RCS and SMS share one API. WhatsApp is a separate API with its own keys and SDKs.

Developer tools

REST API

TypeScript SDK

@blooio/sdk

@linqapp/sdk

Python SDK

blooio on PyPI.

linq-python

Other SDKs

Go and Java SDKs.

Official Go SDK.

CLI

Not listed

@linqapp/cli: signup, sending, and a local webhook listener.

Webhooks

Signed webhooks

HMAC-SHA256 with timestamp, rotatable secrets and delivery replay.

HMAC-SHA256, Standard Webhooks format, with replay protection.

MCP server

Hosted at mcp.blooio.com/v4.

@linqapp/sdk-mcp with docs search and code execution tools.

Open source

PartialSDKs are Apache-2.0 on GitHub. The messaging platform is closed.

PartialSDKs, CLI and adapters are Apache-2.0 or MIT on GitHub. The messaging platform is closed.

Self-hosting

Not supportedBlooio says it is not a self-hosted iMessage relay.

Not supportedLinq describes itself as fully managed, in contrast to self-hosted options.

Local testing

Not listed

Not listedThe CLI streams webhooks locally, but tests still use a real phone.

Custom channel providers

PartialYour own Twilio account can be added as an SMS channel under the same API.

Not listed

Event replay

Webhook delivery logs with replay, plus an events feed to list past events.

PartialRetries for 30 minutes; after that, re-fetch chats or ask Linq for a manual replay.

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

PartialW3C trace IDs on every response and webhook for OTel backends. No export of Linq spans by default.

No-code integrations

GoHighLevel, n8n, Make, Zapier and IFTTT.

Linq Blue works as a GoHighLevel messaging provider. No n8n, Make or Zapier found for the API.

CRM integrations

GoHighLevel and HubSpot.

Via Linq Blue: GoHighLevel, HubSpot and Salesforce.

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

PartialNo own framework. Community Chat SDK adapter, plus plugins for Hermes Agent and eve.

PartialNo own framework. Maintains a Vercel Chat SDK adapter and OpenClaw and Hermes plugins.

Agent framework integrations

Blooio publishes Hermes Agent and eve channel plugins. The Chat SDK adapter is a community package.

Linq-maintained Vercel Chat SDK adapter, plus OpenClaw and Hermes Agent plugins.

Streaming replies

Not listed

Not supportedDocs say the Chat SDK adapter buffers streams into one final message.

Agent group chats

Not listed

Human handoff

PartialHandoff webhook events, documented for Apple Messages for Business chats.

Not listed

Audit logs

PartialLists audit logging among internal security controls. No customer audit log documented.

Dashboard Activity page plus account-change webhooks with actor and origin.

Message history API

Retention runs 90 days to unlimited depending on plan.

Plans and compliance

Free plan

PartialFree trial is 20 messages total on a shared number. Apple Messages for Business has a free sandbox.

Hobby: $0, up to 20 contacts, through the CLI.

Public pricing

Number plans from $39/mo. Apple Messages for Business is custom, per monthly active user.

Pro from $260/mo. Enterprise is custom.

No per-message fees

Number plans are flat. Apple Messages for Business is billed per monthly active user.

Uptime SLA

Contractual SLA with a signed Enterprise Order Form; 99.9% uptime target

Contractual SLAs on the Enterprise plan; marketing cites 99.95%

Isolated infrastructure

PartialDedicated numbers are isolated to your workspace. No per-customer servers or devices described.

Dedicated lines across 4 data centers on paid plans; Hobby uses a shared line

SOC 2 Type II

Not supportedTrust Center lists SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 as in progress.

Type I and Type II, reports for 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

GDPR

Trust Center marks GDPR as passing.

DPA covers GDPR and UK GDPR, with Standard Contractual Clauses.

Checked on each provider's own site and docs on 2026-10-25. “Not listed” means the provider does not mention it.

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