What is the difference between Blue Reacher and Tuco AI?

Blue Reacher supports 50 of the 77 features compared here, and Tuco AI supports 41. Blue Reacher adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, threaded replies and message effects. Tuco AI adds sender name and photo, Telegram, Slack, email and custom channel providers.

How much do Blue Reacher and Tuco AI cost?

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. 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.

Blue Reacher vs Tuco AI: Features, Pricing and Differences

Feature comparison

Feature	Blue Reacher	Tuco AI
iMessage messaging
iMessage	SupportedOne-to-one iMessage sends and replies over REST and webhooks.	Supported
Group chats	PartialAPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet; the site sells group threads opened from the CRM.	Not supportedTuco's llms.txt says it has no group chats.
Group management	PartialAdd, remove and leave are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Not supportedNo group chat support
Group name and photo	PartialRename and group photo are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Not supported
Mentions	Not listed	Not supported
Tapbacks	PartialInbound reactions arrive as webhooks; sending the six tapbacks is not available on the API yet.	SupportedSend six classic tapbacks by API; inbound reactions, including custom emoji, arrive as message.reaction.
Threaded replies	PartialSite lists threaded replies; the API reply option sends a quoted reply, not an inline thread.	Not listed
Typing indicators	PartialTyping endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	PartialStart and stop typing by API, best effort. Inbound typing events not documented.
Read receipts	Partialmessage.read webhooks fire; sending native read receipts is not available on the API yet.	Supportedmessage.opened webhook with readAt when the recipient has read receipts on.
Edit and unsend	Not listed	Not listed
Message effects	Partial8 screen and 4 bubble effects are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Not listed
Animated text effects	Not listed	Not listed
Stickers	Not listed	Not listed
Formatted text	Not supportedDocs say there is no Markdown rendering on any channel.	Not listed
Attachments	SupportedOne file per message for now. Images and video up to 100 MB, audio and PDF up to 25 MB.	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	SupportedA bare URL renders as a preview card on iMessage, built on the recipient's device.	Not listed
Voice messages	PartialNative voice memo endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	SupportedvoiceNote sends one audio file as a native voice note bubble.
Contact cards	PartialDocs and site say lines send contact cards; no endpoint appears in the API reference.	Not listed
Polls	Not listed	Not listed
Chat backgrounds	Not listed	Not listed
Location sharing	Not listed	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.	PartialLine name and photo are set by Tuco staff, at most 3 changes per line per month.
FaceTime calls	PartialFaceTime audio from the line, started by a person; $99/mo add-on. Calls API not available yet.	PartialFaceTime Audio calls as a $100/month per-line add-on. Tuco's llms.txt says it has no FaceTime.
Delivery status	Supportedmessage.sent, delivered, read and failed webhooks, plus a status endpoint.	Supportedqueued, sent, delivered, failed and fallback statuses, with sent, failed and fallback webhooks.
iMessage availability check	PartialCapability lookup for up to 100 numbers is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	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	SupportedEach line is an Apple ID on Apple hardware run by Blue Reacher.	SupportedEach line is a real iPhone with an eSIM that Tuco hosts. About 48 hours to activate.
Dedicated numbers	SupportedEvery line is a dedicated number with a custom area code.	SupportedOne Apple identity per line. Lines can be ordered by API.
Shared numbers	Not supportedDocs say each line is yours alone, never shared and never recycled.	Not listed
Bring your own number	SupportedPricing lists port-in support for an existing number.	PartialDocs say existing numbers cannot be ported in, but a Linq migration page offers to port Linq numbers.
Line pooling	SupportedOmit the line on a send and load balancing picks one; the site calls it smart routing.	SupportedSends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.
SMS fallback	Supported	PartialThrough your Twilio, GoHighLevel or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line once support enables it.
RCS fallback	PartialSite says iMessage, then RCS, then SMS; the docs say the platform's own fallback is SMS.	Not supportedRCS not offered
Outbound-first messaging	SupportedCold outreach allowed: 30 cold or 50 opted-in new contacts a day per warmed line.	SupportedOutbound to opted-in contacts. Cold lists are refused, and first messages cannot carry links or files.
Calls on the iMessage number	PartialFaceTime audio from the same line. Phone calls need your own provider using the number as caller ID.	SupportedCalls go out from the same number the line texts from. 500 minutes per line per month included.
Other channels
SMS	PartialOnly as automatic fallback from the same line.	PartialSMS through your own Twilio, GHL or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line in its eSIM country.
RCS	PartialSite lists RCS fallback; the docs say messages deliver over iMessage or SMS.	Not supportedNot offered
WhatsApp	Not supportedNot offered	Not supported
Telegram	Not supported	PartialTelegram bot for team notifications and replies. Leads are not messaged on Telegram.
Slack	Not supportedNot offered as a channel; a Slack guide forwards replies into Slack.	PartialLead conversations appear as Slack threads the team can reply from. Not a channel to contacts.
Email	Not supportedNot offered. Docs say there is no email-address sender option.	SupportedmessageType email sends email, and an email bridge sends iMessages from your inbox.
Phone calls	PartialDocs cover FaceTime audio only; the pricing page lists 2-way calling with SIP routing.	SupportedOutbound calls with recording, inbound forwarding and a click-to-call API (beta, +1 numbers only).
Apple Messages for Business	Not supportedNot offered; the site describes it as a separate Apple product.	Not supportedNot offered
Unified channel API	SupportediMessage and SMS fallback share one send endpoint and message model.	SupportedOne send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.
Developer tools
REST API	Supported	Supported
TypeScript SDK	Supportednpm package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.	Not listedThe iMessage API page shows npm install @tuco-ai/sdk, but no such package is on npm.
Python SDK	SupportedPyPI package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.	Not listed
Other SDKs	Not supportedDocs suggest generating Go, Java, Ruby or PHP clients from the OpenAPI spec.	Not listed
CLI	Supportedbluereacher-cli on npm: send, status, conversations and capability checks.	Not listed
Webhooks	Supported	SupportedSent, failed, fallback, opened, reply, reaction, AI draft, handover, call recording and DNC events.
Signed webhooks	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 in X-BlueReacher-Signature.	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 in the X-Tuco-Signature header.
MCP server	SupportedHosted MCP server at api.bluereacher.com/v1/mcp; works with sandbox keys.	Supportedtuco-mcp on npm, run locally with an API key, with about 90 tools.
Open source	PartialSDKs, CLI, a stdio MCP server and an n8n node are MIT on GitHub. The platform is closed.	Partialtuco-mcp is MIT licensed on npm. The platform is closed.
Self-hosting	Not listed	Not listedHosted on Tuco hardware. Self-hosting is not mentioned.
Local testing	SupportedPublic sandbox key runs the API and MCP against a simulator, with simulated inbound replies.	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	PartialRetries for about a day; undelivered events are kept and support replays them on request.	Supported30-day webhook delivery log with replay from the dashboard or API, plus one automatic retry.
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	Not listed
No-code integrations	SupportedNative GoHighLevel, plus Zapier, Make and n8n guides and an n8n community node.	SupportedGoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.
CRM integrations	SupportedNative HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Pipedrive, Follow Up Boss and Jobber (beta).	SupportedHubSpot, Salesforce, Close and Pipedrive. One CRM per workspace.
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	PartialBuilt-in AI reply assistant on your own model key, with per-contact controls. No agent SDK.	SupportedHosted goal bots and Knowledge Base replies with tools, in copilot or autopilot mode.
Agent framework integrations	PartialGuide pages for LangChain and the Vercel AI SDK that wrap the API as a tool.	Not listed
Streaming replies	Not listed	Not listed
Agent group chats	Not listed	Not supportedNo group chat support
Human handoff	SupportedPause or snooze the AI assistant per contact while a person replies.	SupportedCopilot drafts need approval, and conversation.handover fires when the AI stops for a person.
Audit logs	PartialDocs mention an exportable opt-out audit trail; no general activity log is documented.	SupportedActivity log of workspace changes, including MCP tool calls.
Message history API	SupportedConversation history per contact, cursor-paginated.	SupportedMessage history, conversations and replies endpoints.
Plans and compliance
Free plan	SupportedFree public sandbox key; simulator only, no real messages sent.	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	Supported	SupportedNo per-message fees. AI credits and extra call minutes are billed separately.
Uptime SLA	Not listed	Not listedGrowth lists a 4-hour support SLA. No uptime SLA found.
Isolated infrastructure	SupportedDedicated lines per customer, never shared; workspaces logically isolated.	SupportedEach line runs on its own iPhone and Apple ID on dedicated Mac hardware, with no VMs.
SOC 2 Type II	Not supportedTrust page says controls map to SOC 2 but the independent attestation is not complete.	Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.
GDPR	SupportedGDPR page and a published DPA with Standard Contractual Clauses.	SupportedGDPR page with data rights and Standard Contractual Clauses. DPA availability listed.

Feature

Blue Reacher

Tuco AI

iMessage messaging

iMessage

One-to-one iMessage sends and replies over REST and webhooks.

Group chats

PartialAPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet; the site sells group threads opened from the CRM.

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

Group management

PartialAdd, remove and leave are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Not supportedNo group chat support

Group name and photo

PartialRename and group photo are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Not supported

Mentions

Not listed

Not supported

Tapbacks

PartialInbound reactions arrive as webhooks; sending the six tapbacks is not available on the API yet.

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

Threaded replies

PartialSite lists threaded replies; the API reply option sends a quoted reply, not an inline thread.

Not listed

Typing indicators

PartialTyping endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

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

Read receipts

Partialmessage.read webhooks fire; sending native read receipts is not available on the API yet.

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

Edit and unsend

Not listed

Message effects

Partial8 screen and 4 bubble effects are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Not listed

Animated text effects

Not listed

Stickers

Not listed

Formatted text

Not supportedDocs say there is no Markdown rendering on any channel.

Not listed

Attachments

One file per message for now. Images and video up to 100 MB, audio and PDF up to 25 MB.

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

A bare URL renders as a preview card on iMessage, built on the recipient's device.

Not listed

Voice messages

PartialNative voice memo endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

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

Contact cards

PartialDocs and site say lines send contact cards; no endpoint appears in the API reference.

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Sender name and photo

Not listedDocs say recipients see only the number until they save your contact card.

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

FaceTime calls

PartialFaceTime audio from the line, started by a person; $99/mo add-on. Calls API not available yet.

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

Delivery status

message.sent, delivered, read and failed webhooks, plus a status endpoint.

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

iMessage availability check

PartialCapability lookup for up to 100 numbers is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

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

Focus and Notify Anyway

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

Each line is an Apple ID on Apple hardware run by Blue Reacher.

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

Dedicated numbers

Every line is a dedicated number with a custom area code.

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

Shared numbers

Not supportedDocs say each line is yours alone, never shared and never recycled.

Not listed

Bring your own number

Pricing lists port-in support for an existing number.

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

Line pooling

Omit the line on a send and load balancing picks one; the site calls it smart routing.

Sends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.

SMS fallback

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

RCS fallback

PartialSite says iMessage, then RCS, then SMS; the docs say the platform's own fallback is SMS.

Not supportedRCS not offered

Outbound-first messaging

Cold outreach allowed: 30 cold or 50 opted-in new contacts a day per warmed line.

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

Calls on the iMessage number

PartialFaceTime audio from the same line. Phone calls need your own provider using the number as caller ID.

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

Other channels

SMS

PartialOnly as automatic fallback from the same line.

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

RCS

PartialSite lists RCS fallback; the docs say messages deliver over iMessage or SMS.

Not supportedNot offered

Not supported

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

Slack

Not supportedNot offered as a channel; a Slack guide forwards replies into Slack.

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

Not supportedNot offered. Docs say there is no email-address sender option.

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

Phone calls

PartialDocs cover FaceTime audio only; the pricing page lists 2-way calling with SIP routing.

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

Apple Messages for Business

Not supportedNot offered; the site describes it as a separate Apple product.

Not supportedNot offered

Unified channel API

iMessage and SMS fallback share one send endpoint and message model.

One send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.

Developer tools

REST API

TypeScript SDK

npm package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.

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

Python SDK

PyPI package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.

Not listed

Other SDKs

Not supportedDocs suggest generating Go, Java, Ruby or PHP clients from the OpenAPI spec.

Not listed

CLI

bluereacher-cli on npm: send, status, conversations and capability checks.

Not listed

Webhooks

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

Signed webhooks

HMAC-SHA256 in X-BlueReacher-Signature.

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

MCP server

Hosted MCP server at api.bluereacher.com/v1/mcp; works with sandbox keys.

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

Open source

PartialSDKs, CLI, a stdio MCP server and an n8n node are MIT on GitHub. The platform is closed.

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

Self-hosting

Not listed

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

Local testing

Public sandbox key runs the API and MCP against a simulator, with simulated inbound replies.

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

PartialRetries for about a day; undelivered events are kept and support replays them on request.

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

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

No-code integrations

Native GoHighLevel, plus Zapier, Make and n8n guides and an n8n community node.

GoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.

CRM integrations

Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Pipedrive, Follow Up Boss and Jobber (beta).

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

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

PartialBuilt-in AI reply assistant on your own model key, with per-contact controls. No agent SDK.

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

Agent framework integrations

PartialGuide pages for LangChain and the Vercel AI SDK that wrap the API as a tool.

Not listed

Streaming replies

Not listed

Agent group chats

Not listed

Not supportedNo group chat support

Human handoff

Pause or snooze the AI assistant per contact while a person replies.

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

Audit logs

PartialDocs mention an exportable opt-out audit trail; no general activity log is documented.

Activity log of workspace changes, including MCP tool calls.

Message history API

Conversation history per contact, cursor-paginated.

Message history, conversations and replies endpoints.

Plans and compliance

Free plan

Free public sandbox key; simulator only, no real messages sent.

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

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

Uptime SLA

Not listed

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

Isolated infrastructure

Dedicated lines per customer, never shared; workspaces logically isolated.

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

SOC 2 Type II

Not supportedTrust page says controls map to SOC 2 but the independent attestation is not complete.

Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.

GDPR

GDPR page and a published DPA with Standard Contractual Clauses.

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.

Blue Reacher vs Tuco AI

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