What is the difference between Miss Blue and Tuco AI?

Miss Blue supports 47 of the 77 features compared here, and Tuco AI supports 41. Miss Blue adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, threaded replies and edit and unsend. Tuco AI adds Telegram, Slack, email, open source and custom channel providers.

How much do Miss Blue and Tuco AI cost?

Miss Blue: A free sandbox for testing, then $99 per dedicated number per month at the launch price (normally $198), with the usual $479 setup fee waived until October 31; FaceTime Audio ($250), phone calls ($75) or both ($300) are optional add-ons per line, and Enterprise is custom. 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.

Miss Blue vs Tuco AI: Features, Pricing and Differences

Feature comparison

Feature	Miss Blue	Tuco AI
iMessage messaging
iMessage	Supported	Supported
Group chats	SupportedSend into an existing group by its chat_id and read group threads.	Not supportedTuco's llms.txt says it has no group chats.
Group management	SupportedCreate groups of 2 to 32 and add or remove members; leaving a group is not supported yet.	Not supportedNo group chat support
Group name and photo	SupportedRename a group and set or remove its photo.	Not supported
Mentions	Not listed	Not supported
Tapbacks	SupportedAdd or remove the six tapbacks; tapbacks from customers appear on the message.	SupportedSend six classic tapbacks by API; inbound reactions, including custom emoji, arrive as message.reaction.
Threaded replies	SupportedQuoted replies with reply_to_message_id.	Not listed
Typing indicators	SupportedSend typing, optional auto-typing on inbound iMessage, and contact typing via webhook.	PartialStart and stop typing by API, best effort. Inbound typing events not documented.
Read receipts	SupportedExplicit read receipts by API; outbound messages report read.	Supportedmessage.opened webhook with readAt when the recipient has read receipts on.
Edit and unsend	PartialUnsend within Apple's 2-minute window. An edit endpoint is documented, but the FAQ says editing is not supported yet.	Not listed
Message effects	Not supportedThe errors page says effects are not a supported API operation yet.	Not listed
Animated text effects	Not supportedThe errors page says expressive text styles and effects are not supported yet.	Not listed
Stickers	Not listed	Not listed
Formatted text	Not listed	Not listed
Attachments	SupportedImages, video, PDFs, Office files and more up to 100 MiB, one per send, or carousels of 2 to 20 images.	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	SupportedAudio-only sends use the native voice-note bubble by default.	SupportedvoiceNote sends one audio file as a native voice note bubble.
Contact cards	Not listed	Not listed
Polls	Not listed	Not listed
Chat backgrounds	Not listed	Not listed
Location sharing	SupportedSend Find My requests, read the sharing state and watch live fixes over Server-Sent Events.	Not listed
iMessage apps	Not listed	Not listed
Live app cards	Not listed	Not listed
Sender name and photo	SupportedSet and verify the number's Name and Photo Sharing profile by API.	PartialLine name and photo are set by Tuco staff, at most 3 changes per line per month.
FaceTime calls	PartialFaceTime Audio only, as a $250/month add-on per line.	PartialFaceTime Audio calls as a $100/month per-line add-on. Tuco's llms.txt says it has no FaceTime.
Delivery status	Supportedpending, sent, delivered, read and failed with a reason, by webhook or per-message callback.	Supportedqueued, sent, delivered, failed and fallback statuses, with sent, failed and fallback webhooks.
iMessage availability check	SupportedLive iMessage and FaceTime registration lookup; a separate lookup reads your own past traffic.	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 number runs on a Mac that Miss Blue operates; staff provision numbers within about 48 to 72 hours.	SupportedEach line is a real iPhone with an eSIM that Tuco hosts. About 48 hours to activate.
Dedicated numbers	Supported$99/month per number at the launch price (normally $198).	SupportedOne Apple identity per line. Lines can be ordered by API.
Shared numbers	SupportedShared-pool numbers are offered as a separate, labelled option.	Not listed
Bring your own number	SupportedTransfer an existing number in; staff complete it in about 1 to 2 weeks.	PartialDocs say existing numbers cannot be ported in, but a Linq migration page offers to port Linq numbers.
Line pooling	SupportedAuto round robin spreads new contacts across a project's dedicated numbers, then keeps each on one.	SupportedSends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.
SMS fallback	SupportedFalls back to RCS, or to SMS where RCS is unavailable, from the same number.	PartialThrough your Twilio, GoHighLevel or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line once support enables it.
RCS fallback	SupportedFalls back to RCS where the carrier and recipient support it.	Not supportedRCS not offered
Outbound-first messaging	SupportedNew contacts are paced: 50 per number per day by default and 150 messages a day in total.	SupportedOutbound to opted-in contacts. Cold lists are refused, and first messages cannot carry links or files.
Calls on the iMessage number	SupportedFaceTime Audio and phone calls from the number customers already message.	SupportedCalls go out from the same number the line texts from. 500 minutes per line per month included.
Other channels
SMS	SupportedAs fallback from the iMessage number; the docs also describe Twilio SMS lines.	PartialSMS through your own Twilio, GHL or webhook provider, or P2P SMS from the line in its eSIM country.
RCS	SupportedAs fallback when the carrier and recipient support it.	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; the Slack page is an integration guide.	PartialLead conversations appear as Slack threads the team can reply from. Not a channel to contacts.
Email	Not supportedNot offered as a channel; iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email addresses.	SupportedmessageType email sends email, and an email bridge sends iMessages from your inbox.
Phone calls	PartialBrowser phone calls as a $75/month add-on; API keys cannot place regular phone 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	SupportediMessage with RCS and SMS fallback, groups and calls share one API and webhook stream.	SupportedOne send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.
Developer tools
REST API	Supported113 endpoints across 13 resources, with an OpenAPI file.	Supported
TypeScript SDK	Not listedThe API is plain HTTP; no SDK package was found.	Not listedThe iMessage API page shows npm install @tuco-ai/sdk, but no such package is on npm.
Python SDK	Not listed	Not listed
Other SDKs	Not listed	Not listed
CLI	Supportedmb, with installers for macOS, Linux and Windows.	Not listed
Webhooks	Supported	SupportedSent, failed, fallback, opened, reply, reaction, AI draft, handover, call recording and DNC events.
Signed webhooks	SupportedHex HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and raw body; per-message callbacks are unsigned.	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 in the X-Tuco-Signature header.
MCP server	Supportedmb mcp serves the CLI commands as MCP tools for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others.	Supportedtuco-mcp on npm, run locally with an API key, with about 90 tools.
Open source	Not supportedThe CLI repo holds builds and installers without a license; the service 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	Supportedmb_sandbox_ keys simulate outcomes and signed webhooks on a virtual number, with no phone.	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	PartialPer-endpoint delivery log and history sync; docs say to poll GET /v1/messages to repair missed events.	Supported30-day webhook delivery log with replay from the dashboard or API, plus one automatic retry.
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	Not listed
No-code integrations	BetaGoHighLevel connector is in beta; the Zapier, Make and n8n pages are setup guides.	SupportedGoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.
CRM integrations	BetaGoHighLevel connector in beta; HubSpot and Salesforce pages describe API builds set up in onboarding.	SupportedHubSpot, Salesforce, Close and Pipedrive. One CRM per workspace.
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	PartialNo agent SDK; offers a managed conversational AI add-on and multi-step automations.	SupportedHosted goal bots and Knowledge Base replies with tools, in copilot or autopilot mode.
Agent framework integrations	PartialGuide pages for Vercel AI SDK, Chat SDK, LangChain and Claude Agent SDK; no adapter package found.	Not listed
Streaming replies	Not listed	Not listed
Agent group chats	Not listed	Not supportedNo group chat support
Human handoff	SupportedShared Message Center for human takeover, with internal notes and resolving.	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	SupportedThread history by API and a conversation sync from the line's Mac.	SupportedMessage history, conversations and replies endpoints.
Plans and compliance
Free plan	SupportedFree sandbox with simulated sends, plus a 30-minute live demo line by texting DEMO.	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	PartialEnterprise only: contracted service terms; no uptime figure published.	Not listedGrowth lists a 4-hour support SLA. No uptime SLA found.
Isolated infrastructure	SupportedDedicated numbers run on hardware assigned to you; Enterprise adds dedicated equipment.	SupportedEach line runs on its own iPhone and Apple ID on dedicated Mac hardware, with no VMs.
SOC 2 Type II	Not listed	Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.
GDPR	Not listed	SupportedGDPR page with data rights and Standard Contractual Clauses. DPA availability listed.

Feature

Miss Blue

Tuco AI

iMessage messaging

iMessage

Group chats

Send into an existing group by its chat_id and read group threads.

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

Group management

Create groups of 2 to 32 and add or remove members; leaving a group is not supported yet.

Not supportedNo group chat support

Group name and photo

Rename a group and set or remove its photo.

Not supported

Mentions

Not listed

Not supported

Tapbacks

Add or remove the six tapbacks; tapbacks from customers appear on the message.

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

Threaded replies

Quoted replies with reply_to_message_id.

Not listed

Typing indicators

Send typing, optional auto-typing on inbound iMessage, and contact typing via webhook.

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

Read receipts

Explicit read receipts by API; outbound messages report read.

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

Edit and unsend

PartialUnsend within Apple's 2-minute window. An edit endpoint is documented, but the FAQ says editing is not supported yet.

Not listed

Message effects

Not supportedThe errors page says effects are not a supported API operation yet.

Not listed

Animated text effects

Not supportedThe errors page says expressive text styles and effects are not supported yet.

Not listed

Stickers

Not listed

Formatted text

Not listed

Attachments

Images, video, PDFs, Office files and more up to 100 MiB, one per send, or carousels of 2 to 20 images.

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

Audio-only sends use the native voice-note bubble by default.

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

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Send Find My requests, read the sharing state and watch live fixes over Server-Sent Events.

Not listed

iMessage apps

Not listed

Live app cards

Not listed

Sender name and photo

Set and verify the number's Name and Photo Sharing profile by API.

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

FaceTime calls

PartialFaceTime Audio only, as a $250/month add-on per line.

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

Delivery status

pending, sent, delivered, read and failed with a reason, by webhook or per-message callback.

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

iMessage availability check

Live iMessage and FaceTime registration lookup; a separate lookup reads your own past traffic.

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

Focus and Notify Anyway

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

Each number runs on a Mac that Miss Blue operates; staff provision numbers within about 48 to 72 hours.

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

Dedicated numbers

$99/month per number at the launch price (normally $198).

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

Shared numbers

Shared-pool numbers are offered as a separate, labelled option.

Not listed

Bring your own number

Transfer an existing number in; staff complete it in about 1 to 2 weeks.

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

Line pooling

Auto round robin spreads new contacts across a project's dedicated numbers, then keeps each on one.

Sends without fromLineId round-robin across active lines.

SMS fallback

Falls back to RCS, or to SMS where RCS is unavailable, from the same number.

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

RCS fallback

Falls back to RCS where the carrier and recipient support it.

Not supportedRCS not offered

Outbound-first messaging

New contacts are paced: 50 per number per day by default and 150 messages a day in total.

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

Calls on the iMessage number

FaceTime Audio and phone calls from the number customers already message.

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

Other channels

SMS

As fallback from the iMessage number; the docs also describe Twilio SMS lines.

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

RCS

As fallback when the carrier and recipient support it.

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; the Slack page is an integration guide.

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

Not supportedNot offered as a channel; iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email addresses.

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

Phone calls

PartialBrowser phone calls as a $75/month add-on; API keys cannot place regular phone 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

iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback, groups and calls share one API and webhook stream.

One send endpoint with messageType imessage, sms or email.

Developer tools

REST API

113 endpoints across 13 resources, with an OpenAPI file.

TypeScript SDK

Not listedThe API is plain HTTP; no SDK package was found.

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

Python SDK

Not listed

Other SDKs

Not listed

CLI

mb, with installers for macOS, Linux and Windows.

Not listed

Webhooks

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

Signed webhooks

Hex HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and raw body; per-message callbacks are unsigned.

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

MCP server

mb mcp serves the CLI commands as MCP tools for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others.

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

Open source

Not supportedThe CLI repo holds builds and installers without a license; the service 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

mb_sandbox_ keys simulate outcomes and signed webhooks on a virtual number, with no phone.

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

PartialPer-endpoint delivery log and history sync; docs say to poll GET /v1/messages to repair missed events.

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

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

No-code integrations

BetaGoHighLevel connector is in beta; the Zapier, Make and n8n pages are setup guides.

GoHighLevel, n8n, Zapier and Make.com.

CRM integrations

BetaGoHighLevel connector in beta; HubSpot and Salesforce pages describe API builds set up in onboarding.

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

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

PartialNo agent SDK; offers a managed conversational AI add-on and multi-step automations.

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

Agent framework integrations

PartialGuide pages for Vercel AI SDK, Chat SDK, LangChain and Claude Agent SDK; no adapter package found.

Not listed

Streaming replies

Not listed

Agent group chats

Not listed

Not supportedNo group chat support

Human handoff

Shared Message Center for human takeover, with internal notes and resolving.

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

Thread history by API and a conversation sync from the line's Mac.

Message history, conversations and replies endpoints.

Plans and compliance

Free plan

Free sandbox with simulated sends, plus a 30-minute live demo line by texting DEMO.

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

PartialEnterprise only: contracted service terms; no uptime figure published.

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

Isolated infrastructure

Dedicated numbers run on hardware assigned to you; Enterprise adds dedicated equipment.

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

SOC 2 Type II

Not listed

Not supportedSecurity page says Tuco does not hold SOC 2.

GDPR

Not listed

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.

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