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Linq Alternatives with iMessage availability check

29 providers support iMessage availability check: check whether a number or email can receive iMessage before sending.

Providers with iMessage availability check

Photon

Open-source agent framework with managed iMessage
Starting price
$25/month (Pro)
Free plan
Free: shared iMessage lines, up to 10 users (2.0 beta: 25 shared iMessage assignments and $100 credit)
SupportedCheck if a number or email can get iMessage, SMS or RCS before sending
Visit PhotonRead more

Linq

iMessage, RCS and SMS API with flat monthly pricing
Starting price
$260/month (Pro)
Free plan
Hobby: $0, up to 20 contacts, used through the CLI
Supportedcheck_imessage and check_rcs endpoints.
Visit LinqRead more

Blooio

One API for iMessage, WhatsApp and Apple Messages
Starting price
$39/month (Starter, shared number)
Free plan
Free trial: 20 messages total on a shared number, no credit card
SupportedLive per-number iMessage, SMS and RCS capability lookup.
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Sendblue

iMessage API and CRM texting for sales and agents
Starting price
$100/month per line
Free plan
Free sandbox: shared number, up to 10 verified contacts, no webhooks
SupportedLookup API checks a phone number or email for iMessage.
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LoopMessage

iMessage, SMS, RCS and WhatsApp on one number
Starting price
$59.99/month per sender (Light)
Free plan
Sandbox: $0, 5 contacts, testing only; free shared plan for schools and non-profits
PartialThrough LoopLookup, a separate LoopMessage service.
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Blue Reacher

Managed iMessage lines for B2B sales, with API and MCP
Starting price
$199/month per line at 4+ lines; $249/month for 1 to 3 lines
Free plan
Free public sandbox key; simulator only, no real sends
PartialCapability lookup for up to 100 numbers is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.
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Miss Blue

Dedicated iMessage line with API, team inbox and calling
Starting price
$99/month per number (launch price)
Free plan
Free sandbox; 30-minute live demo line
SupportedLive iMessage and FaceTime registration lookup; a separate lookup reads your own past traffic.
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BlueBubbles

Free, open-source iMessage bridge you host on a Mac
Starting price
Free
Free plan
Free and open source (Apache-2.0)
SupportediMessage and FaceTime availability by address; Private API (SIP disabled)
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Inkbox

Email, phone, iMessage and A2A identity for AI agents
Starting price
$25/month (Developer); $167/month for a dedicated iMessage number (Startup)
Free plan
Free: 3 identities, shared iMessage up to 2,000 messages a month and 3 recipients at a time
SupportedReturns iMessage, SMS or RCS for any E.164 number.
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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
SupportedLive check of iMessage, SMS and RCS reachability for a number before sending.
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Dial

Phone numbers with calls, SMS and iMessage for AI agents
Starting price
$3/month per standard number; $250/month per iMessage number
Free plan
$5 free credit, no credit card required
SupportedLookup endpoint checks whether any number can receive iMessage or WhatsApp.
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Comms by Osis

iMessage, RCS, SMS and WhatsApp API with hosted agents
Starting price
$50/month (shared line); $200/month per dedicated number
Free plan
Free: shared platform line, 100 messages a day, no card
SupportedChecks iMessage, RCS and WhatsApp for a phone number, or iMessage for an email.
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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
SupportedLookup API at $0.005 a number, 400 free per line a day; also detects FaceTime
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Project Blue

iMessage, SMS and FaceTime Audio lines inside your CRM
Starting price
$166/month per line, billed annually
Free plan
Free trial on a shared line, verified numbers only
Supported
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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
SupportedSingle, round-robin and bulk checks, about 70 per line per day.
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rustpush

Rust library for the iMessage, FaceTime and APNs protocols
Starting price
Free
Free plan
Free source (SSPL v1)
SupportedIDS lookups validate targets before sending
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MessageBlue

iMessage API for agents, with bring-your-own-number
Starting price
$100/month per line
Free plan
$0 with your own number and Mac, all features, limited seats
SupportedCheck a number, or a whole group's participants, before sending.
Visit MessageBlueRead more

OpenClaw imsg

MIT-licensed macOS CLI for reading and sending iMessage
Starting price
Free
Free plan
Free and open source (MIT)
Partialhandles.check and whois query IDS for iMessage reachability; SIP-off injected helper only
Visit OpenClaw imsgRead more

Contiguity

SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp and email in one developer API
Starting price
$79.99/month for a leased iMessage number ($9.99 number plus $70 iMessage); SMS adds $40
Free plan
Free: 500 SMS, 100 MMS and 1,000 emails a month on shared numbers
SupportedCheck whether a number supports iMessage before sending
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iSnap

iMessage API on real iPhones, rented or your own
Starting price
$15/month per BYOP line; rented lines from $77/month
Free plan
Starter: $0, one contact, shared test line
SupportedLookup for a phone number or email; answers are cached 24 hours and shared across accounts.
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Beam

iMessage, RCS and SMS for GoHighLevel agencies, with an API
Starting price
Not published
Free plan
Free preview workspace with demo data; no live sending
SupportedSingle-number lookup plus list screening of up to 25,000 numbers.
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Blue Replies

iMessage and FaceTime API with a free phone-bound sandbox
Starting price
Custom quote
Free plan
Sandbox: free, no expiry, your own phone plus up to 5 verified contacts
SupportedUp to 100 numbers per call; results are cached and read back.
Visit Blue RepliesRead more

imessage-rs

Rust iMessage server with a BlueBubbles-compatible API
Starting price
Free
Free plan
Free and open source (MIT)
SupportediMessage and FaceTime availability endpoints
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senderZ

iMessage for customer-started chats, SMS for the rest
Starting price
$39/month billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Free plan
14-day trial, no card
SupportedCapabilities API for one number or batches of up to 100.
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Sendara

iMessage from your CRM on a dedicated line
Starting price
$249/month (first line) plus $99 setup
Free plan
None mentioned
Supportedplatform-lookup returns iMessage, WhatsApp or SMS for a number.
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SendiMessage

Managed iMessage and SMS lines behind one REST API
Starting price
$129/month per line
Free plan
None
SupportedGET /lookup says iMessage or SMS for a number, cached for 7 days.
Visit SendiMessageRead more

GoGHL

WhatsApp, iMessage and SMS inside GoHighLevel
Starting price
$29/month per GoHighLevel sub-account
Free plan
7-day free trial, no credit card
SupportedMessage Capability workflow action detects numbers that are not on iMessage
Visit GoGHLRead more

Mac Messages MCP

MCP server to read, search and send Mac Messages
Starting price
Free
Free plan
Free and open source (MIT)
PartialGuesses from past messages in chat.db; no live Apple lookup
Visit Mac Messages MCPRead more

iMessage Sender

iMessage and SMS from your Apple devices in GoHighLevel
Starting price
unknown
Free plan
unknown
SupportedCheck iMessage & Route action sends iPhone users iMessage and others SMS
Visit iMessage SenderRead more

Not supported or not listed

  • Chert
    Not listed
  • messages.dev
    Not listed
  • Claw Messenger
    Not listedRouting picks the channel automatically; no reachability check is documented
  • Texting Blue
    Not listed
  • Apple Messages for Business
    Not listedMSPs get a device capability list, but no iMessage reachability check
  • Twilio
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Sinch
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Telnyx
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Vonage
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Bird
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Infobip
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • adit
    Not listed
  • AgentCall
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • AgenticMail
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • AgentLine
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • AgentMessage
    Not listed
  • AgentNumber
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Apple Messages MCP
    Not supportedNo tool for it
  • Artil
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • autoMessage
    Not listed
  • beeperbox
    Not listed
  • Bland
    Not listed
  • BlueSendr
    Not listed
  • Caspian
    Not listed
  • Chatbubbles
    Not listed
  • Clerk AI
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Crypton.sh Blue Relay
    Not listed
  • imsg (gnufood)
    Not listed
  • Hail
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • imbridge
    Not listed
  • iMessage Max
    Not supportedNo tool for it
  • iMessage Relay
    Not listed
  • imessage-sdk
    Not listed
  • mautrix-gmessages
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • mautrix-imessage
    Not listed
  • myCRMSIM
    Not listed
  • OpenMessage
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Saperly
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Sent
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • SentFromAI
    Not listed
  • Unipile
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Vernacular
    Not listed
  • VoidFix Gateway
    Not listed
  • Zernio
    Not listed
  • ZeroSettle
    Not supportedNo lookup endpoint; a first send to a non-iMessage handle returns 422 and sends nothing.
  • Bandwidth
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Cadence
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • ClickSend
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • CM.com
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Commio
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Dexatel
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • GatewayAPI
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Gupshup
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Messente
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Mobile Text Alerts
    Not listedRouting checks iMessage capability internally; no lookup endpoint is documented
  • Orbit by Devotel
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Pinnacle
    Not listedRCS capability lookup is documented; an iMessage check is not
  • Plivo
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Routee
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Signal House
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Signalmash
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • SignalWire
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • smsmode
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Surge
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Telgorithm
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • TextGrid
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • TXTImpact
    Not supportedNo iMessage support
  • Webex Connect
    Not supportedNo iMessage support

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