Linq Alternatives with Bring your own number

Providers with bring your own number

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)

Your own Apple ID when self-hosting on a Mac, and your own number for WhatsApp Business

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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

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

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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

PartialOnly by porting the number in, which adds 3 to 5 days.

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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

PartialYou can port a US number in; your own Apple IDs are not accepted.

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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)

Your own Apple ID; a phone number can be linked to it

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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

Pair your own Mac and its Apple ID number with the MessageBlue agent.

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Twilio

Global CPaaS for SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and voice

Starting price: $0.0083 per US SMS segment
Free plan: 30-day free trial, no card, with 100 SMS and 75 voice minutes

PartialHosted SMS for US/Canada non-mobile numbers; Hosted Numbers API not yet GA. BYOC trunks for voice

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Bird

Email, SMS, WhatsApp and Apple Messages APIs

Starting price: $0.0035 per US outbound SMS segment plus carrier fees
Free plan: Free email tier of 1,000 emails a month; free shared Inbox

PartialWhatsApp coexistence and verified voice caller IDs only; no hosted SMS found

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Telnyx

Low per-part SMS pricing with carrier fees at cost

Starting price: $0.004 per US SMS part plus carrier fee
Free plan: Trial account with $5 testing credit

Hosted SMS text-enables numbers whose voice stays with another provider

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Vonage

Messages API for SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, Viber and email

Starting price: $0.00860 per US SMS on a long virtual number, plus carrier fees
Free plan: Free credit at signup with no card, and a free Messages API Sandbox capped at 100 messages a month

PartialCan SMS-enable an existing US toll-free number; other numbers are ported in

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Infobip

Global CPaaS and Apple Messages for Business provider

Starting price: $0.0075 to $0.0083 per US SMS (indicative)
Free plan: 60-day free trial, no card, up to 100 messages per channel to your verified number

PartialBYOC for voice over SIP trunks; SMS numbers have to be imported

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Sinch

CPaaS with 13 messaging channels in one API

Starting price: $0.0078 per US 10DLC SMS, plus carrier fees
Free plan: Free developer account with an SMS sandbox and test credit

PartialImport and text-enable numbers kept at another carrier; US and Canada only

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Texting Blue

Shared team iMessage inbox on your own iPhone number

Starting price: $19/month per number
Free plan: 3-day free trial

Uses the number already on your iPhone

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