Linq Alternatives with Line pooling
35 providers support line pooling: spread traffic across several lines (load balancing).
Providers with line pooling
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Chert
iMessage and FaceTime numbers for AI agents
- Starting price
- $25/month (Shared)
- Free plan
- 24-hour trial: 10 messages and 10 FaceTime minutes on a shared line
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
Bland
Voice AI platform with SMS, RCS and branded iMessage agents
- Starting price
- Custom (iMessage is Enterprise only); SMS from $29.99/month on the Agent Phone Plan
- Free plan
- Start plan: free, with credits and an inbound number, for voice
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
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
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
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
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
autoMessage
iMessage API, MCP server and webhooks on your own Mac
- Starting price
- $59/month (Solo)
- Free plan
- 14-day free trial, no credit card to start
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
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
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
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
Orbit by Devotel
Pay-as-you-go CPaaS with AI agents on every channel
- Starting price
- $0.0075 per US SMS segment
- Free plan
- Free signup with simulated sandbox sends
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
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
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
ZeroSettle
Managed iMessage numbers with a REST API and webhooks
- Starting price
- $49/month (Pro, one number)
- Free plan
- None. 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
Plivo
Voice AI and CPaaS with SMS, WhatsApp and SIP APIs
- Starting price
- $1,000/month Enterprise minimum for SMS; US SMS $0.0077 per message plus carrier fees
- Free plan
- $10 in free credits on pay as you go (voice and SIP; no SMS in the US)
messages.dev
TypeScript-first iMessage, RCS and SMS API
- Starting price
- $99/month per line
- Free plan
- Sandbox: 50 messages a day to your own paired phone
Sendara
iMessage from your CRM on a dedicated line
- Starting price
- $249/month (first line) plus $99 setup
- Free plan
- None mentioned
SignalWire
Voice, messaging and AI agents from the FreeSWITCH team
- Starting price
- $0.00415 per US 10DLC SMS segment plus carrier fees
- Free plan
- Trial mode at signup; add $5 credit to exit
Pinnacle
RCS and SMS API with voice and per-account iMessage
- Starting price
- $0.015 per SMS segment plus a quoted monthly base
- Free plan
- None stated; self-serve sandbox and test numbers
GoGHL
WhatsApp, iMessage and SMS inside GoHighLevel
- Starting price
- $29/month per GoHighLevel sub-account
- Free plan
- 7-day free trial, no credit card
VoidFix Gateway
SMS, WhatsApp and iMessage from your own phones
- Starting price
- $99/month per iMessage line (your own iPhone)
- Free plan
- 7-day trials for SMS and WhatsApp only; none for iMessage
Routee
CPaaS for SMS, Viber, WhatsApp, voice and email
- Starting price
- $0.0085 per US SMS (toll-free) plus carrier fee
- Free plan
- Free email (up to 2,500 subscribers) and push plans only
Mobile Text Alerts
US SMS platform and API with RCS and beta iMessage
- Starting price
- $36/month billed annually (1,000 messages)
- Free plan
- 14-day free trial with 50 messages
iMessage Sender
iMessage and SMS from your Apple devices in GoHighLevel
- Starting price
- unknown
- Free plan
- unknown
TextGrid
Low-cost SMS, MMS, voice and email API
- Starting price
- $0.0035 per outbound SMS segment, no minimum
- Free plan
- Free signup with trial credits (amount not stated)
Not supported or not listed
- Claw MessengerNot listed
- Texting BlueNot listed
- BlueBubblesNot listed
- Apple Messages for Business
- SinchNot listed
- Bird
- InfobipNot listed
- aditNot listed
- AgentCallNot listed
- AgenticMailNot listed
- AgentLineNot listed
- AgentMessageNot listed
- AgentNumberNot listed
- AgentPhoneNot listed
- Apple Messages MCPNot supportedNot offered
- ArtilNot listed
- beeperbox
- BlueSendrNot listed
- CaspianNot listed
- ChatbubblesNot listed
- Clerk AINot listed
- Comms by OsisNot listed
- Crypton.sh Blue RelayNot listed
- DialNot listedDocs suggest splitting recipients across several iMessage numbers by hand; no automatic pooling found.
- imsg (gnufood)Not listed
- HailNot listed
- imbridgeNot listed
- iMessage MaxNot supportedNot offered
- iMessage RelayNot listed
- imessage-rsNot listed
- imessage-sdk
- iSnapNot listed
- Mac Messages MCPNot supportedNot offered
- mautrix-gmessagesNot listed
- mautrix-imessageNot listed
- myCRMSIMNot listedSeveral iMessage numbers can be assigned to users in one HighLevel sub-account. Automatic balancing not documented.
- OpenClaw imsg
- OpenMessageNot listed
- rustpushNot listed
- SaperlyNot listedOne connection can serve many numbers, but that shares configuration, not traffic.
- SendiMessageNot listedOmitting line_handle lets any active line send; load balancing is not described.
- SentNot listed
- SentFromAINot listed
- UnipileNot listed
- VernacularNot listed
- ZernioNot listedOne sender per profile; docs suggest spreading contacts across senders by hand.
- BandwidthNot listed
- CadenceNot listed
- ClickSendNot listed
- CM.comNot listed
- CommioNot listed
- DexatelNot listed
- GatewayAPINot listed
- GupshupNot listed
- MessenteNot listed
- Signal HouseNot listed
- SignalmashNot listed
- smsmodeNot listed
- SurgeNot listed
- TelgorithmNot listed
- TXTImpactNot listed
- Webex ConnectNot listed