Linq Alternatives with Polls

Providers with polls

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)

SupportedCreate, vote, add options and receive poll events; all managed plans

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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

SupportedCreate, add options, vote and read tallies, with poll webhooks. Not as a chat's first message.

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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

SupportedSend, vote and read results, with poll webhooks.

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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

SupportedEnabled lines only; read votes by polling, no vote webhooks yet.

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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)

BetaBlueBubbles Pro for the unreleased 2.x server, macOS 26+; not in a public release

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Not supported or not listed

• Sendblue
  Not listed
• LoopMessage
  Not listedA helpdesk article lists polls among features, but no poll API is documented.
• messages.dev
  Not listed
• MessageBlue
  Not listed
• Claw Messenger
  Not listed
• Texting Blue
  Not supportedThe only plan on sale (Lite) is text only
• Apple Messages for Business
  Not listedNot documented; List Pickers, Quick Replies and Forms handle choices
• 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

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