Linq Alternatives with Read receipts

Providers with read receipts

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)

SupportedMark chats read and receive read events; group receipts are best-effort

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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

SupportedMark chats read and receive message.read. One-to-one chats only.

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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

SupportedMark chats read and receive message.read events.

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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

PartialCan mark chats read (1:1). Outbound statuses stop at DELIVERED, with no read status.

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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 mark chats read; no read event is documented for your outbound messages.

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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

SupportedMark chats read; messages carry read_at when known.

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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)

SupportedReceive delivered and read receipts; marking chats read needs the Private API

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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

SupportedSend read receipts; outbound messages report a read status.

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Claw Messenger

iMessage for personal AI agents, no Mac needed

Starting price

$5/month for 250 messages

Free plan

7-day free trial, card required

SupportedMark as read on send; read status events on receive

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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

PartialYou can mark chats read; inbound read receipts are not delivered yet.

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Not supported or not listed

• Texting Blue
  Not listedMarketing mentions read receipts, but the API has no read status
• Apple Messages for Business
  Not supportedNot among the message types Apple sends to MSPs
• 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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