Claw Messenger vs Sendblue: which iMessage API
The axis is volume, and the two models invert around it. Claw meters messages from $5; Sendblue sells a line flat at $100 and stops caring how much you send.
Claw Messenger is for
Low volume, early products, and anything where message counts stay in the hundreds.
Sendblue is for
Anything sending enough that a per-message price becomes the dominant line on the invoice.
Side by side
| Claw Messenger | Sendblue | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Advertised from | $5/mo | $100/mo |
| The tier most people need | $5/mo | $100/mo |
| Setup fee | None | None |
| Per-message fees | Yes, metered | None |
| Delivery | ||
| Number | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Can message first | Included | Enterprise tier only |
| SMS or RCS fallback | Included | Included |
| Policy | ||
| Compliance claimed | None published | SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA (Enterprise) |
| When it breaks | Publishes a status page | Publishes a status page |
Rows where the two agree are dimmed. Checked 2026-09-11.
What actually differs
They differ on price, delivery, and policy.
Claw is the only metered provider in this comparison: $5 a month for 250 messages, $15 for 2,000, $25 for 6,000, $50 for 15,000. Sendblue is flat at $100 for a dedicated line with no per-message fees at all.
The crossover is the whole comparison. Below a few thousand messages Claw is dramatically cheaper and still gives a dedicated number, which most cheap tiers elsewhere do not. Above fifteen thousand its published tiers stop and you are negotiating, while Sendblue's price does not move. Sendblue also carries SOC 2 and HIPAA claims Claw does not publish, and gates outbound to Enterprise where Claw includes it.
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