Sendblue alternatives

8 other ways to reach iMessage, each with the one thing that changes if you move off Sendblue. Ordered by how close they are to what you already have, not by anything we were paid: nothing on this site is.

If you are moving off Sendblue

Claw Messenger
Managed API
The only metered provider here: $5/month for 250 messages, scaling to $50 for 15,000.
Cheaper at the tier most people need, $5/mo against $100/mo
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
Blooio
Managed API
Cheapest published entry at $39/month, but that tier puts you in a shared number pool.
Dearer at the tier most people need, $289/mo against $100/mo
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
LoopMessage
Managed API
From $59.99/month, but the ability to message someone first is a $30/month add-on.
Dearer at the tier most people need, $119.99/mo against $100/mo
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
Photon
Managed API
Cheapest route to a dedicated line's alternative: $25/month on a shared pool, $250 for a dedicated one.
Dearer at the tier most people need, $250/mo against $100/mo
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
Tuco AI
Managed API
Sells the Mac bridge openly: $335 buys a dedicated Mac mini, an Apple ID and carrier KYC.
Dearer at the tier most people need, $149/mo against $100/mo
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
Chert
Managed API
iMessage infrastructure for reaching people at scale, with SMS and RCS fallback and no published price.
Publishes no price at any tier
Both are managed APIs into iMessage.
Linq Blue
Managed API
The deepest published feature set of any provider here, and no published price at all.
Publishes no price at any tier
Both are managed APIs into iMessage. Read the head to head
BlueBubbles
Self-hosted
Free and open source. You supply the Mac, the Apple ID and the uptime.
You run the Mac and the Apple ID yourself
Both reach iMessage.

Every figure here comes from the provider’s own pricing page with the date we checked it, and a provider that publishes none is recorded as publishing none rather than estimated. What Sendblue costs and what the headline leaves out, or filter the whole set.