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About

Get a work number, organize contacts, and grow your business with powerful texting tools from Sideline Pro. All your work calls, texts, and voicemail live on a separate number—keeping your personal line private. Know when customers are calling, automate responses, and manage every conversation like a pro. 9 out of 10 consumers would rather text with businesses. Sideline gives you all the tools you need to let them text yours. Get a dedicated business line for calls, texts, voicemail, and more. Keep work and personal contacts in separate phonebooks, but together on one phone. If you miss a call, that customer gets a text. And you're connected before they can Google the competition. Send text marketing campaigns, promotions, or offers with mass messaging tools. Schedule text reminders from your work calendar to reduce appointment and meeting no-shows.

About

Download and use TextNow on any device to get a free phone number, and call and text anywhere in North America for free. TextNow is the only app that offers free nationwide cellular service supported by ads. Just buy a SIM Activation Kit to get started. TextNow offers free or low-cost international calling to over 230 countries, so you can talk more without worrying about a big bill. Download the TextNow app and get a second phone number, with the area code you choose. Use TextNow as your business phone line on your phone, tablet, and computer. Buy a SIM activation kit and get a TextNow enabled SIM card that gives you unlimited nationwide talk & text for free! Upgrade to remove ads or get high speed data. TextNow's wireless network services are provided using the wireless network of a leading national mobile service provider.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Professionals that need a second phone number for business and business texting

Audience

Businesses and anyone requiring a solution to get a phone number and start calling and texting for free

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$9.99 per month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.5 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Worked great for years, until two weeks ago......It was always reliable and did not have a complaint, but a change must have been made where the service got all fowled up.

Cons

  • I have been using Sideline for years and never had an issue until two weeks ago where an incoming call is received, answered and 2 seconds later it disconnects the call. This happens all the time. Have contacted customer service numerous times and they cannot seem to correct this issue. Looking for alternative providers.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I like text now at first because I could finally call my country and receive text messages to my phone while away. I started using this phone number to get people to reach me while in a foreign country I use it in my email signature I use it on my business card I used it on my website but then...
  • Was great before the company introduced all the pay walls. Now a barely serviceable extra line. Does not drop the majority of calls.

Cons

  • After a couple of weeks of using text now one morning the app was no longer connected to my account and I could no longer retrieve my phone number. So out of despair because I needed to make a phone call in my country I decided to just create a new account thinking that I would have to change all the phone numbers everywhere where I had a written the old text now phone number... And again I lost access to that number a second time and it is this time text now banned me. And I would have had to fight for my number and I talk to myself to the heck with that! I'm done with TextNow I'll never use it again.
  • App selectively does not ring or alert you to texts (even after applying company prescribed fixes). Have to pay to get access codes, or they are willfully blocked. The price is ridiculous. Ads everywhere for you to accidentally click on. App pirates your phone after some texts, and makes you watch a full commercial, in the middle of your conversation. Solution is to close the app, and reboot it. Loading time is slow. Can you imagine if you were in trouble?! I actually paid to have my number reserved for a few months, and found out that it is a separate charge to get access codes, despite it not being advertised that way.

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Sideline
Founded: 2006
United States
www.Sideline.com

Company Information

TextNow
Canada
www.textnow.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Callmama

Callmama

Callmama Limited
EasyLine

EasyLine

TalkU
Ring4

Ring4

yourVirtualSIM

Categories

SMS Marketing Supported
Telephony Supported

Categories

Telephony Features

Auto-Dialer Not Supported
Call Center Management Supported
Call Monitoring Supported
Contact Management Supported
Inbound Reporting Not Supported
IVR / Voice Recognition Not Supported
Outbound Reporting Not Supported
Predictive Dialer Not Supported
Telemarketing Management Supported
Voice & Data Integration Supported
VoIP Supported

Integrations

CALLEY Not Supported
Keepgo Not Supported
Live Proxies Not Supported
Rambox Supported
SCRM Champion Not Supported

Integrations

CALLEY Supported
Keepgo Supported
Live Proxies Supported
Rambox Not Supported
SCRM Champion Supported
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