Compare the Top SMS API Providers for Freelancers as of April 2026

What are SMS API Providers for Freelancers?

SMS API providers, also known as SMS gateway providers, offer technology that enables software applications to send, receive, and track Short Message Service (SMS) messages over an internet protocol. They provide a way for businesses to communicate with customers in real-time via text as an integrated part of their overall communication strategy. These services are often cost-effective and easy to integrate into existing systems. Additionally, providers typically offer support in the form of user guides and documentation. Compare and read user reviews of the best SMS API providers for Freelancers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Notifyre

    Notifyre

    Notifyre

    Integrate Notifyre’s REST API into your existing text messaging workflows to download, send, receive & retrieve SMS data in minutes. Sample code in .NET, Node.JS, PHP and cUrl. Webhooks available. Our Twexit feature makes it easy to switch with just a few tweaks code.
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    Starting Price: 2¢/SMS part; 3¢/fax page (USD)
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    Twilio Messaging
    The Twilio SMS API is a powerful tool that enables businesses to seamlessly integrate messaging capabilities into their applications, providing a direct and efficient communication channel with customers. With the ability to send and receive SMS messages globally, the API supports a wide range of use cases, from transactional alerts and appointment reminders to marketing campaigns and customer support. The API's robust features include message scheduling, delivery status tracking, and support for long messages, ensuring that businesses can tailor their messaging strategies to meet specific needs. Additionally, Twilio's SMS API is designed with scalability in mind, allowing businesses to handle high volumes of messages with ease. Its comprehensive documentation and developer-friendly interface make it easy to implement and customize, while Twilio's reliable infrastructure ensures high deliverability and performance.
    Starting Price: $0.0079 per message
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    Twilio

    Twilio

    Twilio

    Twilio's SMS API empowers businesses to integrate robust messaging capabilities into their applications, enhancing customer communication and engagement. By leveraging Twilio's cloud-based API, companies can send and receive SMS messages globally, ensuring seamless interaction with customers. The SMS API offers a RESTful interface, allowing developers to easily integrate messaging functionalities using any programming language. Twilio provides Helper Libraries to simplify the process, enabling rapid development and deployment of messaging solutions. With Twilio's SMS API, businesses benefit from a pay-as-you-go pricing model, ensuring cost-effectiveness by charging only for messages sent and received. This flexibility allows companies to scale their messaging operations as needed, without incurring unnecessary costs.
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    Starting Price: $0.0085 per min
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    Signalmash

    Signalmash

    Signalmash

    Signalmash is a boutique CPaaS built for businesses that need reliable communications and real human support behind every interaction. No tiers. No wait times. Real support for faster development and better outcomes for your customers. Our enterprise-grade customer gets a dedicated Slack channel with our engineers. Direct Tier-1 connections with AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile. 94% first-time 10DLC approval rate. SMS: 10DLC | Short code | Toll-free | RCS: RCS Rich | RCS Media through API & No-Code Platform Voice: SIP Trunking | VoIP | Termination | Origination Numbers/DIDs: Local, short code & toll-free numbers | BCID (Branded Caller ID) Number Intelligence/Lookup: Subscriber Info (CNAM) | Carrier Information | Carrier Type (Fixed or Wireless) | Federal DNC Status Signalmash enterprise-grade reliability, boutique-level support.
    Starting Price: $19
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    800.com

    800.com

    800.com

    800.com is a business phone and call tracking platform that helps small and growing businesses understand, manage, and respond to inbound calls more effectively. The platform provides local and toll-free numbers, call tracking, call recording, voicemail, SMS, and detailed call reporting so teams can see where calls come from and how they’re handled. Businesses use 800.com to track phone leads across websites, ads, social media, and offline marketing, improve response times, and follow up on missed calls. With integrations for Google Ads, GA4, Meta, Microsoft Ads, and popular CRMs, 800.com connects call data to marketing and sales workflows. The platform is easy to set up, flexible as businesses grow, and designed to turn phone calls into clearer insights and better customer experiences.
    Starting Price: $19 per month
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    ClickSend

    ClickSend

    ClickSend

    ClickSend is a simple, global SMS platform built for developers and the businesses they support. Built on a battle-tested API that always delivers with: - Billions of messages delivered globally - Direct routes only to 190+ countries - 99.95%+ uptime - Lightning-fast delivery - Pay-as-you-go pricing — no lock-ins - 24/7 support from people who actually understand APIs - It works straight out of the box — and keeps working as you scale. Already use Zapier, ActiveCampaign, Make or Power Automate? There are pre-built integrations ready to go. Sign up and send your first message in minutes with free test credits. Perfect for: alerts, 2FA codes, marketing campaigns and transactional messaging.
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    Starting Price: $20 minimum topup
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    Textellent

    Textellent

    Textellent

    Textellent's robust business texting services provide SMS and MMS capability for customer service, sales, and marketing texting programs. Textellent's business texting solution makes designing, managing, measuring, and integrating SMS and MMS campaigns easy. Whether used for customer service, sales, or marketing, Textellent supports your customer journey with an easy-to-use service that text-enables local business lines and serves businesses of any size. Robust scheduling and appointment reminders are also available, as are keywords and shortcodes for easy opt-in programs with TCPA compliance supported by AI.  In addition, Business Texting is supported directly from any web application or web page via Textellent Messenger (a free Google Chrome extension.)
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    Starting Price: $59 per month
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    Textmagic

    Textmagic

    Textmagic

    Textmagic is an all-in-one business text messaging platform designed to help companies send bulk texts, manage two-way conversations, and automate notifications with ease. The platform's streamlined features, such as scheduled messaging, customizable templates, contact management, and WhatsApp integration allow you to connect with customers globally in just a few clicks. Textmagic also helps you optimize and monitor SMS campaigns in real time with robust reporting tools that offer insights into delivery rates, engagement, and response times, ensuring transparency for every message sent. For businesses needing deeper integration, Textmagic’s SMS API and Zapier compatibility make it easy to connect with websites, CRMs, and other apps, enabling seamless automation. Whether for marketing, notifications, or internal communication, Textmagic can provide the tools to simplify your messaging efforts, with flexible pricing and reliable support to back up any company’s growth.
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    Starting Price: $24.50/500 texts
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    BulkSMS.com

    BulkSMS.com

    BulkSMS.com

    BulkSMS.com is a leading business messaging platform which enables businesses to quickly and easily engage with their customers through the power of SMS. Users can send personalized bulk SMS campaigns to thousands of contacts at once, or integrate with many popular CRMs to create unique and individual customer experiences. For a more customized/bespoke solution, the robust SMS API offers scalability and reliability to businesses wanting to SMS-enable their own applications or software.
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    Telnyx

    Telnyx

    Telnyx

    See how the developer friendly Telnyx API can transform your business communications. Telnyx is an all-in-one communication platform designed to be tailored exactly to your needs. We created our network with real-time communications in mind so we can deliver quality calls, messaging, and data around the world. Easily build reliable messaging with our SMS API. Keep your data safe by setting up two-factor authentication using SMS or voice codes. Plug and play your VoIP setup in minutes and get carrier-grade voice with elastic SIP trunks. Our cloud-agnostic approach means you can rest easy knowing you are protecting in case of a network failure. With Telnyx deploy communications exactly to specifications.
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    SMSLocal

    SMSLocal

    SMSLocal

    SMSLocal.com is a versatile SMS marketing and communication platform designed for businesses. It enables bulk SMS messaging with personalized options and scheduling features, facilitating efficient campaigns. Two-way communication is simplified with real-time message handling and templates for standard messages. Comprehensive analytics and reports help measure campaign success and audience engagement, ensuring optimal ROI. Integration options allow seamless connection with other business tools. SMSLocal.com prioritizes security, compliance, and data protection. With multi-language support, automated workflows, and customer segmentation capabilities, it empowers businesses to engage with their audience effectively through SMS marketing.
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    HeroSMS

    HeroSMS

    HeroSMS

    HeroSMS is an online platform that provides temporary virtual phone numbers for receiving SMS verification codes. Users can select numbers from over 180 countries to register accounts on social networks, marketplaces, and various online services. The platform supports hundreds of popular services, including Google, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, and more. Codes are delivered instantly through the website or API, making the process fast and automated. With more than 500,000 numbers added daily, HeroSMS ensures high availability and competitive pricing. The service also offers tiered discounts, an affiliate program, and API access for bulk operations. Designed for both retail and wholesale users, HeroSMS enables secure and anonymous account verification without a physical SIM card.
    Starting Price: $0.1
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    WasenderApi

    WasenderApi

    WasenderApi

    WasenderApi is a powerful and low-cost WhatsApp API for developers that enables seamless integration of WhatsApp messaging functionality into applications. With features like unlimited messages, multiple WhatsApp sessions, webhook support, and the ability to send various media types (text, images, videos, voice, documents, etc.), WasenderApi offers an affordable alternative to traditional per-message WhatsApp API services. Our tool is perfect for businesses and developers looking for a scalable and efficient solution to automate customer communications, send bulk messages, and manage WhatsApp sessions with ease.
    Starting Price: $6/month/session
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    SMS.to

    SMS.to

    Intergo Telecom

    Send messages to your customers in their preferred channel through SMS, WhatsApp or Viber Messages. SMS.to offers a powerful web platform and API, providing a smarter way for businesses to communicate with customers in multiple channels. Integrate SMS.to rich messaging in your workflow with our OmniMessaging & SMS API Gateway. We will help you stay compliant to different privacy laws and regulations like GDPR with our built in features. Gather meaningful analytics and activity metrics by tracking clicks on your links. Improve Delivery rates by relying on our direct connections with global carriers for time-sensitive delivery. We invest in Security & Certifications and we are big believers in Transparency providing detailed reporting about any service you buy from us. Our Powerful Message Editor offers up to 5 dynamic fields to personalise and engage your audience, send meaningful custom reminders and more.
    Starting Price: $10.00/one-time
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    BestSMS

    BestSMS

    BestSMS

    Best SMS Gateway to Australia. Explore messaging excellence with BestSMS. We prioritize speedy delivery, guarantee unwavering reliability, and provide some of the most competitive rates in the market, all while delivering expert support. Your communication needs are our top priority. - 4c / SMS Part to Australia - No term contracts - Competitive Rates - Speedy Delivery - Unwavering Reliability - Expert Support
    Starting Price: $0/month
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    Fast2SMS

    Fast2SMS

    Fast2SMS

    Bulk SMS service or bulk message means sending SMS to one or more recipients via software/API/web platforms such as Fast2SMS provides a platform to send online bulk SMS in India. Generally, in India to send bulk SMS you need DLT registration but with the Fast2SMS panel, you can also send SMS without DLT registration. Bulk SMS can be sent like an individual SMS to customers e.g. receiving an OTP, notification on a transaction. If any online or offline businesses want to create, schedule, and send SMS campaigns for marketing or notification then all those activities can be done from Fast2SMS bulk SMS software. Fast2SMS DLT SMS & Bulk SMS Service is used by various national companies, schools, colleges, organizations, developers, NGOs & government agencies for promotion, communication, transactional alerts, notifications, reminders, OTP, and feedback.
    Starting Price: $0.012 per SMS
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    Blooio

    Blooio

    Blooio

    Blooio is an iMessage API and business messaging platform that lets companies send and receive Apple iMessages using dedicated phone numbers. Connect through a REST API, HighLevel, n8n, Make, Zapier, or webhooks to automate iMessage conversations at scale. Send messages, track delivery, manage contacts and groups, show typing indicators, and receive real-time webhook events. Automatic RCS and SMS fallback ensures every contact is reached regardless of device. Built for sales teams, marketing agencies, support departments, and AI agent builders. Use Blooio to power lead follow-up sequences, appointment reminders, chatbots, and outbound outreach with the highest reply rates in messaging. Enterprise features include number pools, auto-scaling, auto-unbanning, FaceTime calling, custom area codes, and white-label support. 99% delivery rate across 10M+ messages sent. Free trial available. No credit card required. Full API docs and OpenAPI spec on the website.
    Starting Price: $39
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    Spring Edge

    Spring Edge

    SpringEdge Technologies

    Authentication, Voice & SMS APIs for Every Platform. Enables you to communicate faster and easier, Developed with tech innovations. Spring Edge's ingenuous cross platform APIs are easy to integrate with any technology platform with industry standards to send sms text or voice message. We provide messaging and voice communications using multiple channels to bring the most reliable platform powered by InstantAlerts. Enable business voice and sms text communication with our highly scalable web interface allows to send instant messages or bulk sms using api or web-based platform. Spring Edge strive to provide best in the industry services to clients, our technical support engineers are available at any instant to address your sms and voice related queries.
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    Textlocal

    Textlocal

    Textlocal

    Increase sales and customer satisfaction with smarter SMS campaigns, instant OTPs, notifications, two-way interactions, and other award-winning bulk SMS services. Effortlessly personalize your bulk SMS with names or custom fields, compose in 20+ languages, schedule/stagger your sends, add opt-out path and more. Get best-in-class SMS delivery. Automate sending and receiving SMS from any website, CRM, or application. Access SMS APIs with sample codes in 10+ languages including PHP, Java, .NET & more. Easily insert images, videos, PDFs, spreadsheets & more as shortlinks in your bulk SMS campaigns and grab your customers’ attention. Convey more in 160 characters. Let your customers instantly reach you by just texting into your long codes and keywords. Set auto-replies or take the conversation forward on other channels. Measure campaign outreach and effectiveness with real-time SMS delivery reports, and granular click metrics for all weblinks and attachments sent as Textlocal short links.
    Starting Price: $3.88 per month
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    GoFax

    GoFax

    GoFax

    GoFax is Australia's #1 rated, secure, reliable and easy-to-use online fax and SMS platform. Bring your fax online, any device, anytime, anywhere. With advanced options to send and receive fax and SMS using the online platform, direct from email, desktop and mobile app, API integration and more. Industry compliant, Government accredited and nbn ready solution. Best-in-class security, data sovereigntya and encryption. Powering Medical, Legal, Government, Financial and other sectors. Send and receive faxes and SMS online, via email, app, API integration and more. Industry compliant, Government accredited. Best-in-class security, data sovereignty and encryption. Access our secure, reliable and feature packed Fax API / SMS API to make integrations with existing software and workflows a breeze. GoFax® provides premium quality and reliability ISDN business grade online faxing services and SMS. We guarantee higher service up-time than any other online fax provider.
    Starting Price: $9.95 per user per month
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    EasySendSMS

    EasySendSMS

    EasySendSMS

    EasySendSMS is a cloud-based bulk SMS platform and global SMS gateway designed to help businesses communicate with customers quickly, reliably, and at scale. The platform enables organizations to send marketing messages, transactional alerts, and one-time password (OTP) verification codes to mobile users worldwide through a secure web dashboard or a powerful SMS API. With coverage across 200+ countries and more than 1,100 mobile networks, EasySendSMS provides businesses with a scalable infrastructure for delivering high-volume messaging campaigns and time-critical notifications. The platform supports both small campaigns and enterprise-level messaging workloads, allowing companies to send thousands or even millions of messages efficiently. The EasySendSMS platform includes a developer-friendly REST API that allows seamless integration with websites, mobile apps, CRM systems, and SaaS platforms.
    Starting Price: $9
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    Texto

    Texto

    Texto

    Texto is an Australian SMS messaging platform designed to help businesses send affordable and reliable text messages to customers. The service allows users to send SMS messages for a flat rate of 3 cents per message with no contracts or monthly minimums. Businesses can quickly create an account, add credits, and begin sending messages through a simple and easy-to-use interface. The platform supports features such as bulk messaging, message scheduling, and customizable templates for personalized communication. Texto also offers dedicated Australian mobile numbers that allow businesses to receive and manage replies from customers. Developers can integrate SMS capabilities into existing systems using the platform’s API and MCP support. With transparent pricing and privacy-focused data handling, Texto provides a straightforward solution for business messaging.
    Starting Price: $0.03 per SMS
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    Bird

    Bird

    Bird

    Bird (formerly MessageBird) is the next-generation CRM for Marketing, Sales, and Payments, powering over 5 trillion annual messages across Email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Leading brands grow cost-efficiently with Bird through personalized interactions on Email, SMS, and WhatsApp. The world's most innovative companies build communication solutions using Bird's applications and APIs. Get started today and talk to your customers over any channel, for any use case, anywhere in the world. Marketing messages, push notifications, order updates, delivery alerts and more. Operational bottlenecks slowing your growth? Use automated conversations and workflows to collect critical information up front, reduce manual tasks, implement self-service flows, and route chats to the right agent. Get up and running in minutes on our reliable, auto-scaling APIs with extensive documentations, complete API references and intuitive SDKs.
    Starting Price: $45 per month
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    Expert Texting

    Expert Texting

    Expert Texting

    Don’t confuse your customers with short codes sms or long codes, use our SenderID (Alphanumeric) based SMS service or text service to notify your customer. They can view incoming message from your company name, even if your contact information is not saved on their list. Our fast response Text API or SMS API can easily integrate to your current system or with any CRM. It is so powerful that you can retrieve your incoming text messages as well. This feature will save your time since there is no need to login at an Expert Texting Area to send SMS(s) to your customers. One of our unique features that sets Expert Texting apart from others is the Contact Management or Group Texting Module. When uploading contacts with Expert Texting, the list is saved for future use which eliminates the need to upload it multiple times for bulk messaging.
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    Twilio Verify
    100% Protection from SMS pumping fraud with Verify. Verify is a fully managed API for multichannel user verification. And it now includes guaranteed protection from SMS pumping fraud with Fraud Guard. Terms apply. A multi-channel user verification solution in one turnkey API. Add seamless two-factor authentication to your onboarding and login flow with a single API that does the work of a full one-time password (OTP) delivery solution. Fraud Guard has already saved customers over $46 million by blocking over 398 million* fraud attempts. With first-to-market innovation, Fraud Guard offers 100% protection against SMS pumping fraud. Quickly integrate a ready-use solution that handles all your connectivity, channels, code generation, fraud monitoring, and more using native software—so you don’t have to. Reduce fraud across your multi-channel user experience with phone number verification that uses one API endpoint to validate users and detect fraud with minimal friction.
    Starting Price: $0.05/successful verification
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    Sweego

    Sweego

    Mindbaz

    Sweego is a multichannel (email & sms) notifications platform for developers. Sweego allows users to send transactional, engagement, and CRM messages through channels like email and SMS. The platform provides APIs and webhook system to integrate notifications and messaging capabilities into applications. (SAAS, Mobile, Desktop, whatever...) We offer SMTP Service or API to send emails or sms. We offer Inbound Email routing feature, we got email, parse it and deliver in JSON by webhook. With our email builder, you can create your template easily with drag and drop fonctionnality, HTML import, good email client compatibility, brand management, etc... Key features include message templates, email authentication, webhooks, sandbox testing for emails, statistics, logs and scalability.
    Starting Price: €10/month
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    GreenAds Global

    GreenAds Global

    GreenAds Global

    GreenAds Global stands at the forefront of omnichannel engagement, providing a wide array of messaging channels, tools, and solutions designed for sophisticated customer interactions, authentication, and security. With strong carrier connections and offices in Hyderabad, Dubai, and Kochi, GreenAds Global is the trusted partner for top companies worldwide to expand their customer communications. We assist our clients and partners in managing the challenges of consumer communications, boosting their business, and improving customer experiences with efficiency, security, and dependability. With GreenAds Global, you can achieve enhanced customer engagement through a diverse selection of local and global channels, including: WhatsApp API RCS Messaging Chatbot Bulk SMS Voice Solutions
    Starting Price: 0.01 $
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    thinQ

    thinQ

    Commio

    thinQ offers a "better way" to power voice and SMS/MMS text messaging applications in the cloud, get up and running fast with our new, integrated thinQ io portal or APIs. We make it easy for SaaS and UCaaS platforms, enterprise contact centers plus telecom VoIP providers to bring your own 40 high-quality carriers to Twilio, Nexmo, Plivo, SignalWire or any SIP connection. Use our APIs to add and control your inbound and outbound voice and texting features in your existing tech stack in minutes, save on your cost of goods, connect to existing SIP providers, improve call delivery and quality, and more. Our now fully-integrated thinQ.io Web platform also makes it easy to buy and port phone numbers, create route profiles and trunks, enable text messaging, and more. Add call-specific analytics and SIP ladders along with our five-star support team to mitigate and route around outages, create custom routes and blocks, and more – and you've found a "better way" to communicate.
    Starting Price: $500
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    MakeMySMS

    MakeMySMS

    MakeMySMS

    Our most innovative to blast SMS at the massive and easy-to-use platform helps you to connect a large number of recipients with a press of a button! Enhance your sales and customer satisfaction with innovative promotion techniques, OTP, multimedia & API SMS, and bulk SMS API. Don't have a Bulk SMS account yet? Signup now to Send Bulk SMS Online from your company or brand name. If you want to create any business online or offline, you can schedule and send SMS campaigns with bulk SMS software. It is a user-friendly interface and can be managed by any person without any special skills. Easily create and manage your sender ids. Using Bulk SMS services you can communicate with your customers, safely and securely. Bulk SMS service providers shield your user’s privacy and security. It is a reliable source of communication and a flexible tool with the highest returns. Readability and response are higher than any other channel.
    Starting Price: $24.24 per package
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    CM.com

    CM.com

    CM.com

    Mobile communication and payments solutions. Combine messaging channels like WhatsApp with innovative payments to create true Conversational Commerce. We help companies communicate. Our customers use SMS, Voice and the world’s most popular chat apps: WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, Google RCS. Start the conversation in the channel your customers prefer and let the AI bot do the talking. Integrate commerce in the conversation to drive conversions. CM.com is a licensed Payment Service Provider, offering a range of options for any channel with Apple Pay, Google Pay, WeChat Pay, Credit Cards and local payments like iDeal and Bancontact. CM.com is also a Ticketing platform helping festivals, museums and stadiums sell and manage any type of ticket. The Customer Data Platform takes marketing to a personal level. Identity and e-sign solutions assure authentication in any transaction.
    Starting Price: $0/month
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