Beetexting vs Hustle

Beetexting is a text messaging platform for nonprofits contacting donors, volunteers, staff, and the people they serve. It supports one-to-one conversations, broadcasts, scheduled or recurring messages, and group threads with up to 10 recipients. Teams can share inboxes, claim or transfer conversations, leave internal notes, tag teammates, and mark conversations resolved. Messages can include photos, videos, and documents; the FAQ says these do not cost more than a normal message. Beetexting works on Android, iOS, and the web, and lists Salesforce, HubSpot, Google, Zoho, Stripe, Microsoft, and Office 365 as integration partners. Its Connect service provides a REST API authenticated with OAuth 2.0. The listed plans include opt-in, opt-out, TCR, and CTIA compliance features. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available. Professional costs $89.97 a month, plus messaging costs and industry fees; it includes two users, one number, and 1,000 messages per month, with additional messages at $0.04 each.

Hustle is a communications platform for texts, calls and video messages, with broadcasts, automated responses and live one-to-one conversations. Users can send personalized SMS and MMS to targeted audience members, tag them and retarget smaller groups. Its video options include short Clips distributed by text, Personalized Clips and longer Hustle Stories. The AI-powered Script Assistant helps users create communications described as creative and brand-safe. Hustle offers mobile and web apps, plus integrations for Salesforce, NGP VAN and EveryAction, Blackbaud Luminate Online, Blackbaud TeamRaiser and PDI. It also lists a public API, although programmatic message sending through it is in development. Salesforce imports support up to 100,000 Campaign members or 2,000 Report rows. Hustle says it is SOC 2 certified and lists encryption in transit and at rest, penetration testing and vulnerability scanning. The PAYGO plan has a $250 a month platform fee, with SMS billed at $0.04 per segment. Annual commitments start at $10,000 a year and include priority support queue access and Client Success Manager support. Hustle serves nonprofits, education, commercial organizations, politics, government, and labor and unions.