CallHub vs SimpleTexting
CallHub
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| Figure | CallHub | SimpleTexting |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.05/mo | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · SMS Marketing Software | 9.4 (#1) | 8.0 (#20) |
| API | The public API uses regional HTTPS endpoints under api-[region].callhub.io/v1/, JSON responses, and token authorization; it supports contacts, campaigns, and webhooks. | The REST API documentation says API access is by approval and requires a trial account and an email describing the intended use case. |
| Founded | The company’s story says Augustus Franklin created the original chat tool in 2011. | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, United States | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Integrations | Direct integrations include NGP VAN, NationBuilder, Action Network, PDI, Salesforce, EveryAction, CiviCRM, Blackbaud, Blue State Digital, and Freshsales. | The pricing page says Mailchimp and Zapier integrations are included and offers custom integration work for other services with an API. |
| Mobile apps | CallHub provides mobile apps for Android and iOS, and lists support for iPhones running iOS 12 or later and Android 10 or later. | SimpleTexting offers iOS and Android apps for sending SMS and MMS campaigns, replying to messages, managing contacts, and viewing analytics. |
| Security | CallHub states it is SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliant and uses AWS for cloud infrastructure. | The privacy policy says SimpleTexting uses industry-accepted electronic and physical security standards, including TLS 1.2 for data in transit and storage. |
| Support | Essential includes live chat support; Scale offers priority support and an optional assigned Customer Success Manager. | The pricing page advertises live support seven days per week, and lists support by phone, text, chat, or email. |
| What it does | CallHub combines calling, texting, email, relational organizing, list building, analytics, and campaign automation for political, nonprofit, advocacy, union, and business outreach. | SimpleTexting is an SMS/MMS platform for businesses to run mass text campaigns, automated messages, and two-way conversations. |
Plans
In their own words
CallHub
CallHub provides campaign and digital organizing tools for calling, broadcasts, texting, relational organizing, and workflow automation. Its channels include call center software, text and voice broadcasts, text-to-join, email outreach, and workflows. Phone banking offers predictive, power, auto, and preview dialers, along with branching scripts, inbound and patch-through calls, and AI-powered Smart Insights. Peer-to-peer texting can send initial messages automatically and includes trackable shortened links, profanity filtering, surveys, and data integration. Listed integrations include NationBuilder, Blackbaud, NGP VAN, Action Network, CiviCRM, Salesforce, Freshsales, Zapier, and OSDI; the API supports custom two-way data flows with another app. CallHub has Android and iOS apps, plus a web product compatible with Windows and Mac. Essential is listed at $0.05 a month at standard rates, with free credits to get started, and limits of 10,000 contacts and 10 agents. Scale lists unlimited contacts and agents, but no price is given.
SimpleTexting
SimpleTexting has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.