HighConnexion RCS vs smsmode RCS API

HighConnexion RCS is a business messaging service that adds interactive features to messages without requiring customers to install an app. Messages appear in the native Messages app on Android and iOS and can use basic, rich, or conversational formats. Basic messages support up to 160 characters, clickable links, and URL previews; richer formats can include images, videos, files, maps, carousels, action buttons, and suggested replies. Messages can display a sender’s official name and logo, while an RCS agent can include brand colors, images, and contact details. HighConnexion says its team helps configure agents validated by Google and operators. Listed uses include promotional campaigns, payments, reservations, customer service, OTP codes, and security notifications. Payments in conversations can use bank cards, Google Pay, Apple Pay, or mobile phone bills. Campaign reporting tracks sends, reads, clicks, and replies. Businesses can request API access to message from their own platform through SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, and Apple Messages for Business. HighConnexion describes the offer as a wholesale facilitator service; pricing is on request.

smsmode RCS API lets businesses build rich messaging conversations through a REST API. It supports images, maps, action buttons, carousels, sessions, statuses, and RCS agent authentication; messages can also carry video, audio, documents, QR codes, geolocation, payments, and links. Listed uses include marketing, notifications, booking confirmations, delivery and order alerts, customer service, and one-time passwords. Where a device cannot receive RCS, the service offers SMS fallback. Customers must register their RCS agent with Google and carriers before sending. The RCS page says campaigns can reach more than 10 countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and Germany. Reporting includes real-time delivery receipts, read rates, and click rates. Listed integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Oracle Eloqua, Selligent, Customer.io, Google Calendar, Zapier, Klaviyo, and Adobe Campaign. Account controls can hash content or recipients, truncate the last four digits of recipient numbers, shorten retention, or delete message content after sending. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan; listed message plans start at €9 a month excluding taxes, while the pricing note says from €69/mo.