Hustle vs text+

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.

text+ provides a second phone number for internet-based calls and texts, for people who want to keep a personal number private or use a spare phone or tablet as a line. Its Android and iOS apps send SMS, MMS, photos, and group messages to mobile numbers in the US and Canada; recipients do not need the app. Calls work over WiFi or data, with free inbound calls and low-cost outbound calling to more than 200 countries. The free plan costs nothing and covers downloading, texting, and receiving calls; outbound calls and Premium features are paid. Premium is billed Starting at less than $5/month and includes no ads, unlimited US calls, unlimited calling to Canada and 30+ countries, number protection during inactivity, a custom voicemail greeting, and prioritized support. Users can block others and report abusive behavior in the app. The company says it uses measures intended to protect information but cannot guarantee transmitted information is fully secure. Users must be at least 13. text+ was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Venice, California.