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BlueBot or autoMessage?

autoMessage is the closest product to BlueBot: a Mac app that sends from your own Apple ID and number, with a REST API, webhooks, a hosted MCP server and a dashboard.

BlueBot sends from your own number through Messages on your own Mac and costs $17.99 a month. We read every fact below on autoMessage’s own pages on November 13, 2026, and each one links to where we read it.

BlueBot: $17.99$17.99 a month, plus tax where it applies, after a 7-day trial.BlueBot pricing
autoMessage: $59$59 a month (its llms.txt still says $29).autoMessage pricing

Side by side

How the two compare

Each answer says what we found and links to the page we found it on. Checked November 13, 2026.

BlueBot and autoMessage, fact by fact
	BlueBot	autoMessage
Price a month	$17.99 $17.99 a month, plus tax where it applies, after a 7-day trial. BlueBot pricing	$59 $59 a month (its llms.txt still says $29). autoMessage pricing
Model	A Mac app that sends through Messages on your own Mac.	A Mac app that sends from your own Apple ID.
Whose number	Yours.	Yours.
API	Yes A REST API with an idempotency key on every POST, metadata echoed on every webhook and a page for every error code. BlueBot API reference	Yes A REST API with an OpenAPI file, full or read-only keys, and limits that queue a text with a reason rather than refuse it. autoMessage API docs
Webhooks	Signed, retried Signed to the Standard Webhooks scheme and retried with backoff for 72 hours, with a log of every delivery that you can replay. BlueBot webhooks	One event One event, message.received, signed with an HMAC. Up to five webhooks, each turned off after 25 failures in a row. autoMessage API docs
Zapier	Its own app BlueBot’s own Zapier app has a Send Text action and instant triggers for incoming texts and every change of state. BlueBot for Zapier	No app There’s no autoMessage app in Zapier. Its site names Zapier, which it reaches through webhooks and Zapier’s own general-purpose steps. autoMessage’s site
MCP	Hosted, OAuth Hosted, and an assistant signs in with OAuth, so there’s no key to paste. BlueBot MCP server	Hosted or npx A hosted MCP server with the key in its address, or one you run with npx. autoMessage MCP

Price a month

BlueBot: $17.99
$17.99 a month, plus tax where it applies, after a 7-day trial.
BlueBot pricing
autoMessage: $59
$59 a month (its llms.txt still says $29).
autoMessage pricing

Model

BlueBot: A Mac app that sends through Messages on your own Mac.
autoMessage: A Mac app that sends from your own Apple ID.

Whose number

BlueBot: Yours.
autoMessage: Yours.

API

BlueBot: Yes
A REST API with an idempotency key on every POST, metadata echoed on every webhook and a page for every error code.
BlueBot API reference
autoMessage: Yes
A REST API with an OpenAPI file, full or read-only keys, and limits that queue a text with a reason rather than refuse it.
autoMessage API docs

Webhooks

BlueBot: Signed, retried
Signed to the Standard Webhooks scheme and retried with backoff for 72 hours, with a log of every delivery that you can replay.
BlueBot webhooks
autoMessage: One event
One event, message.received, signed with an HMAC. Up to five webhooks, each turned off after 25 failures in a row.
autoMessage API docs

Zapier

BlueBot: Its own app
BlueBot’s own Zapier app has a Send Text action and instant triggers for incoming texts and every change of state.
BlueBot for Zapier
autoMessage: No app
There’s no autoMessage app in Zapier. Its site names Zapier, which it reaches through webhooks and Zapier’s own general-purpose steps.
autoMessage’s site

MCP

BlueBot: Hosted, OAuth
Hosted, and an assistant signs in with OAuth, so there’s no key to paste.
BlueBot MCP server
autoMessage: Hosted or npx
A hosted MCP server with the key in its address, or one you run with npx.
autoMessage MCP

“Not found” means we looked on autoMessage’s site and in its docs and didn’t find it, though it may still exist. Everything a Mac can and can’t do through BlueBot is on one page of the docs.

Pricing

What autoMessage charges

We read these on autoMessage’s own pages on November 13, 2026. BlueBot has one plan: $17.99 a month after a 7-day trial, plus any tax.

Solo: $59 a month with a 14-day free trial, including the Mac app, hosted MCP, REST, webhooks, replies into group chats, a dashboard and a drafts queue with scheduled sending. autoMessage pricing
Its llms.txt still says $29 a month with a 7-day trial. autoMessage’s llms.txt
Enterprise adds managed Macs and several Apple IDs. autoMessage pricing

Strengths

Each one is better at something.

Where autoMessage is better

Managed Macs on its Enterprise plan, for people who have no Mac to leave on.

Several Apple IDs on its Enterprise plan. A BlueBot account is one Mac and one number. autoMessage pricing
A 14-day free trial, against BlueBot’s 7 days. autoMessage pricing

Where BlueBot is better

$17.99 a month, against $59. autoMessage pricing
BlueBot sends pictures, files, voice memos and contact cards. autoMessage’s features page says it sends text only. autoMessage features
Webhooks for every text you send as it’s sent, delivered, read or fails, as well as for replies. autoMessage has one event, for messages received. autoMessage API docs
A Zapier app of its own, with a Send Text action and instant triggers. autoMessage has none. autoMessage’s site

Who should pick which

Which one to pick

autoMessage

Pick autoMessage if you have no Mac to leave on and want one of its managed Macs, or you need several Apple IDs.

BlueBot

Pick BlueBot if you have a Mac that can stay on and want to send pictures and files, hear about every delivery and connect Zapier, for $17.99 a month.

Try it on your own number.

You need a card to start the trial. After 7 days it’s $17.99 a month plus any tax, and you can cancel from your billing page at any time.

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