Podium Alternative

Get A Cost-Effective, Friendlier Podium Alternative

Looking for a Podium alternative? MessageDesk gets you the same business texting features and more at a proper price.

MessageDesk shared team inbox
"We got 500+ new contacts with one text campaign. MessageDesk worked really well."
Erin Sparks - Marketing Director, DeNooyer Chevrolet
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"MessageDesk helped us make client communication a big priority."
Moriah - Emergency Pet Hospital of Redlands
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"Our accounts receivable shrunk. People pay us through a text link."
Mitch - Owner, Ace Sanitation
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MessageDesk Podium
Price (Lowest Tier) $14 / mo. $189 / mo.
Base Messages Per Month 100 (Inbound Only)
Shared Team Inbox
Mobile App (Limited)
Toll-Free & 10-Digit #'s
Autoresponders
Scheduling & Automation
MMS Messages
Templates
Forms
Text-to-Pay
Website Chat Bot
Zapier Integration
QuickBooks Online Integration
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Why MessageDesk over Podium?

Get the same business texting inbox at a proper price.

Get the same texting inbox and SMS marketing solution as Podium, but at a better price with more unrestricted tools.

  • Text from a shared team inbox and assign conversations.
  • Port your Podium number or text from a landline.
  • Schedule and automate text messages for customer service.
Automation & campaigns

Tools for generating leads and starting sales conversations.

MessageDesk is a messaging platform with automation that generates leads from your website, making sales conversational.

  • Send mass texts to groups with unlimited group sizes.
  • Save templates and attach media to messages as MMS.
  • Craft text campaigns around autoresponder keywords.
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More MessageDesk features

Keep your SimpleTexting number and get more with MessageDesk.

Port your SimpleTexting number and get additional features like a website chatbot.

Keep your Podium phone number

Port your number from Podium and move seamlessly into MessageDesk.

See number options
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Seamlessly attach images

Drag and drop images into MessageDesk to send MMS messages.

Learn more about media and links
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Website chatbot for text conversations

Install a website chatbot on your site to automate messages and start drip campaigns.

See website chatbot features
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Custom web forms for collecting info

Kick-off your text marketing by linking contacts to web forms that start conversations.

Check out forms
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Add texting to your phone system
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