 | Podium | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (Lowest Tier) | $14 / mo. | $189 / mo. |
| Base Messages Per Month | 100 | (Inbound Only) |
| Features | ||
| Shared Team Inbox | ✅ | ✅ |
| Call Forwarding | ✅ | ✅ |
| Text Message Marketing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Text-to-Pay | ✅ | ✅ |
| Feedback Collection | ✅ | ✅ |
| Review Collection | ✅ | ✅ |
| Website Chat Bot | ✅ | ✅ |
| Forms | ✅ | ✅ |
| Autoresponders | ✅ | ✅ |
| Templates | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cancel at Any Time | ✅ | ❌ |
| 1-on-1 Customer Service | (775) 313-9465 | ❌ |
| Integrations | ||
| Zapier | ✅ | ✅ |
| QuickBooks Online | ✅ | ❌ |
| Xero | ✅ | ❌ |
Why MessageDesk over Podium?
Get the same business texting inbox, but at a proper price.
Your business gets the same texting inbox and SMS marketing solution as Podium, but at a price-point that makes sense.
- Text from a shared team inbox and assign conversations.
- Port your Podium phone number or text from a landline.
- Schedule and automate text messages for customer service.
Automation and campaigns
Tools for generating leads and starting sales conversations.
MessageDesk is a messaging platform with automation tools for generating leads from your website, making sales conversational.
- Send mass marketing texts to any sized text list.
- Save templates and attach media to messages as MMS.
- Craft text campaigns around autoresponder keywords.
More MessageDesk features
Keep your Podium number and get more with MessageDesk.
Port your number and get text-to-pay, review collection, a website chatbot and more.
Port your number from Podium and move seamlessly into MessageDesk.
See number options
Get paid fast and frequently with accounting-integrated text-to-pay.
Learn more about text-to-pay
Build your reputation with automated feedback and review collection.
See reviews and feedback
Install a website chatbot to automate messages and start drip campaigns.
See website chatbot features
Kick-off your text marketing by linking contacts to web forms that start conversations.
Check out website contact forms
