

Activ8 SMS is a customer messaging platform for small businesses and agencies. It puts SMS, WhatsApp, AI chat and AI calls in one inbox, running on the Android phone and number a business already has. Connect an Android phone with a QR code and texts go out from your own number on your own carrier plan, with no per-text fees from Activ8. Ready-made campaigns for appointment reminders, review requests, win-backs and follow-ups send automatically and stop the moment a customer replies. WhatsApp runs alongside SMS with automatic fallback, and every conversation lands in one shared inbox. The AI Assistant answers texts and WhatsApp messages using the business's own services, prices and hours, offers times, books appointments and hands over to the team when it isn't sure. Voice AI adds an AI receptionist that answers calls, books appointments and makes outbound calls, with every call transcribed and summarised. Activ8 integrates with HighLevel, Zoho and HubSpot so every text lands on the contact record and teams can reply from their CRM, plus Shopify, Missive and a developer API. Plans start at US$47 a month, with a 14-day free trial and no card required.
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