Looking for an Alternative to Community SMS?
Here’s a closer look at AudienceTap vs Community.com across features, pricing, and service.
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Community.com is overkill for most
At first glance, Community boasts impressive clientele, with big names and celebrities on their roster, reflecting its shift towards serving the top end of the market. In contrast, AudienceTap is dedicated to empowering creators and small businesses, offering an affordable, feature-rich platform that still goes beyond basic text marketing features.
Why choose AudienceTap over Community Text App?
Whether you're a budding musician, a rising creator, or a small business, you're probably looking for a service that not only fits your budget but also helps you connect with and monetize your audience.
Community SMS
AudienceTap
Let's take a look at the distinctions between AudienceTap and Community.com.
Pricing
Offers transparent, all-inclusive pricing, ensuring you get the full suite of features without unexpected costs. Perfect for businesses and creators who need to make the most out of every dollar.
Pricing structure is complex, with base rates starting higher as well as additional hidden messaging fees that can cause unexpected costs, especially for high-volume senders.
Ecommerce
Integrates ecommerce functionalities like Text-to-Buy and QuickCarts, enabling direct sales through SMS and turning messages into revenue.
Does not offer in-built sales tools, requiring you to link out to external sites to drive sales.
List building
Supports a wide range of signup methods including QR codes, Text-to-Join, and embedded web forms.
Provides QR codes and Text-to-Join, but lacks the option for directly embedding signup forms on your site.
AI assistance
Does not currently offer AI-driven message assistance, focusing instead on direct and personalized engagement tools that rely on manual input and creativity.
Boasts AI features like Response Clustering and an AI Direct Message Generator, allowing you to group similar messages and suggest responses based on conversation threads and tone of voice.
Feature accessibility
Makes all essential features available across all plans, ensuring small businesses and creators have access to powerful tools from the start.
Gates some of its more advanced features behind higher-tier plans.
Segmentation
Offers segmentation through text surveys, allowing you to group your audience based on predefined answers to questions.
Offers segmentation with AI, categorizing subscribers based on plain text responses automatically. This feature might be more sophisticated but could be considered overkill for most brands.
High Throughput Messaging
Primarily employs toll-free & 5-digit shortcode numbers, capable of sending thousands of messages per minute so that even large scale lists receive your messages promptly.
Only utilizes local 10-digit numbers, which significantly restricts messaging capacity to as low as 60 messages per minute. For those with large subscriber lists, this limitation could result in hours-long delays before all recipients receive your message.
How we’re alike
Despite the differences, AudienceTap and Community share foundational functionalities designed to help you use texting to connect and monetize your audience.
Broadcast
Schedule personalized text messages to your audience based on their profile and interactions. Cut through the noise and ensure your message is seen.
Automations
Send perfectly timed, automated text messages & emails to your audience.
2-way texting
Chat 1-on-1 with your audience straight from the AudienceTap mobile app — just like texting your friends and family.
Integrations
AudienceTap emphasizes direct integrations with key platforms and a Zapier integration, while Community.com caters to high-end integrations suitable for large enterprises.
Analytics & Reporting
Insights into campaign performance and subscriber engagement are available on both platforms.
Media Support
No need to send your audience to yet another platform to access gated media. It’s one fluid, native experience.
Side by side breakdown
Testimonials
“I'm getting a lot more signups now that I'm using AudienceTap because it's so easy for people to enter into. They immediately get the text, they engage with my services, and I continuously engage with them when I need to.”
Kristen Walker Smith
Owner, Kristen Walker Smith
“Text-to-buy is a game changer for us - its high conversion rates ensure our campaigns are not just effective, but also highly profitable. It simplifies and enhances the ecommerce experience for everyone involved.”
Steve Hall
Co-Founder, Tinker Coffee
“The speed at which I am able to get things up and running and create multiple versions of the same offer is incredible.”
Martijn van Tilborgh
Owner, Four Rivers Media
“We can automatically collect leads from our speaking engagements. This is a huge game changer for us.”
Randy Anderson
CSP, E3 Professional Trainers
“AudienceTap has changed the way I grow my business and I'm so grateful for them.”
Jill Savage
Owner, Jill Savage
“I'm no longer manually entering in the wrong contact information for audience members and it's such a relief.”
Gerry O'Brion
Owner, What Big Brands Know
“90% of our folks engaged on text messages compared to the single digit results we are seeing with email. So we started focusing more on text message marketing with its high open rates, high engagement, lower friction for transactions.”
Chris Campbell
Owner, the Word for You Today
Experience the magic for yourself
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You be the judge
Choosing the right platform is about finding the balance between cost, functionality, and scalability. While Community SMS serves an elite clientele with specific tools for large-scale data collection and AI-assisted messaging, AudienceTap offers a comprehensive, cost-effective platform designed to grow with you.
