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SMS tools

Explore 40 projects in the SMS tools category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

SMS tools take advantage of the relatively high open rate and intimacy of messaging to reach people with information and calls to action.

40 projects

VoterPing

VoterPing is a commercial political campaign services firm that runs peer-to-peer texting, digital ads, direct mail, and voter-data targeting for US candidates and campaigns.

2026

Suwali

Suwali is a messaging-based question-answering platform from the nonprofit Meedan that lets newsrooms and civil-society groups answer audience questions with their own trusted information over chat channels.

2026

Commons

Commons is high-volume messaging infrastructure for political campaigns, public offices, agencies, and advocacy organizations, supporting broadcast, peer-to-peer, and one-to-one text messaging.

Dallas, TX

FRANSiS

AI powered two-way SMS platform that helps nonprofits, healthcare organizations, schools, and government agencies hold real conversations with the people they serve.

RightAnswers

RightAnswers combines powerful AI knowledge creation and delivery to reduce costs, enhance self-service adoption, and simplify complex support workflows.

401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, USA

Waterfall

Elevate your customer experience and drive higher levels of engagement using personalised, targeted SMS/MMS mobile messaging with Waterfall.

401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, USA

Upland Software

Enterprise Mobile Messaging that Drives Results

401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, USA
2012

Bulk Texting and Whatsapp on MyCamino

Mobile Pathways MyCamino platform equips immigration nonprofits with cutting edge mobile technology so immigrants know their legal rights.

Berkeley, CA, USA
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Message Digital

Message provides email, text, and CRM solutions designed for large-scale digital programs run by top practitioners.