The Texting Inbox Built for Operations Teams

One Inbox for your whole team, tied to your existing numbers. Get the access, automation, and audit log that basic texting tools lack.

Keep your phone system. Just add texting.

The MessageDesk inbox: three phone lines in one workspace, conversations assigned to teammates with labels, and a thread with a Relay assignment, internal comments and a reply
4.6
SOC 2 Type II-certified platform
1,000+ teammates operating in dispatch, HR, staffing, and more

Problem

Does the way you text today work for your whole team?

Many texting tools lack what an operations desk needs: per-number access controls, handoffs, a system of record, and automation built around the way you work.

One company phone being passed from one teammate to another

Passing around a company phone?

Whoever has the phone has the texts. No way to text as a team.

A personal phone tied to one person, with a past conversation fading out of reach

Texting with Google Voice or personal numbers?

One number, one login, no team. No way to track conversations.

A desk phone with a crossed-out text bubble: it takes calls but not texts

Can your landline or VoIP system text at all?

Webex, Teams Phone, landlines: if not text-enabled, texts go nowhere.

A megaphone sending texts out while a customer reply waits unanswered

Is your current texting tool working for operations?

Text marketing tools and texting on phone systems aren’t enough.

Solution

Your phone lines and texting in an inbox the whole team can work in.

A customer texts the front desk. HR texts out benefits reminders. After-hours replies go out before anyone’s back. All in an inbox tied to the numbers your people already use.

Dispatch & delivery

No load gets lost in a shift change.

Every shift picks up conversations right where the last left off. Assign texts and hand off with an internal comment, all off personal phones.

Inbox →

HR, staffing & recruiting

Every new hire is textable the day they’re in the HRIS.

The roster in your HRIS is the one you text from, and nobody retypes it. Import or sync contacts and custom fields from your ATS, CRM, or HRIS, then filter by what you already track.

Contacts →

Safety & training

Prove every crew member saw the safety notice.

One message to all field staff, with the replies coming only to you. Ask for a “Yes” and see who sent one. Send a group text instead when the crew should see each other.

Broadcasts and group texts →
A driver texts a photo of a signed delivery ticket to the dispatch line; a Relay assigns it to Kim and labels it, Kim checks with Billing in an internal comment and texts the driver backA contact imported from Bullhorn with custom fields like Status, Location and Position filled inA safety coordinator’s weather-hold text to the Pad 7 crew, with a crew member replying to confirm
The After-Hours Auto Reply Relay for a clinic, with closed hours set and the reply it sendsThe North Branch manager’s inbox showing only the North Branch line and its conversationsMessage History filtered to Lot 12 over the last seven days, ready to export

Healthcare & long-term care

Nobody waits until 8 a.m. for an answer.

After-hours texts get a reply before anyone’s in the office. Pick a Relay template, like an after-hours auto-reply or a label on anything that says “urgent,” and turn it on.

Relays →

Multi-location teams

Every branch runs its own texting. HQ sees all of it.

Front desk, ops, and HR each see only what they need to. Set access to features, phone lines, labels, and conversations with custom roles and permissions.

Team, roles and permissions →

Compliance & archiving

When legal asks who said what, you have it in minutes.

An auditable record of every text, by number. Search message history, export what you find, and see delivery rates and user activity in Analytics.

Analytics and archiving →

Phone numbers

Four ways to start texting with MessageDesk

Whatever you text from today, you keep it. Here’s how it works.

+ more

Connect landlines and VoIP

Text-enable the numbers you already use. Your calls stay with your current provider.

(555) 555-0123LocalNew(800) 555-0199Toll-freeNew

Get new local or toll-free numbers

Get a dedicated 10-digit local or toll-free line. Forward calls to any number.

Connect Twilio numbers

Bring your own Twilio numbers and put a shared team inbox on top.

HeymarketSimpleTextingText Request+ more

Migrate from another texting tool

Switching? Bring your numbers, contacts, and message history with you.

Works with US and Canadian business VoIP and landline providers.

WebexMicrosoft TeamsRingCentralZoom PhoneVonage8x8GoToNextivaComcastBell+ more
WhatsAppComing soonRCSComing soon

Who we’re for

Dispatch desks, field crews, HR teams, and the offices that run them

By team

A dispatcher at her desk, reading a text between two monitors with the yard behind her

Dispatch and delivery

Drivers, routes, and schedules that change all day. All on numbers the whole desk can text from.

See Dispatch & Delivery →
A recruiter at a busy agency desk smiling at a reply on his phone

HR, staffing, and recruiting

Shift coverage and candidate replies, off personal phones and out of group texts.

See HR, Staffing & Recruiting →
A regional manager with a tablet talking with an employee at a branch counter

Multi-location teams

Number per location and access per team, all managed regionally or globally from your HQ.

See Multi-Location Teams →

By industry

A site supervisor in hi-vis reading a text beside stacked pallets at a materials yard

Construction and materials

Crews out on job sites, customers on the main line. Everyone working from the same threads.

See Construction & Materials →
A field coordinator in FR coveralls and a hard hat reading a text at her pickup on a well pad

Oil, gas, and energy

Crew, safety, and HR coordination across sites, on the numbers field crews already call.

See Oil, Gas & Energy →
A practice manager and receptionist looking at a phone together at a clinic front desk

Healthcare and long-term care

Shift coverage, staff coordination, and appointment reminders on the facility’s number.

See Healthcare & Long-Term Care →

Not sure where your operation fits? Talk to our ops experts →

Integrations

Sync with your existing tools.

Connect MessageDesk to your CRM, ERP, HRIS, or accounting and payments software to sync contacts, messages, and more.

Customer stories

Operators in your industry use MessageDesk.

“Our dispatchers were texting 200+ drivers on their personal phones. MessageDesk fixed this. Now everyone texts on our company number. I’ve got visibility. They have accountability.”

Susan G.
Aggregate Plant Dispatch Manager

“We kept our same numbers and VoIP provider and were texting in a couple days. No downtime, no added configuration or headaches.”

Greg G.
IT Administrator, Legal Practice

“Calls and email don’t work for our rig workers. MessageDesk makes it easy for our HR coordinators to send texts for everything from onboarding to benefits.”

Alex S.
VP HR, Energy Services Company

Security & compliance

Get an auditable system of record for every text you send.

Search and export every message and internal comment. Your compliance team gets a record. Your IT team gets documentation.

Message history, filtered and exported

Audit-ready message history

A full record of who said what, when, on all lines. Filter and export with images included.

AICPA SOC

SOC 2 Type II-certified platform

Request an audit report and control mappings for your IT or compliance team to review.

The Campaign Registry

Built-in carrier registration

We guide US businesses through carrier registration and review the submission before carriers.

HIPAA

HIPAA compliance

Evaluation underway, with BAA support to follow. Keep PHI off SMS until then.

Coming soon

Pay for the seats you use, not the numbers you text from.

Starting at $29 per seat

$39 per seat month to month, or $29 per seat on an annual plan. Team starts at three seats, Pro has no minimum, and neither requires an annual contract.

Billed per seat, not per number.

The Phone Number menu in MessageDesk: All Conversations across six numbers, Main Line, Dispatch, Service, HR Line, After Hours and a toll-free line. Beside it, a team of three: Kim, Marcus and Dana. A callout reads: 6 numbers. 3 seats.