Introducing...

GoldSMS

Compare to GoldMine's Native SMS/Texting functionality:

 

GoldMine “Native” Functionality

GoldSMS

Save text to History

Yes.

Yes.

Reliability, texting to employees

Good; employees’ carrier is generally knowable.

Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone.

Reliability, texting to 3rd parties

Iffy; could only work if 3rd parties reveal which carrier they use.

Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone.

Reliability, texting to customers

Close to nil; could only work if customers reveal which carrier they use.

Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone.

Protocol

SMTP; relatively insecure.

HTTPS; completely secure.

User Interface, general

2 options (Send SMS and Send Pager), both archaic

Intuitive, easy to use

User Interface, phone number selection

Few defaults, i.e. phone1, phone2, phone3. Not configurable. May include GoldMine users.

System automatically finds cell phone # from main fields. Permits user designation of fields in ini file. Permits selection of Additional Contacts’ numbers. Permits one-off manual entry. Permits listing of GoldMine users via ini file.

Message length

Fixed, 160 characters; everything beyond 160 is truncated.

Message is “chunked” and delivered to modern cell phones as sequential blocks of 160 characters.

Cost

Built-in. $0

As low as two cents per text.