Which has better reviews, SMS-Magic | Business Messaging or Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities?

Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1 reviews) compared to SMS-Magic | Business Messaging (4.8★ from 1,135 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose SMS-Magic | Business Messaging or Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities?

Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, SMS-Magic | Business Messaging or Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Salesforce AppExchange. SMS-Magic | Business Messaging has the deeper published review base (1,135 vs 1), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange admins?

SMS-Magic | Business Messaging typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,135 reviews). Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between SMS-Magic | Business Messaging and Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities?

Migration support varies by app and category. SMS-Magic | Business Messaging and Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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SMS-Magic | Business vs Align.ly Contact — Salesforce

Align.ly Contact Role vs SMS-Magic | Business Messaging

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Align.ly Contact Role

5.0·1reviews

Align.ly Contact Role enables you to automatically associate Contacts to Opportunities via the Contact Role. Create auto-association rules based on Tasks, Events, and Campaigns already logged to Contacts.

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	SMS-Magic \| Business Messaging	Align.ly Contact Role
Tagline	“Drive positive outcomes across your client, candidate or patient lifecycle by leveraging AI to start conversations, guide decisions and fulfill promises over sms/mms messaging.”176 chars	“Align.ly Contact Role enables you to automatically associate Contacts to Opportunities via the Contact Role. Create auto-association rules based on Tasks, Events, and Campaigns already logged to Contacts.”204 chars
Description	1186 / 2000 chars59% used	608 / 2000 chars30% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages	nlenfifrde+11 more	en
Platforms	Salesforce	Salesforce
Developer	Screen Magic Mobile Media	Align.ly LLC

At a glance

8 metrics · auto-computed

Feature comparison between SMS-Magic | Business Messaging and Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities
Metric	SMS-Magic \| Business Messaging	Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities
Rating	4.8 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 1.1k	1
Free plan	—	★ Yes
Pricing	paid	free
Pricing tiers	1 tier	—
Listed features	★ 8	6
Languages	16 supported	1 supported
Listed since	Mar 2010	Feb 2024

AppRanks verdict

Generated from live data on this page

The call

Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities edges out SMS-Magic | Business Messaging on rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.

Pricing

On pricing, Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities offers a free tier (free) while SMS-Magic | Business Messaging starts at paid. The free option meaningfully reduces evaluation cost, particularly at low usage volumes where the entry-paid tier can outpace the value delivered.

Review base

SMS-Magic | Business Messaging has the larger user base (1,135 reviews vs 1), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.

Who should pick what

Recommended by size: small/early-stage admins who need fast install and low risk should default to Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities; mid-market and enterprise admins with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — SMS-Magic | Business Messaging's 1,135-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities's broader-but-shallower coverage.

How this is generated

This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.

Read each app's audit: SMS-Magic | Business Messaging audit • Align.ly Contact Role: Automatically Associate Contact Roles on Opportunities audit

Listed	March 16, 2010	February 9, 2024

Last updated	—	—

3. Features

As listed by each developer

SMS-Magic | Business Messaging

Engage anywhere, anytime. Promptly engage inbound inquiries and messages across touchpoints, time zones, regions and channels by using 24/7 response tools & bots.
Drive intelligent messaging. Scale up meaningful engagement by integrating AI-assisted messaging with your tech stack. Involve a real person whenever needed.
Ensure full accountability. Prevent spam and security breaches by enforcing checks on the consent and content of outgoing messages. Ensure compliant messaging.
Easily integrate Multichannel Messaging (SMS, MMS, Chat WhatsApp, Instagram) capabilities.
Compliance Management: Effectively manages opt-in/Opt-out compliances. Helps you with 10DLC registration.
Efficient Onboarding: One-click installation streamlines setup, enabling you to start benefiting from multichannel messaging quickly.
Full assistance on messaging infrastructure setup (Short Code, TFN, 10DLC.) Bring your own Provider and plug into SMS Magic messaging infrastructure. (Messaging registration costs for Short Code, TFN, 10DLC, and WhatsApp are additional.)
SMS Magic ensures you stay fully compliant with privacy and regulatory requirements with built-in controls to always comply with TCPA, GDPR, CCPA, and CASL messaging regulations for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and text.

Align.ly Contact Role

* Fully Configurable Dynamic Rules: Admins have full control of Task/Event/Campaign Member, Contact, and Opportunity criteria.
* Task, Event and Campaign Support: Use logged Task, Event, and Campaign Member records to auto-associate Contact Roles.
* Scheduled Updates: Schedule Align.ly Contact Role to run in the background at a preferred recurring start time each day.
* Robust Reporting: Pre-built dashboard to view the number of associations by date, rule, etc.
* Full Transparency: View a list of auto-associations, date/time, and the rule that associated them.
* Association Removals & Overrides: Easily remove an auto-associated Contact Role and prevent it from associating again.

5. Search rankings

Top 5 keywords · shared rankings prioritized

Keyword	SMS-Magic \| Business Messaging	Align.ly Contact Role
to engage	#1	Not ranked
engage	#1	Not ranked
messaging	#1	Not ranked
contact	Not ranked	#1
campaign member	Not ranked	#11

6. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

SMS-Magic | Business Messaging

Natively built SMS Solution for Sales & Service Cloud, Experience cloud & supports all the apps built on force.com. Complete business messaging solution supports multichannel automated & interactive 2-way conversations Converse with your customers on the channel of their choice - while you stay in the comfort of your Salesforce window or even smartphone. It is perfect for high-touch, contextual, and time-sensitive customer engagement that’s also help you get compliant with 10DLC registration. - Channels supported: SMS, ,Texting, MMS, WhatsApp and FB Messenger, - Easy Configuration & Use - Interactive & Automated Messaging - Dedicated & Shared Inboxes for Sales/Service Console, Record page, Lists & Reports - Automate with Flows: keywords, reminders, alerts, & routing - Marketing: blasts, drip campaigns, profiling, surveys, scheduling, link tracking - Analytics Dashboards - Standard & Custom Objects - Experience cloud, Force.com solutions - Global Coverage - Protect users from Spam - Supports long & short codes, toll-free numbers, call forwarding, direct connect-59 countries, bring your own number (landline), bring your own carrier (Twilio, Nexmo, Ring Central, etc)

Top keywords

cloud3×1.80%
supports3×1.80%
automated2×1.20%
bring2×1.20%
bring your own2×1.20%
com2×1.20%
experience2×1.20%
experience cloud2×1.20%
force2×1.20%
force com2×1.20%
interactive2×1.20%
messaging2×1.20%

Align.ly Contact Role

Align.ly Contact Role is a simple, yet powerful native Salesforce application that automatically associates Contacts to Opportunities via the Contact Role. Is asking the sales team to update Contact Roles on Opportunities not the best use of their time? Want to make sure the full buying team is on every Opportunity? Align.ly Contact Role is the answer. Align.ly Contact Role gives you full control by allowing you to define granular contact role association rules. The average implementation of Align.ly Contact Role sees better than a 100% increase in their Contact Role coverage on their Opportunities.

Top keywords

contact8×8.08%
contact role7×7.07%
role7×7.07%
align4×4.04%
align ly4×4.04%
align ly contact4×4.04%
ly4×4.04%
ly contact4×4.04%
ly contact role4×4.04%
opportunities3×3.03%
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Align.ly Contact Role vs SMS-Magic | Business Messaging

Align.ly Contact Role

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