A Connecteam alternative for simple team texting
Connecteam does a lot — chat, updates, checklists, training, scheduling, time tracking — and it’s free for small teams. If you want an employee app, it’s a good one. If you want to send a text, it’s more than you need.
Where Connecteam genuinely wins
- Free for up to 10 users, with its features included.
- Breadth. Chat, an updates feed, surveys, a knowledge base, forms and checklists, training, scheduling, and time clocks.
- A real app. If your team will use it, it becomes the hub for everything.
Where it fits badly
Everything depends on adoption. The power of an all-in-one app only shows up when everyone installs it, logs in, and checks it. On hourly teams with turnover, getting there is a project — and until you do, your announcements miss people.
Past 10 users, it’s a plan. The Communications plans start around $29–$35 a month for the first 30 users.
Side by side
| Airhorn | Connecteam | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Texting an employee roster | All-in-one employee app |
| How messages arrive | SMS, every phone | In the Connecteam app |
| Employee needs | Just a phone | The app and an account |
| Free option | 7-day trial | Free up to 10 users |
| 20-employee estimate | $20/mo | ~$29–$35/mo |
Connecteam figures reflect their published pricing as of October 2026 and may have changed — check their site for current rates before deciding.
Which to choose
Choose Connecteam if you have 10 or fewer people, or you genuinely want an internal app and are willing to drive adoption. Choose Airhorn if the goal is that every employee sees the message today, without asking anyone to install anything.
Text your whole team at once
Add your team, they reply YES to confirm, and you broadcast from one dashboard. $5/mo plus $0.75 per employee — no contracts.
Free for 7 days and 60 messages — no credit card. Your trial starts when you send your first broadcast, not when you sign up.