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Messaggio Zapier integrationAutomate Messaggio with Zapier.

The Messaggio Zapier integration gives you 0 triggers, 2 actions and 0 searches. Messaggio only receives: another app starts the Zap, then Messaggio sends an SMS or files a contact in a group. It runs on the free plan, as long as each Zap stays at two steps.

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Overview

What the Messaggio Zapier integration actually does

Messaggio is a messaging platform businesses use to notify their customers over several channels. Zapier, an automation service, lets your other apps drive it. On Zapier, Messaggio only exposes actions: it always receives the order and never starts a Zap.

Two outcomes are on the table. A text that goes out without anyone typing it: Send SMS sends a message to a phone number each time another app hands it the details. A contact list that fills itself: Create Contact adds a phone number to one of your Messaggio contact groups, ready for later sends. Chain the two in one Zap and a single sign-up both lands in a group and gets a text, which makes a third, combined outcome.

Now the part the app page skips. Messaggio has no trigger and no search on Zapier. Nothing that happens inside Messaggio can start a Zap. No step can look a contact up first. And although Messaggio handles several channels, the only send action on Zapier is SMS.

Every Zap therefore starts in another tool (a form, a spreadsheet, a calendar) and ends in Messaggio. That also means its timing depends on that other app: an instant trigger passes the data straight away, a polling trigger waits for your plan's interval.

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Vocabulary

Zapier words in one minute

Seven terms come back on every Zapier screen. Here they are once, in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. With Messaggio, it always comes from another app, since Messaggio offers none.
Action
What the Zap does once started: the step that writes or sends something for you. Both Messaggio operations are actions.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. Your plan's count is a count of those.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What a Messaggio Zap really costs

The trigger never costs a task, and neither does Zapier checking for new data. Only an action that goes through is counted.

  • Free plan100 tasks per month, unlimited Zaps, two steps per Zap
  • Messaggio on the free planYes, it is not kept for paid plans
  • BilledEach successful Messaggio action, one task each
  • Never billedThe trigger, the checks, a failed action

Each SMS sent through Send SMS is one task, and so is each contact filed. A Zap that files the contact and then texts them counts two, while a failed action is not counted. Messaggio is not kept for paid plans, so the free plan works as long as you stay at one trigger and one action. The grid below applies to the polling trigger of the app that starts your Zap, never to an instant one. A few apps and actions take more than one task when they complete, so look at your task count after the first runs.

Connect

Connect your Messaggio account in three steps

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In Zapier, go to the Apps page of your account and click + Add connection. A connection is your Messaggio account linked once, then reused by every step that uses Messaggio.

  2. 02

    Pick Messaggio

    Search for Messaggio by name in the dialog that opens, select it in the list, then click Add connection. A new browser tab opens where Messaggio asks you to sign in.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to Messaggio in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. You need an account on the app, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch.

First Zap

Your first Messaggio Zap

GoalEach new form response files the person in a Messaggio contact group, then sends them an SMS.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Start a new Zap and pick your form tool and its new-response event as the trigger. Messaggio offers no trigger, so the Zap has to start there.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test: Zapier brings back the three most recent responses from your connected account. Pick a real one so the mapping uses real values.

  3. 03

    File the contact

    Add a step, pick Messaggio and Create Contact. Choose the Contact Group and map the phone number from the form response.

  4. 04

    Send the SMS

    Add Send SMS, fill in the Sender and your Messaggio-Login, then map the recipient's phone number and write the message text.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each Messaggio step and read what came back before going further. Then publish. With two actions this is a multi-step Zap, so it needs a paid plan.

Actions

The 2 Messaggio actions

Messaggio gives you 2 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create Contact

Action

In Zapier“Create contact in group”

Adds a phone number to one of your Messaggio contact groups, so it is there for your next sends.

When to use it
every sign-up collected in another app should join the group you text later on.
Watch out
both the Contact Group and the Phone are required, so create the group in Messaggio before you build the Zap; check at the test that the number lands in it.
2

Send SMS

Action

In Zapier“Send SMS message”

Sends an SMS message to a recipient's phone number, under the sender name you pick.

When to use it
a confirmation, a reminder or an alert that another app should trigger on its own.
Watch out
four boxes are required: the Sender from your personal cabinet, your Messaggio-Login, the Phone and the Message Text. Check at the test which sender and number the step received.
When it breaks

When a Messaggio Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to Messaggio and lists no rate limit for it.

What can go wrong comes from how Zaps work and from the details Send SMS needs. These four cases are the ones to know before you switch a Zap on. If yours already fails, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.

  • Login details not at hand

    Send SMS requires a Sender and a Messaggio-Login from your personal cabinet. Note both before you start building the Zap.

  • No backlog

    A Zap only picks up what happens after you publish it. Contacts already sitting in your source app never reach Messaggio unless you move them separately.

  • A Zap that restarts itself

    As a general precaution, a Zap that writes into the place its own trigger watches can set itself off again and burn through tasks fast.

  • Flood protection

    If the trigger app suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold those items back.
Need help

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FAQ

Messaggio Zapier integration: questions people ask

01Is the Messaggio Zapier integration free?
Yes, Messaggio works on Zapier's free plan because it is not kept for paid plans. The free plan gives you 100 tasks per month and an unlimited number of Zaps, but each Zap is capped at two steps: one trigger and one action. A form that triggers one SMS per response fits. As soon as you file the contact and then text them, or add a filter, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does a Messaggio Zap use?
One task per Messaggio action that succeeds. The trigger in your other app costs nothing, and Zapier checking that app for new data costs nothing either, however often it looks. A Zap that only sends an SMS uses one task per run. A Zap that files the contact and then sends the SMS uses two. An action that fails is not counted against your plan, so a send that errors out does not eat your quota.
03Do Messaggio texts go out in real time?
That depends on the app that starts the Zap, not on Messaggio. Messaggio has no trigger of its own, so the timing comes from the other tool. If that app reports its events instantly, Zapier hands them to Messaggio straight away whatever your plan. If it is a polling trigger, Zapier checks it at your plan's interval: 15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional, 1 on Team and Enterprise. The app page of that tool on Zapier shows which type each trigger is.
04What do you need to connect Messaggio to Zapier?
An account on Messaggio, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch. The connection happens from the Apps page of your Zapier account: click + Add connection, search for Messaggio, click Add connection, then sign in to Messaggio in the tab that opens and grant access. For sending, also keep your Messaggio-Login and the Sender from your personal cabinet at hand.
05Where is the Messaggio-Login that Send SMS asks for?
In your Messaggio personal cabinet, in the settings tab of your project. The Send SMS action requires that ID, along with the Sender, which is the sender's client name set up in the same cabinet. Copy them before you start building, since every Send SMS step asks for them. Then check at the test which sender and phone number the step received, and read what came back before you publish the Zap.
06What if the Messaggio action you need is not there?
Then it is not available through Zapier for now. The editor offers two actions, Create Contact and Send SMS, with no trigger and no search. The Messaggio page on Zapier shows the current list, so check it before you plan a workflow around a missing operation. If nothing there fits, the realistic options are to adapt the workflow to these two steps or to look at another automation platform. The Zap can still start from any app Zapier connects.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Messaggio?
Judge on criteria rather than a ranking. Coverage: on Zapier, Messaggio only receives, through SMS sending and contact creation, so check what the other platforms expose for it, if anything. Budget: Zapier bills one task per successful action, and the free plan stops at two-step Zaps. Timing: on Zapier it depends on the trigger app, instant or polling. Compare each platform on the apps around Messaggio, not only on Messaggio.
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