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Alternatives to Aircall
12 telecommunications tools sit alongside Aircall in this directory. Below is what separates each from Aircall on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 12
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 4
- Aircall starts at
- $30/month
Why people look past Aircall
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Aircall entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Aircall carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 12 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Cloud contact center for innovative enterprises
- Starts $35 a month dearer, at $65/month.
CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform
- Can be used without paying; Aircall cannot.
Customer engagement and messaging, without the complexity
- Can be used without paying; Aircall cannot.
Cloud communications platform for SMS, voice, and video
- Can be used without paying; Aircall cannot.
- Starts $29.9917 a per SMS message cheaper, at $0.0083/per SMS message.
No downloads, no logins - just video meetings that work
- Can be used without paying; Aircall cannot.
- Starts $23.009999999999998 a month cheaper, at $6.99/month.
Cloud phone and voice communications
Priced and rated the same as Aircall on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Aircall alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircall (this page) | $30/month | - | - | |
| TalkdeskCloud-based contact center platform with similar AI call features and integrations for sales and support teams. | $65/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Aircall |
| ActiveCampaignCustomer communication platform with phone system capabilities bundled with CRM and marketing automation. | Free | Subscription | - | vs Aircall |
| OneSignal | Free | Freemium | - | vs Aircall |
| Twilio | Free, then $0.0083/per SMS message | - | 1 | vs Aircall |
| Whereby | Free, then $6.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Aircall |
| Dialpad | On request | - | - | vs Aircall |
| Five9 | $149/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Aircall |
| Genesys Cloud | $75/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Aircall |
| NICE CXone | $71/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Aircall |
| RingCentral | $24.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Aircall |
| Vonage | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs Aircall |
| 8x8 | $29.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Aircall |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Aircall badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- ActiveCampaign , Free
- OneSignal , Free
- Twilio , Free, then $0.0083/per SMS message
- Whereby , Free, then $6.99/month
Cheaper than Aircall (4)
Entry price under Aircall's $30/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Twilio , Free, then $0.0083/per SMS message
- Whereby , Free, then $6.99/month
- RingCentral , $24.99/month
- 8x8 , $29.99/month
What you would be giving up
Aircall is most often brought in for cloud phone system for sales and support teams, call routing, ivr and shared numbers, logging calls against crm records through integrations, power dialling outbound lists on the professional tier, sms and mms alongside voice. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Aircall is broadly right and the question is cost, the Aircall pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Telecommunications category lists everything the directory holds, and best telecommunications tools ranks them.
Aircall runs on web, ios, android, desktop. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Aircall alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Aircall?
- 12 other telecommunications tools are listed in this directory, led by Talkdesk, ActiveCampaign, OneSignal, Twilio. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Aircall?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: ActiveCampaign, OneSignal, Twilio, Whereby.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Aircall?
- Yes. 4 of the alternatives below start under Aircall's $30/month: Twilio at Free, then $0.0083/per SMS message, Whereby at Free, then $6.99/month, RingCentral at $24.99/month, 8x8 at $29.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Aircall?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Aircall?
- Aircall is most often brought in for cloud phone system for sales and support teams, call routing, ivr and shared numbers, logging calls against crm records through integrations, power dialling outbound lists on the professional tier, sms and mms alongside voice. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Aircall?
- None of the telecommunications tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Aircall alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Telecommunications, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Aircall against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Aircall covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every telecommunications tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Telecommunications category, 12 tools beside Aircall. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.