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Aircall vs Alvaria

Aircall logo

Aircall

Telecommunications

Cloud phone system for modern business

From
$30/month
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
Alvaria logo

Alvaria

Customer Support

Compliant outbound dialling and contact centre infrastructure, under new ownership since October 2025

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Aircall a minimum of 3 users on the published plans, rising to 25 on the Custom tier; Alvaria the October 2025 restructuring wrote off more than 75% of roughly $950 million of debt and handed control to a lender group led by Nut Tree Capital, so the owner is now a credit fund optimising for debt recovery rather than a growth investor, which is a real signal about future research spending.
  • They diverge on capability: Aircall covers Cloud phone, Alvaria covers Compliant outbound dialling.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Aircall and Alvaria actually diverge.

Attributes where Aircall and Alvaria differ
AttributeAircallAlvaria
Starting price$30/monthOn request
Pricing modelUnknownquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, DesktopWeb, Windows
CategoryTelecommunicationsCustomer Support
Founded2014Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Aircall

  • Cloud phone
  • IVR
  • Call routing
  • Power dialer
  • Analytics
  • Call recording
  • Integrations
  • Salesforce

Only in Alvaria

  • Compliant outbound dialling
  • Campaign and list strategy
  • Alvaria CXP
  • Inbound ACD routing
  • Recording and quality management
  • Multi-channel outreach
  • Agentic AI outreach
  • Flexible deployment

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Aircall

  • Cloud phone system for sales and support teamsnot Alvaria
  • Call routing, IVR and shared numbersnot Alvaria
  • Logging calls against CRM records through integrationsnot Alvaria
  • Power dialling outbound lists on the Professional tiernot Alvaria
  • SMS and MMS alongside voicenot Alvaria

Alvaria

  • A collections operation that must run high-volume outbound under TCPA and FCC abandonment rules and needs the dialler itself to enforce the constraints.not Aircall
  • A government or regulated buyer whose procurement forbids a pure public cloud deployment and needs an on-premise or hybrid contact centre platform.not Aircall
  • A utility running arrears and outage notification campaigns across voice and SMS with list strategy and retry logic managed centrally.not Aircall
  • An existing Aspect Unified IP estate deciding whether to modernise in place or migrate off, and needing a vendor path rather than a rip and replace.not Aircall

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Aircall

  • A minimum of 3 users on the published plans, rising to 25 on the Custom tier
  • Essentials is limited to 3 teams; unlimited teams need Professional
  • Salesforce CTI, the power dialer and advanced analytics all require Professional
  • SSO, API support and an SLA are Custom tier only
  • AI voice and messaging agents are separate add-ons billed per minute or per conversation on top of the seat price

Alvaria

  • The October 2025 restructuring wrote off more than 75% of roughly $950 million of debt and handed control to a lender group led by Nut Tree Capital, so the owner is now a credit fund optimising for debt recovery rather than a growth investor, which is a real signal about future research spending.
  • The September 2024 spin-out of the workforce management suite to the revived Aspect brand means a buyer who wanted an integrated CX plus WFM stack now signs two contracts with two companies, and first-party integration is no longer guaranteed by a single roadmap.
  • Digital channels are underbuilt: reviewers report CXP has no support for WhatsApp, RCS or Viber, and no ability to bring your own carrier for email and SMS, which blocks messaging-first and many international deployments.
  • Legacy on-premise upgrades are described by reviewers as long and painful, with a large footprint and hard-to-learn interdependencies, so migration cost is a substantial hidden line item on any modernisation.
  • Alvaria is slower than peers to certify new Nuance speech recognition and text-to-speech releases, so speech quality in your IVR runs behind whatever the underlying engine has shipped.
  • There is no published pricing, no trial and a mixed on-premise and cloud licensing model, making like-for-like comparison against Genesys, Five9 or NICE genuinely difficult and lengthening the evaluation.

Pricing, plan by plan

Aircall

$30/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Aircall review.

Alvaria

On request
  • Alvaria Intelligence Platform$undefined/year
    • Agentic AI outreach with human oversight
    • Real-time agent guidance
    • Cloud or hybrid deployment
  • Alvaria CX Suite$undefined/year
    • Predictive, progressive and preview outbound dialling
    • Campaign and list management
    • Compliance controls for TCPA and FCC regimes
  • Alvaria CXP$undefined/year
    • IVR and self-service application authoring
    • Voice-first with partial SMS
    • Open API architecture
  • Aspect Unified IP$undefined/year
    • Legacy on-premise contact centre infrastructure
    • Windows desktop agent clients
    • Perpetual and subscription licensing options

Which should you pick?

Choose Aircall if

  • You need cloud phone.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
  • You also want ivr.
Aircall review

Choose Alvaria if

  • You need compliant outbound dialling.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want campaign and list strategy.
Alvaria review

Questions people ask

Is Aircall or Alvaria better?
Neither clearly leads. Aircall starts at $30/month and Alvaria at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Aircall or Alvaria?
Aircall starts at $30/month and Alvaria at On request.
Does Aircall or Alvaria run on more platforms?
Aircall runs on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop. Alvaria runs on Web, Windows.
What is Aircall best used for?
Aircall is most often used 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. Of those, cloud phone system for sales and support teams and call routing, ivr and shared numbers are not what Alvaria is typically brought in for.
What can Aircall do that Alvaria cannot?
Aircall covers Cloud phone, IVR, Call routing, Power dialer. Alvaria covers Compliant outbound dialling, Campaign and list strategy, Alvaria CXP, Inbound ACD routing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Aircall: What is the minimum cost to start with Aircall?

Aircall requires a 3-license minimum on annual billing, making the real entry price $90 per month ($30 per user times 3 users) for the Essentials plan, not the advertised $30 per user.

Source
Alvaria: Was Alvaria renamed to Aspect?

No. It split. Aspect is the spun-out workforce management business at aspect.com. Alvaria kept outbound and contact centre infrastructure. Confusing the two points procurement at the wrong vendor.

Aircall: Does Aircall include AI call features in base plans?

No, AI Voice Agents and AI Assist Pro are separate add-ons billed on top of base plans. The Essentials and Professional plans include call recording and analytics but not AI features.

Source
Alvaria: Who owns Alvaria now?

Since October 2025, a lender group led by Nut Tree Capital, following an out-of-court debt restructuring. Abry Partners no longer controls the company.

Aircall: How many countries can I create phone numbers in?

Aircall supports creating local phone numbers in 100 or more countries, enabling businesses to appear local to customers regardless of location.

Source
Alvaria: Can I still buy on-premise?

Yes. Cloud, on-premise and hybrid deployments are all offered, which is one of the few remaining reasons to choose Alvaria over a pure CCaaS vendor.

Aircall: What is Aircall's uptime guarantee?

Aircall guarantees 99.95 percent uptime with seven global data centers and system redundancy on every level.

Source
Alvaria: Does it support WhatsApp or RCS?

Not per current reviewer reports on CXP. Voice and some SMS only, with no bring-your-own-carrier option for email and SMS.

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