Customer Support · head to head
Dialpad Contact Center vs Krayin

Dialpad Contact Center
Customer Support
AI-powered cloud contact center
- From
- $95/month
- Free plan
- No

Krayin
CRM
Open source Laravel CRM for sales teams that want to own the code
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
The short version
- Only Krayin has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Dialpad Contact Center the AI agent is sold as a pool of prepaid credits rather than a seat price, so cost depends on conversation volume; Krayin it is far less mature than EspoCRM, SuiteCRM or Vtiger, with thinner reporting, weaker forecasting and fewer built-in integrations, so evaluations that start from a feature checklist will not favour it.
- They diverge on capability: Dialpad Contact Center covers Voice Intelligence, Krayin covers Lead pipelines.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Dialpad Contact Center and Krayin actually diverge.
| Attribute | Dialpad Contact Center | Krayin |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $95/month | Free |
| Pricing model | subscription | Open source, no licence fee |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Desktop, Ios, Android | Web, Self-hosted, Docker, Linux |
| Category | Customer Support | CRM |
| Founded | 2011 | Unknown |
Identical on both: 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 Dialpad Contact Center
- Voice Intelligence
- Real-time transcription
- Sentiment analysis
- Agent coaching
- Quality assurance
- Analytics
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
Only in Krayin
- Lead pipelines
- Contacts and organisations
- Quotes
- Workflow automation
- Email integration
- Custom attributes
- Roles and permissions
- Laravel package architecture
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Dialpad Contact Center
- Cloud contact centre with voice, messaging and AI assistancenot Krayin
- Routing and monitoring customer calls with live transcriptionnot Krayin
Krayin
- A PHP or Laravel development shop wants a CRM it can fork and rebrand for clients without paying per seat or negotiating an OEM licence.not Dialpad Contact Center
- An organisation under data residency rules needs the customer database physically on its own infrastructure, which rules out every hosted CRM.not Dialpad Contact Center
- A small sales team wants an unlimited-user CRM where adding a tenth or fiftieth user costs nothing beyond server capacity.not Dialpad Contact Center
- A Bagisto ecommerce store wants a CRM from the same vendor that shares its technology stack and conventions rather than a bridged integration.not Dialpad Contact Center
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Dialpad Contact Center
- The AI agent is sold as a pool of prepaid credits rather than a seat price, so cost depends on conversation volume
- No per user price, seat minimum or feature comparison is published for any plan
- The pricing page directs every enquiry to sales or an ROI calculator instead of stating a rate
Krayin
- It is far less mature than EspoCRM, SuiteCRM or Vtiger, with thinner reporting, weaker forecasting and fewer built-in integrations, so evaluations that start from a feature checklist will not favour it.
- Practical functionality such as certain telephony, messaging and marketing connectors sits in paid marketplace extensions from Webkul, so the free CRM plus the extensions you actually need is not free.
- The roadmap is controlled by a single services company whose revenue depends on selling implementation and extensions, so there is a structural incentive against making the core complete.
- You are responsible for the whole operational burden: PHP and MySQL hosting, backups, security patching, mail deliverability and upgrades, and a botched upgrade of a customised install is your problem alone.
- The cloud hosting page does not publish prices, so the managed option that would remove that burden cannot be budgeted without contacting sales, which undercuts the transparency the open licence otherwise offers.
Pricing, plan by plan
Dialpad Contact Center
$95/month- Essentials$95/month
- Voice
- Real-time AI
- Analytics
- Advanced$135/month
- Essentials + Digital
- WFM
- Custom integrations
- Premium$170/month
- Advanced + Full suite
- SLA guarantee
Krayin
Free- Self-hostedFree
- Full MIT-licensed source
- Unlimited users
- No feature gating
- Cloud hosting and extensions$undefined/month
- Starter and Pro managed hosting packs from Webkul
- Premium extensions sold individually in the Krayin marketplace
- White label and custom development quoted separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Dialpad Contact Center if
- You need voice intelligence.
- You work on Web, Desktop, Ios, Android.
- You also want real-time transcription.
Choose Krayin if
- You need lead pipelines.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Self-hosted, Docker, Linux.
- You also want contacts and organisations.
Questions people ask
- Is Dialpad Contact Center or Krayin better?
- Neither clearly leads. Dialpad Contact Center starts at $95/month and Krayin at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Dialpad Contact Center or Krayin?
- Krayin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $95/month for Dialpad Contact Center and Free for Krayin.
- Does Dialpad Contact Center or Krayin run on more platforms?
- Dialpad Contact Center runs on Web, Desktop, Ios, Android. Krayin runs on Web, Self-hosted, Docker, Linux.
- Can I use Krayin for free?
- Yes. Krayin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Dialpad Contact Center starts at $95/month.
- What is Dialpad Contact Center best used for?
- Dialpad Contact Center is most often used for cloud contact centre with voice, messaging and ai assistance, routing and monitoring customer calls with live transcription. Of those, cloud contact centre with voice, messaging and ai assistance and routing and monitoring customer calls with live transcription are not what Krayin is typically brought in for.
- What can Dialpad Contact Center do that Krayin cannot?
- Dialpad Contact Center covers Voice Intelligence, Real-time transcription, Sentiment analysis, Agent coaching. Krayin covers Lead pipelines, Contacts and organisations, Quotes, Workflow automation.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Dialpad Contact Center: How does Dialpad pricing work?
Dialpad uses conversation-based pricing where you purchase a pool of AI Agent Credits. Customers are charged only when AI delivers value by retrieving information or executing actions like scheduling or order lookup.
SourceKrayin: Is Krayin really free?
The CRM itself is MIT licensed with no user limit and no enterprise edition. Premium extensions, managed hosting and custom development from Webkul are paid.
Dialpad Contact Center: What is Dialpad's free trial offer?
Dialpad offers a "Try free" option, but the page does not specify the trial duration or terms. Customers can also request a demo from the sales team.
SourceKrayin: Who maintains it?
Webkul Software of Noida, India, the same company behind the Bagisto open source ecommerce platform.
Dialpad Contact Center: Does Dialpad charge for idle time?
No. Dialpad's conversation-based model only charges when the AI actively does work. If no work is done, there are no charges.
SourceKrayin: What do I need to run it?
A standard LAMP or LEMP stack with PHP, Composer and MySQL or MariaDB. Any host that runs Laravel will run Krayin.
Krayin: How does it compare to EspoCRM?
EspoCRM is more mature with deeper reporting and a longer track record. Krayin is easier for a Laravel developer to extend and has a more permissive licence.
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