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Avoma vs Nooks

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Avoma

Sales Enablement

Meeting assistant, scheduler and conversation intelligence sold as separate priced layers

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Nooks logo

Nooks

Sales Enablement

AI parallel dialler and virtual sales floor for outbound teams making high call volume

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Avoma conversation Intelligence, the capability most buyers actually want, is a 29 US dollar per seat add-on rather than part of the plan, so the real cost of a working sales configuration is at least 53 per user per month against a 19 headline.; Nooks no pricing is published and third-party figures put list around 4,000 to 5,000 US dollars per seat per year, so the evaluation requires a sales cycle before you know whether the payback maths works at your connect rate.
  • They diverge on capability: Avoma covers AI meeting assistant, Nooks covers Parallel dialler.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Avoma and Nooks actually diverge.

Attributes where Avoma and Nooks differ
AttributeAvomaNooks
Starting price$19/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer user per monthquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb, Chrome extension

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

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 Avoma

  • AI meeting assistant
  • Custom note templates
  • Scheduling
  • CRM sync
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Revenue intelligence
  • Ask Avoma
  • Lead router

Only in Nooks

  • Parallel dialler
  • Answering machine detection
  • Virtual salesfloor
  • Voicemail drop
  • Call recording and coaching
  • Spam and number health
  • Signal-based dialling
  • CRM and sequencer sync

What people use each for

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

Avoma

  • A ten-person sales team that wants CRM-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separatelynot Nooks
  • A customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing contextnot Nooks
  • A founder-led sales motion where the founder wants to review call recordings for coaching but cannot justify an enterprise conversation intelligence contractnot Nooks
  • A team with many internal attendees who only need a few people recording, since viewers and collaborators do not consume paid seatsnot Nooks

Nooks

  • An SDR team of twenty whose connect rate is low enough that reps spend most of the day listening to ring tones and voicemail greetingsnot Avoma
  • A fully remote outbound floor that lost the ambient coaching of an office and wants managers listening in during power hoursnot Avoma
  • A sales development group whose outbound numbers keep getting flagged as spam and needs number rotation and health monitoring built innot Avoma
  • A revenue team running a call blitz on a specific account list where signal-based prioritisation decides call order rather than a static listnot Avoma

Where each one falls short

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

Avoma

  • Conversation Intelligence, the capability most buyers actually want, is a 29 US dollar per seat add-on rather than part of the plan, so the real cost of a working sales configuration is at least 53 per user per month against a 19 headline.
  • Seat ceilings are baked into tiers, with Startup capped at 25 seats and Organization at 100, so growth forces a plan change for headcount reasons alone rather than feature reasons.
  • Conversation intelligence on the Organization tier is explicitly limited, meaning teams discover which parts are missing after they have committed to an annual contract.
  • Deal and forecast analytics are considerably shallower than dedicated revenue intelligence platforms, so an organisation that grows into serious pipeline inspection will replace the add-on rather than expand it.
  • Summary quality depends on the note template being maintained, and teams that never configure templates get generic recaps that nobody reads, which quietly turns the subscription into an expensive transcript archive.

Nooks

  • No pricing is published and third-party figures put list around 4,000 to 5,000 US dollars per seat per year, so the evaluation requires a sales cycle before you know whether the payback maths works at your connect rate.
  • Phone numbers are provisioned and billed separately at roughly 10 to 15 US dollars each per month, and parallel dialling at volume needs a large pool, which is a recurring cost buyers routinely omit from the business case.
  • Parallel dialling carries real regulatory exposure, including abandoned-call rules in several jurisdictions, and the tool does not absorb that obligation on your behalf.
  • There is a short delay when a connection is passed to the rep, and prospects who hear that pause at the start of a call are more likely to hang up, which partially offsets the volume gain.
  • The economics only work above a certain team size and call volume, so a team of three or a field sales motion with long research-heavy calls will pay a premium seat price for throughput they cannot use.

Pricing, plan by plan

Avoma

$19/month
  • Startup$19/month
    • Up to 25 paid seats
    • Unlimited AI meeting assistant
    • Automatic recording and transcription
  • Organization$24/month
    • Up to 100 paid seats
    • Everything in Startup
    • Custom AI topics and templates
  • Enterprise$39/month
    • Minimum 10 paid seats
    • Everything in Organization
    • Org-wide Ask Avoma
  • Conversation Intelligence add-on$29/month
    • Per seat, on top of a base plan
    • Talk ratios and topic tracking
    • Keyword alerts and coaching

Nooks

On request
  • Nooks$undefined/year
    • AI parallel dialler
    • Virtual salesfloor
    • Answering machine detection and voicemail drop

Which should you pick?

Choose Avoma if

  • You need ai meeting assistant.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension.
  • You also want custom note templates.

Choose Nooks if

  • You need parallel dialler.
  • You work on Web, Chrome extension.
  • You also want answering machine detection.

Questions people ask

Is Avoma or Nooks better?
Neither clearly leads. Avoma starts at $19/month and Nooks at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Avoma or Nooks?
Avoma starts at $19/month and Nooks at On request.
Does Avoma or Nooks run on more platforms?
Avoma runs on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension. Nooks runs on Web, Chrome extension.
What is Avoma best used for?
Avoma is most often used for a ten-person sales team that wants crm-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separately, a customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing context, a founder-led sales motion where the founder wants to review call recordings for coaching but cannot justify an enterprise conversation intelligence contract, a team with many internal attendees who only need a few people recording, since viewers and collaborators do not consume paid seats. Of those, a ten-person sales team that wants crm-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separately and a customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing context are not what Nooks is typically brought in for.
What can Avoma do that Nooks cannot?
Avoma covers AI meeting assistant, Custom note templates, Scheduling, CRM sync. Nooks covers Parallel dialler, Answering machine detection, Virtual salesfloor, Voicemail drop.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Avoma: Is 19 US dollars the real price?

Only for the base meeting assistant on annual billing. Adding Conversation Intelligence takes it to 53 per user per month, and Revenue Intelligence takes it to 82.

Nooks: What does Nooks actually cost?

Nothing is published. Third-party analyses report list pricing near 4,000 to 5,000 US dollars per user per year, with negotiated deals landing lower, plus separate charges for phone numbers.

Avoma: Do I pay for people who only watch recordings?

No. Viewers and collaborators are free. Paid seats are only required for users whose own meetings are recorded.

Nooks: Is parallel dialling legal?

It is regulated rather than banned, with abandoned-call rules and consent requirements varying by jurisdiction. Compliance remains your responsibility.

Avoma: Does it replace my scheduling tool?

For most teams, yes. Group and round-robin booking arrive on the Organization tier; Startup includes 1:1 links only.

Nooks: Does it replace Outreach or Salesloft?

No. It handles the calling channel and logs back to them. Most teams run Nooks alongside a sequencer rather than instead of one.

Avoma: Is it a Gong replacement?

Not at the enterprise end. Avoma covers the common conversation intelligence use cases at a fraction of the price but does not match Gong on deal analytics or coaching depth.

Nooks: How small a team can justify it?

Realistically ten reps and up. Below that the seat price rarely pays back against the additional connections it produces.

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