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CallRail vs Roxhill

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CallRail

Marketing

Call tracking and attribution for North American SMBs, with overages that reshape the bill

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Roxhill

Marketing

UK-focused journalist database and media monitoring, founder-owned and annual only

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CallRail the 250 included minutes on the entry plan are very low, and independent analyses put realistic SMB spend at one and a half to three and a half times list, so a $50 plan commonly bills $100 to $250.; Roxhill the database is UK-centric by reviewers’ own account, with weak US, Australian and broader Asian journalist coverage, so any multi-market programme needs a second vendor and the single-vendor cost case disappears.
  • They diverge on capability: CallRail covers Dynamic Number Insertion, Roxhill covers Journalist database.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CallRail and Roxhill actually diverge.

Attributes where CallRail and Roxhill differ
AttributeCallRailRoxhill
Starting price$50/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by plan, plus per-number and per-minute overagesquote

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Marketing).

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 CallRail

  • Dynamic Number Insertion
  • Call recording and transcription
  • Conversation Intelligence
  • Form Tracking
  • Lead auto-tagging
  • Multi-channel attribution reporting
  • Call routing and text messaging
  • Agency account management

Only in Roxhill

  • Journalist database
  • Journalist profiles
  • Media lists and distribution
  • Media requests and alerts
  • Media monitoring
  • Bespoke newsletters
  • Historical search
  • Journalist Assistant

What people use each for

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

CallRail

  • A home services company running Google Ads that cannot tell which keywords produce booked jobs because most customers ring rather than fill in a form.not Roxhill
  • An agency managing paid search for thirty local clients that needs per-client call attribution reporting under one login.not Roxhill
  • A multi-location dental or legal practice wanting to know which branch phone number each campaign drives, and whether the calls were answered.not Roxhill
  • A marketing team that wants calls auto-qualified from their content so it can push only genuine leads into HubSpot rather than every ring.not Roxhill

Roxhill

  • A UK in-house press office that needs journalist contacts with current pitching preferences rather than a scraped byline list.not CallRail
  • An agency tracking forward features across UK trade and consumer titles to place clients into planned coverage months ahead.not CallRail
  • A communications team monitoring named spokespeople and measuring their share of voice against competitors in UK media.not CallRail
  • A UK public sector body procuring through G-Cloud that needs EEA-hosted media monitoring with a published framework price band.not CallRail

Where each one falls short

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

CallRail

  • The 250 included minutes on the entry plan are very low, and independent analyses put realistic SMB spend at one and a half to three and a half times list, so a $50 plan commonly bills $100 to $250.
  • Tracking numbers cost $3 each per month beyond the included five, so cost scales with attribution granularity rather than with value; a twenty-location business at three numbers per site pays $165 a month in number fees before any call connects.
  • Spam and unanswered calls consume billable minutes, and CallRail has been unclear with users about whether robocalls count against the allowance, which turns a nuisance into a line item.
  • Multiple public reviewers report cancellation friction, including counter-offers and stalling, charges continuing after account closure, and in one case an unexpected $500 charge months after cancelling.
  • Tier gating runs on two axes: form tracking and Conversation Intelligence sit on different plans, so having both means jumping to the $195 tier, and you cannot buy transcription onto the cheapest plan at any price.
  • Number inventory, key integrations and compliance posture are built for North American SMBs, so international number availability and non-US coverage are materially weaker.

Roxhill

  • The database is UK-centric by reviewers’ own account, with weak US, Australian and broader Asian journalist coverage, so any multi-market programme needs a second vendor and the single-vendor cost case disappears.
  • Contact records go stale: reviewers report old email addresses and phone numbers, distribution bounces, and there is no self-serve verification step before you send.
  • At roughly 200,000 to 300,000 journalists it is far smaller than the million-plus figures Cision and Prowly claim, with repeated complaints about thin trade, academic and journal coverage.
  • Selling is annual only with no monthly plan and a trial functionally restricted to around two weeks, so you cannot genuinely pilot before a twelve-month commitment, which is a poor fit for project or retainer agency work.
  • Licence bands are 1, 3 and 5 seats, and extra logins, workspaces, smart folders, historical search, share of voice and the spokespeople platform are all chargeable add-ons, so a team of eight to fifteen pays well above any headline band.
  • Search behaviour is described as counter-intuitive and sometimes returns implausibly few results, which means a null result cannot be trusted and lists need manual cross-checking.
  • Monitoring accuracy takes time to settle after switching, so coverage is missed in the first weeks after a cutover, which is a real gap risk if you time the migration badly.

Pricing, plan by plan

CallRail

$50/month
  • Lead Tracking$50/month
    • 5 tracking numbers
    • 250 minutes
    • 25 SMS
  • Lead Tracking Complete$95/month
    • Everything in Lead Tracking
    • 1,000 form submissions
    • Form tracking and attribution
  • Lead Conversion$150/month
    • Everything in Lead Tracking
    • 10,000 transcription minutes
    • 2,500 analysis minutes
  • Lead Conversion Complete$195/month
    • Form tracking and Conversation Intelligence combined
    • 10,000 transcription minutes
    • 1,000 form submissions

Roxhill

On request
  • Core$undefined/year
    • 1 licence
    • Standard database access
    • Journalist Assistant
  • Boutique$undefined/year
    • 3 licences
    • Adds press release distribution
    • 3 workspaces, 6 smart folders, 10 spokespeople, 3 newsletters
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • 5 licences
    • 5 workspaces, 10 smart folders, 5 newsletters
    • Spokespeople platform
  • Premium$undefined/year
    • Everything in Enterprise
    • Insights analysis and bespoke reporting
    • Competitor share of voice

Which should you pick?

Choose CallRail if

  • You need dynamic number insertion.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want call recording and transcription.
CallRail review

Choose Roxhill if

  • You need journalist database.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want journalist profiles.
Roxhill review

Questions people ask

Is CallRail or Roxhill better?
Neither clearly leads. CallRail starts at $50/month and Roxhill at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CallRail or Roxhill?
CallRail starts at $50/month and Roxhill at On request.
Does CallRail or Roxhill run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is CallRail best used for?
CallRail is most often used for a home services company running google ads that cannot tell which keywords produce booked jobs because most customers ring rather than fill in a form., an agency managing paid search for thirty local clients that needs per-client call attribution reporting under one login., a multi-location dental or legal practice wanting to know which branch phone number each campaign drives, and whether the calls were answered., a marketing team that wants calls auto-qualified from their content so it can push only genuine leads into hubspot rather than every ring.. Of those, a home services company running google ads that cannot tell which keywords produce booked jobs because most customers ring rather than fill in a form. and an agency managing paid search for thirty local clients that needs per-client call attribution reporting under one login. are not what Roxhill is typically brought in for.
What can CallRail do that Roxhill cannot?
CallRail covers Dynamic Number Insertion, Call recording and transcription, Conversation Intelligence, Form Tracking. Roxhill covers Journalist database, Journalist profiles, Media lists and distribution, Media requests and alerts.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CallRail: What will I actually pay?

More than list. Budget 1.5x to 3.5x the plan price once numbers beyond the included five and minutes beyond the allowance are counted.

Roxhill: How much does Roxhill cost?

Not published on the vendor site, but the UK G-Cloud 14 listing discloses £6,450 to £25,000 per instance per year. Use that as your anchor.

CallRail: Do spam calls use my minutes?

Yes, minutes are consumed regardless of whether a call was answered or was a robocall. Users report this is a meaningful share of the overage on some accounts.

Roxhill: Is Roxhill owned by Cision or Access Intelligence?

No. Companies House shows a single individual holding over 75% of shares and no corporate PSC. It is founder-controlled and unfunded. Note the founder previously sold Gorkana to Cision, so ask for a change-of-control clause.

CallRail: Can I get call transcription on the cheapest plan?

No. Conversation Intelligence starts at the $150 Lead Conversion tier. There is no add-on route from $50.

Roxhill: Is it usable for US or APAC media relations?

Not well. Reviewers describe US, Australian and Asian coverage as materially weaker than UK. Budget for a second database.

CallRail: Is there a free trial?

Yes, 14 days, self-serve, no sales call required.

Roxhill: Can I buy monthly?

No. Contracts are annual, sales-gated, with a trial of around two weeks.

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