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RingCentral pricing
RingCentral publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $24.99/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
RingCentral plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $24.99/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Standard | $34.99/month | 4 | +$10.000000000000004/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Essentials
$24.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers calls, meetings, messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, calendar.
Standard
$34.99/monthOver Essentials, this tier adds:
- Everything in Essentials
- Advanced features
- Call recording
- Analytics
What the product covers
The full RingCentral feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- VoIP calling
- Video conferencing
- Team messaging
- SMS/MMS
- File storage
- Call recording
- Analytics
Integrations
- Salesforce
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Zoom
- Google Workspace
Security
- SOC2
- HIPAA
- ISO27001
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Ios support
- Android support
Localization
- 20+ languages language support
People bring RingCentral in for cloud phone system with business numbers, extensions and call routing, combining voice, video meetings and team messaging in one subscription, adding contact centre and analytics capability to a distributed workforce. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to RingCentral are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Telecommunications
Across the 5 telecommunications tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $71/month. RingCentral starts at $24.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RingCentral (this page) | $24.99/month | subscription | - | |
| Genesys Cloud | $75/month | subscription | - | vs RingCentral |
| Aircall | $30/month | - | - | vs RingCentral |
| Talkdesk | $65/month | subscription | - | vs RingCentral |
| NICE CXone | $71/month | subscription | - | vs RingCentral |
| Five9 | $149/month | subscription | - | vs RingCentral |
| Dialpad | On request | - | - | vs RingCentral |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the RingCentral badges page.
Before you pay for RingCentral
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $24.99/month and $34.99/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare RingCentral against the tools that do have one before committing.
RingCentral runs on web, windows, macos, ios, android, and is published by RingCentral, Inc. of Belmont, CA. The full record is on the RingCentral review, and the rest of the category is under best telecommunications tools.
RingCentral pricing questions
- How much does RingCentral cost?
- RingCentral publishes 2 tiers, from $24.99/month for Essentials up to $34.99/month for Standard. The cheapest paid tier is $24.99/month.
- Does RingCentral have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: RingCentral is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Essentials and Standard on RingCentral?
- Standard costs $34.99/month against $24.99/month, and adds everything in essentials, advanced features, call recording, analytics.
- Is the Standard plan on RingCentral worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in essentials, advanced features, call recording, analytics. It costs $34.99/month against $24.99/month for Essentials. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is RingCentral expensive for a telecommunications tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 telecommunications tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $71/month; RingCentral starts at $24.99/month.
- Which telecommunications tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 7 telecommunications tools listed alongside RingCentral have a free tier: OneSignal.
- What am I actually paying for with RingCentral?
- The record lists 22 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for cloud phone system with business numbers, extensions and call routing, combining voice, video meetings and team messaging in one subscription, adding contact centre and analytics capability to a distributed workforce.
- Does RingCentral charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these RingCentral prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare RingCentral against before paying?
- The closest telecommunications tools in this directory are Genesys Cloud, Aircall, Talkdesk, NICE CXone. Each has a side-by-side comparison with RingCentral covering price, platforms and features.