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CONTACT CENTER (CCAAS) · CLOUD PHONE SYSTEM (UCAAS) · BY DIALPAD

Dialpad

Not a fit when you need

Debt collection calls: missing do-not-call list management, calling-hours restrictions by recipient time zone, call frequency caps per contact.

Overflow answering: missing takes overflow when your line is busy, takes and delivers messages.

Texting from a landline or toll-free number: missing text-enables an existing landline, toll-free texting verification.

Two-way business texting: missing shared team inbox for messages, 10dlc brand and campaign registration.

Call failover and redundancy: missing automatic failover routing, geo-redundant data centers.

Click-to-call and in-app calling: missing webrtc calling sdk, click-to-call web widget.

E911 for remote staff: missing e911 service, dynamic e911 location for remote staff.

Paging and intercom: missing overhead and group paging, desk-to-desk intercom.

PCI-safe phone payments: missing dtmf masking for card payments, pci dss compliant, take payments in ivr.

Speed to lead: missing calls new leads from a webhook, native crm integration.

WhatsApp customer support: missing whatsapp business platform access, shared team inbox for messages.

Workforce management: missing volume forecasting, agent scheduling.

Fit by use case

Required features passed for each job, plus rank among tracked products for that job.

True monthly cost

UsersPlanList priceEffectivevs median
5Standard$15$75-62%
25Standard$15$375-62%
100Standard$15$1,500-62%

Effective: plan price plus any base fee and overage at that volume. Median of 53 other tracked products priced on users. Add-ons a job requires are added on use case pages. Full pricing breakdown

Price history

Essentials plan, 2 recorded prices

$89$39-56% Oct 2026Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

Incidents—
Uptime—
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Integrations

  • Salesforce · native
  • Zendesk · native
  • Hubspot · native
  • Zoho · native
  • Google Workspace · native
  • Microsoft Teams · native

Compliance

HIPAA BAAYes
SOC 2 Type IIYes
PCI DSSUnknown
STIR/SHAKENUnknown
Data residencyUS

Acceptance by industry

No acceptance records.

Alternatives

Ranked by overlap on use-case fit (50%), tool type (30%) and price band (20%). Not by opinion. All alternatives

ProductOverlapShared use casesTool types25 usersCompare
Nextiva60%Voicemail to email and transcription, Call transcriptionContact center (CCaaS), Cloud phone system (UCaaS)$375Compare
Microsoft Teams Phone53%Call forwarding, Toll-free numbers, Number porting, Business phone systemCloud phone system (UCaaS)$250Compare
net2phone51%Call forwarding, Virtual and international numbers, Toll-free numbers, Second business number, Number porting, Business phone system, Conference calling, Voicemail to email and transcriptionCloud phone system (UCaaS)$725Compare
Quo51%Call forwarding, Toll-free numbers, Second business number, Number porting, Voicemail to email and transcriptionSMS platform, Cloud phone system (UCaaS)$375Compare