Aircall is a cloud phone system with a dialer, AI call insights and AI voice agents, priced from $30 a license a month. Dialpad and RingCentral are the closest phone-system alternatives. SalesCloser does a different job: your AI sales team answers and calls leads, talks with them by phone, chat, voice and video, runs product demos and books the ready buyers with your reps, alongside the phone system you already use.
Aircall is a cloud phone system for sales and support teams, and its plans now include AI voice agents that answer and make calls. Teams looking for an alternative usually want one of two things: a different phone system for their people, or an AI that handles the sales conversation itself, on the phone and on the website.
Here is what Aircall offers, the main alternatives, and where SalesCloser fits. Competitor details come from each vendor’s own website, checked in November 2026.
What Aircall offers
Aircall describes itself as an AI-powered customer communications platform. It combines a business phone synced to your CRM, SMS and WhatsApp, a shared inbox, a power dialer and outbound call campaigns, AI call summaries and coaching, and AI voice agents for receptionist, sales, support and order calls. It lists more than 250 integrations.
Essentials is $30 and Professional $50 a license a month on annual billing, with a minimum of 3 licenses, and each plan includes 50 AI voice agent minutes a month. AI voice agents on their own start at a $100 monthly minimum, with extra minutes at $0.29 each or in monthly bundles.
Aircall alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Best for | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| SalesCloser | An AI that talks to sales leads on phone, chat and video | Talks with and calls leads, demos on video, qualifies, books and hands off to your reps |
| Aircall | A cloud phone for sales and support teams that live in their CRM | Calls synced to the CRM, dialer, AI assist, and AI voice agents |
| Dialpad | A business phone, sales dialer and contact center with AI | Calls, meetings, messaging, dialer, contact center, AI agents |
| RingCentral | A business phone with AI agents for calls | RingEX phone, messaging and meetings, plus receptionist and assistant agents |
Dialpad calls itself an AI customer experience platform, with a business phone from $15 a user a month, a sales dialer from $39 and a contact center from $89 on entry tiers, plus AI agents priced by conversation. RingCentral presents itself as the voice of your business: its RingEX phone starts at $20 a user a month on annual billing, with AI agents including a receptionist agent and a virtual assistant.
Where SalesCloser is different
Aircall is a phone system first, and its AI voice agents work over the phone and messaging. SalesCloser is your AI sales team: it holds the sales conversation wherever the buyer is, including a live video demo on your website, and your team keeps the phone system it already uses.
- It runs the demo. On a browser video call from your website, the agent shares your product demo videos on screen and answers questions as the buyer watches.
- One agent across your channels. Phone, website chat, browser voice and video, and WhatsApp, with the same qualifying questions on each.
- It hands off to your reps. On phone calls the agent can transfer a ready buyer to your team’s number, with fallback numbers and a call summary emailed to the rep. On the website it can bring a rep into the live conversation.
- It calls your leads. Outbound campaigns call leads inside your calling hours, retry, leave voicemails and book callbacks.
- It books and records. Meetings go on Calendly or Cal.com, and the summary goes to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Zendesk or GoHighLevel.
What that looks like: a software company keeps Aircall for its sales and support reps. New leads talk to a SalesCloser agent by phone or on the website, which asks about team size and timeline, shows a short product demo on video, and books qualified buyers with an account executive. Callers who want a person right away are transferred to the sales line.
How to choose
- Pick Aircall, Dialpad or RingCentral if you need a phone system, dialer or contact center for your people.
- Compare their AI voice agents if your goal is answering and routing calls inside that phone system.
- Add SalesCloser when the goal is sales: answering and calling leads, running the demo on video, qualifying and booking, with your reps taking over when a buyer is ready.
What to check before you choose
- Ask how AI agent usage is billed (per conversation, per minute or by credits) on top of seats.
- Check which channels the AI handles: phone only, or also website chat and video.
- Calling, recording and consent rules stay your responsibility with any vendor.
For more on how an agent hands calls to your team, read about AI call transfer, and see the best AI sales agents in 2026. To hear an agent on your leads, book a SalesCloser demo.
Frequently asked questions
What is Aircall?
Aircall describes itself as an AI-powered customer communications platform: a cloud business phone synced to your CRM, with messaging, a power dialer, AI call insights and AI voice agents.
How much does Aircall cost?
Aircall lists Essentials at $30 and Professional at $50 a license a month on annual billing, with a minimum of 3 licenses, and AI voice agents from a $100 monthly minimum. Check its pricing page for current terms.
What is the best Aircall alternative?
For a phone system, Dialpad and RingCentral are the closest alternatives. If you want an AI that holds the sales conversation by phone, chat, voice and video, demos the product and books meetings, SalesCloser covers that part and works alongside your phone system.
Does SalesCloser replace my phone system?
No. SalesCloser holds the sales conversation and, on phone calls, can transfer a ready buyer to the number your team already answers, so you keep your phone system for your people.
Can SalesCloser call my leads?
Yes. Outbound campaigns call your leads inside the calling hours you set, retry unanswered calls, leave voicemails, book callbacks and transfer hot leads to your team.