Grasshopper is a virtual phone system for small businesses, from $14 a month billed yearly, with unlimited minutes, extensions and texting. Quo (formerly OpenPhone) and RingCentral are alternatives if you want a business phone. SalesCloser does a different job: your AI sales team answers sales calls, qualifies the caller and books or transfers the ready buyers to you, next to the phone system you already have.
Grasshopper is a virtual phone system for small businesses: a business number that rings on your mobile and desktop apps, with extensions, voicemail and texting. Owners looking for an alternative usually want one of two things: a different business phone app, or something that answers the phone for them and turns the call into a booked job.
Here is what Grasshopper offers, the main alternatives, and where SalesCloser fits. Competitor details come from each vendor’s own website, checked in November 2026.
What Grasshopper offers
Grasshopper, part of GoTo, gives you a local or 800 business number that keeps work calls separate from your personal phone. Plans include unlimited calling minutes, business texting, extensions and mobile and desktop apps, with 24/7 support. Additional numbers are $9 a month each, and business texting needs a one-time $19.50 carrier registration.
Billed yearly, Grasshopper lists True Solo at $14 a month for one user and one number, Solo Plus at $25 a month for unlimited users sharing one number, and Small Business at $55 a month for four numbers and unlimited extensions.
Grasshopper alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Who answers the call |
|---|---|---|
| SalesCloser | Businesses whose calls are sales conversations | An AI agent that qualifies and books, then hands off to your team |
| Grasshopper | Solo owners and small teams that want a business number | You or your team, on the app |
| Quo (formerly OpenPhone) | Small teams that want a shared business phone with AI | Your team, or Quo’s Sona AI agent |
| RingCentral | Growing companies that want phone, messaging and video meetings | Your team, or RingCentral’s AI answering add-on |
Quo, formerly OpenPhone, describes a business phone for calling and texting with shared numbers, phone menus and CRM integrations, from $15 a user a month billed yearly. Every plan includes Sona, an AI agent that answers calls 24/7, with credits for a set number of calls. RingCentral describes RingEX business phone, messaging and video meetings from $20 a user a month billed yearly, with an AI agent that answers and routes calls listed as an add-on from $39.
Where SalesCloser is different
A business phone makes sure the call can reach you. SalesCloser is your AI sales team: when you can’t pick up, an AI agent has the sales conversation, qualifies the caller and books the next step with your team.
- It holds the sales call. A SalesCloser phone agent answers calls to your sales line 24/7, asks your qualifying questions, answers from your own knowledge base and books the meeting or transfers a ready buyer to you.
- It works alongside your phone system. Keep the business number you have and send sales calls to the agent when you are busy, after hours or during spikes.
- It talks to website visitors too. A website agent talks to visitors by chat, voice or video, and a demo agent can show your product by screen share or video.
- It can call back the list. In an outbound campaign, a phone agent calls past inquiries inside your calling hours and books the ones who are ready.
What that looks like: a commercial cleaning company gets calls from office managers while its owner is out walking a site. Instead of a voicemail greeting, the phone agent asks the square footage, how often they need cleaning and when the contract starts, explains what a walkthrough covers, and books one on the owner’s calendar for Thursday. The owner sees the booked walkthrough and the call summary when the site visit ends.
How to choose
- Keep or pick Grasshopper if you mainly need a business number with unlimited minutes, extensions and texting at a low monthly price.
- Pick Quo if your team shares numbers and wants texting, a phone menu, CRM sync and an AI agent that answers when nobody can.
- Pick RingCentral if you want phone, messaging and video meetings for a growing team in one system.
- Pick SalesCloser if your calls are sales conversations and you want an AI agent to qualify callers and book or transfer the ready ones. It sits next to your phone system, not in place of it.
What to check before you choose
- Ask what happens to a call nobody answers: voicemail, an AI answer, or a booked meeting.
- Ask what you pay per user, per number and per AI-handled call.
- Calling, consent and recording rules stay your responsibility with any vendor.
For more, read our guides to AI voice agents for small business and AI phone calls, or our RingCentral and Goodcall alternatives. To hear an agent take a sales call, book a SalesCloser demo. See also our OpenPhone (Quo), Smith.ai and Google Voice alternatives.
Frequently asked questions
What is Grasshopper?
Grasshopper is a virtual phone system for small businesses, part of GoTo. It gives you a business number with unlimited calling minutes, extensions, voicemail and texting on mobile and desktop apps.
How much does Grasshopper cost?
Billed yearly, Grasshopper lists True Solo at $14 a month, Solo Plus at $25 and Small Business at $55. Additional numbers are $9 a month each.
What is the best Grasshopper alternative?
Quo (formerly OpenPhone) and RingCentral are alternatives if you want a business phone. If you want an AI that answers sales calls, qualifies the caller and books the meeting, SalesCloser covers that part.
Can I keep my business number with SalesCloser?
Yes. SalesCloser works next to your phone system: you keep your number and send sales calls to the agent when you are busy or after hours.
Does SalesCloser replace my phone system?
No. It handles the sales conversation and hands the ready buyers to your team; your phone system still handles your other calls.