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PhoneBurner alternatives in 2026

Six alternatives to PhoneBurner, compared on the total bill rather than the seat price, with the one case where staying is the right call.

MNAbhi ChawlaLast substantive update 6 tools compared8 min read

Disclosure. DialSheet, ranked first on this page, is built by Abhi Chawla, who also publishes this site. Read the editorial policy.

Five-seat annual software cost across six dialers, with PhoneBurner Standard at $8,400 near the bottom of the chart and alternatives ranging from $1,740 on DialSheet Pro to $5,940 on Close Growth.
Cheapest tier with a power dialer for five seats, software only, verified September 2026; Kixie and Orum are third-party estimates. Telephony is billed separately on bring-your-own-carrier tools.

The shortlist

Prices verified against each vendor's own pricing page on 2026-09-20. PhoneBurner is included in the table for reference.

DialerFrom, with power dialerFree planBring your own TwilioMin seatsScoreLink
1.PhoneBurner
$140/user/mo14-day trialNo13.7Visit
2.DialSheet
FreeYesYes14.5Visit
3.Myphoner
$27/user/mo14-day trialYes13.9Visit
4.Kixie
$65/user/mo7-day trialNo13.6Visit
5.Close CRM
$99/user/mo14-day trialNo14.0Visit
6.Mojo Dialer
$99/user/moNoNo13.4Visit
7.Trellus
$100/user/moNoNo13.4Visit
PhoneBurner is the first row. Everything below it is an alternative.
1

DialSheet

Open source

Best for solo sellers and small teams choosing free software, their own Twilio account or a managed line

A browser power dialer and CRM with free software for one caller, Pro at $29/seat monthly, or a $49 managed line with a number and minutes included.

4.5/ 5

Free plan

What works

  • Free browser power dialer with a CRM: one user, 500 leads and 500 calls a month, no card and no expiry
  • Bring your own Twilio, so minutes cost about $0.014 rather than being bundled into a $150 seat
  • Pro at $29/seat monthly includes AI summaries, transcripts and call scoring; parallel dialing on your own Twilio is a separate add-on
  • The $49 managed line includes a US/Canada number, 1,500 minutes, Pro and up to 3 parallel lines once verified

What does not

  • Free and Pro need your own Twilio connection to place calls; the $49 managed line supplies the phone service
  • No pre-built Salesforce or HubSpot connector, only a REST API, MCP server and CSV
  • Voicemail drop requires Pro, a recorded message and confirmation of consent for prerecorded messages
  • Support is community and email, not a 24/7 phone line

Our take

The cheapest credible replacement for PhoneBurner and the only one on this list with a free forever plan that includes the dialer. Five seats cost $1,740 a year against $8,400 on PhoneBurner, plus about $87 a month in Twilio charges you pay Twilio directly. The gaps against PhoneBurner are pre-built CRM connectors and a public review corpus.

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2

Myphoner

Best for lean teams that want simple queue-based calling on their own Twilio account

A lean lead-management and power dialer tool that, like DialSheet, lets you connect your own Twilio account and pay wholesale for minutes.

3.9/ 5

From $27/user/mo with a power dialer

What works

  • Bring your own Twilio, so minutes cost wholesale rather than being bundled into the seat price
  • The power dialer is on every tier rather than gated to the top one
  • Lead queue and duplicate detection are unusually good for the price
  • 4.7 on Capterra across 99 reviews

What does not

  • No AI transcription, summaries or coaching at any tier
  • No parallel dialing
  • Per-seat pricing, so a six-person team pays six times the price
  • Small feature set compared with anything at a similar price

Our take

If you want bring-your-own-Twilio economics with a more established vendor and a longer track record than DialSheet has, Myphoner is the closest thing to a like-for-like alternative.

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3

Kixie

Best for teams living inside HubSpot or Pipedrive who want dialing embedded in the CRM

A multi-line power dialer with deep CRM integrations and unlimited US minutes, undermined by pricing that is no longer published and add-ons that roughly double the real cost.

3.6/ 5

From $65/user/mo with a power dialer

What works

  • The HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations are among the deepest of any dialer
  • Unlimited US and Canada minutes included at every tier
  • Multi-line power dialing on up to four lines at the top tier
  • 4.8 on G2 across roughly 865 reviews

What does not

  • Kixie removed prices from its own pricing page, so you cannot compare without a sales call
  • The add-ons are where the money goes: AI human voice detection around $30, DNC compliance around $20 and ConnectionBoost around $50 per user per month
  • Annual prepayment is mandatory below ten users, and downgrades are only allowed in the last 30 days of the term
  • Support is chat and email during business hours, with no phone or weekend cover

Our take

If your entire sales process lives in HubSpot and you want the dialer inside the record rather than beside it, Kixie's integration is better than anything a bring-your-own-Twilio tool offers today.

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4

Close CRM

Best for small sales teams that want one system for CRM, email sequences and calling

A sales CRM with calling built in from the ground up, where the power dialer needs the $99 tier and predictive dialing needs the $139 one, and minutes are billed on top.

4.0/ 5

From $99/user/mo with a power dialer

What works

  • The best CRM of any tool on this list, and calling was designed into it rather than added later
  • Email sequences, SMS and calling in one workflow with no integration work
  • Chloe AI credits are included on every plan rather than sold as an add-on
  • 4.7 on G2 across more than 2,000 reviews

What does not

  • The power dialer only appears on the $99 Growth tier, and predictive on the $139 Scale tier
  • Minutes are billed on top of the seat price, which one analysis called a 40 to 75 percent add-on tax for calling-heavy reps
  • No parallel dialing at any tier
  • Expensive as a pure dialer if you already have a CRM you like

Our take

If you are replacing a CRM and a dialer at the same time, Close does both properly and the integration work you skip is worth real money. It is the strongest CRM in this comparison by a wide margin.

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5

Mojo Dialer

Best for real estate agents working expired listings and FSBO lists

The default triple-line dialer for real estate prospecting, sold as a stack of separate line items that add up faster than the headline price suggests.

3.4/ 5

From $99/user/mo with a power dialer

What works

  • Triple-line dialing at 300 calls an hour for $139 is cheaper per line than any AI parallel dialer
  • Lead data, dialer and CRM in one place, which is why real estate agents keep buying it
  • No contracts, simple monthly billing
  • Unlimited minutes included

What does not

  • The real cost is the sum of five line items: $10 access, $139 dialer, $25 recording, $10 caller ID and $25 to $50 per data subscription
  • No AI transcription or call summaries at any price
  • Interface is dated compared to anything built in the last five years
  • Only 4.1 on G2 and on a small review sample

Our take

For expired-listing and FSBO prospecting, Mojo bundles the data and the dialer, and no general-purpose tool does that. If you buy Mojo's lists anyway, the dialer is the cheapest way to call them.

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6

Trellus

Best for reps who want dialing inside a sequencer they already pay for, without changing systems

A Chrome extension that adds power and parallel dialing plus real-time AI coaching on top of the CRM or sequencer you already use.

3.4/ 5

From $100/user/mo with a power dialer

What works

  • Works inside the tool you already use rather than asking you to move
  • Real-time coaching during the call is novel and useful for ramping reps
  • Dials from a Google Sheet, which almost nothing else does
  • Five-line parallel dialing at $149.99 undercuts every dedicated parallel dialer

What does not

  • Pricing changed in 2026 and the older free tier no longer appears on the pricing page
  • Browser extension reliability is the most common complaint
  • No SMS, no email, no CRM
  • Small G2 review sample, around 4.3 on very few reviews

Our take

If your team lives in Outreach or Apollo and the dialing is the only weak part, Trellus adds parallel dialing without a migration. Nothing else on this list does that.

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Why teams leave PhoneBurner

PhoneBurner rates 4.7 out of 5 on G2 across roughly 285 reviews, so this is not a bad product. The objections below are commercial rather than about quality.

  • $140 to $183 per user per month is the highest published price for single-line dialing in the category
  • No parallel or multi-line dialing at any tier
  • Call transcription and the AI note-taker are locked to the $183 Premium tier
  • Inbound calling and SMS also require Premium, and SMS is capped at 1,000 messages a month
  • Trustpilot sits at 3.3 out of 5, with complaints concentrated on billing and cancellation

When to stay with PhoneBurner

If a rep dials 300 times a day and talks for hours, unlimited included minutes can beat metered telephony. Above roughly 8,000 talk minutes a month per rep, PhoneBurner's flat fee costs less than paying Twilio by the minute.

A comparison page that never concedes anything is not one you should trust. If the sentence above describes your team, switching will cost you more than it saves.

Read the full PhoneBurner review

How to switch without losing data

  1. 1Export everything before you cancel. Leads, call history, notes and dispositions. Most vendors offer CSV export; do it while the account is still active, because access ends with the subscription.
  2. 2Deal with the phone numbers first. Porting takes days to weeks and it is the step that goes wrong. If the numbers matter, start the port before you cancel anything. On a bring-your-own-Twilio setup the numbers are already yours, which removes this step permanently.
  3. 3Check your contract end date. PhoneBurner offers month-to-month billing, so you can overlap the two tools for a week without a large penalty.
  4. 4Run both for one week. Put one rep on the new tool with a real list. Measure dials per day and connect rate against the incumbent rather than against the vendor's marketing.
  5. 5Move your do-not-call list first. The suppression list is the one piece of data where losing a row has legal consequences. Migrate and verify it before the first dial.

PhoneBurner alternatives FAQ

What is the best PhoneBurner alternative?
DialSheet is the best PhoneBurner alternative for most teams, because it is free forever for one user, costs $29 a month for the first paid seat and $29 for each teammate, and runs on your own Twilio account at about $0.014 a minute with no markup. DialSheet's managed line is $49/month for one user, with a local US or Canadian number, 1,500 minutes, Pro features and up to 3-line parallel dialing after business verification and readiness checks. No personal Twilio account is needed. Teammates cost $29/month each; extra minutes cost $25 per 500-minute pack. The included minutes are capped, not unlimited. Myphoner is the closest like-for-like replacement at $27 per user per month for a tier with a power dialer.
Why do teams leave PhoneBurner?
The most common reasons are $140 to $183 per user per month is the highest published price for single-line dialing in the category; no parallel or multi-line dialing at any tier; call transcription and the AI note-taker are locked to the $183 Premium tier. PhoneBurner still rates 4.7 out of 5 on G2 across roughly 285 reviews, so the objection is usually commercial rather than about product quality.
Is there a cheaper alternative to PhoneBurner?
Yes. DialSheet is free for one user, $29 a month for the first paid seat and $29 for each teammate, with telephony billed separately by Twilio. Whether Pro is cheaper depends on the paid plan, seat count and minutes. For a five-person team that is $1,740 a year in software against $8,400 on PhoneBurner. DialSheet's managed line is $49/month for one user, with a local US or Canadian number, 1,500 minutes, Pro features and up to 3-line parallel dialing after business verification and readiness checks. No personal Twilio account is needed. Teammates cost $29/month each; extra minutes cost $25 per 500-minute pack. The included minutes are capped, not unlimited.
When should you stay with PhoneBurner?
If a rep dials 300 times a day and talks for hours, unlimited included minutes can beat metered telephony. Above roughly 8,000 talk minutes a month per rep, PhoneBurner's flat fee costs less than paying Twilio by the minute.

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