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8 Best Sales Dialer Software in 2026

By Kavyashree SB, Technical Writer October 20, 2026 16 min read

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A sales dialer is software that places outbound sales calls faster than dialing by hand, using click-to-call, power, parallel or predictive dialing, and logs every call to the CRM. The best sales dialer software in 2026 includes Orum and Nooks for parallel dialing, PhoneBurner and Kixie for power dialing, and Aircall, CloudTalk, Dialpad and JustCall as phone systems with dialers.

Last updated: 20 October 2026

Disclosure: Revspire publishes this list and does not sell a sales dialer tool, so it is not included. Tools are grouped by type, with each vendor’s own published information checked on 20 October 2026. Within each group they are listed alphabetically; the order is not a ranking.

What is sales dialer software?

Sales dialer software automates the dialing part of outbound calling: reps work a list from the CRM or sales engagement platform, the dialer places the calls, and outcomes, notes and recordings are written back to the record. Most dialers cover:

  • Dialing modes: click-to-call, power, parallel (multi-line) or predictive.
  • CRM logging: activity, dispositions and recordings synced to Salesforce, HubSpot or another CRM.
  • Caller ID management: local presence, number rotation, branded caller ID and spam-label monitoring.
  • Voicemail drop: a pre-recorded message left with one click.
  • Recording and coaching: live listening, whisper coaching, transcripts and AI summaries.

A dialer speeds up calls; who you call and what you say still decide the result. Our cold outreach tips cover the rest of an outbound programme.

Power dialer vs parallel dialer vs predictive dialer: what is the difference?

The mode decides how many numbers ring at once and who hears the answer.

Mode

How it dials

Named or described by (as published)

Click-to-call

The rep clicks a number in the CRM or browser; one call at a time.

Aircall, CloudTalk, Kixie, Orum, Outreach, Salesloft

Power

Dials the next number automatically when the last call ends; one line per rep.

Aircall, CloudTalk, Dialpad (Support), JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, Orum, PhoneBurner

Parallel (multi-line)

Dials several numbers at once for one rep and connects the first person who answers.

CloudTalk (add-on, up to 10 numbers), Kixie (Multi-Line PowerDialer, up to 4 lines), Nooks, Orum

Predictive

Dials several contacts per agent across a team and routes answers to whoever is free.

JustCall (SalesPro, up to 10 lines)

With predictive dialing, JustCall’s help centre (10 July 2025) says a call is marked “Abandoned” if the contact answers while every agent is busy, which matters for compliance.

How to choose a sales dialer

  • Dialing mode: parallel for high-volume lists, power or click-to-call for named accounts, predictive only after a compliance review.
  • CRM write-back: your CRM on the plan you will buy; some vendors put Salesforce on a higher tier.
  • Number reputation: local presence, caller ID rotation and spam monitoring, and whether each costs extra.
  • Voicemail and screening: voicemail drop and detection of voicemail, phone trees and gatekeepers.
  • Recording and coaching: retention, transcripts and live listening; score calls with a sales call scorecard.
  • Compliance controls: do-not-call scrubbing, calling-hour limits by time zone and consent records.
  • Seat minimums and add-ons: both change the real price per rep.

Sales dialer software compared

Tool

Best for

Dialing modes (as published)

Pricing (as published)

One limitation

Aircall

Sales and support on one phone system

Click-to-dial; Power Dialer on Professional

Essentials $30 (billed annually) or Professional $50 per license/month, minimum 3; Enterprise custom

No Power Dialer or voicemail drop on Essentials

CloudTalk

Teams calling many countries

Click-to-call, smart, power (add-on or Expert), parallel up to 10 (add-on)

€19 to €49 per user/month billed annually

Parallel dialer is an add-on on every plan

Dialpad

AEs wanting real-time AI coaching

Sell Advanced: local presence dialing, voicemail drop; Power Dialer under Support

Sell $39 to $79 user/month

Sell plans list no power dialer

JustCall

Growing from power to predictive

Power (Pro and up); dynamic and predictive (SalesPro)

$29 to $89 per user/month billed annually; SalesPro custom

Predictive needs SalesPro (custom price)

Kixie

Power dialing plus texting

Click-to-call; single-line and multi-line PowerDialer (up to 4 lines)

See Kixie’s pricing page

Local presence and DNC checks are add-ons

Nooks

Dialing, sequencing and coaching together

Parallel, multi-line and power

Not listed on its pricing page

Parallel line count not published

Orum

High-volume SDR teams

Parallel, power and click-to-call

Not listed on its pricing page; minimum 9 seats

9-seat minimum is high for small teams

PhoneBurner

Fewer, higher-value calls

Single-line power dialer

$140 to $183 per user/month billed annually

One line at a time by design

From each vendor’s own site, checked 20 October 2026.

Parallel and AI dialers for SDR teams

These dial several numbers at once for one rep and use AI to cut time lost to voicemails and bad numbers.

Nooks

Nooks calls itself revenue infrastructure for reps and agents, with AI agents that dial, sequence, follow up and prep deals (Nooks).

  • Standout capabilities: parallel dialing across several lines, plus multi-line and power dialing and automated voicemail drops; spam protection with number rotation, carrier registration and reputation monitoring; native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations and connections to Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo and Gong (Nooks AI Dialer); AI coaching with automatic recording and transcription, per its pricing page.
  • Pricing: not listed on its pricing page; custom quote, with packages for buyer signals, AI sequencing, parallel dialing and coaching (Nooks pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: neither page says how many lines it dials at once.
  • Choose it if: SDRs want parallel dialing, AI sequencing and coaching from one vendor.

Orum

Orum describes itself as agentic AI cold calling software and a sales dialer (Orum).

  • Standout capabilities: parallel, power and click-to-call dialing, voicemail drop and a voicemail sequencer, call recordings, live listening and up to 10 caller IDs a month. Its Operator agent handles screeners and phone trees and connects the rep only when someone answers; Scout flags dead-end numbers. Integrations include Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Gong and Apollo; it lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO certification.
  • Pricing: not listed on its pricing page; based on package type and number of users, with a minimum of 9 seats, a free trial limited to 500 dials and an AI Coaching add-on (Orum pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: the 9-seat minimum is a high entry point for small teams.
  • Choose it if: nine or more SDRs cold call all day.

Power dialers

Power dialers keep one line per rep and remove the gap between calls, so every answer reaches a live rep.

Kixie

Kixie calls itself the AI-powered communications platform for modern revenue teams, built around its PowerDialer, click-to-call and business SMS (Kixie).

  • Standout capabilities: a Professional plan (click-to-call and text, voicemail drop, recording, two-way CRM sync, no power dialer), a Single-Line PowerDialer, and a Multi-Line PowerDialer that dials up to 4 lines, plus AI Human Voice Detection. Integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho and Close (Kixie PowerDialer).
  • Pricing: see Kixie’s pricing page for current amounts; 7-day free trial, no credit card required (Kixie pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: ConnectionBoost (local presence, number monitoring and progressive caller ID) is a premium add-on, and Do Not Call checking is a compliance add-on.
  • Choose it if: you want power dialing and texting together, with up to four lines.

PhoneBurner

PhoneBurner contrasts its power dialer with parallel and predictive dialers, saying it “keeps a live rep on every connection” (PhoneBurner power dialer).

  • Standout capabilities: one-at-a-time dialing it describes as delay-free with no abandoned calls; one-click voicemails, email and SMS; recordings, transcripts and live coaching; integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics and others, plus a built-in CRM; DNC management and time-zone restrictions.
  • Pricing: Standard $140, Professional $165 and Premium $183 per user/month billed annually ($165, $195 and $215 billed monthly), all with unlimited power dialing; recording storage 30 days, 90 days or unlimited by plan (PhoneBurner pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: it never dials more than one number at a time for a rep, by design.
  • Choose it if: AEs make fewer, higher-value calls and cannot lose an answer to a connect delay.

Cloud phone systems with sales dialers

Phone and contact centre platforms with dialers built in, for sales and support on one system.

Aircall

Aircall calls itself an AI-powered customer communications platform for SMBs and enterprise (Aircall).

  • Standout capabilities: a Power Dialer that dials a CRM list one number at a time and logs calls to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive and others, through a browser extension (Aircall Power Dialer). Professional adds voicemail drop, coaching and AI call summaries; branded caller ID is $0.08 per call/brand. Its homepage shows SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA badges.
  • Pricing: Essentials $30 and Professional $50 per license/month, minimum 3 licenses; the FAQ shows Essentials as billed annually and says annual plans are 25% cheaper than monthly; Enterprise custom (Aircall pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: no Power Dialer or voicemail drop on Essentials, and its pricing and Power Dialer pages list no parallel or predictive mode.
  • Choose it if: sales and support share one phone system and reps need a sequential dialer in the CRM.

CloudTalk

CloudTalk calls itself AI call center software (CloudTalk).

  • Standout capabilities: click-to-call on every plan, a smart dialer from Essential, a power dialer (add-on, included in Expert) and a parallel dialer add-on that dials up to 10 numbers at once; voicemail drop with the dialer add-ons; recording on all plans; local numbers in 160+ countries. It lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.
  • Pricing (euros, as shown): Lite €19, Starter €25, Essential €29 and Expert €49 per user/month billed annually (€27, €34, €39, €69 monthly); Power Dialer add-on €15 and Parallel Dialer add-on €39 per user/month billed annually. Customers billed in the US, and in Canada from 2 December 2026, pay an 11% compliance and administrative cost recovery fee on the software subscription; 14-day trial (CloudTalk pricing, updated 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: parallel dialing is a paid add-on on every plan, including Expert.
  • Choose it if: you call many countries and want parallel dialing only for the reps who need it.

Dialpad

Dialpad calls itself an AI-native contact center and communications platform; Dialpad Sell is its plan family for outbound sales (Dialpad).

  • Standout capabilities: AI transcripts and recaps and a year of recording retrieval on every Sell plan; Sell Advanced adds Reach Booster (local presence dialing and voicemail drop) and Live Coach (real-time assist). Local presence number packs cost $200 or $500 a month (Dialpad local presence).
  • Pricing: Sell Essentials $39, Advanced $59 and Premium $79 user/month; the billing period is not stated beside the prices, and Premium is annual-only (Dialpad pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: Sell plans list no power dialer; it appears under Support Essentials ($89 user/month).
  • Choose it if: AEs mostly place individual calls and value real-time coaching and local presence.

JustCall

JustCall calls itself the AI-powered phone and SMS platform built for sales and support teams (JustCall).

  • Standout capabilities: a power dialer and Salesforce CTI integration from Pro; SalesPro adds a predictive dialer (up to 10 lines), dynamic campaigns shared across a team, number health, voicemail automation and AI objection handling, and lists Salesforce, HubSpot, Apollo, Outreach and Salesloft integrations. Its outbound dialer guide cites built-in DNC and calling-hour controls.
  • Pricing: Team $29, Pro $49 and Pro Plus $89 per user/month billed annually, minimum 2 users; Business and SalesPro custom; annual billing saves “up to 29%”; 14-day free trial (JustCall pricing, checked 20 October 2026).
  • Limitation: dynamic and predictive dialing require SalesPro, which has no published price.
  • Choose it if: you want calling and SMS that can grow from a power dialer to predictive team campaigns.

Dialers inside sales engagement platforms

If reps already run sequences in a sales engagement platform, check its dialer first; our guide to sales engagement platforms covers them.

  • Outreach: its Amplify Essentials, Core and Plus packages list an “Outreach Voice Integrated Dialer” (Pro includes everything in Plus), all priced on request (Outreach pricing), and its support article describes click-to-call from a prospect’s number with in-call recording controls.
  • Salesloft: its Dialer + Messenger page describes one-click calling and texting, LocalDial local area codes, pre-recorded voicemail drop and Live Call Studio for managers (Salesloft dialer).

Neither page names parallel dialing; Orum and Nooks both list integrations with Outreach and Salesloft.

Worked example: what 10 reps cost per month

At each page’s per-user price for a plan with a dialer, before tax, numbers and usage: Aircall Professional 10 × $50 = $500; JustCall Pro 10 × $49 = $490 billed annually; PhoneBurner Standard 10 × $140 = $1,400 billed annually; CloudTalk Expert plus Parallel Dialer 10 × (€49 + €39) = €880 billed annually, plus the 11% fee where it applies. Orum and Nooks quote; check Kixie’s page. Compare cost per live conversation in a trial, not cost per seat.

Calling rules and compliance: questions to ask

This is not legal advice. Calling and texting rules apply to how you use a dialer, so check each vendor’s compliance features and your own obligations with counsel.

  • US, TCPA: 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A) bars calls using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice to cellular numbers without prior express consent, except emergencies (Cornell LII). In a declaratory ruling adopted 2 February and released 8 February 2024 (FCC 24-17), the FCC treats AI-generated voices as “artificial” under the TCPA (FCC). Ask counsel how this applies to voicemail drop, AI voice agents and mobile numbers.
  • US, Do Not Call: the FTC says most calls to a business to sell to it are exempt from the Telemarketing Sales Rule’s do-not-call provisions; consumer calls need the registry checked at least every 31 days (FTC, modified 8 October 2026).
  • US, abandoned calls: for telemarketing the rule covers, a call is abandoned if no sales representative connects within 2 seconds of the greeting; the safe harbour caps abandonment at 3% of answered calls per campaign or 30-day period (16 CFR 310.4, up to date as of 16 October 2026).
  • UK: the ICO says live B2B calls should be screened against TPS and CTPS and automated calls need specific consent (ICO, 22 May 2025, under review).

Ask every vendor, in writing: how numbers are scrubbed against national and internal do-not-call lists; what happens when two people answer at once on a parallel line; which calling-hour limits apply by time zone; and how caller IDs are registered and monitored for spam labels.

Which sales dialer fits which team?

Your situation

Start your shortlist with

Nine or more SDRs cold calling all day

Orum, Nooks

Small team wanting multi-line dialing

Kixie, CloudTalk with Parallel Dialer

AEs making fewer, higher-value calls

PhoneBurner, Dialpad Sell

Sales and support on one phone system

Aircall, CloudTalk, JustCall

Team-wide predictive campaigns, after a compliance review

JustCall SalesPro

Reps already in Outreach or Salesloft

The built-in dialer; add Orum or Nooks for parallel lines

More conversations make what reps say on connect matter more, so call scripts and talk tracks should come from approved, current messaging. Revspire’s AI Playbook Engine builds approved battlecards, objection plays and messaging and publishes role-specific messaging across seller workflows. Book a Revspire demo to see it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best sales dialer?

It depends on your calling motion: parallel dialers such as Orum and Nooks for high-volume SDR teams, PhoneBurner for AEs making fewer calls, and Aircall, CloudTalk, Dialpad or JustCall for one phone system across sales and support.

What is the difference between a power dialer and a parallel dialer?

A power dialer calls one number at a time and dials the next when the last call ends. A parallel dialer rings several numbers at once for one rep and connects whoever answers first; ask the vendor what happens when two people answer.

What is an auto dialer for sales?

A loose term for software that dials from a list without the rep typing numbers. JustCall’s outbound dialer guide uses it for sequential list dialing; other vendors mean power, parallel or predictive dialing, so confirm the mode.

How much does sales dialer software cost?

On 20 October 2026, published US-dollar prices ran from $29 per user a month (JustCall Team, billed annually, which has no power dialer) to $183 (PhoneBurner Premium, billed annually; $215 billed monthly); CloudTalk shows euros, from €19. Orum and Nooks quote; see Kixie’s pricing page for its plans.

Is it legal to use an auto dialer for B2B cold calling?

It depends on the country, the numbers you call and how the dialer works. In the US, the TCPA restricts autodialed and prerecorded or artificial-voice calls to mobile numbers without prior express consent, while the FTC exempts most business-to-business sales calls from its do-not-call provisions. Take legal advice before launching campaigns.

Sources

All accessed 20 October 2026; dates shown where given. No hands-on testing or review ratings; capabilities and compliance statements are vendors’ own claims.

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