Cold calling tools · 2026
Cold calling software with a phone number included: what "included" actually costs
Last updated September 3, 2026
The listicles for this search (CloudTalk, Cleverly, MightyCall, HubSpot) all say the same thing: "setup takes minutes, numbers included." True, and useless, because none of them says what the number costs you. A phone number is a wholesale commodity — about ~$1.15/month — and the minutes behind it are about ~$0.014/min. Every "included" is that commodity plus a margin, hidden inside a per-seat price. This page puts the margin back on the table.
The short answer
Every per-seat dialer includes a number; you pay for it in the seat. The cheapest "number included" option for a small team is a DialSheet-managed line at $49/month, plus $29 for each teammate — one local number, 1,500 minutes, full Pro. The cheapest option overall is still to bring your own Twilio, where a number is ~$1.15/month and a rep's month of calls is about $10.
Dialer with phone number included: the price of "included," tool by tool
| Tool | Price | Number & minutes | Dialer | The catch |
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| Kixie | ~$95–185/user/mo (reported; Kixie publishes no price) | Included; unlimited US/CA minutes advertised, metered on some plans | Power dialer on all plans; multi-line on higher tiers | no price is published at all, the power-dialer tiers are the expensive ones, and AI human detection on the multi-line plan is a further premium add-on |
| JustCall | ~$29–89/user/mo (annual) | One number per user included | Sales dialer above the entry plan | the dialer is gated above the entry plan, every plan carries a two-licence minimum, and outbound minutes are unlimited only inside a fair-use policy that excludes toll-free, premium-rate and international routes |
| Aircall | ~$30–50/user/mo, 3-licence min. | Numbers included | Power Dialer on Professional only | seat minimums apply and the power dialer needs the Professional tier |
| PhoneBurner | ~$140–183/user/mo (annual) | Number + unlimited dialing bundled | Single-line power dialer | unlimited dialing is bundled, and the browser softphone starts on the middle tier |
| Mojo Dialer | ~$99–149/user/mo | Included per line | Single- or triple-line | single- and triple-line service are priced separately |
| DialSheet managed line | $49/month, Pro included; teammates $29/mo | One local number you pick + 1,500 min (hard cap) | Power dialer, recordings, transcripts, AI coaching (no parallel dialing on a DialSheet line) | voice-only, US/Canada, no overage — cap pauses calling |
| DialSheet + own Twilio | $29/seat (or $0 solo) | ~$1.15/month per number, ~$0.014/min | Same software | ten-minute Twilio setup, then wholesale forever |
Competitor prices are published list prices as of August 2026, approximate, and change without notice; minute policies are as described on each vendor's site and usually carry fair-use terms.
The same three-person team, three ways
A three-rep outbound team wants numbers included and no Twilio homework. Here is the monthly software-plus- telephony bill under each model, using list prices and a working assumption of 1,500 billed minutes across the team.
| Model | What you get | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Per-seat dialer, low end (Kixie-class) | 3 seats × ~$95, numbers bundled | ~$285 |
| Per-seat dialer, bundled unlimited (PhoneBurner-class) | 3 seats × ~$140 | ~$420 |
| DialSheet managed line, shared | 1 number, 1,500 min shared by 3 users, full Pro ($49 line + 2 × $29 seats) | $107 |
| DialSheet Pro + own Twilio | 3 numbers, 1,500 min at wholesale, no cap ($87 software + $24 Twilio) | ~$111 |
Notice the honest part: at 1,500 shared minutes the managed line and own-Twilio rows are nearly the same price, and own-Twilio gives each rep their own number with no cap. The managed line wins on the ten minutes you never spend in the Twilio console; it does not win on price unless the team dials lightly and wants one bill.
A number included, priced like the commodity it is.
$49/month: pick a local US or Canadian number, get 1,500 minutes and the full Pro plan for the owner, dialing in about a minute. Prefer wholesale? Connect your own Twilio to the same software for $29 a month, then $29 a seat.
Get a numberFive things to check before you believe "number included"
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Is the dialer on the plan that includes the number?
Aircall includes numbers on Essentials but the Power Dialer needs Professional. JustCall gates its dialer above the entry plan. The number is rarely the gated part; the dialer is.
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Are minutes unlimited, metered, or capped?
Read the fair-use clause. "Unlimited" plans commonly reserve the right to throttle at a few thousand minutes. A stated cap (DialSheet: 1,500, no overage) is easier to plan around than an unstated one.
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Is there a seat minimum?
Aircall requires three licences. A "from $30" number-included plan is really "from $90."
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Can you pick the area code?
Local presence lifts answer rates. DialSheet lets you search and choose the exact number before paying; some tools assign one.
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What happens to the number when you leave?
A bundled number usually stays with the vendor. If the number is your brand, buy it in your own carrier account.
Questions people actually ask
Which cold calling software includes a phone number?
Almost every per-seat dialer does — Kixie, JustCall, Aircall, PhoneBurner, Mojo, Dialpad and RingCentral all issue numbers as part of a user licence, typically $20 to $170 per user per month, with the power dialer often gated to a higher tier. DialSheet includes a number a different way: the software is free (one person, 500 calls a month) or $29 a month plus $29 a seat, and a local US or Canadian number with 1,500 minutes is an optional $49/month managed line that also carries the full Pro plan for its owner (teammates are $29 a month each). Or you connect your own Twilio account, where a number is about ~$1.15/month.
How much does a phone number really cost in a dialer?
At wholesale, a US local number costs about ~$1.15/month on Twilio and outbound calls about ~$0.014/min. So a rep using 600 minutes a month costs roughly $10 of pure telephony. When a dialer says the number is "included," that $10 — plus a margin — is inside the seat price. The question to ask is not "is the number included" but "what am I paying per seat for the number and minutes I would otherwise buy for about $10."
What does DialSheet's managed line include for $49?
One local US or Canadian phone number you choose by area code before paying, 1,500 outbound minutes per month (hard cap, no overage charges), inbound forwarding to your own phone, and the complete Pro plan for the line owner (teammates are $29 a month each): call recordings, transcripts, AI summaries and script scoring, sequences, API access and parallel dialing on up to 3 lines once Twilio verifies your business and the setup checks pass. It is self-serve, paid in Stripe, and live in about a minute. It does not include SMS, 911, or numbers outside the US and Canada.
Can three reps share one included phone number?
On DialSheet, yes: the $49/month managed line carries Pro for its owner, teammates join at $29 a month each, and those without their own Twilio dial on the owner's line, drawing from the same 1,500 minutes with no hourly or daily call-attempt cap. That makes it the cheapest "number included" option for a very small team — $107 for three rather than three bundled seats — but three people dialing hard on one number share that minute allowance and concentrate volume on a single caller ID. Teams that dial all day should give each rep their own number.
Is a dialer with a number included better than bringing my own Twilio?
It is faster, not cheaper. Bringing your own Twilio account means about ten minutes of one-time setup and a wholesale bill (~$1.15/month per number, ~$0.014/min) with no cap; a bundled number means zero setup and a flat price. On DialSheet the crossover is around 1,350 minutes a month — below that, Pro plus your own Twilio is cheaper than the $49 managed line; above it the managed line is cheaper until its 1,500-minute cap.
Do included numbers come with unlimited minutes?
Sometimes, with fair-use limits in the terms. Kixie advertises unlimited US and Canada minutes on its plans; PhoneBurner bundles unlimited dialing into a ~$149–169 seat; Mojo includes minutes in its per-line pricing; JustCall and Aircall bundle minutes per seat with conditions. DialSheet's managed line is explicit rather than unlimited: 1,500 minutes, hard cap, no overage, and the alternative of your own Twilio at wholesale with no cap at all.