Dialer pricing · 2026
Dialers with unlimited minutes: what "unlimited" really means, and when it is worth paying for
Last updated September 3, 2026
"Unlimited minutes" sells because per-minute billing feels like a taxi meter. But a minute of US calling costs a vendor about ~$0.014/min at wholesale, so nobody can sell infinite ones; "unlimited" is a price high enough to cover a heavy user plus a fair-use clause you will only read after you trip it. This page puts the meter back in view: what the bundled seats cost, what the same minutes cost raw, and the exact volume where each bundle starts to win.
The short answer
"Unlimited" is a fair-use cap you cannot see, usually a few thousand minutes. At wholesale, 3,000 minutes cost about $42. A bundled-unlimited seat like PhoneBurner's (~$149) only beats metered calling plus DialSheet Pro above roughly 8,489 billed minutes a month. DialSheet offers two honest alternatives: a $49/month managed line with a stated 1,500-minute cap, or your own Twilio metered at ~$0.014/min with no cap at all.
Unlimited minutes dialers, and the sentence in the terms
| Tool | Price | The claim | The reality | Beats metered above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhoneBurner | ~$149–169/user/mo | Unlimited dialing bundled into the seat | The most honest "unlimited": a single-line human dialer priced to include heavy use. Fair-use terms apply. | 8,489 min/mo |
| Kixie | ~$35–65/user/mo | Unlimited US/CA minutes advertised on plans | Minutes are metered on some plans and tiers; read the fair-use terms of the plan you are buying. | ~2,489 min/mo at the top tier |
| Mojo Dialer | ~$99–149/user/mo | Unlimited minutes per line | Priced per line, not per seat; the triple-line product dials three numbers at once and reaches fair-use faster. | ~4,918 min/mo |
| JustCall | ~$19–89/user/mo (annual) | Bundled outbound minutes on higher tiers | Dialer gated above the entry plan and a two-user minimum on team tiers; minutes bundled with conditions. | ~4,204 min/mo at the top tier |
| DialSheet managed line | $49/month (3 users) | 1,500 minutes, stated | A hard cap you can see, with a meter, and no overage. Not unlimited and does not pretend to be. | n/a — capped |
| DialSheet + own Twilio | $29/3 seats + ~$0.014/min | No cap; every minute metered at wholesale | The only model where "unlimited" is literally true, because you pay for each minute at cost. | n/a — metered |
Competitor prices are published list prices as of August 2026, approximate. "Beats metered above" is the monthly minute count at which that seat costs less than DialSheet Pro ($29) plus one Twilio number plus minutes at ~$0.014/min; it uses each tool's low list price except where noted, so it flatters the bundle.
The meter, in the open: what minutes cost when you just pay for them
| Billed minutes / month | Roughly who | Twilio usage | All-in with Pro | PhoneBurner seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | A part-time caller | $15 | $44 | ~$149 |
| 2,000 | A 150-dial-a-day rep | $29 | $58 | ~$149 |
| 3,000 | A heavy single-line rep | $43 | $72 | ~$149 |
| 5,000 | A multi-line power user | $71 | $100 | ~$149 |
| 8,000 | Beyond a single human line | $113 | $142 | ~$149 |
The shaded row is where PhoneBurner's bundle is genuinely the cheaper buy. It sits around 8,489 billed minutes — roughly 404 connected minutes every working day, or a full-time rep dialing on several lines at once. If that is your desk, buy the bundle and ignore us. Everyone below the shading is paying for minutes they will never use.
Why DialSheet says "1,500" instead of "unlimited"
The managed line runs on DialSheet's own carrier account, so every minute is a real cost to us and the fair-use clause would have had a number in it anyway. We put the number on the price tag: 1,500 outbound minutes for $49/month, counted per call and rounded up exactly as Twilio counts them, shown on a meter under your number, with calling pausing at the cap rather than an overage invoice arriving later. It also carries the full Pro plan for 3 users, a local number you pick, and a 400-dial daily ceiling that exists to keep the line off spam lists.
And for the rep who really does need more, the only truthful "unlimited" exists on the same plan: connect your own Twilio account and the minutes are metered at ~$0.014/min for as long as you keep dialing. See how many minutes cold calling uses to place yourself before choosing.
Minutes you can count, at a price you can see.
$49/month for a local number, 1,500 minutes and the Pro dialer for 3 users — or bring your own Twilio for $29 per 3 seats and pay ~$0.014/min with no cap. Free for one person up to 500 calls a month.
Start dialingQuestions people actually ask
Which dialers offer unlimited minutes?
Several per-seat dialers bundle unlimited or uncapped US and Canada calling into the licence: PhoneBurner (about ~$149–169/user/mo, unlimited dialing is the reason the seat costs that), Kixie (advertises unlimited US/CA minutes on its plans, ~$35–65/user/mo), Mojo Dialer (unlimited minutes per line, ~$99–149/user/mo), and JustCall on some tiers (~$19–89/user/mo (annual)). Every one of them carries a fair-use policy that lets the vendor throttle or bill accounts that use far more than a typical seat, commonly a few thousand minutes a month. DialSheet does not sell "unlimited": its managed line states 1,500 minutes as a hard cap for $49/month, and its bring-your-own-Twilio mode meters every minute at about ~$0.014/min with no cap at all.
What does "unlimited minutes" actually mean in a dialer?
It means "enough that a normal seat will never hit the limit," not "no limit." Vendors buy minutes from carriers at a per-minute wholesale rate, so they cannot offer infinite minutes; they price the seat high enough to cover a heavy user and write a fair-use clause into the terms — typically reserving the right to throttle, add charges, or suspend accounts that exceed a threshold in the low thousands of minutes, or that dial in patterns resembling automated campaigns. For a human power dialer making 100–150 calls a day (roughly 1,500–2,200 billed minutes a month) unlimited is genuinely unlimited. For a multi-line or predictive setup it often is not.
Is an unlimited-minutes dialer cheaper than paying per minute?
Only at very high volume. At Twilio's wholesale rate of ~$0.014/min, 2,000 minutes cost about $28 and 5,000 about $70. Add $29 for DialSheet Pro and a ~$1.15/month number and a rep billing 3,000 minutes pays about $72 all-in. A bundled-unlimited seat at PhoneBurner's ~$149 only becomes the cheaper bill above roughly 8,489 billed minutes a month — about 404 minutes of connected time every working day, which a single human line rarely reaches. Kixie's upper tier crosses over near 2,489 minutes.
How many minutes is 1,500 minutes of cold calling?
About a full-time single-line caller's month. Billed minutes count only connected time, rounded up per call — unanswered rings are free, each voicemail pickup bills one minute, each conversation bills its length rounded up. On typical rates (40% voicemail, 10% connect, three-minute talks) 100 dials a day bills around 1,470 minutes over 21 working days; 150 dials a day bills around 2,200. So 1,500 covers everyone up to a full-time rep and does not cover a high-volume one — which is why DialSheet says the number out loud rather than calling it unlimited.
What happens when you hit the minute cap on a DialSheet-managed line?
Calling on that line pauses until the first of the next month, and nothing extra is charged — there is no overage rate. The minute meter is visible under the number in Settings so the cap is never a surprise. If you expect to pass 1,500 minutes regularly, connect your own Twilio account instead: the same Pro plan meters minutes at about ~$0.014/min with no ceiling, and you can run both — a managed number and your own — on one account.
Can unlimited minutes get my number flagged as spam?
Unlimited minutes do not cause spam flags, but the behaviour they invite does. Carrier analytics flag numbers by volume and answer rate, not by how the minutes were paid for; a number making 400 short calls a day looks the same to them whether the plan was unlimited or metered. Every serious vendor, including the unlimited ones, therefore layers a daily dial ceiling or number-reputation tooling on top of the minute policy. DialSheet caps managed lines at 400 dials per rolling 24 hours and recommends staying under about 200 per number for reputation reasons.