A Dialpad alternative you own outright.
Calling, routing, voicemail, transcription, the AI summaries your managers skim on Monday — packaged into tiers, so the one capability you need reliably sits one tier above the one you're on. We build the set you actually use as your own software, with the AI running on an API key in your name.
We've already built a custom power dialer for a credit repair company's sales team, owned outright by the business. It shipped in weeks.
Two kinds of Dialpad alternative
The next tier, or the next vendor.
Both land in the same place: a bill that grows every time you hire, for software whose roadmap you don't get a vote on.
The one with your name on the repo.
Transcription and call summaries are the reason contact-center pricing climbed. They are also, right now, among the cheapest things to build — which is exactly why owning this became realistic in weeks rather than years.
The proof is a dialer, and it's in production
Freedom Credit Repair's sales team needed a calling platform built around how their reps actually work. We built it — multi-line dialing, one-click voicemail drops, SMS with templates, automations and webhooks, and real-time analytics — and handed over the code.
That is the same machinery a contact center runs on: routing rules, queues, recordings, transcripts, and reports someone actually reads. The difference is you own the version we build, so an extra agent costs you nothing.
See what we built and howExplore CRM and sales software examplesThese examples demonstrate relevant workflows. They are not claims that a particular business replaced Dialpad.
Ownership
Two ways to own it
Both end the same way — with software that belongs to you instead of a login you keep paying for.
Own it outright
One flat build fee. When it ships, the repositories, the accounts, and the documentation are handed to you. Run it on your own infrastructure, hand it to your own developer, change anything you want.
Own it, we run it
The same build and the same handoff, plus optional hosting, fixes, and updates so nobody on your team has to babysit it. Cancel any month you like and keep the software.
Either way, you own the code. The care plan is a convenience, never a leash.
The questions that decide it
Do we lose our numbers if we leave Dialpad?
No. Numbers are portable and they belong to you, not to the platform. We confirm eligibility with the carrier up front and schedule the port for the very end, after your team has been running on the new system in parallel.
What about the AI transcription and call summaries?
Built in, running on your own API key with the model provider — which means you see the actual usage cost instead of a per-seat tier that bundles it. It also means you can change the prompt, the model, or what gets summarised.
Can it handle inbound routing, IVR and queues?
Yes, and this is where owning tends to pay off fastest, because routing rules are the part every business does differently. We build your rules rather than approximating them inside someone else's builder.
Do we have to cancel before you start?
Please don't. Keep the subscription running through the build and through a parallel period — the overlap is a few weeks of double cost that removes essentially all of the switching risk.
How long does this take?
Weeks, because it is built with AI rather than by a team of contractors billing hourly. Answer a few questions and we quote one flat price on a short call.
Get a flat quoteAlso paying for Kixie, Aircall or PhoneBurner?
Most businesses are renting more than one. The argument is the same every time — and so is the fix.
Kixie alternative
The one we have already shipped: a power dialer built for Freedom Credit Repair's sales team, owned outright.
Own it insteadAircall alternative
Cloud phone systems all price per user, per month. Yours doesn't have to be one.
Own it insteadPhoneBurner alternative
Power dialing, voicemail drops, rep leaderboards — built once, then every new rep is free.
Own it insteadFind out what owning it actually costs.
Five questions, then a short call where we quote one flat price for owning it.
Or book a free 30-minute fit call. No card, no deck — it's as much about whether you're a fit for us as the other way round.