Best Five9 alternatives for cold calling
Teams look for a Five9 alternative when the way it is sold does not match the way they work. The pricing page shows a 50-seat minimum, quotes by concurrent user, never describes dialer modes and mentions a demo rather than a trial. This page covers five other tools, from small-team phone systems to other contact center platforms, and says what each vendor publishes about price, trials and integrations.
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5 alternatives to Five9
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Will This Person Answer
Know who’ll answer before you callNot a replacement for Five9. Use it alongside whichever tool you choose: send the list and every contact comes back High chance, Low chance or Bad data.Pricing
Free to startKey features
- Checks every contact before you dial
- Works in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor
- REST API and CSV upload
Try on 250 contacts for freeBest for
StartupsSMBsMid-market Aircall
A cloud phone system for sales and support teams, with a Power Dialer on its Professional plan.Aircall is a cloud phone system that puts calls, SMS and messaging in one place, connected to the CRM or help desk a team already uses. It also sells AI features, from live coaching and call summaries to voice agents that answer calls.You want a phone system with a Power Dialer, published per-license prices and a 3-license minimum, plus free access to test.Pricing
$30 per license per monthView AircallKey features
- Power Dialer and outbound campaigns
- Call recording and transcripts
- AI coaching and summaries
Kixie
A business phone and power dialer for sales teams that can dial up to four numbers at once.Kixie is a calling and texting platform for sales and revenue teams. It starts with a business phone number tied to your CRM, and its higher plans add a power dialer that works through an uploaded lead list.You want a sales power dialer with single-line and multi-line options and a 7-day trial with no card.Pricing
Tiered plansView KixieKey features
- Single-line and multi-line PowerDialer
- ConnectionBoost
- CRM integrations
Nextiva
A cloud business phone and contact center platform with outbound calling, texting and call recording, with progressive and predictive dialing on its higher contact center plans.Nextiva is a cloud communications and customer experience platform. Its small business plans bundle voice, business texting, video meetings and team chat, and its contact center plans add chat, email, routing and reporting across channels.You want phone and contact center tools with published entry prices, from $15 per user for small business plans.Pricing
Tiered plansKey features
- Business calling and texting
- Contact center plans
- Progressive and predictive dialing
View NextivaBest for
SMBsMid-marketEnterpriseRingCentral
A business phone, messaging and contact center platform with call recording that sales teams can use as their calling line.RingCentral is a cloud communications company. Its RingEX product bundles a business phone, business SMS, team chat and video meetings, and the site adds AI helpers for answering calls, meeting notes and conversation analytics on top.You want a business phone with a 14-day trial and a long integration list, and you can run outbound calling through its separate RingCX product.Pricing
Tiered plansKey features
- Business phone and SMS
- Call recording
- RingCX contact center
View RingCentralBest for
SMBsEnterpriseTalkdesk
A cloud contact center platform that combines voice and digital channels, AI agents, quality management and analytics.Talkdesk sells a cloud platform for running customer contact centers. Its home page describes a hybrid workforce, where people handle judgment and empathy while AI agents carry out routine work from start to finish.You want another contact center platform with voice and digital channels, quality management and analytics, and you are fine asking for a quote.Pricing
Price not publishedView TalkdeskKey features
- Omnichannel engagement
- AI agents
- Quality management and analytics
Five9 and its alternatives, side by side
| TOOL | STARTING PRICE | FREE PLAN | BEST FOR | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five9Current | $119 per seat per month | - | Contact center teams, Large outbound calling teams | |
| Aircall | $30 per license per month | Yes | Sales teams with a CRM, Customer conversation teams | |
| RingCentral | Tiered plans | Yes | Teams that want one phone system for sales and the rest of the company, Enterprises that need a contact center | |
| Talkdesk | Price not published | - | Contact center teams, Customer experience teams | |
| Nextiva | Tiered plans | - | Small businesses needing phone and texting, Contact centers, Multi-channel customer teams | |
| Kixie | Tiered plans | Yes | SDR teams, Inside sales teams |
Frequently asked questions
This directory lists Aircall, RingCentral, Talkdesk, Nextiva and Kixie. Talkdesk and Nextiva are the nearest in type, as contact center platforms. Aircall and RingCentral are business phone systems, and Kixie is a sales power dialer for smaller outbound teams.
On published prices, yes. Nextiva lists small business plans from $15 per user per month and Aircall lists $30 and $50 per license. Five9 shows $119 and $159 per seat. Nextiva's page also shows higher struck-through prices, so confirm the figure for your billing term.
Aircall has a 3-license minimum and Kixie is built as a sales dialer, while Five9 shows 50 seats. Neither record states a team-size ceiling, so check the plan that includes dialing. Aircall puts its Power Dialer on the Professional plan only.
Five9 mentions only a demo. RingCentral gives new subscribers 14 days with up to 20 lines, and Kixie gives 7 days with no card. Aircall says new accounts get free access but states no length. Nextiva offers a demo, and Talkdesk points to an expert call.
Talkdesk. It is also a contact center platform with voice and digital channels, quality management and analytics, and it lists connectors for Salesforce, ServiceNow, Zendesk and Microsoft Dynamics, as Five9 does. Like Five9, it does not publish prices.
It varies. Aircall includes a Power Dialer on its Professional plan, and Kixie sells single-line and multi-line PowerDialer plans. Nextiva keeps modes beyond one-at-a-time calling on its Professional contact center plan. RingCentral puts outbound dialing in RingCX, a separate product.
The records do not describe migration, so ask each vendor how it imports contacts and call history. Your campaign lists are the easy part to carry across, because they are contacts you can export. Test with one small team before moving everyone.
Five9 names adapters for Salesforce, ServiceNow, Dynamics, Zendesk and Oracle. Talkdesk and Nextiva both list Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow and Dynamics. Kixie lists HubSpot, Pipedrive and Salesforce, so confirm your CRM on the vendor's integrations page first.
Whichever platform you pick, it will dial the list you give it. Will This Person Answer checks US numbers first and returns High chance, Low chance or Bad data for each, so agents spend time on live lines. The first 250 contacts are free.
Each tool has its own page here, written from the vendor's own site, with price, trial, integrations and limits. Read those first, then ask for demos from a short list. Start with the tool whose pricing and team size fit yours.
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