Parallel dialers that call several numbers at once.
Parallel dialers place several calls at the same time and connect the rep to the first person who answers. See how the tools that work this way differ, from each vendor's own pages.
A parallel dialer dials more than one number at a time for each rep. The first call that is answered goes to the rep, and the rest are dropped or sent elsewhere. The point is to cut the time reps spend listening to rings and voicemail greetings.
It works best on lists where most numbers do not connect. It also raises questions a power dialer does not, such as what the person who answers hears when the rep is already busy. Read each vendor's own explanation of how it handles that.
Lines per rep
Check how many numbers it dials at once and whether you can change that number.
What a dropped call sounds like
Ask what a person hears if they answer and no rep is free. Check the vendor's own documentation.
Rules and compliance
Find out what the vendor says about call-abandon rules and which regions its settings are built for.
Cost and minimums
Look for seat minimums and plan tiers on the pricing page, since parallel dialing is often on higher plans.
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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.
- Single-line and multi-line PowerDialer
- ConnectionBoost
- CRM integrations
Nooks is a sales platform built around an AI dialer. The dialer rings many numbers at the same time and detects a pickup within milliseconds, and it can also run slower one-to-one calling. It drops voicemails and logs calls and notes for the rep.
- Parallel AI dialer
- Bad data filtering
- Number reputation
Orum is a dialer built for SDR and BDR teams. Its dialer, called Operator, can run up to five lines at once and connects the rep to whoever picks up, and it handles phone trees, screeners and voicemail drops.
- Parallel and power dialing
- Scout phone data
- Coach
Frequently asked questions
A parallel dialer places more than one call at once for each rep. The first person to answer is connected to the rep and the other calls are dropped or sent elsewhere.
It depends on the country and on how the dialer handles an answered call when no rep is free. This page does not give legal advice; check the vendor's compliance notes and your own counsel.
Teams that call long lists of cold numbers and want reps talking to people for more of the day. It makes less sense for account-based calling, where each call needs research first.
A power dialer calls one number and waits. A parallel dialer calls several, so it gets more answers per hour but needs rules for what happens when two people pick up at once.
It depends on the product. Some play a short message, some hang up, and some hold the line. Ask the vendor to show you what the person hears, since that is where complaints start.
Start low, often two or three, and raise it only when reps are rarely waiting. Too many lines means more dropped answers. Check whether the tool adjusts this for you or leaves it manual.
Pricing is usually per seat per month, and parallel dialing is often only on higher plans. Many vendors set a minimum number of seats, so read the pricing page and ask about extra carrier minutes.
Check the lines per rep, abandon-call handling, caller ID rotation, CRM sync and contract length. Ask for the vendor's own documentation on how it handles answered calls.
Dialing too many lines for the size of the team, using one caller ID for everything and loading lists full of dead numbers. Those errors burn minutes and can damage how your numbers look to carriers.
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