RingCentral vs Aircall Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
| RingCentral | Aircall | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | $30/mo | $30/mo |
| Number of plans | 4 | 3 |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | |
| Pricing model | per-seat | per-seat |
Core
- Unlimited domestic calling
- On-demand call recording
- 100 toll-free minutes
- 25 SMS user/month
- HD meetings (200 participants)
- AI Virtual Assistant
Advanced
Popular- CRM integrations
- Connect multiple sites
- Core reporting and insights
- 1,000 toll-free minutes
- 100 SMS user/month
- AI Virtual Assistant
Ultra
- 10,000 toll-free minutes
- 200 SMS user/month
- RingCentral Webinar
- Historical and real-time insights
- Unlimited storage
- Device analytics & alerts
- All AI Virtual Assistant features
Customer Engagement Bundle
- Business SMS Booster
- Shared SMS inbox
- Company reply templates
- SMS compliance management
- Call Queues Booster
- Call back from queue
- Wait time and place alerts
- Live Reports
- All AI Virtual Assistant features
Essentials
- Minimum number of users
- Max number of teams
- Phone number included in the plan
- Price of each additional number, per month
- Inbound calls & internal calls (Toll-free excluded)
- Outbound calls - domestic
- Outbound calls - international
- SMS and MMS business text messaging - domestic
- Access to call recordings
- Analytics data
Professional
- Minimum number of users
- Max number of teams
- Phone number included in the plan
- Price of each additional number, per month
- Inbound calls & internal calls (Toll-free excluded)
- Outbound calls - domestic
- Outbound calls - international
- SMS and MMS business text messaging - domestic
- Access to call recordings
- Analytics data
Custom
- Minimum number of users
- Max number of teams
- Phone number included in the plan
- Price of each additional number, per month
- Inbound calls & internal calls (Toll-free excluded)
- Outbound calls - domestic
- Outbound calls - international
- SMS and MMS business text messaging - domestic
- Access to call recordings
- Analytics data
RingCentral vs Aircall FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- They both start at the same price — $30/mo. The difference is in what you get at each tier.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Neither has a free plan. But RingCentral offers a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a per-seat model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. RingCentral: At $20–$30/mo annually for small teams, RingCentral sits in the mid-to-premium range against UCaaS competitors — more expensive than Zoom Phone's entry tier but competitive with Dialpad and Microsoft Teams Phone. They're clearly targeting mid-market businesses that need a full-stack comms platform, not price-sensitive SMBs. Aircall: At $30-$50/seat annually, Aircall sits in the mid-market range — more expensive than scrappy alternatives like OpenPhone or Grasshopper, but cheaper than enterprise CCaaS players like Genesys or NICE. They're clearly targeting SMB and mid-market sales and support teams who want a polished product without an enterprise procurement process.
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