Ringover alternatives: 8 solutions compared (2026)
This page gathers what a decision maker needs before choosing: who Ringover is and how solid the company is, what its users actually say, where the data is hosted, the real entry cost, and above all the question nobody covers: how many licences of each type your company really needs to buy.
The essentials
- Ringover is a French company founded in 2005 by Jean-Samuel Najnudel and Renaud Charvet, published by BJT PARTNERS SAS, whose registered office is in Montrouge. It claims more than 14,000 business customers and over 350 employees.
- The vendor scores well on both reference platforms: 4.6 out of 5 on G2 and 4.0 out of 5 on Trustpilot, where 70% of reviews are five stars.
- Ringover hosts all of its data in centres located in France, with no transfer outside the European Union. On this criterion there is no gap with Skipcall: both vendors host in France.
- The Ringover parallel dialler is a paid add-on, limited to two simultaneous calls, and available only in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom. It is not offered in France.
- The Business and Advanced plans require three licences minimum and a twelve month commitment: the real entry price with a dialler is €141 per month, not €47.
The 8 solutions at a glance
Eight vendors compete on this market, with positions that have little in common. Telling them apart stops you comparing a switchboard with a prospecting dialler.
Who sits where
Two families of tools, and one platform that covers both
Telephony
Ringover
Aircall
CloudTalk
Prospecting
JustCall
Nooks
Orum
Flunter
Minari
Skipcall, from telephony to prospectingSkipcall, from telephony to prospectingRingoverAircallCloudTalkJustCallNooksOrumFlunterMinariThe market splits into two families. On the left, business telephony: Ringover, Aircall, CloudTalk. On the right, prospecting diallers: Nooks and Orum for the American market, Flunter and Minari in France.
Skipcall spans both. The same platform equips prospecting teams with the four line parallel dialler, and every other colleague who simply needs a seat (management, back office, customer service) with a line at €15 per month. So you do not have to run an operator for the company alongside a dialler for the sales team, with two contracts, two invoices and two directories.
Business telephony · Parallel dialler, 4 lines
Parallel dialling on four lines for the people who prospect, and complete telephony for every other seat, in the same subscription: business number, inbound calls, voicemail, SMS, mobile and web apps, call sequences, contacts, call transcription and call summary. From €15 per licence, with no minimum.
Cloud business telephony · Power dialler from the Business plan
Very complete on inbound and omnichannel. The parallel dialler is not open in France.
Cloud business telephony · Power dialler, one number at a time, Professional plan
Solid on inbound and the switchboard. Three licences minimum, transcription as an add-on.
Call centre software · Smart dialler and power dialler
Coverage in more than 160 countries. Built for contact centres more than for prospecting.
Multichannel communication platform · Power, dynamic and predictive dialler
Very broad scope, more than 100 integrations. That breadth is paid for in complexity.
Parallel dialler for large teams · Parallel dialler with a virtual sales floor
Designed for large American teams. Pricing on request.
Parallel dialler for large teams · Parallel dialler, up to 10 lines
The highest line count on the market. Pricing on request.
Parallel dialler · Parallel dialler, up to 5 lines
The same dialling engine as Skipcall, with a narrower feature set.
Parallel dialler · Parallel dialler, up to 5 lines
The same promise as Skipcall, built on a different product logic.
Who Ringover is
Ringover is a French vendor of cloud business telephony, founded in 2005 by Jean-Samuel Najnudel and Renaud Charvet. The service is published by BJT PARTNERS SAS, registered with the Nanterre trade register under number 480 234 210, with its registered office in Montrouge. The company has raised 30 million euros across two rounds: 10 million from Expedition Growth Capital, then 20 million in a Series B in June 2023, led by Orange Ventures and the Large Venture fund of Bpifrance. This is not a fragile player: it is an established vendor whose positioning simply differs from yours if outbound prospecting is your priority.
2005
Year founded
By J.-S. Najnudel and R. Charvet
14,000+
Business customers
Figure claimed by the vendor
€30M
Raised in two rounds
Including €20M in Series B in 2023
350+
Employees
France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
What users say
Ringover is well rated on both reference platforms. So the useful information is not the average, but what the harshest reviews contain: they all point to the same moment in the relationship.
This is one of the best scores in the business telephony category. Positive reviews regularly cite the clarity of the interface, how fast the service goes live and the depth of the integration catalogue.
The distribution is sharply polarised: 70% of reviews are five stars, but 17% are one star. The latter almost never concern the calling features, and almost always the same moment in the relationship, the point where you enter or leave the contract.
Distribution of the 1,079 Trustpilot reviews
Recorded on 3 September 2026
The curve is U shaped: seven reviews in ten are excellent, and almost one in six is a single star, with very few in between. That shape is typical of a product people like day to day, whose friction concentrates on specific moments of the contract rather than on daily use.
This is the reason cited most often in the harshest reviews, and it cuts both ways: some porting jobs are described as fast, others have the customer reporting delays and fees discovered along the way. So the point to secure before signing is the porting schedule and its cost, in writing.
The terms and conditions provide for automatic renewal in twelve month periods on annual subscriptions, and a termination request sent at least thirty days before the term. Several negative reviews come from customers who found out about that notice period after the deadline.
The price of the licence is not the price of the seat. Call sequences belong to the Cadence add-on, billed at €59 per licence per month, and the AIRO voice agent is billed by the minute. You therefore have to rebuild the real cost add-on by add-on before you compare.
Opinions split on this one: some users describe responsive support that clears requests in one to two days, others report long delays on administrative matters. A criterion to test during the trial period rather than read in a brochure.
Where the data is hosted
This is the point most often missing from comparisons, and the first one your legal team will raise. On this ground Ringover leaves no opening: the vendor hosts in France, like Skipcall.
Ringover
Data centres in France
The vendor states that every data centre holding the data required for its services is located in France, with no transfer outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. The hosting providers it uses are certified ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and HDS.
Skipcall
Scaleway, France
Hosting runs on a French cloud provider, which places processing under the GDPR and European law with no transfer to a third country.
The takeaway: data location will not separate these two vendors. If it is your first requirement, both answers work, and you have to decide on the other points of this page.
The real entry cost
The listed price and the price you pay differ, because of the licence minimum on the Business and Advanced plans, the twelve month commitment and the add-ons billed separately.
On this ground the two offers are close: €20 against €15 per licence. The difference is mainly the commitment, since the Ringover rate of €20 assumes an annual subscription, against €29 monthly. Neither plan includes a dialler.
Here the Skipcall licence costs more per unit, but it dials four lines instead of one, screens out answering machines and includes call sequences, where Ringover bills them at €59 more per licence. It is the cost per conversation, not the cost per licence, that separates the two.
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The feature by feature detail sits in the Skipcall vs Ringover comparison. This page is about the decision to equip a company, not about choosing between two product sheets.
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The tool that lifts your team's performance. One licence is enough, and the data stays hosted in France.
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Equipping the whole company, not just the sales team
Most companies pay the same licence price for use cases that have nothing in common. It is the first source of waste in a telephony estate, and it shows up in no comparison, because comparisons line up unit prices and never the number of seats.
Here are the four profiles found in almost every company, what each one really needs, the three criteria that size it, and the trap that costs the most every time.
- Count the conversations held per day, not the calls launched: it is the only measure that moves when you change dialler
- Check that call sequences are part of the licence, and not billed as an extra monthly add-on
- Plan one number per rep and watch how often each one is used, because an overworked number loses its effectiveness
The trap.Giving the prospecting licence to the whole sales team because two people prospect. The dialler only serves the people who dial.
- Measure how many calls are actually made over a full month: in sales administration it is often fewer than ten a day
- Check that the seat works the same on mobile and on desktop, showing the same number
- Require call history to reach the CRM: these exchanges deserve a written trace just as much as an email does
The trap.Paying for a prospecting licence for ten calls a day. Across five seats, the annual gap exceeds the cost of a full workstation.
- List who needs a number reachable from outside, whatever the call volume
- Check that no licence minimum forces you to open seats nobody will fill
- Look at the price of the cheapest licence in the catalogue: it is the one that sizes this whole population
The trap.A three licence minimum turns two management seats into three billed lines. Repeated on every plan you open, the extra cost becomes structural.
- Test the mobile app in real conditions, on a degraded network, before you roll it out to everyone
- Check what happens when the connection drops: falling back to the mobile network or losing the call are not the same thing on the road
- Count the people who never open a computer: their licence should not bill for a desk seat they will never use
The trap.Choosing on the demo run at head office, over Wi-Fi. The field does not have the same network conditions, and that is where call quality is judged.
Before you sign
The 5 sizing mistakes on a licence estate
Every one of them can be fixed before signature, and almost none of them afterwards while the commitment runs.
- 01Applying one plan to the whole company, because it is simpler to bill than splitting by use case
- 02Counting employees instead of counting use cases: the right count is done seat by seat, not at headcount level
- 03Forgetting licence minimums, which bill for seats nobody fills for the whole term of the contract
- 04Comparing licence prices without adding the add-ons back in: sequences, omnichannel, voice agent, extra numbers
- 05Freezing the estate for twelve months while headcount and use cases move every quarter
In practice this split means two order lines instead of one. At Ringover, the TALK plan at €20 covers low usage seats and the Business plan at €47 opens the power dialler, with three licences minimum on that second plan. At Skipcall, the Business VoIP licence at €15 per month covers the people who simply need to make calls, and prospecting plans start at €75 for the people who dial all day, with no licence minimum in either case.
Run the exercise on your own headcount before you ask for a quote: count the seats profile by profile, then multiply. It is that table, not the entry price shown on a pricing page, that decides the real budget. The full grid is on the pricing page and on the Business VoIP page.
The French legal framework from 11 August 2026
This is the parameter most comparisons ignore, even though it changes the economics of phone prospecting in France.
Since 11 August 2026, cold calling consumers in France has moved from opt-out to opt-in: a call is lawful only if the person has given prior consent. Bloctel, the French opt-out register, disappears on that date. Business to business prospecting remains possible, subject to the rules that apply to data processing.
The direct consequence for tool selection: the volume of permitted calls goes down, so each attempt has to produce more. A dialler that screens out answering machines and puts your reps in conversation more often is no longer a comfort, it is what makes the channel profitable.
What to check before switching
The Ringover terms and conditions provide for automatic renewal in twelve month periods on annual subscriptions, and a termination request sent at least thirty days before the term. Note that date before you start anything: it sets the switching window, not the availability of the new tool.
Your numbers belong to you and move from one operator to another. This is the subject that comes up most often in the harshest reviews: ask for the schedule and any fees in writing, and start the process before you terminate. The order of operations decides whether service continues.
Recordings, call logs, transcriptions and statistics: request the export while the account is still active. A lost history cannot be rebuilt, and it carries part of the value of your customer relationships.
List what you pay for today on top of the licence: Cadence for sequences, omnichannel, the voice agent billed by the minute, extra numbers. That total is what you compare, not the price of the base licence.
What do you actually need?
Three use cases, three families of tools. Most bad choices come from confusing the first two.
Ringover belongs to the third family, and it is very complete there. Looking for a four line prospecting dialler inside it means asking a switchboard to do a job it was never designed for, all the more so since the parallel dialling add-on is not open in France.
Who each solution is for
Ringover remains the right choice if
- you need to handle inbound calls: reception, transfers, queues, interactive voice response
- you want local numbers in many countries and a broad integration catalogue
- your needs go beyond voice: video conferencing, omnichannel messaging, voice agent
An alternative is worth it if
- your teams prospect from France and parallel dialling is the limiting factor
- you want call sequences included in the licence rather than a €59 add-on
- you refuse to pay for three licences when two people need one
- you want to equip low usage profiles without forcing a prospecting plan on them
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Ringover alternative in 2026?+
There is no single answer: the right choice depends on the use case. For business telephony with inbound calls, a switchboard and voice menus, Ringover remains relevant and very well rated. For outbound prospecting from France, the deciding criterion is the dialling mode, because the Ringover parallel dialler is not available on French territory. The main alternatives are Aircall and CloudTalk on the telephony side, Nooks and Orum on the American parallel dialler side, and Skipcall, Flunter and Minari on the French prospecting side.
Does Ringover offer a parallel dialler in France?+
No. The Ringover help centre states that the feature is available in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom. France is not on the list. It is also a paid add-on bought separately, conditional on having the power dialler, so on the Business or Advanced plans, and the system dials two calls in parallel.
How much does Ringover really cost?+
The TALK plan is listed at €20 excluding tax per user per month on an annual commitment, against €29 on monthly billing. The Business plan, the first to include the power dialler, is €47 on annual and €57 monthly, with three users minimum and a twelve month commitment: the real entry price is therefore €141 per month. The Advanced plan is quoted on request. Call sequences belong to the Cadence add-on, billed at €59 per licence per month.
Does Ringover require a minimum number of licences?+
Yes, on part of the catalogue. The pricing page states three users minimum and a twelve month commitment on the Business and Advanced plans. No minimum is published on the TALK plan. This is worth checking if your headcount is small or moves during the year.
Where is Ringover customer data hosted?+
In France. The vendor states that every data centre holding the data required to deliver its services is located in France, with no transfer outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, at providers certified ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and HDS. On this specific criterion, Ringover and Skipcall are level: it will not settle the decision.
What notice period applies when cancelling a Ringover subscription?+
The terms and conditions set a one month notice before the monthly anniversary date on monthly subscriptions, and a termination request sent at least thirty days before the term on annual or multi-year subscriptions. Failing that, the subscription renews for another twelve months. Note your renewal date before you start anything, and keep written proof of your request.
Can you keep your numbers when you leave Ringover?+
Yes. Numbers are portable from one operator to another. Porting is the subject cited most often in the harshest Trustpilot reviews, in both directions: ask for the schedule and any fees in writing, then start the process before you terminate, so that service is never interrupted.
What are the French alternatives to Ringover?+
Aircall is the main French alternative on business telephony, with a similar scope. On outbound prospecting, the French players are Skipcall, Flunter and Minari, all three built around parallel dialling that is available in France, where the Ringover add-on is not.
Is Ringover suitable for outbound prospecting?+
Ringover suits moderate outbound volumes: the power dialler on the Business plan dials numbers one after another and saves the typing time. It becomes limiting as soon as prospecting is the core of the job, since parallel dialling is not open in France and no automatic answering machine detection is offered. The share of a session actually spent in conversation then stays low.
Should the whole company be on the same phone plan?+
No, and that is the first source of waste across a licence estate. A sales rep who launches a hundred calls a day and an office manager who makes five do not have the same need, yet they often get the same licence because it is simpler to bill. The right split is use case by use case: a dialler for the people who prospect, a plain line for everyone else. At Skipcall that means a Business VoIP licence at €15 per month on one side, and a prospecting plan from €75 on the other.
Is there a Ringover alternative with no twelve month commitment?+
Yes. Ringover ties its annual rates, and the Business and Advanced plans, to a twelve month commitment with a minimum of three users. At Skipcall one licence is enough and the monthly subscription carries no commitment, so you can equip a single rep and measure the channel before rolling it out to the whole team.
Further reading
Six analyses to refine your choice, from sizing a fleet of seats to the vocabulary of diallers.
Sources
Public data consulted on 3 September 2026.
- Ringover, pricing page · plans, licence minimums, add-ons
- Ringover, GDPR and security · data location and certifications
- Ringover, terms and conditions of sale · commitment period, renewal and notice
- Ringover, legal notice · company name, trade register and registered office
- Ringover, help centre, Parallel Dialer · countries of availability and number of lines
- Ringover, careers page · customer count and headcount
- G2 · rating and review volume
- Trustpilot · rating, volume and distribution of reviews
- FrenchWeb, Ringover Series B · funding rounds and investors
Prices and ratings change. The figures above reflect the state of the public sources on the date shown. Ringover is a trademark of its publishing company, cited here for objective comparison.
Alternatives to the other vendors
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