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LinkedIn X [Back to blog](https://skipcall.io/en/blog) Auto dialer Published 11 November 2026 # Best Auto Dialer Software in 2026: 13 Tools Sorted by Dialing Mode "Auto dialer" covers five different machines: preview, power, progressive, parallel and predictive. We sort 13 tools by the mode they actually run, the job each mode fits (B2B prospecting, call center, telemarketing), the real entry price once seat minimums apply, and the compliance questions each one raises. Prices checked on vendor pages on November 11, 2026. 13 auto dialers sorted by the dialing mode they actually run, prices read on vendor pages on November 11, 2026 5 dialing modes sold under the same word: preview, power, progressive, parallel and predictive 50 seats minimum on Five9's published plans, against a single seat at Skipcall, Close, Trellus or PhoneBurner The best auto dialer software is the one whose dialing mode matches the calls you make. For B2B prospecting by one rep or a small team, pick a power or parallel dialer: Skipcall, Close, PhoneBurner and Trellus sell single seats at a published price, Orum and Nooks sell multi-line dialing on quote. For a contact center pooling agents on consumer campaigns, pick a predictive or progressive dialer such as Five9, Convoso or MightyCall. Every price below was read on the vendor’s own page on November 11, 2026. You’re probably here for one of three reasons. A You prospect businesses by phone, alone or with a few reps, and you are tired of dialing by hand and listening to ringing. B You run a call floor, inbound and outbound, and need agents talking instead of waiting between calls. C Someone told you auto dialers are risky under the TCPA and you want to know which kind, and why. ## What is auto dialer software, and why is the word misleading? Auto dialer software places calls from a list so a person does not have to type each number. That is the whole definition, and it is why the word says so little: a tool that calls one researched account at a time and a tool that launches thousands of consumer calls an hour are both “auto dialers”. Our guide to [what an auto dialer is and how it works](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-an-auto-dialer) covers the mechanics. This page starts where that one stops: which mode, then which product. Five modes behind one word From most controlled to highest volume: what goes out, who decides, what it risks. 1. 1 **Preview** - **Calls launched** : 1 per rep, after reading the record - **Who starts the call** : The rep - **Abandoned call** : None - **Fits** : Named accounts, complex sales 2. 2 **Power** - **Calls launched** : 1 per rep, back to back - **Who starts the call** : The software, one at a time - **Abandoned call** : None - **Fits** : B2B list prospecting 3. 3 **Progressive** - **Calls launched** : 1 per free agent, for a team - **Who starts the call** : The software, when an agent frees up - **Abandoned call** : None - **Fits** : Call floors, callbacks 4. 4 **Parallel** - **Calls launched** : 2 to 10 for a single rep - **Who starts the call** : The software, several at once - **Abandoned call** : Low, rises with line count - **Fits** : Large B2B lists 5. 5 **Predictive** - **Calls launched** : More calls than free agents - **Who starts the call** : An algorithm, for the whole floor - **Abandoned call** : Built into the model, must be capped - **Fits** : Large contact centers An abandoned call is a call someone answers and no rep takes. Principle diagram: the dots illustrate the mechanism, not a measurement. Each mode has its own explainer on this site, so the descriptions here stay short. **Preview.** The rep reads the record, then starts the call. Slowest, most prepared. See [how a preview dialer works](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-a-preview-dialer). **Power.** The next number is dialed as soon as the rep closes the previous call. One line, no waiting between dials. See [what a power dialer is](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-a-power-dialer). **Progressive.** The system dials one call for each agent who becomes free, across a team. See [what a progressive dialer is](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-a-progressive-dialer). **Parallel.** Several numbers ring at once for a single rep; the first live answer is connected and the other calls are cancelled. See [what a parallel dialer is](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-a-parallel-dialer). **Predictive.** An algorithm launches more calls than there are free agents, betting on no-answers. See [what a predictive dialer is](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-a-predictive-dialer). **Not on this page: robocalls and AI voice agents.** A prerecorded or synthetic voice that talks to the person is a different product with its own consent rules. No tool is recommended here for that use. For what AI really does inside a dialer, see our [AI dialer comparison](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-ai-dialers). > Choose the mode first, then the vendor. ## Which auto dialer mode fits which job? Three kinds of teams buy auto dialers, and they need different machines. The grid below is the shortcut most comparisons skip. ### B2B prospecting - **Who calls** : 1 to 30 reps, each working their own list of business contacts - **What slows them down** : Dialing, ringing, voicemail: most dials reach nobody - **Mode that fits** : Power for small or researched lists, parallel for long lists - **Mode to avoid** : Predictive: a decision-maker who answers to silence is a burned contact ### Contact center, mixed inbound and outbound - **Who calls** : A pool of agents sharing campaigns, callbacks and queues - **What slows them down** : Idle time between conversations, uneven workload - **Mode that fits** : Progressive for callbacks and existing customers, predictive for volume - **Mode to avoid** : Parallel: it is built around one rep, not a pool ### Consumer telemarketing - **Who calls** : A large floor calling consumers at scale - **What slows them down** : Answer rates and legal limits more than dialing speed - **Mode that fits** : Predictive or progressive, with consent records and pacing controls - **Mode to avoid** : Any mode without Do Not Call scrubbing and an abandoned-call monitor Two consequences follow. First, a ranking that puts a 50-seat contact center suite next to a single-seat sales dialer compares tools nobody hesitates between. Second, the mode decides the legal questions you will have to answer, which is why compliance has its own section further down. If you already know you need a power dialer, our dedicated comparison of the [best power dialers](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-power-dialers) goes deeper on that family, and the [best parallel dialers](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-parallel-dialers) roundup does the same for multi-line tools. This page keeps the wide view. ## How did we select and check these 13 tools? A tool is on this page if it sells automatic dialing as a product you can buy today, and if its vendor states which mode it runs. We grouped the 13 tools by the job they are built for, not by a score. 13 tools, in three families Nov 11 2026: date every pricing page was read 5 criteria noted per tool For each tool we read the official pricing page on November 11, 2026 and noted five things: the dialing modes the vendor names, the first plan that includes automatic dialing, its price per user per month billed annually, the seat minimum, and whether the price is published at all. Line counts for Orum and Nooks come from the vendor pages we checked for our parallel dialer comparison earlier in November; neither pricing page states a number. Prices are in US dollars, excluding tax. CloudTalk’s pricing page showed euros when we loaded it (€25 for Starter, €15 and €39 for the dialer add-ons), so its figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of October 14, 2026 (€1 = $1.1195) and marked “about”. Skipcall comes first in its family because it is our product and the one we know best. That is an editorial choice, stated as such. ## Which are the best auto dialers in 2026, at a glance? Our product ### Skipcall - **Modes** : Power, parallel (4 lines) - **Built for** : B2B prospecting, 1 to 50 reps - **First plan that dials automatically** : Starter, from $70 per seat per month billed annually - **Seat minimum** : None ### Close - **Modes** : Power (Growth), predictive (Scale) - **Built for** : Small sales teams that want CRM and phone in one tool - **First plan that dials automatically** : Growth, from $99 per user per month - **Seat minimum** : None ### PhoneBurner - **Modes** : Power - **Built for** : US teams that want unlimited sequential dialing - **First plan that dials automatically** : Standard, $140 per user per month billed annually - **Seat minimum** : Not stated ### Trellus - **Modes** : Power, parallel (up to 5 lines) - **Built for** : SDRs who already work in an engagement platform - **First plan that dials automatically** : Power, $99.99 per seat per month - **Seat minimum** : None ### Kixie - **Modes** : Power (1 line), multi-line power (up to 4 lines) - **Built for** : Teams that dial from their CRM, US and Canada - **First plan that dials automatically** : Single-Line PowerDialer, price not published - **Seat minimum** : Not stated ### Orum - **Modes** : Power, parallel - **Built for** : North American SDR floors on Outreach or Salesloft - **First plan that dials automatically** : On quote - **Seat minimum** : 9 seats ### Nooks - **Modes** : Power, parallel - **Built for** : US SDR teams that want dialer, sequencing and coaching together - **First plan that dials automatically** : On quote - **Seat minimum** : Not stated ### Aircall - **Modes** : Power - **Built for** : Sales and support sharing one phone system - **First plan that dials automatically** : Professional, $50 per license per month billed annually - **Seat minimum** : 3 licenses ### JustCall - **Modes** : Power (Pro); predictive up to 10 lines, power and dynamic (SalesPro) - **Built for** : Small teams that call and text - **First plan that dials automatically** : Pro, $49 per user per month billed annually - **Seat minimum** : 2 users ### CloudTalk - **Modes** : Power (add-on), parallel (add-on, 5 lines by default, up to 10 on request) - **Built for** : SMBs that add dialing modes to a phone system - **First plan that dials automatically** : Starter plus Power Dialer add-on, about $45 in total - **Seat minimum** : None on Starter and Essential, 3 on Expert ### Five9 - **Modes** : Predictive, power, progressive, preview - **Built for** : Large contact centers - **First plan that dials automatically** : Core, $159 per seat per month - **Seat minimum** : 50 seats ### Convoso - **Modes** : Predictive, power - **Built for** : Outbound lead generation call centers - **First plan that dials automatically** : On quote - **Seat minimum** : Not stated ### MightyCall - **Modes** : Preview, progressive (Power plan); predictive (Enterprise) - **Built for** : Small call centers that want contact center modes - **First plan that dials automatically** : Power, $54 per user per month billed annually - **Seat minimum** : 3 users (5 on Enterprise) Data read on official vendor pages on November 11, 2026, excluding tax. “Not stated” means the page gives no figure, not that there is none. ## Which auto dialers fit B2B prospecting? Power and parallel tools These seven tools are built for a rep working a list of business contacts. All of them keep a person on the line for every answered call. ### Skipcall **Type:** Outbound phone system with power dialer and 4-line parallel dialer $70 per seat per month, Starter, billed annually 4 simultaneous lines, by design 1 seat is enough to buy it Skipcall is the tool we build, so read this section knowing that. The Starter plan, [from $70 per seat per month](https://skipcall.io/en/pricing) billed annually, includes both prospecting modes: a [power dialer](https://skipcall.io/en/power-dialer) that calls one number after another, and a [parallel dialer](https://skipcall.io/en/parallel-dialer) that calls 4 numbers at once, detects voicemail and connects the rep to the first person who answers. The rep chooses the mode per session, which matters more than it sounds: a list of 80 researched accounts and a list of 2,000 contacts do not deserve the same treatment. Calls are written back to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio through native integrations; other tools connect through the open API or a CSV import. Recording, transcripts and AI summaries are included. What Skipcall is not: it has no predictive dialer, no automated prerecorded calls and no AI voice agent. Every answered call reaches a rep. A rep can leave a [pre-recorded voicemail](https://skipcall.io/en/features/depot-message-vocal) when a call lands on a mailbox, which is not the same thing as an automated campaign; our article on [ringless voicemail and voicemail drop](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/ringless-voicemail-legal) explains the difference. Strengths: - Power and 4-line parallel dialing on the entry prospecting plan - Published price, single seat possible, no long-term commitment - Native HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio sync - Recording, transcripts and AI summaries included Limitations: - No predictive or progressive mode: it is not a contact center dialer - 4 lines maximum - No IVR, call queues or inbound routing - Calls start in Skipcall, not from the CRM record **Best fit:** B2B teams of 1 to 50 reps who want both prospecting modes at a known price. **Skip it if:** you pool agents on consumer campaigns, need predictive pacing, or run an inbound support line on the same system. ### [Close](https://www.close.com/) **Type:** CRM with built-in calling Close is a CRM where the phone is part of the product. Its [pricing page](https://www.close.com/pricing), read on November 11, 2026, shows four plans: Solo at $9, Essentials at $35, Growth at $99 and Scale at $139, each displayed next to a higher figure ($19, $49, $109 and $149). The power dialer starts on Growth, described as calling “through any list of contacts without touching your keyboard or mouse”. The predictive dialer is reserved for Scale and described as dialing “multiple numbers at once”. Close is the rare sales tool that sells a predictive mode to small teams. Before you switch it on, read the compliance section below: a mode that dials more numbers than you have free reps behaves differently from a power dialer when two people answer. **Best fit:** startups choosing their first CRM that want automatic dialing inside it. **Skip it if:** your pipeline already lives in another CRM. In that case, see our page on [alternatives to Close](https://skipcall.io/en/alternative-to-close). ### [PhoneBurner](https://www.phoneburner.com/) **Type:** Classic power dialer, unlimited dialing $140 Standard, per user per month billed annually $165 Professional, billed annually $183 Premium, billed annually PhoneBurner’s [pricing page](https://www.phoneburner.com/pricing) lists three plans at $140, $165 and $183 per user per month billed annually ($165, $195 and $215 monthly), with power dialing marked “Unlimited” and “delay-free connections” on all three. The browser softphone is included from Professional; Standard connects through your phone. The page states no seat minimum and mentions a free team admin account. It is a power dialer in the strict sense: one rep, one call at a time, no multi-line mode advertised. That makes it a clean choice for teams that want sequential dialing and nothing else, at a price above the phone systems below. **Best fit:** US teams that want a dedicated power dialer with predictable, unlimited dialing. ### [Trellus](https://www.trellus.ai/) **Type:** Dialer and coaching layer on top of your stack Trellus publishes two prices: Power at $99.99 per seat per month and Power + Parallel at $149.99, with up to 5 lines and no seat minimum, according to its [pricing page](https://www.trellus.ai/pricing), read on November 11, 2026. It plugs into the engagement platform or CRM a rep already uses and adds dialing and live coaching on top. **Best fit:** a solo SDR or small team calling North America from an existing sales engagement tool. ### [Kixie](https://www.kixie.com/) **Type:** Sales phone with single-line and multi-line power dialing Kixie’s [pricing page](https://www.kixie.com/pricing/) names three plans and no price: Professional, without a dialer; Single-Line PowerDialer; and Multi-Line PowerDialer, which dials “up to 4 lines simultaneously”. AI human voice detection appears as a premium add-on on the multi-line plan card. Unlimited minutes cover the US and Canada, and the page offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card. **Best fit:** North American teams that want multi-line dialing launched from their CRM and are comfortable asking for a quote. ### [Orum](https://www.orum.com/) and [Nooks](https://www.nooks.ai/) **Type:** Parallel dialing platforms for SDR floors, sold on quote Orum and Nooks are the reference names for multi-line dialing in North American SDR teams. Neither publishes a price. Orum’s [pricing page](https://www.orum.com/pricing) states a 9-seat minimum; Nooks’ [pricing page](https://www.nooks.ai/pricing) points to a sales conversation. Both integrate deeply with Outreach and Salesloft and bundle coaching and analytics. They belong in an auto dialer comparison for one reason: they show how far the parallel mode has moved from the “auto dialer” of the call center era. One rep, several lines, a person on every answered call. The detail of each, line counts included, is in our [parallel dialer comparison for SDR teams](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-parallel-dialers). **Best fit:** structured SDR teams of nine reps or more with a negotiated annual budget. ## Which phone systems include an auto dialer? These three are business phone systems first. The dialer is a feature of a higher plan or an add-on, which is fine if sales and support share the system, and a detour if you only need to prospect. Aircall - Power dialer on Professional, $50 per license per month billed annually; Essentials is $30 - 3 licenses minimum on every plan - No multi-line mode - Source: aircall.io/pricing, November 11, 2026 JustCall - Power dialer on Pro, $49 per user per month billed annually; Team is $29, Pro Plus $89 - 2 users minimum (10 on Business) - Predictive dialer up to 10 lines, power and dynamic dialer on SalesPro, on quote - Source: justcall.io/pricing, November 11, 2026 CloudTalk - Starter about $28, with Power Dialer as an add-on at about $17 (included on Expert) - Parallel Dialer as an add-on at about $44: 5 lines by default, up to 10 on request - No minimum on Starter and Essential, 3 licenses on Expert - Source: cloudtalk.io/pricing, November 11, 2026, converted from euros When this family is the right call - Support and sales share numbers, queues and reporting - Outbound is a few hours a week, not the core of the job - You want one vendor for inbound and outbound The catch is the plan ladder. On Aircall and JustCall the advertised entry price buys a phone system with no dialer; automatic dialing starts one tier up, and the seat minimum applies to that tier too. The arithmetic is in the cost section, and the cost per rep of this family is compared in our guide to the [best VoIP for sales teams](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-voip-for-sales-teams). ## Which auto dialers are built for call centers? Predictive and progressive tools This family answers a different question: how to keep a pool of agents in conversation. It is where predictive dialing lives, and where the minimums are counted in dozens of seats. ### [Five9](https://www.five9.com/) **Type:** Enterprise contact center suite $159 Core, per seat per month 50 seats minimum 4 dialing modes named Five9’s outbound page names predictive, power, progressive and preview dialing, plus a “Manual Touch” mode that removes automatic dialing altogether. Its [pricing page](https://www.five9.com/pricing), read on November 11, 2026, lists Digital at $119 and Core at $159 per seat per month, sends Plus, Pro and Enterprise to sales, and states prices are per concurrent user with “a minimum of 50 seats”. Fifty seats at $159 is $7,950 a month before usage. That is the right order of magnitude for a contact center and the wrong one for a sales team of five, which is the point of sorting tools by family. **Best fit:** contact centers of 50 agents or more that need every mode and enterprise controls. ### [Convoso](https://www.convoso.com/) **Type:** Outbound call center dialer Convoso’s [pricing page](https://www.convoso.com/pricing/) publishes no price: it says a customized quote follows an initial consultation, that carrier fees are billed separately, and it names predictive and power dialing. It is built for outbound lead generation floors that call consumers at volume, with the compliance tooling that work requires. **Best fit:** outbound call centers running consumer lead generation campaigns. ### [MightyCall](https://www.mightycall.com/) **Type:** Small-business call center with contact center modes MightyCall is the entry point to this family. Its [pricing page](https://www.mightycall.com/pricing/) lists Core at $20 and Pro at $38 per user per month billed annually, with no dialer mode listed, then Power at $54 with preview and progressive dialing, and Enterprise at $65, which adds the predictive dialer. Core, Pro and Power require 3 users; Enterprise requires 5. **Best fit:** a small call center that wants progressive or predictive dialing without an enterprise contract. ## How much does auto dialer software cost? The price on the page is per seat. The bill is per seat multiplied by the seats the vendor makes you buy, on the plan that actually dials. Here is that arithmetic, with published prices billed annually. Three readings of those numbers. **The cheapest seat is not the cheapest dialer.** JustCall Team at $29 and Aircall Essentials at $30 are the lowest prices on this page, and neither plan includes automatic dialing. Our comparison of [power dialers with no minimum seats](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-power-dialers-no-minimum-seats) tracks that gap vendor by vendor. **Multi-line dialing at a published price is rare.** Skipcall includes 4 lines at $70. CloudTalk sells its parallel mode as an add-on at about $44, so about $72 on Starter. Trellus lists $149.99 for up to 5 lines. Everything else in multi-line is on quote. **Predictive dialing has a floor size.** The cheapest published predictive plan here is MightyCall Enterprise at 5 users. That is consistent with how the mode works: a pacing model needs several agents to average over. What you are buying, in the end, is conversations per hour. The formula is short enough to run on your own numbers. The reasoning behind a moderate number of lines is detailed in [how many lines a parallel dialer should run](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/how-many-lines-parallel-dialer). ## Is auto dialer software legal? TCPA and the rules by mode Auto dialer software is legal in the United States. What is regulated is how you use it, and the mode you choose decides which rules you meet. This section is a map, not legal advice. The federal rules quoted below were read on November 11, 2026 in 47 CFR 64.1200 (FCC) and 16 CFR 310.4 (FTC). Our guide to [whether cold calling is legal in the US](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/is-cold-calling-legal) and the note on the [TCPA rule changes of November 2026](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/tcpa-rule-changes-november-2026) go into the texts. **Who you call matters more than the tool.** Rules are strictest for consumers and cell phones. The National Do Not Call Registry covers residential and wireless numbers, and the FTC’s own guidance says most calls between a telemarketer and a business are exempt from the Telemarketing Sales Rule. Several states add their own statutes. A B2B list full of personal cell numbers is not a pure B2B list. See [cold calling cell phones](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/cold-calling-cell-phones). **A prerecorded or artificial voice changes everything.** Calls that play a prerecorded or artificial voice to the person require prior consent in most cases under the TCPA. That is the robocall category, and no tool on this page is recommended for it. A live rep on every answered call keeps you out of it. **Predictive dialing meets the abandoned-call rule.** Both the FCC rule (47 CFR 64.1200) and the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.4) call a call abandoned when a person answers and no live rep is connected within two seconds of their completed greeting. The cap is 3 percent of calls answered live, measured per campaign over 30 days. Power and preview dialing cannot abandon a call. Predictive dialing can, by design. **Calling hours and caller ID do not depend on the mode.** Telemarketing calls to residential numbers are barred before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m., local time at the called person’s location. Whatever the list, the number displayed must be real and reachable. A dialer does not exempt you from any of that. **Opt-outs must be permanent.** Whatever the mode, the tool needs a “do not call” disposition that feeds a suppression list no new import can overwrite. It is the first thing a regulator or a plaintiff’s lawyer asks for. Where does parallel dialing sit? One rep, a few lines, the first live answer connected and the ringing calls cancelled. The exposure is not the pooled-agent bet of a predictive dialer, but two people can answer at the same moment, and the chance grows with the line count. That is the practical argument for keeping lines moderate, alongside the commercial one: a prospect who picks up to nobody is a contact lost. [Answering machine detection](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/answering-machine-detection) also plays a part, since a slow detection adds silence at the start of the call. Outside the US the map changes. Our overview of [cold calling laws by country](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/cold-calling-laws-by-country) covers the UK, the EU and Canada. ## How do you choose an auto dialer in five questions? 1. 01 #### Who answers when someone picks up? If the answer is “the rep who owns the list”, you want preview, power or parallel. If it is “whichever agent is free”, you want progressive or predictive. This single question removes half the market. 2. 02 #### How long is the list, and how precious? A few hundred named accounts: power or preview. Thousands of contacts with a low answer rate: parallel. Tens of thousands of consumer records: contact center modes. 3. 03 #### How many seats will you really pay for? Multiply the price by the vendor’s minimum, on the plan that includes your mode. One seat at Skipcall, Close, Trellus or PhoneBurner; two at JustCall; three at Aircall and MightyCall; fifty at Five9. 4. 04 #### Where do calls get logged? A dialer that does not write to your CRM creates data entry. Check the named integrations and what is written: outcome, duration, recording, notes. 5. 05 #### Who are you calling, and where? Consumers, cell phones and regulated industries call for consent records and pacing controls. Business lines in several countries call for local numbers and country coverage. Ask before you sign. If your question is the whole calling session rather than the dialing mode, from list import to CRM logging, our [telesales software comparison](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-telesales-software) follows a session end to end. The matching, once the five answers are in: **Solo founder or first sales hire, B2B.** A single seat with power dialing, and parallel if the list is long: Skipcall, Close, Trellus. **SDR team of 3 to 30, long lists.** Parallel dialing at a published price (Skipcall, CloudTalk add-on, Trellus) or on quote for nine seats and more (Orum, Nooks). **Sales and support on one system.** A phone system with a power dialer: Aircall, JustCall, CloudTalk. Skipcall has no inbound routing and is not the answer here. **Call center, pooled agents.** Progressive or predictive: MightyCall for a small floor, Five9 or Convoso at scale. Read [what decides a call center software choice](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/call-center-software). ## How do you test an auto dialer on your own list? A demo shows the tool on the vendor’s list. The only test that tells you something is a session on yours. Here is a protocol that fits in a free trial or a first paid month, and that works for any mode. 1. 01 #### Split one list in two Take a single file of at least 400 contacts from the same segment and cut it randomly into two halves. Same source, same titles, same time zones. If the halves differ, the test measures the list, not the dialer. 2. 02 #### Run one session per mode, same day, same hours Work half A in power mode and half B in the mode you are considering, parallel or predictive, for the same duration. Keep the same rep and the same opening line. 3. 03 #### Count four numbers Dials placed, live answers, conversations of more than 30 seconds, and answers that reached nobody or reached the rep late. The last one is the number vendors do not put on a dashboard. 4. 04 #### Read the result per hour, not per dial Divide conversations by hours on the phone. Then look at what the faster mode cost you in missed or delayed answers. A mode that adds two conversations an hour and loses one good prospect an hour is not obviously ahead. 5. 05 #### Check what landed in the CRM Open ten records at random after each session. Outcome, duration, notes and recording should be there without anyone typing. If they are not, the time saved on dialing goes back into data entry. One caution for the US: run the test on a list you are allowed to call in the mode you are testing. A trial is not an exemption from consent or Do Not Call rules. ## What should you ask a vendor before a demo? Sales pages blur the modes. A short written message gets you answers a demo will not. Copy it and adapt it. > Subject: five questions before our demo > > 1. Which dialing modes are included on the plan you would quote me: preview, power, progressive, parallel, predictive? Which are add-ons, and at what price? > 2. What is the seat minimum on that plan, and the commitment length? > 3. In your multi-line or predictive mode, what happens when two people answer at the same time? Can I set the maximum number of lines or the pacing myself? > 4. How do you detect voicemail, and how long does the detection take before the rep is connected? > 5. What does your tool write to my CRM after each call, and is the opt-out list permanent across imports? **A good sign.** The vendor names the mode precisely, gives a number for the minimum and tells you who hears what when two calls connect. **A warning sign.** “Our AI handles that”, a price only after a demo for a team of two, or a mode described as power and parallel and predictive at once. For reference, Skipcall’s answers: power and 4-line parallel dialing on Starter, no add-on; no seat minimum; 4 lines maximum, with the first live answer connected and the other calls cancelled while ringing; voicemail detected before the rep is connected; call outcome, duration, recording, transcript and summary written to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce or Attio. ## Which mistakes do buyers make with auto dialers? **Buying on the word.** “Auto dialer” on a pricing page can mean click-to-call with a queue. Ask which of the five modes it is. **Chasing the line count.** Ten lines look faster than four. Past a moderate count, extra lines add few conversations and more double answers. **Comparing the entry price.** The $29 plan rarely dials. Compare the first plan that includes your mode, times the minimum. **Treating compliance as a feature.** A “TCPA compliant” badge describes the tool. The consent, the list and the calling hours are yours. **Using a predictive mode for B2B.** Decision-makers who answer to silence do not call back. For business lists, see [parallel versus predictive dialing](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/parallel-dialer-vs-predictive-dialer). **Dialing a dirty list faster.** An auto dialer multiplies whatever is in the file. If numbers start showing as spam, read our [caller ID flagged as spam](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/caller-id-marked-spam) diagnosis first. ## What to remember - “Auto dialer” names five modes. Decide the mode from one question: who takes the call when someone answers. - For B2B prospecting, power and parallel dialing keep a rep on every answered call. Skipcall, Close, PhoneBurner, Trellus and Kixie cover that ground at team sizes from one seat; Orum and Nooks from nine seats, on quote. - Phone systems (Aircall, JustCall, CloudTalk) include a dialer on a higher plan or as an add-on, with 2- and 3-seat minimums on two of them. - Predictive and progressive dialing belong to contact centers: MightyCall from 3 to 5 users, Five9 from 50 seats, Convoso on quote. - In the US, the rules follow the use: consent for prerecorded or artificial voices and for autodialed calls to cell phones, the Do Not Call Registry, calling hours, and a 3 percent cap on abandoned telemarketing calls. - Skipcall has no predictive dialer, no automated prerecorded calls and no AI voice agent. If you need those, the shortlist is elsewhere on this page. If your calls are B2B and your team is small, the fastest test is a real session on your own list: you can [start with one Skipcall seat](https://skipcall.io/en/pricing) and compare a power session and a parallel session on the same file. Author [Charles Baldet](https://skipcall.io/en/author/charles-baldet) [Charles Baldet on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesbaldet/) CEO & Co-Founder, Skipcall Charles is the CEO and co-founder of Skipcall. A sales commando with over 10 years of experience in B2B SaaS and complex strategic accounts, he has closed major deals with Stellantis, SNCF, RATP and Natixis. A specialist in the PUCCKA and MEDDIC methodologies, Charles regularly teaches sales at HEC's incubator and the Sorbonne. He was ranked among Les Echos' top 10 business angels under 35 in 2020. He also co-founded Getalead (B2B sales agency) and Getlab (SalesTech studio). [See all their articles](https://skipcall.io/en/author/charles-baldet) FAQ ## Frequently asked questions **What is the best auto dialer software?** It depends on the dialing mode your work needs. For B2B prospecting by one rep or a small team, a power or parallel dialer is the right family: Skipcall (power and 4-line parallel dialing from $70 per seat per month billed annually, single seat possible), Close, PhoneBurner and Trellus sell single seats at a published price, while Orum and Nooks sell multi-line dialing on quote. For a contact center that pools agents on consumer campaigns, a predictive or progressive dialer such as Five9, Convoso or MightyCall is the right family. Prices checked November 11, 2026. **What is the difference between an auto dialer and a power dialer?** A power dialer is one kind of auto dialer. "Auto dialer" is the umbrella word for any software that places calls from a list without manual dialing; a power dialer is the mode that calls one number after another for a single rep. Preview, progressive, parallel and predictive dialers are the other modes under the same word. **How much does auto dialer software cost?** Published prices checked on November 11, 2026 run from about $45 to $183 per user per month for the first plan that dials automatically: about $45 at CloudTalk (Starter plus its Power Dialer add-on, converted from €40), $49 at JustCall Pro, $50 at Aircall Professional, $54 at MightyCall Power, $70 at Skipcall Starter, from $99 at Close Growth, $99.99 at Trellus Power, $140 to $183 at PhoneBurner, all billed annually. Seat minimums change the bill: 2 users at JustCall, 3 at Aircall and MightyCall, 50 seats at Five9, whose Core plan is listed at $159 per seat. Orum, Nooks, Kixie and Convoso publish no price. **Is auto dialer software legal in the United States?** Yes, the technology itself is legal. What US rules regulate is the use: calls made with an automatic telephone dialing system or a prerecorded voice to cell phones without the required consent, telemarketing calls to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, telemarketing calls to residences before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time, and abandoned calls, capped at 3 percent of telemarketing calls answered live, measured per campaign over 30 days (47 CFR 64.1200 and the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule, read November 11, 2026). Several states add stricter rules. Check your own campaigns with counsel. **Which auto dialer mode is best for B2B cold calling?** Power dialing for researched or small lists, parallel dialing for long lists with a low answer rate. Both keep one rep in control of every conversation: the rep is always available when someone answers on a power dialer, and a parallel dialer with a moderate line count connects the first live answer and cancels the calls still ringing. Predictive dialing is designed for pooled agents and accepts a share of abandoned calls, which fits B2B prospecting poorly. **Do I need a predictive dialer?** Only if you run a floor of pooled agents on high-volume campaigns, usually consumer calling, and can monitor the abandoned-call rate. A predictive dialer launches more calls than there are free agents and needs enough agents for its pacing model to work. A team of one to ten B2B reps gets more from a power or parallel dialer. **Does Skipcall have a predictive dialer or automated prerecorded calls?** No. Skipcall offers a power dialer and a 4-line parallel dialer, both operated by a rep who takes every live answer. It does not offer predictive dialing, automated prerecorded calls (robocalls) or AI voice agents. A rep can leave a pre-recorded message on a voicemail reached during a session, which is a different thing from an automated call campaign. **Is there free auto dialer software?** Not among the tools checked for this comparison: none publishes a free plan that includes automatic dialing. What exists is free trials. Close lists a 14-day trial and Kixie a 7-day trial with no credit card, according to their pricing pages on November 11, 2026. A trial is enough to run two or three real sessions on your own list, which is the test that matters. ## A calendar full of meetings starts with a call. [Get started now](https://app.skipcall.io/signup) [Book a demo](https://skipcall.io/en/demo) **No commitment** · Number live in 2 minutes Keep reading ## Related articles [View all articles](https://skipcall.io/en/blog) 01 Sales dialer ### [What Is an Auto Dialer? How It Works, and the 2026 Compliance Rules](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/what-is-an-auto-dialer) The 4 dialer families compared, how they actually work (AMD, drop rate), the TCPA and Ofcom rules that bind them, and a decision grid by call volume. 1 Sept 2026 02 Power dialer ### [Best Power Dialer Software in 2026: 10 Tools Compared on What Matters](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-power-dialers) A power dialer calls your list one number after another and removes the dead time between calls. We compared 10 tools on the five things that decide the result: dialing pace, voicemail drop, voicemail detection, CRM logging and the real price of the plan that unlocks the mode. Vendor pages checked on November 11, 2026. 11 Nov 2026 03 Parallel dialer ### [Best Parallel Dialers in 2026: 9 Multi-Line Dialers Compared](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/best-parallel-dialers) A parallel dialer calls several numbers at once for one rep and only connects the person who picks up. These are the 9 tools that genuinely offer it in 2026: simultaneous lines, public price or quote-only, target market, CRM integrations, strengths, limitations and who each one fits, with a direct answer for SDR teams. Vendor pricing pages rechecked on November 11, 2026. 5 Nov 2026 ## Ready to multiply your productivity? Join the sales teams that have transformed their prospecting. [Request a demo](https://skipcall.io/en/demo) Personalized demo • No commitment