JustCall alternative
The JustCall alternative that includes the dialer
JustCall is the closest of these products to smrtPhone on raw features, and the argument is not that it is worse. It is that the entry tiers both read $29 and then diverge. JustCall's $29 Team plan has no dialer, so a calling team actually starts at Pro for $49, and it will not sell fewer than two licences. Its phone numbers are sold as bundles with no published price where ours are $2 to $5 each. And of the investor CRM stack it lists Podio and HighLevel, where smrtPhone is native across all of it. What JustCall gives you that we do not is unlimited inbound and outbound minutes on every plan.
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The short version
- JustCall Team at $29 includes no dialer. Pro at $49 is the first plan that does, and both require a minimum of 2 licences.
- Every JustCall plan includes unlimited inbound and outbound calling. smrtPhone includes 500 minutes a seat and charges $0.03 after that, or $99 a seat for unlimited.
- JustCall sells phone numbers as Local Number Bundles, an add-on with no price published on its pricing page. smrtPhone numbers are $2 to $5 each.
- JustCall SalesPro dials up to 10 predictive lines against smrtDialer's 4, and is quote-only.
- Of the investor CRM stack, JustCall lists Podio and HighLevel. InvestorFuse, Left Main REI, DataSift, Realeflow, Invelo, Carrot and Tape are not in its directory.
smrtPhone vs JustCall
The JustCall alternative, feature by feature
Every JustCall figure below was taken from JustCall’s own public pricing pages . Prices change; check theirs before you decide.
| What matters when you dial |
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smrtPhone |
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| What it is built for | Broad multichannel messaging and calling for sales and support | CRM-native conversations for real estate, investor and services teams |
| Starting price | $29 a user a month billed annually (Team) | $24 a seat a month billed yearly, or $29 month to month |
| Does the entry plan dial? | No. No. Team has no dialer. Pro at $49 is the first that does | Yes. Yes. smrtDialer adds on at any tier |
| Seat minimum | No. 2 licences, and 10 on the Business plan | Yes. None. One seat at a published price |
| Power dialing | Power dialer from Pro. Predictive up to 10 lines on SalesPro, which is quote-only | smrtDialer, 1 to 4 lines. $50 a seat single line, $90 up to four, AI voice detection included |
| Calling minutes | Yes. Unlimited inbound and outbound on every plan | 500 a seat, then $0.03. Unlimited at $99 a seat |
| Text segments included | None on Team. 1,000 on Pro and Pro Plus. SMS bundles are an add-on | 1,000 a seat, then $0.02 |
| Phone numbers | Partly. Local Number Bundles, an add-on with no published price | Yes. $2 to $5 a number a month, one included per seat |
| Native CRM integrations | 100+ including HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, Podio and HighLevel | Podio, HighLevel, Left Main REI, InvestorFuse, DataSift, Realeflow, Invelo, Carrot, Tape and Salesforce |
| Investor CRM stack | Partly. Podio and HighLevel. The other seven are not offered | Yes. Ten native, including the ones only this market uses |
| AI on calls | AI Review Assist is an add-on below Pro Plus and included from Pro Plus at $89 | Recording and transcription included. Keywords, sentiment and summaries $10 a seat |
| AI agents that take calls | AI Voice Agent, priced per minute with volume discounts | smrtAgents answer, qualify and hand off with context |
| Outbound list compliance | Partly. Available, tied to plan | Yes. DNC and DNT lists, DNC applet, DNC API, A2P 10DLC and automatic opt-out, in the base seat |
| Published pricing | Team, Pro and Pro Plus published. SalesPro and Business are quote-only | Every seat and add-on price published |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
What it actually costs, with the arithmetic shown
One person who dials out of a CRM list, on annual billing. This is the case where the two price lists genuinely diverge, and the caveat below says what happens as soon as you add a second person.
| Line item | JustCall | smrtPhone |
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| Cheapest plan with a power dialer | Pro, $49 a user | Standard seat $29, plus smrtDialer $50 |
| Licences you have to buy for one person | 2, the published minimum | 1 |
| Seat cost for that one person | $98 | $79 |
| Calling minutes | Unlimited | 500 a seat, then $0.03 |
| Text segments included | 1,000 on Pro | 1,000 a seat |
| Monthly total, one person dialing out | $98 | $79 |
That gap exists because JustCall will not sell one licence, and it is specific to a single dialing user - add a second person and the arithmetic changes, so price both properly at your own size. Their minutes are unlimited on every plan and ours are metered after 500 a seat, which widens that further for a team on the phone all day. The case for us is the CRM depth, the per-number pricing and compliance in the base seat, not the monthly total.
Both columns are list prices published by each vendor on annual billing. JustCall SalesPro, the plan with predictive dialing, is quote-only and is not in this table. Its Local Number Bundles carry no published price either, so they are excluded rather than estimated.
The other side
When JustCall is the better choice
JustCall runs a predictive dialer on up to 10 lines on its SalesPro plan; smrtDialer runs up to 4. If your model is a large seated team burning through enormous lists, check that number first. Every JustCall plan includes unlimited inbound and outbound calling, where smrtPhone meters after 500 minutes a seat. It also carries channels we do not, WhatsApp among them, and lists over a hundred integrations against our ten native ones plus webhooks.
- You need predictive dialing on more than 4 lines.
- Your team is on the phone all day and unlimited minutes beat metered ones.
- WhatsApp or another channel we do not carry is part of how you work.
- Your stack is broad and mainstream rather than deep in one CRM.
Straight from the reviews
What JustCall users complain about
Recurring themes across JustCall’s own public review profiles, each one set against what smrtPhone does about it.
- 4.1/5
- 3.8/5
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What reviewers report
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What we do about it
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| A port request passed between ten agents | Support runs the port for you from live chat, and tells you the one-to-three-week reality up front |
| Onboarding that stops at one short call | Guided onboarding on Premium, white-glove on VIP, and the free tier still gets live chat |
| Support by email with no direct chat | Live chat to a person on every plan, including the free one |
| Account setup and verification stalling | A2P 10DLC registration sits in the base seat and support runs it with you |
| Paying for a second licence you do not need | No seat minimum. One seat is a normal account |
Why people compare the two and move
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The $29 plans are not the same plan
Both entry tiers read $29. Ours calls, texts and connects to your CRM, and smrtDialer bolts on at any tier. JustCall Team has no dialer at all, so a calling team starts at Pro for $49 - and at two licences minimum, whether or not there are two of you.
Dialer available at any tier, from $50 -
Numbers stopped being a line item they could read
Teams running local presence need a lot of numbers. JustCall sells them as Local Number Bundles, an add-on its pricing page carries no figure for, so the number spend is a conversation rather than a calculation. Ours are $2 to $5 each with one included per seat.
Numbers at $2 to $5 each, published -
The CRM depth stopped short of their stack
JustCall lists more than a hundred integrations, including Podio and HighLevel. If you run InvestorFuse, Left Main REI, DataSift, Realeflow, Invelo, Carrot or Tape, none of them are there.
Ten native investor CRM integrations
Built into the CRM you already run
Calls, texts, recordings and dispositions land on the record they belong to, with no connector in between.
Verified reviews
What smrtPhone users say
Everything above is our claim. This is not: these are reviews left on Capterra, where most reviewers are real estate investors.
- 4.7/5
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5 out of 5. Under 6 months in
Its ability to dial on 4 different lines simultaneously that no other dialer in the market has.
Chad F. Founder, real estate -
5 out of 5. Under 6 months in
What I like most about SmrtPhone is how responsive and helpful their support team is. In fact, there have been instances during my onboarding that they have proactively reached out. They make the learning curve very easy to overcome.
Brendan P. CEO, real estate -
5 out of 5. 2+ years in
Integration with Podio and the ability to customize every aspect.
Ryan J. Founder, real estate
What switching actually involves
Numbers port. If you are on JustCall Team and were about to upgrade to Pro for the dialer, that is the natural moment to compare: roughly the same money buys a smrtPhone seat plus smrtDialer, for one person rather than two licences.
- Port your numbers. They move with you. Nobody has to learn a new number.
- Connect the CRM. Calls, texts, recordings and dispositions start writing to the record.
- Rebuild your call flows. Routing, ring groups, business hours and the DNC applet.
- Run both for a few days. Then move the dialing over once the logging looks right.
How long the port really takes
- Porting takes one to three weeks once the paperwork is in and confirmed. It is faster when your current provider sits on the same underlying carrier we do, and slower if the paperwork comes back rejected over a detail that does not match your carrier record.
- Support does the work. You start it from live chat and the team handles the submission.
- Do not cancel your old provider until the port completes. Your number keeps working throughout.
- Occasionally voice ports a few hours before texting does. It settles by itself.
Questions people ask before switching
Does JustCall's cheapest plan include a dialer?
No. The Team plan at $29 a user a month billed annually has no dialer in its feature list. The power dialer starts on Pro at $49, and the predictive dialer is on SalesPro, which is quote-only. Both Team and Pro carry a two-licence minimum. With smrtPhone the seat is $29 and smrtDialer adds on at any tier from $50 a seat, for as few as one person.
How much does JustCall cost?
Billed annually: Team $29 a user, Pro $49 and Pro Plus $89, each with a two-licence minimum. Business requires ten licences and is quote-only, as is SalesPro. Local Number Bundles and SMS bundles are add-ons with no published price, and AI Review Assist is an add-on below Pro Plus and included from Pro Plus up. Every JustCall plan includes unlimited inbound and outbound calling.
Which dials more lines?
JustCall, at the top end. Its SalesPro plan runs a predictive dialer on up to 10 lines. smrtDialer runs up to 4 lines with AI voice detection. For most real estate and investor teams 4 lines is the working number, but if you need 10, JustCall has it and we do not.
Does JustCall integrate with Podio?
Yes. Podio is in JustCall's integration directory, and so is HighLevel. They are the two from the investor stack that it carries. InvestorFuse, Left Main REI, DataSift, Realeflow, Invelo, Carrot and Tape are native to smrtPhone and are not in JustCall's directory.
What do phone numbers cost?
smrtPhone numbers are $2 to $5 a number a month depending on volume, with one number included per seat. JustCall sells them as Local Number Bundles, listed as an add-on on every plan with no price published on its pricing page, so you need a quote to know what local presence will cost you.
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