Dialpad Ai Voice vs. RingCentral RingEx

So you’ve been tasked with deciding which business phone system is best for your org. No pressure. Except there is! With the number of options out there, each with different pricing plans and perks.
The good news is you’ve come to the right place to figure it out. We’ve put together this detailed comparison of two powerhouse options: Dialpad Ai Voice and RingCentral MVP.

What do Dialpad and RingCentral have in common?

Dialpad and RingCentral MVP are both cloud-based unified communications platforms with built-in phone systems. Both offer an internal messaging platform and a video conferencing solution. And both integrate with apps like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Okta to further automate the process of adding and de-provisioning users, freeing up IT time. Dialpad and RingCentral also both support desk phones and BYOD.

Although they have several things in common, these two platforms are also unique in their own ways. Check out some of the main differences between Dialpad and RingCentral below.

How are Dialpad and RingCentral different?

Sure, there are features and little product things that are different between both companies (and the other competitors in the space), but the biggest difference is in how Dialpad is built. One of the things that many of our customers love about Dialpad is how easy it is to set up. (And make changes to!)

With Dialpad, setting up a new user takes five minutes. Setting up a contact center? Another five. Yeah, it’s pretty fast.

Sure, there are features and little product things that are different between both companies (and the other competitors in the space), but the biggest difference is in how Dialpad is built.
One of the things that many of our customers love about Dialpad is how easy it is to set up. (And make changes to!)
With Dialpad, setting up a new user takes five minutes. Setting up a contact center? Another five. Yeah, it’s pretty fast.

Dialpad is also built on the Google Cloud Platform, which allows us to do neat things like minimize downtime and release new features every week—not quarterly like most other platforms.
So, if you’re looking for something that’ll help you close more deals, manage a contact center team, and communicate with anyone from anywhere over the phone, video, or messaging—all while delivering an exceptional customer experience—then keep reading.

Okay, you’re not sold yet

Fair. Everyone says they have “calling and messaging and video… and a contact center… and more!”
We get it.
So we asked our Sales team—who actually talks to our customers who used to be with RingCentral—to break things down for us. Want to know what they’re hearing every day about the whole RingCentral vs Dialpad thing? Keep scrolling.

Easy peasy telephony

Whether you work in tech or not, using your business phone system should be easy.
Dialpad's business messaging platform automatically syncs across all devices, which gives you a single source of truth for all your business conversations.
Say you had a quick call with a colleague on the desktop app and sent her a business text on your mobile app. Both conversations with that colleague will show up when you open Dialpad. This makes it easy to find where the conversation left off, no matter what device you’re using.
Dialpad also offers a more consistent product experience because all of our products are built and supported in-house. (RingCentral is actually selling another company’s contact center solution3, which is why their communications app's user interface looks so different from their contact center platform.)

The single pane of glass experience

How much time do your employees spend switching between your different apps? Using multiple systems to handle calls, messaging, video conferences, and so forth can get… confusing.

With Dialpad’s single app for calling, chat, contact center, and video conferencing, onboarding and setup are a lot easier. The business messaging platform automatically syncs across all devices, providing a single source of truth for all your business conversations.

Imagine: You had a quick call with a client on the desktop app and sent them a business text on your mobile app. Before that, you had an email thread going with some Google Drive attachments.
All of these interactions will show up in a single pane when you access Dialpad. This makes it easy to find where the conversation left off, regardless of what device you’re using.

By combining your contact center with your team messaging, telephony, and sales coaching tool into a single, unified communications platform, Dialpad offers a much lower TCO (total cost of ownership) versus paying for all these programs separately. Not to mention the benefit of having all your conversations in one place.

Get up and running in minutes

Whether you’re replacing an existing contact center or implementing a new one, interruptions to business operations are likely. And the longer it takes to be up and running, the more a company risks losing money.

Dialpad makes deployment quick and simple. In fact, both our CCaaS and UCaaS solutions can be implemented and set up in a matter of days for most companies—or even a matter of minutes for some (like LeadSigma and EF). Plus, Dialpad’s deployments include several self-service options, empowering customers to speed up the setup process without waiting for support.

Just imagine not having to call an IT person to do little things like add a user or change your voicemail settings. With cloud deployment and self-configuration in minutes, you can (easily) do it all yourself—even on a mobile device.

Room for all your favorite apps

When it comes to integrations, RingCentral has more. So if you’re looking for something super niche, RingCentral might be more likely to have it. But Dialpad does have all the major ones and is constantly adding more.

One thing to note: make sure you try out how the integrations work on both platforms when you're comparing them. For example, Salesforce is a pretty key integration—we'd recommend trying out how it integrates with both Dialpad and RingCentral, on both desktop and mobile.

(Do you get full Salesforce functionality whether you're on your computer or your cell phone?)
Here's how Dialpad's Salesforce integration looks, for instance:

No need to ask, “Can you hear me now?”

When choosing a business phone system, call quality is super important. RingCentral and Dialpad both leverage VoIP technology to provide high-quality calls.

Dialpad’s telephony architecture is cloud-native, adaptable, and reliable—with Dialpad, you have all the servers, globally, to leverage. The result? Better call quality as each call is set up independently to suit the situation.

(Dialpad’s innovative and modern backend also means that there’s next-to-no downtime. That means you can keep using the phone system as usual, even when there are software updates.)

Call analytics reports: No math degree needed

Both Dialpad and RingCentral do offer reporting—Dialpad does so at no additional cost, and is super easy to use too. You can see all your data right from your Analytics tab.

Heatmaps that show when you’re getting the most calls—and how your average speed to answer is trending during the day? Check.

Call durations? Check.

Dialpad even spots keyword terms that keep popping on your customer calls.
This way, you can easily spot pesky issues that might be tripping up your team, improve your training, and boost the performance of your contact center:

So supportive, you can lean on us anytime… Literally

Both Dialpad and RingCentral offer 24/7 global support. What it really boils down to is the quality of the support. That’s where Dialpad shines.

But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what our customers say:

“Dialpad Contact Center was very helpful when I reached out to them”

Austin M
Small business (-50 employees)

You’ll never just be a number to us. Even though Dialpad’s customers run the gamut from solopreneurs to organizations with 1,000+ people, you won’t be able to tell.

That’s our goal. And that’s also why we’ve designed Dialpad to be so easy to use without IT help. It should just work. And in the rare cases where something does come up (because, well, technology), our team is here at all hours of the day or night to help you with 24/7 support on the Pro and Enterprise plans. We don’t run a traditional 9-to-5, and most of our customers don’t either.

And let’s be honest, the easier we can make it for you, the less stressed our Customer Support team will be.

And our secret sauce: Dialpad Ai

Everyone talks about AI. But no one really talks about how it works or why you’d even want it in your phone system or cloud contact center platform.

So here’s what Dialpad Ai does for you. Not only does it automatically transcribe your voice conversations—in real-time—it can also detect customer sentiment on calls based on the words they use, and pick out keywords and phrases so you can track them:

For example, if your customers are bringing up a competitor’s name or asking a lot of tricky questions about price, you’ll know.

Having analyzed over five billion minutes of proprietary voice and messaging data, Dialpad Ai is purpose-built for business conversations. And not only can it transcribe your voice and video calls in real time, Dialpad Ai also integrates with ChatGPT to automatically generate a call summary with a short recap in friendly, natural language after every meeting:

Oh, and if you ever see other "UC and CC" products (like RingCentral) talk about AI... Our automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language processing (NLP) engine is proprietary. Meaning we built it ourselves, and it’s one of the most accurate out there.

How much does Dialpad cost?

Dialpad Ai Voice starts at only $15/user/month and includes unlimited call recording and real-time transcription, just to name a few. We also offer a super affordable toll-free rate of 2 cents per minute.

Plus, think of how much you’re saving by not having to call in an IT person to do little things like add a user or change your voicemail settings.

How much does RingCentral cost?

RingCentral’s Core plan (most closely matched to Dialpad’s lowest-level plan) is $30/seat at regular price, and doesn't come with essentials like unlimited call recording or video recording.1 You'll have to go up to the Advanced or Ultra plan for that.

Dialpad also deploys in much less time—and you don't need weeks of training to become an admin for Dialpad Ai Contact Center.

Is RingCentral a powerful tool? Absolutely. But it’s not quite as cost-effective as Dialpad if you’re comparing plans with similar features.

But you don't have to take our word for it

According to G2, Dialpad outscores RingCentral MVP in several important categories, such as:
Video conferencing
Audio calls
Chat functionality
Enterprise scalability
Ease of setup
And a whole lot more!