Aircall vs. Google Voice

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aircall
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Aircall headquartered in Paris provides a VOIP system for business designed to support contact centers, featuring IVR and automated call routing, conference calls, shared call inbox and call notes, unlimited concurrent calls and call queuing, and many integrations with CRM or marketing systems to support a variety of support or sales purposes.
$30
per user/per month
Google Voice
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Voice is a free IP telephony service that provides users with one phone number that can be forwarded to multiple phones or devices. It includes features such as call forwarding, voicemail translation, text messaging, and voice calls. Fees may apply for international calling.
$10
per month
Pricing
AircallGoogle Voice
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$30
per user/per month
Professional
$50
per user/per month
Custom
Contact sales team
Starter
$10
per user/per month
Standard
$20
per user/per month
Premier
$30
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AircallGoogle Voice
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
AircallGoogle Voice
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
7.7
22 Ratings
6% below category average
Google Voice
3.9
50 Ratings
71% below category average
Hosted PBX8.01 Ratings8.423 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.616 Ratings5.326 Ratings
User templates5.01 Ratings1.619 Ratings
Call reports8.020 Ratings2.143 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.918 Ratings2.025 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
7.2
25 Ratings
16% below category average
Google Voice
5.8
64 Ratings
37% below category average
Answering rules9.424 Ratings3.943 Ratings
Call recording8.923 Ratings7.850 Ratings
Call park4.01 Ratings6.422 Ratings
Call screening7.719 Ratings7.459 Ratings
Message alerts5.820 Ratings3.562 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
9.5
16 Ratings
14% above category average
Google Voice
7.3
42 Ratings
12% below category average
Audio conferencing9.516 Ratings8.037 Ratings
Video conferencing00 Ratings6.220 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings5.613 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
8.8
24 Ratings
6% above category average
Google Voice
6.4
60 Ratings
26% below category average
Mobile app for iOS7.818 Ratings4.843 Ratings
Mobile app for Android9.814 Ratings8.048 Ratings
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AircallGoogle Voice
Small Businesses
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
AircallGoogle Voice
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(26 ratings)
3.6
(70 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(2 ratings)
7.0
(35 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AircallGoogle Voice
Likelihood to Recommend
Aircall
Aircall is a great fit for any SaaS organization for sales and support groups. Since I come from sales, I cannot talk about support, but for the sales team, it's a great help. It's intuitive and user-friendly. No need for formal training as it's very easy to access all the features you need. I particularly like the option of taking calls on my mobile phone while I am away from my desk or traveling, and also how I can easily manage my working hours and schedule. I also like its ability to interact with different CRMs and other useful tools like Slack, etc.
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Google
In the past, I would have happily recommended this for small business use cases. Due to its affordability, versatility, and low barrier to entry as well as its simplicity to use. Google Voice was integrated into the Chrome Browser, it was easily accessed from Gmail, and integrated into Gmail and could even be leveraged in such a way to when phone numbers were clicked on, Google Voice was the tool used. However over the past few years and more, in the past couple of years from 2021 to current, this tool seems to have lost favor with the Alphabet suite of tools. With the lack of integrations, it's becoming less stable, and people are just opting more for Google Meet Voice. The biggest area where this is less appropriate and where opportunity has opened for others is its lack of features, like virtual attendants, call recording, call transcription, SMS, MMS, CRM integration, and other key features even 1 or 2 person business really needs in this day and age
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Pros
Aircall
  • Aircall's integration with HubSpot is fantastic. I can call from anywhere in HubSpot and know that my call is logged automatically. During my call, I have easy access to a contact's record and can pull up any information I need in just the click of a button. The only limit I've found is that it doesn't (yet?) auto-log to tickets. This seems to be pretty common among other integrations so it wasn't seen as a con in our buying decision.
  • I really like the Aircall dashboard and being able to customize who has access to what number. We even have the ability to give outbound calling privileges only to certain team members. It's also great that you can set up each individual number's answer tree to ring to the correct person.
  • There's a lot of cool features that don't make sense for our particular business, but I think Aircall's metric tracking and coaching abilities would be really useful for a lot of teams. I remember in my first call hearing about a feature where a manager can listen in and "whisper" tips to a rep during a call that only the rep would be able to hear. I can see how this would add value in a coaching situation.
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Google
  • Google Voice has been great for setting up additional phone lines and numbers.
  • The voicemail inbox is a great feature and you can see when messages come in online and listen to the messages from your computer.
  • Google Voice allows us to have multiple phone numbers and lines for specific business purposes.
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Cons
Aircall
  • No schedule for bank holidays
  • No feature to update more than one phone line at the same time
  • Admins don't have access to the timeline of a call to see with which agent it rang
  • Missing agent-specific stats when your phone lines are organized in teams
  • If calls are setup to ring to a first group and then a second, if the whole first group is already busy, it does not go to the second group but puts the customer on hold
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Google
  • I think there is room to improve with regards to call forwarding.
  • I wish there were a concise way to know if the call was to your Google Voice number or your personal number before answering the call.
  • when I add a contact to my account on the web it doesn't seem to sync with my phone even though the same email address is logged in.
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Likelihood to Renew
Aircall
No answers on this topic
Google
It's user friendly, how to use it is self explanatory, they support all their own options while someone like Phone Booth uses a third party. I can cancel Google Voice anytime and I choose how much I spend with Google Voice
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Usability
Aircall
No answers on this topic
Google
I haven't had problems with dropped calls, bad reception, lost recordings - everything works the way it should. The iOS app is easy to use, and the process is easy to explain to other people. It's also the cheapest way I've found to call internationally - I've used it to interview people from London and Austraila.
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Support Rating
Aircall
We've enjoyed using Aircall so far and have had no issues with it. The platform is easy to use, looks nice, and makes it easy to keep track of everything.
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Google
They do not offer support unless you have the Business account for Google Voice under G Suite. This is tough, because Google doesn't really have a customer support team for this service, so when it gets shut down for a few hours, we have no choice but to wait it out. But this doesn't happen that often, which is great.
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Implementation Rating
Aircall
No answers on this topic
Google
It is a pretty seamless program to transfer to, even for people who either have little experience with these programs or people who were stuck on Skype
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Alternatives Considered
Aircall
We used to answer phone calls on our fix line when at the office. The quality was very bad but we had in mind that a VOIP solution would be too expensive. When lockdown began last year, I had to redirect calls on my own mobile phone which was not efficient. Also I couldn't receive voicemails, have a history of calls or choose working hours.
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Google
The integrations of Google Voice with all our devices are flawless, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and Mac. Also, the call performance is far superior on wifi as well as on mobile data. With Skype, we had several problems with personal accounts, performance issues, and in general, it felt awkward to use it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Aircall
No answers on this topic
Google
Google Voice should be also be use to those who have difficulty in speaking English. So the contract term will need to be a little strict as Google Voice is used in navigations as the part of GPRS navigation is personal. The private data need to be in control much more securely and safely.
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Professional Services
Aircall
No answers on this topic
Google
It help to connect with the products that we use as a part. We need to get in touch with our professional world. It is like a tool that helps us to get in touch with everything from A to Z in our professional careers. So we need to be in touch with everything as linearly as the jpb can be done.
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Return on Investment
Aircall
  • Because of the lack of local partnerships with South African telecoms companies, calls to South Africa is very expensive. This was not originally apparent when opening the Aircall account.
  • Not having the option to display a local South African number in the CLIP, means that people are not always eager to pick up the phone when they see an overseas number ringing.
  • The only positive impact has been the collaborative experience and being able to maintain a virtual office
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Google
  • Cost for Google Voice is stellar, starting at $10/mo per user.
  • While it doesn't offer a new Audio/Video conferencing solution it does integrate with GSuite so it makes use of Google Calendar and Hangouts/ Google Meet.
  • Gets the employee's to use their company phone numbers more as texting is easy and deployment is simple.
  • The cell phone app is reliable and easy to deploy.
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ScreenShots

Aircall Screenshots

Screenshot of A simple way to make and receive calls at your desk.Screenshot of Your calls on the go, anywhere you go (iOS + Android).Screenshot of Track your team's call activities in real-time in the Aircall Activity Feed.Screenshot of Track your team's call performance in real-time in the Aircall Analytics Dashboard.