CallFire vs. CallRail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CallFire
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
CallFire is a VoIP and messaging solution designed for both external B2C interactions and internal company use. It includes features such as text messaging, call tracking, voice broadcasting, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Subscription pricing starts at $99 per month.
$99
per month
CallRail
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
CallRail offers phone call tracking, recording and analytics.
$30
per month per user
Pricing
CallFireCallRail
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Startup
$199.00
per month
Grow
$299.00
per month
Pro
$599.00
per month
Lead Center (requires Call Tracking plan)
$30
per month per user
Call Tracking
$45
per month
Conversation Analytics (Call Tracking + Conversation Intelligence)
$95
per month
Marketing Analytics (Call and Form Tracking)
$95
per month
Analytics Suite
$145
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CallFireCallRail
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
CallFireCallRail
Considered Both Products
CallFire
Chose CallFire
We also use CallRail in our agency but find that most of our needs are met by CallFire for less money.
Chose CallFire
CallFire has a pricing structure that is attractive to us as a small business. The "pay as you use" options helps us keep our overhead low, especially with so many softwares already in our tech stack. It's a tremendous value for the cost!
CallRail

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
CallFireCallRail
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
CallRail
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
9.3
10 Ratings
10% above category average
CallRail
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
CallRail
-
Ratings
Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
8.3
2 Ratings
0% below category average
CallRail
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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CallFireCallRail
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
CallFireCallRail
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(15 ratings)
2.4
(33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
CallFireCallRail
Likelihood to Recommend
CallFire
If you need to find a test candidate for your client quickly, this is one of the best ways. Pull yourself a hot list of a couple hundred potential candidates and load them in to CallFire. Then get ready to hit about 50-60 calls per hour. You should have a great test candidate for your client in about 24 hours! It's amazing how quickly you can show your clients the true speed of your company.
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CallRail
This is great software for differentiating where phone traffic is coming from. Whether it's paid/organic search, you can see exactly where the calls are coming in from. I'd love to see them add text/SMS features in the future, but it does what it claims. I'd also like to see more CRM integrations, but not sure that other users share the same sentiment
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Pros
CallFire
  • CallFire provides detailed analytics that show what/when callers select within the phone system
  • The text message broadcast feature is a game changer. This allows a company to dispatch text campaigns with specific calls-to-action, with tracking analytics.
  • The voice broadcast feature allows a mass automated message to be sent to client phones. This saves a lot of time when the same notification needs to go out to multiple clients.
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CallRail
  • Tracking phone calls first & foremost! Being able to have a running tally of the phone calls made and listening to the recorded calls throughout the month and providing that information back to our clients is vital!
  • Their UI is exceptionally easy to use & navigate. This is important when we have many clients running at the same time and we are able to always determine what report is for which client.
  • The ease of setting up a brand new client & their tracking phone number is fantastic! Saves a lot of time when it walks you through everything you need to know & do step by step.
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Cons
CallFire
  • The services are easy to use and robust, but there is room for improvement. Unfortunately, not much has changed over the last 2 years of use. There haven't been any new features or innovations in that time.
  • API integration and automation is not easy for most folks to jump into and there is very little technical support or documentation to take advantage of such features.
  • The standard reports are generally sufficient, but there isn't any customization or intelligence available.
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CallRail
  • The integration with Hubspot is not as seemless as I would have liked. We had an issue where a person who was already in Hubspot called in, and their contact information was not matched to the caller ID correctly which created some duplicate entries. A little bit of a bummer, but from what I understand they may have fixed this. We had to stop using them for a little while because our outsourced sales team was more confused by adding CallRail, so we'll be re-implementing this once our new sales team is fully trained. Hopefully the record miss-match issue gets fixed.
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Likelihood to Renew
CallFire
There is no reason not to, it has proven effective in the usage
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CallRail
No answers on this topic
Usability
CallFire
No answers on this topic
CallRail
The platform is easy to use and we really don't have any complaints with using it so far. The information is invaluable for clients that rely on phone calls to drive more business. Not much negative to say about it at this point. We're actually really happy with it so far and the cost is manageable.
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Support Rating
CallFire
No answers on this topic
CallRail
CallRail support normally gets back to us pretty quickly when we submit a ticket and they have a good knowledge base for common questions. I've heard mixed reviews from other local marketing agencies that use this tool, but overall in my experience, support has been knowledgeable and quick working through our problems.
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Alternatives Considered
CallFire
CallFire has a pricing structure that is attractive to us as a small business. The "pay as you use" options helps us keep our overhead low, especially with so many softwares already in our tech stack. It's a tremendous value for the cost!
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CallRail
Callrail has a very seamless and easy to use Dynamic Number Swap function. In other call tracking that we looked into the integration was either not as easy to use or required much more work to implement. Setting up CallRail has been so easy even our entry-level employees need very little training to master the platform.
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Return on Investment
CallFire
  • I sent out a broadcast message pretty deep in our data base, well three years out. I had one customer come in and buy thanking me for contacting her.
  • Our holiday season was up 35% over last year, this year we used CallFire more than we did in the past.
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CallRail
  • It is useful to monitor our calls weekly. We can give our employees feedback on the quality of the calls which helps our overall sales and conversions.
  • By knowing which campaigns perform best, we can shift our budget to target those campaigns specifically which saves us revenue and increases sales.
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ScreenShots

CallRail Screenshots

Screenshot of Activity DashboardScreenshot of Integrations PageScreenshot of Call LogScreenshot of Lead CenterScreenshot of Call Attribution ReportScreenshot of Activity Dashboard