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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PhoneBurner

    Score5.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PhoneBurner is an automatic phone dialing system. It provides the ability to load a list of contacts and includes a built-in contact manager. It allows users to record a voicemail message and to choose which contacts to call.

    $165

    per month per user

    Reply

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Reply.io helps sales teams book more meetings by automating outreach with smart AI. It finds leads, writes personalized messages, handles replies, and books meetings, so you can focus on closing deals. Reply.io's AI SDR learns the product, targets its potential users, and engages across email, LinkedIn, SMS, WhatsApp, and calls. Additionally it: Handles replies, books meetings, and works in multiple languages Has access to 1B+ leads with…

    $59

    per month per user (1000 active contacts/month)

    Pricing
    PhoneBurnerReply
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $165
    per month per user
    Professional
    $195
    per month per user
    Premium
    $215
    per month per user
    AI Chat
    $50
    per month
    Email Volume
    $59
    per month per user
    Multichannel
    $99
    per month per user
    Agency
    $166 (starts at)
    per month (billed annually) per account
    AI SDR Starter
    starting with $800
    per month 1000 active contacts
    AI SDR Growth
    Starts from $2500
    per month 5000 active contacts
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PhoneBurnerReply
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details15% discount available with an annual contract. No setup fees. No per minutes fees. No credit card free trial. Admin account is free unless engaged in dialing.Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    PhoneBurnerReply
    Preview Dialer
    Comparison of Preview Dialer features of PhoneBurner and Reply
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Reply
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    Ratings
    Contact preview8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer-CRM integration6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call notes & tags5.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic call logging8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Core Dialer
    Comparison of Core Dialer features of PhoneBurner and Reply
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Reply
    -
    Ratings
    Outbound dialing9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbound routing8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom caller ID9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recorded voicemail drop9.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer contact import9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign & list management9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance
    Comparison of Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance features of PhoneBurner and Reply
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Reply
    -
    Ratings
    Follow-up calls9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer reporting & analytics8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer compliance9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PhoneBurnerReply
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    Dialpad Sell
    Score8.7 out of 10
    HubSpot Sales Hub
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Nooks
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dialpad Sell
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Groove (legacy product)
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PhoneBurnerReply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    6.3
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PhoneBurnerReply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PhoneBurner
    I like that you can dial out so many leads and double the efficiency of the agent. The only thing that bothers me is sometimes, system down issue.
    Incentivized
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    Reply
    Reply works best for structured outbound to a defined ICP, where reps personalize the opener, then let multi-step cadences run across email, calls, and LinkedIn with reply detection and CRM sync. It excels for time-sensitive triggers, event follow ups, closed-lost recycling, and A/B testing to standardize winning copy. It is less suited to bespoke enterprise pursuits that need deep research or legal signoff on every touch, or to untargeted high-volume blasts. In those cases, keep Reply for light structure and handle core outreach manually.
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    Pros
    PhoneBurner
    • PhoneBurner connects to Hubspot so that my team doesn't have to go back and forth.
    • The amount of time it takes to get through a list of calls has almost been cut in half.
    • The opportunity to do leave a voicemail without having to leave it on each call is a huge time saver.
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    Reply
    • To automatically sync our data, and keep records up to date, it offers a variety of native CRM connections, seamless integration with other tools, a robust API, and the power of Zapier.
    • I'm impressed by it, because it includes all of the capabilities I needed, as well as multivariate testing and, most significantly, an excellent reporting system.
    • It offers an extensive set of features for efficient outbound and inbound marketing automation.
    • With reporting and lead qualifying, the automation component is pretty powerful.
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    Cons
    PhoneBurner
    • Could be a little better on the pricing.
    • Could offer a better central administrative function.
    • Could provide more updates to the app.
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    Reply
    • Syncing to other programs. You cannot interrelate Reply with other software in a simple way. Zapier is required and even then it’s not perfect.
    • Similar to syncing, there’s no way to export results of particular campaigns. This is awful. If I send out a campaign to a group, I’d like to export the results to enter into a CRM since I can’t sync the contacts. One of these features must be added ASAP.
    • Organization. While Reply itself is user-friendly, keeping campaigns and contacts and results organized is not. You cannot organize campaigns or file them away when they are done. Therefore you have to delete campaigns to stay organized and lose results, which you cannot even export.
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    Usability
    PhoneBurner
    PhoneBurner as I said before, has an excellent graphical interface, super friendly, with menus that the user can easily find and program the calls. The layout is good, fast, and has little delay and errors. I really like the tool and from the beginning, I had no difficulty with the usability.
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    Reply
    Reply’s overall usability is strong. The interface is intuitive, and most features are easy to navigate without much training. Creating and managing sequences is straightforward, and the automation flow saves a lot of manual effort. Occasionally, the dashboard can feel a bit cluttered, and reporting could be more flexible. But overall, it’s a user-friendly tool that allows teams to get started quickly and operate efficiently day to day
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    Support Rating
    PhoneBurner
    Every interaction I have had with any member of their support team has been pleasant. Issues are quickly addressed and their response time is excellent through the chat service.
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    Reply
    I generally receive a reply in no time at all and found not only the support org. but the sales team to be extremely helpful. Additionally I found a great onboarding process with plenty of resources to consume.
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    Alternatives Considered
    PhoneBurner
    We selected PhoneBurner because it is very easy to integrate with Zoho CRM and if you have a silver plan, you can do a lot such as Sending SMS and unlimited calling, you can also record and drop voicemail, timezone calling is automatic. It is a good dialer to use if you are part of sales.
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    Reply
    Reply is a very good and widely known platform. I find it to be a lot more sophisticated and composed. I believe this tool works great for both large and small companies, which makes it stand out. There are so many other tools that work great, but they are restricted to the type and size of certain companies. With Mailchimp the email chain automation was not up to the mark and we faced a lot of problems due to it. However, Reply has solved all those issues.
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    Return on Investment
    PhoneBurner
    • [I believe] it has cost me a fortune in wasted time trying to make the Hubspot integration [work] (to no avail).
    • [I believe] if the Hubspot integration actually worked, we would probably get decent ROI from the speedier calling.
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    Reply
    • Reply.io has been a lot more effective than MailChimp in terms of the follow-ups for the email chains. We use them to contact the people who said they wanted to do business with us and MailChimp's emails usually went to Promotions on Gmail. With Reply.io, we overcame this problem and the open rate improved 30%.
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    ScreenShots

    PhoneBurner Screenshots

    Screenshot of the dialing interfaceScreenshot of PhoneBurner's spam flag and answer rate solutionScreenshot of an overview of PhoneBurner's lead routingScreenshot of an illustration of a call workflowScreenshot of PhoneBurner's inbuilt analyticsScreenshot of Connect Scores pickup probability

    Reply Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Reply's multichannel outreach toolScreenshot of Reply's multichannel cold outreachScreenshot of an overview of Reply's AI PersonalizationScreenshot of the email deliverability kitScreenshot of Reply's B2B databaseScreenshot of the AI SDR Agent