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Contact center platforms · October 2026 Edition

Talkdesk vs Dialpad Ai Contact Center

Two of fourteen models named Talkdesk first on the direct prompt; four named Dialpad Ai Contact Center. Talkdesk was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Dialpad Ai Contact Center by ten and Talkdesk carries 46 labels and Dialpad Ai Contact Center 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Talkdesk

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Dialpad Ai Contact Center

accepted challenger

By Dialpad, United States, founded 2014. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels4629A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Talkdesk reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Five9 was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Five9 vs Talkdesk · Five9 vs Dialpad Ai Contact Center · Talkdesk vs CloudTalk

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the contact center platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TalkdeskFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDialpad Ai Contact Center
Direct24
Paraphrase501 against Talkdesk
Comparative00
Budget-constrained011 against Dialpad Ai Contact Center
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Talkdesk · 2 against Dialpad Ai Contact Center
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Talkdesk and Dialpad Ai Contact Center were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 195 answers naming Talkdesk and the 83 naming Dialpad Ai Contact Center. In those answers Dialpad Ai Contact Center took the first choice seven times and Talkdesk three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Talkdesk and Dialpad Ai Contact Center stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Talkdesk Dialpad Ai Contact Center first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Talkdesk on the left and Dialpad Ai Contact Center on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Talkdesk and Dialpad Ai Contact Center stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
GLM 4.7 FlashXDialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk alternatives: Five9, Freshdesk Contact Center, Zendesk Contact Center

Talkdesk first, Dialpad Ai Contact Center an alternative

1 of 14 modelsDialpad Ai Contact Center was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastAircall, Talkdesk alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9

Dialpad Ai Contact Center first, Talkdesk an alternative

3 of 14 modelsTalkdesk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center alternatives: Aircall, Five9, Talkdesk, Zoom Contact Center
Qwen 3.7 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX
Kimi K2Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Nextiva

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5CloudTalk alternatives: Five9, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
GPT-5.4 miniGenesys Cloud CX alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, RingCentral Events, Zoom Contact Center
Perplexity SonarCloudTalk alternatives: Nextiva, RingCentral Contact Center, Talkdesk
Mistral SmallFive9 alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Nextiva Contact Center, Talkdesk
DeepSeek V4 FlashFive9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
Llama 4 MaverickCloudTalk alternatives: RingCX, Talkdesk
MiniMax M2.5Five9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk
Muse Glimmer 30BCloudTalk alternatives: Aloware, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, Nextiva, Talkdesk

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-6 LunaFive9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Salesforce Voice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Dialpad Ai Contact Center leads by twelve points.
Dialpad Ai Contact Center12%#3 of 15
Talkdesk0%#13 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Talkdesk leads at mid-market.
Talkdesk12%#2 of 13
Dialpad Ai Contact Center9%#4 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Talkdesk leads by two points.
Talkdesk2%#5 of 9
Dialpad Ai Contact Center0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Talkdesk

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Start with Talkdesk or Aircall for most mid-market B2B—Talkdesk if you need enterprise-grade AI/routing” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Dialpad and Talkdesk are the top contenders” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Talkdesk is widely considered the leader in "ease of use" among CCaaS platforms.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Dialpad Ai Contact Center

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Missed inbound notifications/calls slipping through... Popular but inconsistent for high-stakes contact centers.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“limited outbound dialing control and occasional connectivity issues during high-volume campaigns” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“While its Pro plan is $69/user/month... may be worth the investment for growing teams” Mistral Small · budget prompt · soft negative
“or Dialpad ($15/user/month) if you're primarily phone-focused and want AI features without the premium price tag” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Dialpad and Talkdesk are the top contenders” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Dialpad Ai Contact Center represents the most future-proof and practical choice” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.