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Sales dialers and calling

Asked as “sales dialer”, and as “outbound calling platform for sales teams”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Aloware

Contested

18% of first choices, contested.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

CloudTalk28%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Aloware18%ContestedThis page Enterprise

Outreach20%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Aloware0%27accepted challenger

CloudTalk5%38accepted challenger

JustCall5%41accepted challenger

Allo0%12accepted challenger

Nooks10%31accepted challenger

Orum22%37accepted challenger

Aircall14%29accepted challenger

Kixie14%29accepted challenger

Dialpad9%23accepted challenger

Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Five930%10criticized challenger

PhoneBurner14%22accepted challenger

Skipcall8%13accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Aloware vs CloudTalk Aloware vs JustCall CloudTalk vs JustCall

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%

Key

Aloware18%

CloudTalk16%

JustCall14%

Allo14%

Nooks7%

Orum7%

Aircall7%

Kixie5%

Dialpad2%

PhoneBurner0%

Skipcall0%

Five90%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Orum

22%

8 of 37 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative

“Orum charges $250 per user per month with a minimum of 3 users ... users already call it overpriced. Additionally, there are complaints about software bugs, dropped calls, poor audio quality” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt

Kixie

14%

4 of 29 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative

“Budget Traps to Avoid ... No published pricing; costs escalate quickly with add-ons” Kimi K2, budget prompt

PhoneBurner

14%

3 of 22 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative

“Budget Traps to Avoid ... Expensive for budget-conscious teams” Kimi K2, budget prompt

Aircall

14%

4 of 29 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“**Biggest concerns:** Aggressive auto-renewal, unreliable call logging, and poor outbound dialing features.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: four of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

21 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 186 links across 63 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 8 models searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.

cloudtalk.io

vendor site · CloudTalk10 answers · 17 citations · 3 models

trellus.ai

vendor site · Trellus8 answers · 12 citations · 2 models

justcall.io

vendor site · JustCall8 answers · 9 citations · 3 models

aloware.com

vendor site · Aloware7 answers · 10 citations · 2 models

skipcall.io

vendor site · Skipcall7 answers · 7 citations · 2 models

learn.g2.com

6 answers · 7 citations · 3 models

marketbetter.ai

vendor site · MarketBetter6 answers · 6 citations · 2 models

kixie.com

vendor site · Kixie5 answers · 9 citations · 3 models

croclub.com

5 answers · 5 citations · 2 models

g2.com

4 answers · 7 citations · 2 models

nooks.ai

vendor site · Nooks4 answers · 4 citations · 2 models

prospeo.io

vendor site · Prospeo4 answers · 4 citations · 1 model

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

skipcall.io/en/blog/best-sales-dialer-software

7 answers · 2 models

aloware.com/blog/the-8-best-sales-dialers

6 answers · 2 models

cloudtalk.io/blog/best-ai-sales-dialer-software

6 answers · 2 models

justcall.io/blog/best-sales-dialer-software.html

6 answers · 2 models

marketbetter.ai/blog/best-sales-dialers-for-sdr-teams-2026

6 answers · 2 models

croclub.com/tools/best-sales-dialer-software

5 answers · 2 models

cloudtalk.io/blog/dialers-for-cold-calling

4 answers · 2 models

learn.g2.com/best-auto-dialer-software

4 answers · 3 models

prospeo.io/s/best-sales-dialer

4 answers · 1 model

trellus.ai/post/best-sales-dialer-software

4 answers · 2 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best sales dialer for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which outbound calling platform for sales teams would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top sales dialers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best sales dialer for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a sales dialer. What should we look at?”Negative“Which sales dialers should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Aloware Power Dialer, CloudTalk

Four alternatives

Nooks, Orum, PhoneBurner, SmartDialer

CloudTalkChanged

Two alternatives

Apollo.io, Orum

no first choiceAllo

Three alternatives

CallHippo, JustCall, KrispCall

against: Ooma Officeno first choiceagainst: CloudTalk, Orum, ProspectBoss/Sales Dialers

GPT-5.4 miniSalesloft

Four alternatives

Klenty, Nooks, Orum, Regie.ai

AircallChanged

Four alternatives

Close, CloudTalk, Kixie, Nooks

no first choiceJustCall

One alternative

CloudTalk

against: Salesforce Dialerno first choiceagainst: DialedIn, JustCall, Mojo, SalesDialers / ProspectBoss

Gemini 3.5 FlashNooks, Orum

Three alternatives

Aloware, Kixie, PhoneBurner

Nooks, OrumHeld

Four alternatives

Aloware, JustCall, Kixie, PhoneBurner

Orum

Seven alternatives

Aircall, Aloware, CloudTalk, Kixie, Mojo Dialer, Nooks, PhoneBurner

Saleshandy

Four alternatives

Allo, Aloware, Myphoner, VICIdial

against: Kixie, Orumno first choiceagainst: ConnectAndSell, Google Voice, Mojo Dialer, MonsterConnect, Nooks, Orum, Skype

Perplexity SonarAloware

Five alternatives

CloudTalk, JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, Orum

CloudTalkChanged

Two alternatives

JustCall, monday CRM

no first choiceagainst: AircallAllo, JustCall

Three alternatives

CloudTalk, Dialpad, Kixie

against: Oomano first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastAloware, Kixie

Four alternatives

CloudTalk, JustCall, Nooks, Orum

KixieChanged

Three alternatives

CloudTalk, JustCall, PhoneBurner

Kixie, Nooks

Eight alternatives

Aircall, Aloware, CloudTalk, Dialpad, Five9, JustCall, Orum, PhoneBurner

Allo

Three alternatives

Dialpad, Myphoner, ZenCall

against: CloudTalk, JustCall, Kixie, Ooma, PhoneBurnerno first choiceagainst: Five9, Nooks, Orum, Salesfinity, Skipcall

Mistral SmallAloware

Four alternatives

CloudTalk, Nooks, Orum, Skipcall

CloudTalkChanged

Two alternatives

JustCall, Kixie

against: PhoneBurnerAloware

Seven alternatives

Close, CloudTalk, Dialpad, JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, PhoneBurner

Allo

Four alternatives

Dialpad, JustCall, Ooma Office, RingCentral RingCX

no first choiceagainst: RingCentral Events

DeepSeek V4 FlashNooks, Orum

Four alternatives

Aloware, JustCall, Kixie, PhoneBurner

CloudTalkChanged

Four alternatives

Aircall, Aloware, JustCall, Kixie

against: OrumAloware, CloudTalk, Nooks, Orum

Eight alternatives

Aircall, Apollo.io, Dialpad, Five9, JustCall, Kixie PowerCall, PhoneBurner, Skipcall

Allo

Three alternatives

JustCall, Ooma Office, RingCentral RingCX

against: Aircallno first choiceagainst: Aircall, Convoso, Dialpad, Five9, Kixie, Mojo Dialer, Nooks, Orum, ProspectBoss / SalesDialers.com

Llama 4 MaverickAloware

One alternative

Orum

AircallChanged

Three alternatives

CloudTalk, JustCall, Trellus

Aloware

Eleven alternatives

Apollo.io, CallFire, CallHub, CloudTalk, InsideSales, KrispCall, Nooks, PhoneBurner, Readymode, Squaretalk, Zoho Voice

Aloware

Two alternatives

Hot Prospector, JustCall

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashDialer.ai

Five alternatives

Aircall, Kixie, Outreach, Salesloft, Seismic

Aircall, Kixie PhoneChanged

Two alternatives

JustCall, RedDeer

Aloware

Eight alternatives

CloudTalk, Dialpad, JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, Orum, PhoneBurner, Talkdesk

JustCall

Two alternatives

Allo, CloudTalk

against: Ooma Officeno first choiceagainst: Dialpad, OpenPhone

Kimi K2Aloware

Three alternatives

Aircall, Dialpad, Salesfinity

against: OrumCloudTalkChanged

Seven alternatives

Aircall, Dialpad, Nooks, Orum, Outreach, Salesloft, Skipcall

Aloware

Eight alternatives

CloudTalk, Convoso, Five9, NICE CXone, Nooks, Orum, Saleshandy Dialer, Skipcall

Allo, JustCall

One alternative

Aircall

against: Kixie, Orum, PhoneBurnerno first choiceagainst: Aircall, Five9, JustDial, OpenPhone, RingCentral Events, Salesloft

GLM 4.7 FlashXJustCall

Two alternatives

CloudTalk, Dialpad

JustCallHeld

One alternative

Aircall

Aloware

Eleven alternatives

Aircall, CloudTalk, Convoso, Dialpad, Five9, JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, Orum, PhoneBurner, Skipcall

Dialpad

Four alternatives

Allo, CloudTalk, JustCall, Ooma Office

no first choicenothing named

MiniMax M2.5Aloware

Three alternatives

JustCall, Kixie, Orum

CloudTalkChanged

Three alternatives

Aircall, Dialpad, Nextiva

no first choice

Three alternatives

Nooks, Orum, Skipcall

Aloware

Three alternatives

Allo, JustCall, Ooma Office

against: RingCentral RingCXno first choicenothing named

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 03:26	yes	8	9 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-14 23:35	yes	5	6 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-14 23:33	yes	18	29 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 03:05	yes	20	4 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 00:55	yes	0	7 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 03:59	yes	0	7 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 04:02	yes	0	15 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-14 23:07	yes	0	2 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 02:48	no	0	44 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 01:43	yes	0	45 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 00:03	yes	0	76 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 00:59	yes	0	18 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 02:32	yes	7	7 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 02:13	yes	5	4 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-14 23:40	yes	17	25 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 03:47	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-14 23:54	yes	0	7 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 01:28	yes	0	9 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 01:40	yes	0	23 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 01:35	yes	0	2 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 02:10	no	0	36 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 03:53	yes	0	25 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 03:57	yes	0	60 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 01:35	yes	0	21 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 00:45	yes	8	8 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 01:14	yes	3	5 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-14 23:51	yes	11	23 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 04:43	yes	20	7 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 03:35	yes	0	8 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 02:43	yes	0	7 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 00:22	yes	0	15 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 00:18	yes	0	2 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 00:44	yes	0	35 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 02:46	yes	0	34 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 04:21	yes	0	22 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 03:03	yes	0	23 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 04:37	yes	9	7 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 04:19	yes	3	7 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 03:42	yes	11	21 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-14 23:46	yes	20	5 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 03:43	yes	0	9 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-14 23:25	yes	0	7 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 03:14	yes	0	17 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-14 23:57	yes	0	2 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 01:15	yes	0	37 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-14 23:28	yes	0	24 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-14 23:01	yes	0	45 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 01:33	yes	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 03:48	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-14 23:04	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 02:00	no	0	15 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 02:59	yes	20	11 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 02:36	yes	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 03:05	yes	0	8 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-14 23:58	yes	0	19 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 00:17	yes	0	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 02:27	yes	0	49 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-14 23:02	yes	0	34 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 03:51	yes	0	20 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-14 23:41	yes	0	16 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 01:01	yes	13	10 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 03:09	yes	5	9 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 01:38	yes	28	31 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 03:12	yes	20	7 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 04:25	yes	0	9 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 02:21	yes	0	10 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-15 02:22	yes	0	58 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 03:08	yes	0	2 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-14 22:56	yes	0	27 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 02:52	yes	0	61 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 03:39	yes	0	107 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 00:02	yes	0	19 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.

Unresolved, counted raw

Dialer.ai (formerly ActiveProspect)

JustDial

Kixie Phone

ProspectBoss/Sales Dialers

RedDeer

Ring.io

SalesDialers / ProspectBoss

Skype

SmartDialer

Squaretalk

ZenCall

Zoho Voice

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Sales dialers and calling

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

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