Pipedrive Published 5 November 2026 Updated 11 November 2026 22 min read

Best Pipedrive Phone Integrations in 2026: What Each One Actually Syncs

Pipedrive has had no built-in calling since it retired its Caller feature, so every team that calls needs a third-party app. Six options compared on what matters for outbound: where the call starts, what lands in Pipedrive, multi-line dialing, pricing checked on November 11, 2026, and who each one is really for.

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built-in calling in Pipedrive: its help center points to Marketplace apps instead
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full removal, on December 31, of Pipedrive's old Caller feature, closed to new customers on October 6, 2022
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phone integrations for Pipedrive compared, pricing checked November 11, 2026
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A Pipedrive phone integration is a third-party app that places calls and then logs them in the CRM: a dated activity on the person and the deal, with duration, outcome and often the recording. Pipedrive has had no built-in calling since it retired its Caller feature, so any team that sells by phone on Pipedrive has to pick one.

This comparison is for teams that run their pipeline in Pipedrive and use the phone to prospect. It compares six options on what matters day to day: where the call starts, what lands in Pipedrive, multi-line dialing and real cost. Every price and feature below was checked on vendor websites on November 11, 2026. It builds on our general guide to phone system CRM integration, which covers integration levels and field mapping.

The best dialer that integrates with Pipedrive depends on the job. For high-volume outbound, pick a multi-line dialer that logs every call on the deal: Skipcall (up to 4 lines, from $70 per user per month billed annually, no seat minimum, calls start in Skipcall) or Kixie (up to 4 lines, calls start inside Pipedrive, price on quote). For a team phone system that also takes inbound calls, CloudTalk, Aircall, JustCall and Ringover all offer click-to-call from the Pipedrive record, with a dialer as an add-on or in a higher plan.

High-volume outbound. You work lists and want several numbers dialed at once: Skipcall or Kixie, or CloudTalk with its parallel dialer add-on.

Team phone system. You take as many calls as you make and need queues, IVR or a main line: Aircall, JustCall, CloudTalk or Ringover.

Calling from the record. Your reps call one contact at a time from Pipedrive: Kixie, Aircall, JustCall, CloudTalk or Ringover. Not Skipcall, where calls start in Skipcall.

No. Pipedrive’s help center, last updated September 3, 2026, says it plainly: Pipedrive does not have a built-in calling integration, and you need to install a calling app from its Marketplace and set it as your default calling app. It lists seven: CloudTalk, Kixie, CallHippo, Aircall, Toky, JustCall and Circleloop.

0built-in calling integration in Pipedrive
7calling apps named by Pipedrive's help center
Dec 31, 2023end of the phase-out of the old Caller feature

That was not always the case. Pipedrive used to offer a feature called Caller, for browser calling with call credits. It closed to new customers on October 6, 2022 and was phased out for existing customers through December 31, 2023. On May 31, 2023, Pipedrive announced two advanced integrations with CloudTalk and JustCall as the way forward for calling from the CRM.

Three ways to call remain without a third-party app, all limited:

The mobile apps for iOS and Android: call a contact from their record over your phone line. Android can log inbound and outbound calls; iOS prompts you to log an outgoing call when it ends.

Web-to-mobile: click on the desktop, and the call starts on your phone. It is billed on your regular phone bill.

Callto links: a link that opens whatever softphone is installed on the computer, configured by an admin.

The seven apps Pipedrive lists, and the many others available, do not do the same job. Before comparing prices, decide which family you are shopping in.

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Business phone systems (Aircall, Ringover, CloudTalk, JustCall) replace the company phone line. They take inbound calls, route them through queues and IVR menus, handle business hours and transfers. They also place outbound calls, and often add a dialer as an add-on or in higher tiers. They are the right fit for a team that takes as many calls as it makes: support, inbound sales, front desk.

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Outbound dialers (Skipcall, Kixie, plus the dialer add-ons of the above) are built to chain outbound calls. They take a list, dial numbers one after another or several at once, screen out voicemail and only connect the rep to people who answer. They are measured in conversations per hour, not in phone system features.

The comparison table

Pricing checked November 11, 2026, per user per month billed annually.

Skipcall

Family
Outbound dialer
Where the call starts
In Skipcall
Parallel lines
Up to 4
Entry price with Pipedrive
From $70 (Starter)

Kixie

Family
Outbound dialer
Where the call starts
In Pipedrive (default calling app)
Parallel lines
Up to 4
Entry price with Pipedrive
Not published

CloudTalk

Family
Business phone system
Where the call starts
In Pipedrive
Parallel lines
5 by default, up to 10 on request, paid add-on
Entry price with Pipedrive
Essential plan or above, plus add-on

Aircall

Family
Business phone system
Where the call starts
In Pipedrive
Parallel lines
Not listed (power dialer on Professional)
Entry price with Pipedrive
$30, three-license minimum

JustCall

Family
Business phone system
Where the call starts
In Pipedrive
Parallel lines
Predictive, 10 lines, quote only
Entry price with Pipedrive
$29, two-user minimum

Ringover

Family
Business phone system
Where the call starts
In Pipedrive
Parallel lines
2 lines, add-on, US, Spain and UK only
Entry price with Pipedrive
See Ringover's price list

The sections below cover each option: real strengths, limits, and who it is for.

This is the part integration pages blur. Every vendor writes “calls logged automatically,” yet they do not log the same things in the same place. Here is what each one states on its own Pipedrive page or in Pipedrive’s announcement, and what the page leaves unsaid.

What a call should leave in Pipedrive

Illustration. What each tool actually writes back differs: check it on a shared screen before you sign.

Tool Logged onWhat the vendor says is loggedTo confirm in a demo
Skipcall The person and the dealAn activity with duration, outcome, recording, transcript and AI summaryNothing hidden: there is no call button in the Pipedrive record, by design
Kixie The person, mirrored to the linked organization and dealCalls, recordings, outcomes, texts and voicemail drops, as completed activitiesA Pipedrive filter run as a managed queue needs Zapier, the API or a CSV
CloudTalk The CRM, per Pipedrive's 2023 announcementActivities, texts, recordings and voicemailsWhether the activity attaches to the open deal
Aircall The matching recordCalls, texts, WhatsApp messages and AI call summariesWhether the activity attaches to the open deal
JustCall The contactCalls, texts and voicemails, with notes and dispositionsDeal attachment, and which plan includes Pipedrive
Ringover Pipedrive, record not specifiedCalls, texts, voicemails and recordings, AI summaries with EmpowerWhether the activity attaches to the open deal

Pipedrive has no dialer of its own, so automatic dialing always comes from the phone app. Two modes exist, and they do not cost the same.

Power dialing, one number after another. With Pipedrive, you get it from Skipcall (Starter plan), Kixie (Single-Line PowerDialer plan), Aircall (Professional), JustCall (Pro) and CloudTalk (Power mode, a paid add-on included in Expert).

Parallel dialing, several numbers at once. With Pipedrive, you get it from Skipcall (4 lines), Kixie (4 lines), CloudTalk (5 lines by default, up to 10 on request, paid add-on), Ringover (2 lines, add-on, US, Spain and UK only) and JustCall’s predictive dialer (up to 10 lines, quote only).

Numbers dialed at once, per rep
  • lines dialed at once
  • beyond the 4 lines we recommend on a B2B list
  • on request

Vendor pages checked on November 11, 2026 (Ringover: help center, checked November 5). Prices per user per month billed annually.

What the dialer really costs, once the plan, the seat minimum and the add-on are added up:

Dialer Power dialingParallel dialingSmallest real bill
Skipcall Starter, from $70Same plan, 4 lines$70 per month for one rep
Kixie Single-Line PowerDialer planMulti-Line PowerDialer plan, 4 linesNot published, quote needed
CloudTalk Paid add-on, included in ExpertPaid add-on, 5 lines by default, 10 on requestEssential plan plus the parallel add-on
Aircall Professional, $50Not listed$150 per month (three licenses)
JustCall Pro, $49Predictive, SalesPro, quote only$98 per month (two users)
Ringover See Ringover's price listAdd-on, 2 lines, US, Spain and UKSee Ringover's price list

Per user per month billed annually, checked on vendor pricing pages on November 11, 2026. More lines is not the goal: why we stop at 4 lines has the math, and line counts across the whole market are in our best parallel dialers comparison. If the seat minimum is what blocks you, the power dialers with no minimum seats guide lists the real entry ticket tool by tool. A founding team picking its very first calling tool on Pipedrive will find the choice laid out by stage in cold calling software for startups.

Family: Outbound dialer, power dialer and parallel dialer up to 4 lines

Skipcall is B2B phone prospecting software with a power dialer and a parallel dialer of up to 4 lines. Its Pipedrive integration is native: no development, no third-party connector, about five minutes to set up.

4parallel lines, a deliberate cap
$70per user per month billed annually, Starter plan
5 minor so to set up the Pipedrive integration

How it works. You connect your Pipedrive account from Skipcall. A Pipedrive filter (deals to chase this week, deals with no activity for ten days) becomes a calling session in Skipcall. During the session, each call creates an activity in Pipedrive on the person and on the deal, with duration, outcome, recording, transcript and an AI summary.

Strengths.

Who it is not for.

  • Teams with heavy inbound volume: Skipcall has no IVR, no call queues and no inbound routing.
  • Teams that want to call from the Pipedrive record.
  • Call centers looking for 10 lines per rep.

Best for: outbound teams that work Pipedrive filters as calling sessions and want every attempt logged on the person and the deal, at a published price.

Family: Outbound dialer, click-to-call from Pipedrive

Kixie is one of the seven apps Pipedrive’s help center names. It registers as the default calling app and handles click-to-call from Pipedrive, with a screen pop on calls.

4numbers dialed in parallel on the Multi-Line PowerDialer plan
3plans: Professional, Single-Line and Multi-Line PowerDialer
Quoteno price on the pricing page

What syncs.

  • According to its Pipedrive page, calls, recordings, outcomes and texts log as completed activities on the person, mirrored to the linked organization and deal.
  • A call disposition can trigger a Pipedrive automation that moves the deal stage.

Dialing.

  • The Multi-Line PowerDialer plan dials up to 4 numbers in parallel.
  • You can dial from a filtered list view in Pipedrive.

Limits.

  • Kixie notes that turning a filter into a managed calling queue is not native: it takes Zapier, the Kixie API or a CSV export.
  • Kixie does not publish prices on its pricing page; you need a quote.
  • AI human voice detection is listed as a premium add-on.
  • It is built for North America first, with unlimited minutes to the US and Canada.

Who it is for: a North American team that wants multi-line dialing and click-to-call from Pipedrive in one tool. Our Skipcall vs Kixie comparison covers the differences.

Family: Business phone system, dialing modes as paid add-ons

CloudTalk is one of the two advanced integrations Pipedrive announced in 2023. Per that announcement, it supports click-to-call from anywhere in Pipedrive and logs activities, texts, recordings and voicemails in the CRM automatically.

5 to 10parallel lines: 5 by default, up to 10 on request
Essentialfirst plan that includes the Pipedrive integration
3users minimum on the Expert plan

Pricing.

  • CloudTalk’s pricing page showed prices in euros only when we checked, so we do not convert them here.
  • What matters for a Pipedrive team: the Pipedrive integration is not in the entry Starter plan, it starts at Essential.
  • The power dialer is a paid add-on, included only in Expert, which has a three-user minimum.
  • The parallel dialer is another paid add-on, priced higher than the Starter plan itself, with 5 lines per rep by default and up to 10 on request. It includes Power mode.
  • Add the plan and the add-on before comparing.

Strengths.

  • A real business phone system (inbound, queues, IVR) and a multi-line dialer under one subscription.
  • An integration Pipedrive itself promotes.

Limits.

  • Cost stacks up with add-ons.
  • Ten lines (the on-request maximum, five by default) is beyond the setting we recommend on a B2B list: the extra lines cancel calls from prospects who would have answered.

Who it is for: a team that needs a main line and also prospects. See Skipcall vs CloudTalk.

Family: Business phone system, power dialer on Professional

Aircall is one of the most widely deployed business phone systems among SMBs. Its Pipedrive integration page lists click-to-dial within Pipedrive, automatic logging of calls, texts and WhatsApp messages, and AI call summaries attached to the matching record. It also mentions power dialing through a list loaded from Pipedrive.

$30Essentials, per license per month billed annually
$50Professional, the plan with the power dialer
$150per month: real entry cost with automatic dialing

Pricing.

  • Aircall’s pricing lists Essentials at $30 and Professional at $50 per license per month billed annually, with a three-license minimum.
  • The power dialer is only in Professional.
  • Real entry cost for a team that wants automatic dialing is therefore $150 per month.

Limits.

  • No multi-line dialing is listed on the pricing page: the power dialer works through numbers in sequence, it does not dial them simultaneously.
  • The three-license minimum weighs on very small teams.

Who it is for: a sales team that both takes and makes calls and wants a proven phone system rather than a volume dialer. See Skipcall vs Aircall.

Family: Business phone system with SMS, predictive dialer on quote

JustCall is the other partner Pipedrive announced in 2023. Its Pipedrive page describes click-to-call and click-to-text from Pipedrive, and automatic logging of calls, texts and voicemails with notes and dispositions on the contact. Connecting the two tools requires admin access.

$29Team, per user per month billed annually
$49Pro, the plan with the power dialer
10lines on the predictive dialer, SalesPro only

Pricing.

  • JustCall’s pricing page lists Team at $29, Pro at $49 and Pro Plus at $89 per user per month billed annually, with a two-user minimum.
  • The power dialer comes with Pro.
  • The predictive dialer, up to 10 lines, is only in the SalesPro offer, priced on quote.

Limits.

  • The pricing page does not say which plan includes Pipedrive: get it confirmed in writing.
  • Multi-line dialing has no public price.

Who it is for: a team that wants phone, SMS and a dialer from one vendor and is fine going through sales for volume dialing. See Skipcall vs JustCall.

Family: Business phone system, 2-line parallel add-on in three countries

Ringover is a French vendor that also sells in the US. Its Pipedrive integration page lists one-click calling from Pipedrive, a screen pop on calls, automatic logging of calls, texts, voicemails and recordings in Pipedrive, and AI summaries through its Empower module.

2simultaneous calls with the parallel dialing add-on
3countries where the add-on is available: US, Spain and UK

What to know. Per Ringover’s help center, its parallel dialing add-on is limited to two simultaneous calls and is only available in the US, Spain and the UK. We cover this and the price list in our Ringover review.

Who it is for: a team that wants a well-rated business phone system with solid Pipedrive logging, and whose prospecting stays at one or two lines. See Skipcall vs Ringover.

What to check in a demo

Integration pages all say the same thing: “calls logged automatically in Pipedrive.” The differences show up in the details. Six questions to ask with a shared screen:

  1. 01

    Does the call land on the deal?

    Not only on the person. A deal with no visible activity gets closed out in pipeline review, even after four attempts.
  2. 02

    In what form?

    A completed, dated activity with duration and outcome feeds Pipedrive reports. A plain note does not.
  3. 03

    Are unanswered calls logged?

    Attempts before connect is a management metric. If only connected calls sync, it disappears.
  4. 04

    Are recording and transcript in Pipedrive, or behind a link?

    Both are defensible, but you should know what a teammate picking up the deal will see.
  5. 05

    Can you start from a Pipedrive filter?

    Or do you have to export a CSV, which creates a copy that goes stale the next day?
  6. 06

    What does the dialer really cost?

    Plan, seat minimum, add-ons: add all three before comparing.

The five-call test to run during a trial

A demo shows the happy path. A trial lets you check the rest. Make these five calls, then open Pipedrive.

Test call What to look for in PipedriveRed flag
1. A call that connects, on a person with one open deal A completed, dated activity with duration and outcome, on the person and on the dealThe activity sits on the person only, or arrives as a plain note
2. A call nobody answers An attempt logged with a no-answer outcomeNothing is written: your attempts count is gone
3. A voicemail An activity with a voicemail outcome, distinct from a conversationIt is counted as a connected call and inflates your reports
4. A call to a person with two open deals You know which deal receives the activity, and whyThe activity lands on the wrong deal, or on none
5. A recorded call, reopened the next day by a teammate Recording, transcript and summary reachable from the dealA link that asks for a license your teammate does not have

The message to send before the demo

Written answers save a meeting. Copy, paste, adapt:

Hello, we run our pipeline in Pipedrive and most of our calls are outbound. Before the demo, could you confirm in writing: (1) whether each call is logged as a completed activity on the person and on the open deal; (2) whether unanswered calls and voicemails are logged too; (3) where the recording, transcript and summary live, in Pipedrive or behind a link; (4) whether a calling session can start from a Pipedrive filter without a CSV export; (5) which plan includes the Pipedrive integration, the seat minimum, and the price of the dialer add-on. Thank you.

Agencies that call for several clients, each with its own Pipedrive account, have a longer list: numbers per client, reporting per client, seats that move from one mission to the next. That case is covered in cold calling software for prospecting agencies.

To estimate cost per meeting by tool, our cost per meeting calculator runs the math on your own numbers. If you are still torn between a power dialer and multi-line dialing, the which dialer quiz asks the right questions. Pipedrive can also fill phone numbers through its paid Data Enrichment; our review of what CRM native enrichment really returns compares it with five other CRMs.

It is often the first thing teams ask for, and not always the right priority. Click-to-call from a record is valuable when you call one specific contact during the day: a scheduled callback, a follow-up after a proposal. It changes almost nothing when you work through forty calls on a list, because opening each record and clicking takes longer than letting a dialer run the list.

Opening each record and clicking takes longer than letting a dialer run the list.

Both patterns often coexist on the same team. In that case there are two honest answers:

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A business phone system that does both (paying for the dialer add-ons).

2

A dedicated outbound dialer for prospecting, with the Pipedrive mobile app for one-off callbacks.

If you also work with other CRMs, we compared the options for HubSpot, for Salesforce and for Attio.

What to remember

  • Pipedrive has had no built-in calling since the end of 2023: you need a third-party app, and Pipedrive’s help center names seven.
  • Pick the family first: a business phone system if you take a lot of inbound calls, an outbound dialer if you mostly make them.
  • For dialing at volume from Pipedrive data, Skipcall and Kixie dial up to 4 lines; CloudTalk, JustCall and Ringover sell multi-line dialing as an add-on or on quote; Aircall dials one number at a time.
  • The deciding criterion is whether calls attach to the deal, unanswered attempts included.
  • Compare real cost: plan, seat minimum and dialer add-on combined. Kixie does not publish prices, Aircall requires three licenses, CloudTalk charges for the parallel dialer as an add-on.
  • Skipcall integrates natively with Pipedrive and updates both person and deal, but calls start in Skipcall, not from the Pipedrive record. Details are on our Pipedrive integration page.
Charles Baldet

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CEO & Co-Founder, Skipcall

Charles is the CEO and co-founder of Skipcall. A sales commando with over 10 years of experience in B2B SaaS and complex strategic accounts, he has closed major deals with Stellantis, SNCF, RATP and Natixis. A specialist in the PUCCKA and MEDDIC methodologies, Charles regularly teaches sales at HEC's incubator and the Sorbonne. He was ranked among Les Echos' top 10 business angels under 35 in 2020. He also co-founded Getalead (B2B sales agency) and Getlab (SalesTech studio).

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No. Pipedrive's help center states that it has no built-in calling integration and that you need a calling app from its Marketplace, such as CloudTalk, Kixie, CallHippo, Aircall, Toky, JustCall or Circleloop. The old Caller feature closed to new customers on October 6, 2022 and was phased out for existing customers by December 31, 2023. Pipedrive's mobile apps can still place calls over your regular cell plan.
For high-volume outbound, the best dialers that integrate with Pipedrive are Skipcall and Kixie: both dial up to 4 numbers at once and log every call on the person and the deal. Skipcall publishes its price (from $70 per user per month billed annually, no seat minimum) and starts calls in Skipcall; Kixie starts calls inside Pipedrive and sells on quote. If you also need a team phone system with queues and IVR, CloudTalk adds a parallel dialer as a paid add-on, and Aircall or JustCall add a power dialer on their mid-tier plans.
Yes, several. Skipcall includes a power dialer and a 4-line parallel dialer from its Starter plan. Kixie sells a Single-Line PowerDialer plan and a Multi-Line plan. Aircall includes a power dialer in Professional ($50 per license per month billed annually, three licenses minimum), JustCall in Pro ($49 per user, two users minimum), and CloudTalk sells Power mode as a paid add-on, included in its Expert plan. Pipedrive itself has no dialer. Checked on November 11, 2026.
It depends on the job. For a team doing high-volume outbound, a dialer with multi-line calling and deal-level sync matters most: Skipcall, Kixie, or CloudTalk's parallel dialer add-on. For a team that takes as many calls as it makes and needs queues, IVR or a main line, a business phone system such as Aircall, JustCall, CloudTalk or Ringover fits better.
No. With Skipcall, calls start in Skipcall, not from the Pipedrive record. A Pipedrive filter becomes a calling session in Skipcall, and each call is then written back to Pipedrive as an activity on the person and the deal, with duration, outcome, recording, transcript and summary. If click-to-call from the record is a must-have, Aircall, JustCall, Kixie, CloudTalk and Ringover offer it.
At minimum, a dated call activity with duration and outcome on the person. For the pipeline to reflect real work, the call must also attach to the open deal. Then come the recording, the transcript and a summary, so anyone picking up the deal can see what was said without asking the rep who made the call.
The integration is usually included in the phone vendor's plan, though not always the entry plan. As of November 11, 2026: Aircall lists $30 and $50 per license per month billed annually with a three-license minimum, JustCall starts at $29 per user with a two-user minimum, and Skipcall includes Pipedrive from its Business VoIP plan, from $25 per user per month billed annually ($70 with the dialer, Starter plan). Kixie does not publish prices.
Around 4 lines for a live-answer rate of roughly 10 percent. Past that, each extra line adds few conversations and cancels more calls from prospects who would have picked up; they see a missed call instead. Skipcall and Kixie cap at 4 lines, while CloudTalk's add-on dials 5 lines by default and up to 10 on request, and JustCall's predictive dialer goes up to 10.
Yes, for light use. Pipedrive's iOS and Android apps let you call a contact from their record, and web-to-mobile starts a call on your phone from the desktop app. Calls go over your regular cell plan. There is no recording, no dialer and no shared business number.

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