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Skipcall vs Allo: which one to choose
Allo exists first to answer calls, Skipcall to make them. The two products do not solve the same problem, and this page says so before anything else. It compares them only where the comparison means something, outbound prospecting: dialling mode, a full working day, cost per conversation and quotas, with the calculation shown.
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The verdict, in three lines
These two tools do not solve the same problem. Allo is built around inbound calls and automated reception, potentially through an AI voice agent. Skipcall is there to make calls, not to answer them for you: if your difficulty is handling your inbound calls, it is not your answer, and if your difficulty is making more calls, it is.
Choose Allo if
Your problem is answering the calls you miss.
AI receptionist, a switchboard twenty-four hours a day, voice menu, cascading or simultaneous routing, voicemail turned into text, automatic SMS on a missed call. Skipcall offers none of these automated reception functions and does not seek to replace them.
Choose Skipcall if
You have fewer than one hundred staff and a team that prospects.
One tool for the whole organisation: parallel dialling on four lines and answering machine detection for the people who prospect, and a business number, inbound calls, voicemail, SMS and mobile and web apps for everyone else. That is where Skipcall belongs.
The second criterion is size: Skipcall is built for organisations with fewer than one hundred staff. Above that, telephony becomes a project in its own right, with several sites, several departments and reception rules, and that is the ground of the large specialist vendors.
What Allo does better than us
Four areas where the choice is not open to debate. Knowing them before you buy avoids a project that goes off the rails in the third month.
Answering calls, plain and simple
That is the heart of Allo's product and it is not ours. An automated receptionist that answers, qualifies and books meetings, a switchboard, a voice menu, cascading or simultaneous routing, transfers. Skipcall receives calls on your numbers and offers voicemail, but it has none of these reception layers. If your difficulty is picking up, the question does not arise.
Handling the missed call
Allo turns voicemail into text and automatically sends an SMS to the person whose call did not go through. It answers the most common source of lost revenue in a small organisation. Skipcall automates nothing on inbound: its sequences orchestrate outbound calls only.
A complete seat with reception, in a single licence
Allo's Business plan is listed at €35 per user per month on annual billing, €45 monthly, reception included. At Skipcall, the $25 line gives a business number and inbound calls, but no automated switchboard: getting the equivalent means a second tool. On that ground, Allo fits more into a single bill.
The voice agent, if that is what you are after
Allo offers an AI receptionist, billed at the price of an extra Business seat. We do not offer one, and it is a deliberate position that the section on artificial intelligence sets out below. For an organisation that specifically wants to hand its call answering to a machine, our position is a disagreement, not an argument.
What Skipcall does better than Allo
The same exercise, the other way round, and on the only ground where these two tools meet: outbound prospecting. On answering calls, the gap runs the other way, and the previous section says so.
Parallel dialling and answering machine detection
On outbound, four numbers go out together from the Starter plan onwards, and artificial intelligence screens out answering machines, switchboards and invalid numbers before they reach the sales rep. Allo announces a power dialler that dials one number at a time, offered as an option at €50 per month per team, and no automatic answering machine detection appears on its public pages as of 3 September 2026.
Sequences and contacts, on the outbound side
Outbound call sequences, the built in contacts that act as a pre-CRM and number enrichment are included in every Skipcall plan, with native HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio integrations, plus an API. None of these prospecting building blocks appears on Allo's public pages at the same date, which is consistent with a product built first to answer calls.
The volume of conversations, and what it costs
For the same working time, parallel dialling produces more conversations than sequential dialling, and the dialler comes with the licence rather than as an option billed to the team. That is what the cost per conversation table, further down, puts into figures. This calculation holds for outbound prospecting only: on answering calls, no cost per conversation replaces the functions Allo offers and we do not have.
A member of your team on the line
Our artificial intelligence dials, screens out answering machines, transcribes and summarises, but it never speaks in place of a member of your team. It is a design choice, not a feature running late, and it applies first to prospecting: we believe the first conversation with a prospect is better carried by a person. Allo made a different choice, stands by it, and an organisation looking specifically for an automated receptionist has good reasons to prefer it.
Where Allo sits, where Skipcall sits
On this map, Allo is on the business phone system side. A team that prospects often adds a dialer on top, which means a second subscription. Skipcall brings both uses into one tool.
Business phone system
Reception, IVR, customer service
Allo Both in one tool
Prospecting and phones for everyone
Skipcall
Specialized prospecting tool
A dialer built for sales teams
What this family does well
Automated receptionist, switchboard, voice menu, inbound call routing, transfers, missed call handling. Nobody is left without an answer, including outside working hours.
Where it stops
Outbound stays a secondary use. Dialling runs one number at a time, as an option, and no automatic answering machine detection is announced.
Skipcall covers both families: four-line parallel dialing for the people who prospect, a business number and apps for everyone else. It does not have the reception layer of a large phone-system vendor.
The three families, twenty tools and the decision tree are covered in the phone prospecting software comparison.
On outbound, everything comes down to the dialling mode
From here on, this page talks about outbound prospecting only. It is the one ground where the two tools meet, so the only one where comparing them figure by figure means anything. On inbound call reception, the comparison has no place: Skipcall does not venture there.
Sequential dialling
One number is dialled, the line rings, then the call connects or it does not. Only at the end of that sequence does the next number go out. The sales rep waits through the ringing, listens to the start of answering machines and hangs up. That is how Allo's power dialler works, offered as an option at €50 per month per team.
Parallel dialling
Four numbers go out at the same time. As soon as someone picks up, the three other lines are released and the sales rep is connected. Artificial intelligence screens out answering machines, switchboards and invalid numbers before they reach them. The waiting time between two calls disappears, which changes the number of conversations obtained for the same working time.
The difference is not about voice quality or how rich the software is: it is about the number of attempts possible in an hour of work. That is what the next table puts into figures.
A typical prospecting day, hour by hour
Same sales rep, same list, same working time. Only the dialling mode changes.
| Time slot | What happens | Calls · sequential | Calls · parallel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 to 10:30 | First burst on the day's list | 45 | 150 |
| 10:30 to 12:30 | Rest of the list and scheduled callbacks | 60 | 200 |
| 14:00 to 15:30 | Back on the numbers not reached in the morning | 45 | 150 |
| 15:30 to 17:30 | Final burst and end of day notes | 60 | 200 |
| Total for the day | 210 | 700 | |
| Conversations obtained | 6 | 56 | |
Assumptions shown: four working slots, a pickup rate of 3% in sequential dialling, the top of our published range of 2 to 3%, and 8% in parallel dialling. These are the figures published by Skipcall, applied to dialling modes and not to brands. The detail is set out in the “Method and sources” section, further down.
The one table that decides: cost per conversation
Comparing two licence prices teaches nothing when the two tools do not dial the same way. What counts is what a conversation obtained in prospecting costs. Here is the calculation, from the typical day above and twenty working days a month, for a team of 5 sales reps.
Allo Business and power dialler
€0.46
per conversation
Licence: €45 per month
Dialler option: €50 per month per team
Cost per sales rep: €55 per month
Conversations: 120 per month
Skipcall Expert
$0.21
per conversation
Licence: $240 per month
Dialler option: included
Cost per sales rep: $240 per month
Conversations: 1,120 per month
Skipcall is shown in dollars and Allo in euros, so the two costs per conversation sit side by side without conversion. What does not depend on the currency is the volume: 1,120 conversations a month against 120, for the same working time. The plan chosen here is the one whose quota actually covers the projected volume: at this pace, Starter and its 400 conversations would be passed in the second week. The next point explains how to pick the right tier. This calculation holds for outbound prospecting only: on answering calls, Allo offers functions that Skipcall does not have, and no cost per conversation replaces them.
Amounts excluding tax: Allo in euros on monthly billing, Skipcall in dollars at its starting prices. Because Allo's dialler option is billed to the team, the cost per sales rep depends on the size of the team: it falls above 5 people and rises below.
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Our plans include a conversation quota. Here is the one that suits you
Skipcall caps the number of conversations on three of its four plans. Better to explain it ourselves, and clearly: badly chosen, the plan becomes the real hidden cost.
| Plan | Price | Conversations | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business VoIP | $25 | 150 | Seats that need a business number and a few calls a day, with no prospecting. |
| Starter | $70 | 400 | A sales rep prospecting part time, or a team getting started. About 20 conversations per working day. |
| Intermediate | $140 | 1,000 | A sales rep whose main job is phone prospecting. About 50 conversations per working day. |
| Expert | $240 | Unlimited | Very high volume teams, and those who would rather not watch a counter. |
Any conversation longer than ten seconds is counted. Calls under ten seconds, answering machines and invalid numbers consume nothing. No minimum number of licences is required: one is enough. The list of countries you can call is on the pricing page.
AI at Allo and at Skipcall: who does what
Allo offers an AI voice agent. Skipcall made the opposite choice: AI prepares the call and keeps the record, but a person on your team always does the talking.
At Allo At Skipcall In one sentence
Skipcall automates what wastes a rep’s time, never the conversation itself.
A flat price per seat rather than per-minute billing, so the budget stays predictable. What AI actually does in ten dialers on the market.
The detail, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Skipcall | Allo |
|---|---|---|
| Problem solved first | Making calls at volume | Answering calls and automating reception |
| Dialling mode | Parallel dialling, 4 simultaneous lines | Power dialler, one number at a time |
| Access to the dialler | Included from the Starter plan | Option at €50 per month per team |
| Answering machine detection | Yes, by artificial intelligence | Not announced |
| Outbound call sequences | Yes, structured cadences | Not announced |
| Built in contacts (pre-CRM) | Yes | Not announced |
| Entry price per licence | From $25 per month | €35 per month on annual billing, €45 monthly |
| Minimum number of licences | None, one licence is enough | None |
| Call transcription and summary | Included in every plan | Included |
| Inbound calls and voicemail | Yes | Yes, voicemail turned into text |
| Switchboard, voice menu, inbound routing | No | Yes |
| Receptionist or voice agent | No, by choice | Yes, at the price of an extra Business seat |
| SMS | Yes, volume included depending on the plan | Yes, including automatic SMS on a missed call |
| Conversation quota | From 150 to unlimited depending on the plan | Not announced |
| Native integrations | HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio, plus an API | Not detailed on the pages consulted |
| Number portability | Coming soon | Yes, free on joining |
Allo scope recorded on withallo.com on 3 September 2026. The label “not announced” means that the function does not appear on the vendor's public pages at that date. Plans change: check the vendor's pricing page before you decide.
Method and sources
A comparison published by one of the two vendors is only worth something if its method can be checked. Here is where every figure on this page comes from, including what it does not prove.
Pricing
Allo publishes its prices in euros and Skipcall's are shown here in dollars, excluding tax: no currency conversion takes place on this page. At Allo, the Business plan is listed at €45 per user per month on monthly billing, €35 on annual billing, and the power dialler option at €50 per month per team. At Skipcall, these are the starting prices of the public price list, in dollars.
Cost per conversation and team size
Allo's dialler option is billed to the team, not to the user. To bring the comparison back to a single sales rep, a team size has to be assumed: we take five sales reps, which is €275 per month for the team and €55 per sales rep. With a larger team the option dilutes and this amount falls; with a smaller team it rises.
The pickup rates
The rate of 8% in parallel dialling and the rate of 3% in sequential dialling, the top of our published range of 2 to 3%, are the figures published by Skipcall on its product pages. They are our own figures, not an independent measurement, and they are attributed to no vendor by name: they describe two dialling modes, not two brands.
The typical day
The hourly table is an arithmetic projection based on the calling cadences and the rates above, over four working slots and twenty working days a month. It is not the record of a real day. Your figures will depend on your list, your sector and your calling hours.
The functional scope
It is recorded on each vendor's public pricing and features pages, as of 3 September 2026. The label “not announced” means that the function does not appear on those pages at that date, not that it is absent from the product. The comparison covers only essential, relevant and verifiable characteristics, as required by article L122-1 of the French Consumer Code.
What we do not compare here
The vendor's identity, its funding, data hosting and public review scores do not appear on this page. They are dealt with, with sources, on the Allo alternative page.
- Allo, pricing page · plans and options, consulted on 3 September 2026
- Allo, features page · product scope, inbound and outbound
- Skipcall pricing · public grid, conversation quotas and countries covered
- How parallel dialling works · origin of the pickup rates used here
One plan per person, not one licence for the whole team
In a team of ten, needs are not the same. An SDR placing hundreds of calls a day, an account executive placing a handful and a head of sales who mainly needs a business line have no business being on the same plan. The usual market model still has all ten taking the same licence.
An SDR on the Expert plan, an account executive on Starter, a founder on the Business VoIP line. The plan follows the person's usage rather than the team average, and it changes without changing account: the number, the call history and the contacts stay.
Many parallel diallers plug into a telephony provider you contract separately: two tools, two invoices, two support desks. Here the line, the dialler, the contacts and the sequences sit in the same tool.
No minimum of three, six or nine licences to reach the right offering. One invoice for the company, itemised user by user.
Worth checking with Allo: whether each team member can sit on a different plan, or whether the licence you choose applies to everyone. Multi-plan in detail.
Skipcall against the other tools
The same head to head, criterion by criterion, with the other vendors on the market.
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Skipcall vs Flunter Plans indexed on connected call volume. 
Skipcall vs Minari French parallel dialler, prices not published. 
Skipcall vs Paradial Two published price lists that disagree. 
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Frequently asked questions
Do Allo and Skipcall do the same thing? +
No, and it is better said straight away. Allo is built around inbound calls: AI receptionist, switchboard, voice menu, cascading or simultaneous routing. Skipcall offers no voice agent, no voice menu, no queue and no inbound call routing. It is there to make calls at volume, with parallel dialling on four lines and automatic answering machine detection. The two products meet on one point only: outbound dialling.
Does Allo offer parallel dialling? +
No. Allo's features page describes a power dialler, which works through a call list one number at a time, offered as an option at €50 per month per team. No parallel or predictive dialling mode is announced there as of 3 September 2026. Parallel dialling launches several calls at the same time and connects the sales rep to the first pickup.
Can Skipcall replace Allo's switchboard? +
No. Skipcall receives calls on your numbers and offers voicemail as well as mobile and web apps, but it has no interactive voice response, no voice menu, no queue, no call distribution to a group of agents and no real time supervision. If your phone reception rests on these functions today, switching to Skipcall would lose them.
Is Skipcall cheaper than Allo? +
Per licence, the Starter plan starts from $70 and Allo's Business plan is €45 on monthly billing, two prices in currencies we do not convert. Per conversation obtained in prospecting, parallel dialling produces more conversations for the same working time, which is the only comparison that means anything between two tools that do not dial the same way, and the cost per conversation table, higher up this page, sets out the calculation.
How many conversations are included in a Skipcall plan? +
400 per licence per month on the Starter plan, 1,000 on Intermediate, no limit on Expert, and 150 on the Business VoIP offer. Any conversation longer than ten seconds is counted. A sales rep prospecting full time usually goes past the Starter quota: Intermediate is the plan that matches that use.
Why does Skipcall not offer a voice agent? +
Because we draw the line of automation before the conversation. Our artificial intelligence dials, screens out answering machines and invalid numbers, transcribes and summarises. It never speaks in place of a member of your team: to call a prospect or answer a customer, the best person for your company's image is still a human. There is a budget argument on top: a fixed price licence can be forecast, while per minute or per credit billing follows the volume.
Can you keep your numbers when you switch tools? +
Yes. The numbers belong to you and they port from one operator to another, in both directions. Ask your current provider for the details needed for portability and start the process before you cancel, so that there is no break in service. On the Skipcall side, porting is on the way: Skipcall will soon let you port your existing numbers. Until then, you start with new numbers.
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