The cloud phone system for small teams
Business phone system for small teams: the virtual phone system that is live in 5 minutes.
Get a local or toll-free number, build a phone menu, and answer from any device. A virtual phone system with no hardware, no contracts, and no IT: pick a number, press 1 for Sales, and the phone in your pocket becomes the company line.
No contract, cancel any time · Number porting free · Encrypted in transit and at rest
01 · Pick your number
02 · Your phone menu
03 · Incoming call
Press a key to answer the menu yourself
Voicemail to text
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Call sheet
Today
This number can be yours in about 5 minutes.
Recording consent laws vary by state and country. You are responsible for lawful use.
5 min
number picked to first call
US + CA
unlimited calling included, every plan
$15
per user per month, no contracts
Free
number porting, carrier paperwork handled
Every missed call is a customer dialing your competitor
A virtual phone system is not about phones. It is about the jobs, cases, and deals that used to die in a personal voicemail.
LINE 01
Stop losing calls you already paid to get
A missed call from a ready-to-buy customer is usually a $200 to $2,000 job dialing your competitor next. Routing, ring groups, and voicemail-to-text mean every call lands on a person or in your inbox as text, never in a personal voicemail nobody checks.
call routingLINE 02
Sound like a company, not a cell phone
A dedicated business number with a phone menu answers the same way every time: "Press 1 for Sales." Callers hear a company. Your personal number stays personal, and your team stops handing theirs out.
IVR phone menuLINE 03
Any device your team already owns
No desk phones, no hardware, no IT project. Calls ring the iOS and Android apps, the desktop app, or the browser. A new hire is on the phone system in the time it takes to install an app.
business phone number appLINE 04
The right person answers, every time
Team routing sends billing calls to billing and sales calls to whoever is available, in order or all at once. Shared numbers, statuses, and business hours rules you control from one screen.
team call routingFrom no phone system to answering in three steps
No phone closet, no technician, no provisioning cycle. The whole thing happens in your browser.
Pick your number
Choose a local number in your area code, a toll-free 833 or 800 line, or a vanity number that spells your brand. It is live the moment you pick it. Already have a number? We port it for free and it keeps working during the switch.
local phone number for businessBuild your phone menu
Drag together a phone menu in the visual builder: press 1 for Sales, 2 for Support, after-hours to voicemail. Route each branch to a teammate, a ring group, or a schedule. No phone closet, no technician visit.
IVR phone menuAnswer from any device
Your team answers on the phones already in their pockets: iOS, Android, desktop, or the browser. Missed calls become voicemail transcribed to text, so nothing dies in a personal mailbox.
business phone number appKeeping your current number? Number porting is free, our team handles the carrier paperwork, and the line stays live during the switch. See the full cloud phone system setup, explained.
Researching the category first? Start with the virtual phone number you will publish, the VoIP phone service that carries the calls, and the cloud phone system that replaces the box in the closet.
Run the switchboard yourself
Pick a number, build the menu, then answer an incoming call from the keypad. That is the whole product, and it takes about 20 seconds.
01 · Pick your number
02 · Your phone menu
03 · Incoming call
Press a key to answer the menu yourself
Voicemail to text
transcribed · texted to you · 0:42
Call sheet
Today
This number can be yours in about 5 minutes.
Recording consent laws vary by state and country. You are responsible for lawful use.
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The math your accountant would do
The average missed call from a ready-to-buy customer is a $200 to $2,000 job that dials your competitor next. A three-person team on Phoner costs $87 a month. If routing and voicemail-to-text save one job a quarter, the system pays for itself several times over.
- No telecom vendor, no phone closet: about 5 minutes of setup instead of weeks of provisioning.
- Call data encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Enterprise plan: SSO/SAML, role-based permissions, DPA and security review, invoicing for procurement.
Missed-call calculator
What do missed calls cost you?
Revenue at risk / month
Phoner Team / month
If even a fraction of those calls get answered, the phone system costs of what missed calls put at risk. Rough math, your numbers.
You might be thinking...
Fair questions. Short answers, and a comparison table without the marketing fog.
"We already forward calls to my cell."
Forwarding sends every caller to one person and dies in one voicemail. A phone menu with team call routing answers like a company.
"Phone systems take weeks to set up."
Landline PBXes do. A cloud number is live in about 5 minutes, and porting your existing number happens in the background while it keeps ringing.
"We are too small for this."
Starter is $15 a month for one person, and callers cannot tell your one-person shop from a ten-person office. That is rather the point.
| What matters | Phoner | RingCentral | Grasshopper | Google Voice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price shape | $15-59/user, month-to-month | ~$20-35/user, annual contracts | ~$28-80 flat, numbers cost extra | Free-$20, standalone is 1 user |
| IVR phone menu | Visual builder, multi-level | Yes, complex to configure | Basic greetings only | Very limited |
| Team routing + ring groups | Yes, on Team ($29) | Yes, higher tiers | No real team features | No |
| Recording + consent tools | Recording with consent announcement | Yes, plan-dependent | No | Limited |
Swipe sideways for the full table
Full, honest breakdowns (including when a rival is the better pick): RingCentral alternatives, Google Voice alternatives, and the best VoIP for small business ranking.
Business phone system cost, in plain numbers
Per user, month-to-month. Yearly billing saves about 20 percent. Every plan includes unlimited US and Canada calling.
Starter
One professional line, done right
$15
per user / month, billed yearly
- 1 local number included
- Unlimited calling in the US and Canada
- iOS, Android, desktop, and web apps
- Voicemail to text
- Business hours schedule
Team
The whole team answers as one company
$29
per user / month, billed yearly
- Everything in Starter
- IVR phone menu (press 1 for Sales)
- Team call routing and ring groups
- Shared numbers and business texting
- Call recording with consent announcement
- Toll-free numbers and call analytics
Business
Busy lines, deeper control
$59
per user / month, billed yearly
- Everything in Team
- Multi-level IVR menus
- Unlimited recording retention
- Priority routing rules
- CRM integrations and API
- Audit log and priority support
Enterprise
Larger teams and procurement
Custom
volume pricing
- SSO and SAML
- Role-based admin permissions
- Priority support with a named contact
- Security review and DPA
- Invoicing and procurement-friendly billing
- Dedicated migration of your numbers
Extra local or toll-free number: $5 per number per month
Vanity number (letters that spell your brand): $5 per number per month, one-time search free
Number porting from your current carrier: Free, handled by our team
"We went from one overloaded cell phone to a real phone system in an afternoon. The menu answers, the right person picks up, and I read missed calls as texts between site visits. Two jobs saved in the first month paid for the year."
Business phone system FAQ
The porting, contract, hardware, and recording questions, answered straight.
Yes. Number porting is free and our team handles the carrier paperwork. Your number stays live during the port, which typically takes 1 to 2 weeks depending on your current carrier. You get a temporary number instantly, so your phone menu and routing are working while the port completes.
About 5 minutes. Pick a local or toll-free number, build your phone menu in the visual builder, and install the app. There is no hardware to ship, no technician visit, and no provisioning cycle. Porting an existing number takes 1 to 2 weeks, but the temporary number works immediately.
No. Phoner runs on the devices your team already owns: iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, or any modern browser. If you prefer physical desk phones, standard SIP desk phones are supported, but nothing about the system requires them.
No contract. Plans are month-to-month, and paying yearly saves about 20 percent (Team is $29 per user per month billed yearly versus $35 monthly). You can add or remove users any month, and you can cancel any time from your account.
Call recording and consent laws vary by state and country. Some US states require one-party consent, others require every participant to consent. Phoner gives you consent tools: an automatic consent announcement before recording starts and per-line recording toggles. You are responsible for lawful use and for getting consent where required. This is not legal advice; our guide to call recording laws by state is a starting point, and a lawyer is the finish line.
Yes. Shared numbers are a Team plan feature: one main company number rings a group of teammates in order or all at once, with statuses so calls skip whoever is busy or off. Everyone can also have a direct line, and the phone menu routes callers between them.
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Your business number is one click away
Pick a number, build your menu, and answer from the phone already in your pocket. Plans from $15 per user per month, no contracts.