Line2 alternative, Line2 pricing and cost for every plan, and when a team outgrows it
Line2 costs $9.99 a month month to month, or $7.99 a month billed yearly, for one second phone number with unlimited US and Canada calling and texting. Behind the Annual toggle on the same page sit three business tiers: Starter at $15.99 a month ($164.99 a year), Growth at $20.99 ($211.99 a year) with an auto-attendant, and Business at $25.99 ($261.99 a year) with call recording and reporting. Every price is per line. Line2 is cheaper than Phoner for one person, and it is the better buy for a private second number. The case for an alternative starts when two or more people must answer the same business number, because the current Line2 cards list no ring groups or shared numbers. Phoner Team does that at $29 a seat billed yearly, $35 month to month.
The full ranked field is in the guide to the best VoIP for small business, entry pricing for every provider sits yearly against monthly in the business phone system comparison, and Phoner's plans are listed in plain dollars on the pricing page.
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Where Line2 is genuinely strong
Line2 is cheap and simple, and on the job it was built for it is hard to beat. The $9.99 plan puts a real local or toll-free number on the phone you already carry, with unlimited calling and texting in the US and Canada, picture messages, call blocking down to whole area codes, call screening that answers first so you can decide whether to pick up, voicemail transcription and call forwarding. It works on iOS, Android and the desktop, annual billing takes the price to $7.99, and every plan carries a 30-day money back guarantee. For a freelancer, a landlord or a consultant who needs one number that is not their cell, it costs about half of any business phone system on this site.
Where Phoner fits
Phoner is the better buy when a business number belongs to a team rather than one person. Line2 sells lines: each person gets a number and an app, and the current plan cards list no ring groups, no shared numbers and no routing that rings several people at once. Phoner Team puts one published number in front of the whole team, with a visual phone menu, ring groups, shared texting and recording with consent announcements, at $29 a seat billed yearly or $35 month to month. For one person who only needs a private second line, Line2 is cheaper, and we say so below.
In practice the deciding features are usually the IVR phone menu and call routing and ring groups.
Phoner vs Line2, line by line
| What you are buying | Phoner | Line2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price shape | $15-29/user/mo | $7.99-21.83/line/mo annual, $9.99-25.99 monthly |
| Contract | Month to month, or yearly for the lowest rate | Monthly, or yearly for 14 to 20 percent off, with a 30-day money back guarantee |
| IVR phone menu | Visual builder, Team plan | Auto-attendant and call scheduler on Growth, $20.99 monthly |
| Team routing and ring groups | Yes, rules you can read | Not listed on the current plan cards; each line is its own number |
| Shared team number | Yes, Team plan | Not listed; basic call forwarding from Starter |
| Business texting | Yes, Team plan | Unlimited SMS and MMS on every plan |
| Call recording + consent tools | Recording + consent announcements | Business tier, $25.99 monthly |
| Voicemail to text | Every plan | Every plan |
| Toll-free and vanity numbers | Yes, $5/number/mo | The included number can be local or toll-free |
| Unlimited US and Canada calling | Yes | Yes, defined in its terms as up to 30,000 minutes a month, then $0.039 a minute |
| Call analytics | Team plan | Advanced reporting on the Business tier |
| CRM integrations and API | Business plan, $59 | None listed on the plan cards |
| Call blocking and screening | Business hours and routing rules | Block numbers or whole area codes, and screen calls, on every plan |
| Apps | iOS, Android, desktop, web | iOS, Android, desktop |
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Competitor figures are public list prices and positioning as of 2026. Verify before buying.
Phoner's side of the table starts at $15/user/mo on the Starter plan and $29 on Team, the plan most small teams pick, both billed yearly, or $19 and $35 month to month. Extra local or toll-free numbers are a flat $5/number/mo. Where the two products tie on a row, the difference is usually how visibly the feature is built: see the IVR phone menu page for exactly how Phoner does it.
Line2 pricing and cost, month to month against yearly
Line2's pricing page opens on a single plan for a private second number. Switching the toggle to Annual shows three business tiers, Starter, Growth and Business, each quoted as a monthly figure with the yearly total underneath. All Line2 prices are per line, and each line includes one local or toll-free number.
| Plan | Month to month | Billed yearly | Yearly total | What the plan adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line2 private number | $9.99 per line | $7.99 per line | $95.88 | One number, unlimited US and Canada calls and texts, screening, blocking, voicemail transcription |
| Line2 Starter | $15.99 per line | $13.75 per line | $164.99 | Local or toll-free number, unlimited calls and texts, basic call forwarding |
| Line2 Growth | $20.99 per line | $17.66 per line | $211.99 | Adds the auto-attendant and a call scheduler |
| Line2 Business | $25.99 per line | $21.83 per line | $261.99 | Adds call recording, voicemail transcriptions and advanced reporting |
| Phoner Starter | $19 per user | $15 per user | $180 | One local number, unlimited US and Canada calling, voicemail to text, business hours |
| Phoner Team | $35 per user | $29 per user | $348 | Phone menu, ring groups, shared numbers and texting, recording, toll-free |
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Line2 figures read from the plan cards on line2.com/pricing on September 29, 2026, both toggle positions · Line2 defines unlimited calling as up to 30,000 minutes a month and bills $0.039 a minute above that, per its terms of service · International calls and international texts are billed per destination on both services · Taxes and regulatory fees are extra everywhere
Line2 against Phoner for five common setups, per month
Line2 is cheaper on every row it can do, and the gap is widest for one person. The last row is the one that decides most switches: several people answering one published number, which the current Line2 cards do not list.
| Setup | Line2, yearly | Line2, monthly | Phoner, yearly | Phoner, monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One person, private second number with texting | $7.99 | $9.99 | $29 (texting is on Team) | $35 |
| One person, calls only, no texting needed | $7.99 | $9.99 | $15 | $19 |
| One person with a phone menu | $17.66 (Growth) | $20.99 | $29 | $35 |
| Three people, each with a line and a menu | $52.98 (three Growth lines) | $62.97 | $87 | $105 |
| Three people answering one shared number | Not listed on the current cards | Not listed | $87 | $105 |
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Monthly cost per setup, before taxes and fees · Line2 prices per line and each line includes one number; Phoner Starter and Team include one local number, and extra numbers are $5 a month · Line2 Growth and Business figures are the yearly totals divided by twelve, as shown on Line2's own cards
What Line2 actually costs, and what the cards leave out
The pricing page shows two different price lists
Line2's pricing page opens on one plan at $9.99 a month or $7.99 billed yearly. Flip the toggle to Annual and a second card appears with Starter at $15.99, Growth at $20.99 and Business at $25.99, each with a yearly total of $164.99, $211.99 and $261.99. Roundups that quote Line2 as Standard, Pro and Elite at $9.95, $14.95 and $19.95 are reading an older card.
Line2 now sells privacy first
The pricing and features pages lead with keeping your real number private: call blocking, call screening and a number you can hand out instead of your cell. The site footer points visitors who need a number for business to eVoice, another brand from the same parent company. That is useful to know before you build a team phone system on it.
Every price is per line
Line2 bills each line separately, and each line carries its own number and app. Three people on Growth is three Growth subscriptions, $52.98 a month billed yearly. That is still less than three Phoner Team seats at $87, but it buys three separate numbers, not one number the team shares.
Unlimited has a written ceiling
Line2's terms define unlimited US and Canada calling as up to 30,000 minutes a month on a plan and charge $0.039 a minute beyond that, to stop the service being used for trunking or resale. For one person that limit is out of reach. International calls, international texts and conference calling overages are billed on top.
Texting is where Line2 is clearly cheaper
Unlimited SMS and MMS is on every Line2 plan, including the $9.99 one. On Phoner, business texting is part of Team at $29 a seat. A solo professional who texts clients all day pays roughly a third as much on Line2, and we would not argue otherwise. Line2 also publishes 10DLC and toll-free text registration pages, because US carriers require registration for business texting on any provider.
The auto-attendant sits on Growth
The phone menu is a Growth feature at $20.99 a month or $17.66 billed yearly, together with a call scheduler. Call recording and advanced reporting come one tier up on Business. The cards do not describe ring groups, hunt groups or a shared inbox on any tier.
Where Phoner earns its higher price
Phoner Team is built for a published number that several people answer. The menu sends callers to a ring group instead of one person, texts to the shared number reach the team rather than one person's phone, business hours switch the routing automatically, and recording plays a consent announcement. If that is the job, per-line pricing stops being comparable.
The 30-day guarantee and porting out
Line2 lists number porting among its features, and FCC local number portability rules let you move a US number to another provider when you switch. Its 30-day money back guarantee covers a trial month, so a port can be timed to the end of a billing period.
Who should pick which
Pick Line2 if
Pick Line2 if one person needs a second number that is not their cell: a freelancer, a consultant, a landlord, a side business. It is $9.99 a month with texting included, $7.99 on a yearly plan, and even its auto-attendant tier costs less per line than a team phone system.
Their list price: $7.99-21.83/line/mo yearly, $9.99-25.99 monthly
Pick Phoner if
Pick Phoner if two or more people answer the same business number. One published number rings the team through a phone menu and ring groups, texts to that number reach the team, and calls can be recorded with a consent announcement, on Team at $29 a seat yearly or $35 month to month.
Phoner: $15-29/user/mo yearly, $19-35 monthly
Leaving Line2 does not mean a new number
Your number is yours and moves with you. Phoner's free number porting takes about 1-2 weeks, and the line keeps ringing on Line2 until the moment it switches over. Set up your phone menu and ring groups in Phoner while you wait, then the cutover is invisible to callers.
Port order · Line2 → Phoner
Sign up for Phoner and submit the port with a recent Line2 bill.
Keep answering on Line2. The number never goes dark.
In 1-2 weeks calls ring your Phoner apps. Cancel the old account.
Porting fee: $0 · Downtime: None
Compare Line2 against a specific competitor
This page weighs Line2 against Phoner. If you are choosing between two other vendors instead, these pages put both of their rate cards in one table.
Google Voice pricing and alternatives
The other cheap second line, $10 a user, with a standalone plan for one Gmail user.
Grasshopper pricing and alternatives
A flat per-account price with a phone menu, built for one to three people sharing a line.
Quo (OpenPhone) pricing and alternatives
A shared inbox for calls and texts, $15 a user, if texting is why you picked Line2.
MightyCall pricing and alternatives
Menus, queues and recording on a $20 seat, with a three-user minimum.
Common questions about switching
How much does Line2 cost per month?
Line2 costs $9.99 a month month to month, or $7.99 a month billed yearly ($95.88), for one second number with unlimited US and Canada calling and texting. Its business tiers are Starter at $15.99, Growth at $20.99 and Business at $25.99 per line per month, or $164.99, $211.99 and $261.99 a year.
What is the best Line2 alternative?
It depends on who answers the number. For one person, Google Voice Starter at $10 is the closest price match, and Grasshopper True Solo is $14 a month flat for the account, billed yearly. For a team that shares one number, Phoner Team at $29 a seat billed yearly adds ring groups, shared texting and recording that Line2's current cards do not list.
Is Line2 good for business?
For one person, yes: a real local or toll-free number, unlimited calling and texting, voicemail transcription and an auto-attendant on Growth. For a team, it is weaker. Line2 sells separate lines, and its current plan cards list no ring groups or shared numbers, so several people cannot answer one published number the way they can on a team phone system.
Does Line2 have a free trial?
Line2's pricing page shows a 30-day money back guarantee on every plan rather than a free trial. You pay for the first month or year, and you can ask for a refund within 30 days. Check the terms before a yearly purchase, because refunds outside that window are not promised.
Does Line2 include texting?
Yes. Unlimited SMS and MMS in the US and Canada is on every Line2 plan, including the $9.99 private number plan. Business texting from any US provider now requires 10DLC registration for local numbers or toll-free verification, and Line2 publishes pages for both.
Does Line2 have an auto attendant?
Yes, on the Growth tier at $20.99 a month or $17.66 billed yearly, together with a call scheduler. The $9.99 private number plan and Line2 Starter do not list one. Phoner includes a visual phone menu on Team at $29 a seat billed yearly.
Is Line2 unlimited calling really unlimited?
Up to a point. Line2's terms of service define unlimited US and Canada calling as up to 30,000 minutes a month per plan, and minutes above that are billed at $0.039 each. International calls, international texts and conference calling overages are charged separately.
Who owns Line2?
Line2 is a registered trademark of J2 Web Services, Inc., a Ziff Davis company, according to the footer of its own website. The same footer points business buyers to eVoice, a sister brand, which is a sign of where Line2 now places itself: a private second number first.
Can I keep my number if I leave Line2?
Yes. US numbers are portable under FCC local number portability rules, so you can move a Line2 number to another provider, and Line2 lists porting as a feature. Keep the Line2 account active until the port completes, or the number can be released before it moves.
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