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Phone numbers, voice calls, SMS/WhatsApp and OTP handling for AI agents via REST API, SDKs, CLI and MCP.
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(open full size in a new tab)Our take: Choose Dial if you are building an AI agent that must hold a real phone number for voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage or OTP codes, paying per use from $3 per month per number with $5 starting credit and no card.
Main limitation: Until the first top-up, free accounts are capped at 5 minutes per call and 2 concurrent calls, and every number is billed monthly on top of usage.
Choose Dial if you are building an AI agent that must hold a real phone number for voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage or OTP codes, paying per use from $3 per month per number with $5 starting credit and no card. Based on the vendor's documentation, not on a hands-on test.
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Prices checked Oct 1, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Official pricing ↗ Prices and limits change often.
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$5 starting credit, no credit card; free accounts limited to 5 min per call and 2 concurrent calls until first top-up.
No separate trial; the $5 credit is the trial.
$3 source (opens in a new tab)
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Starts with $5 free credit, no card; usage billed per unit
For: Developers and small agent teams
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API included
Custom pricing source (opens in a new tab)
Rates set against committed volume
For: Teams with committed volume
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10DLC / A2P registration carries an additional one-time fee and takes 3-5 business days; iMessage messages are free on an iMessage number.
Not stated; all prices in USD.
Dial gives AI agents a real phone identity. Through a REST API, Node and Python SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server, an agent can rent a phone number, place AI voice calls with live transcription, send and receive SMS and WhatsApp messages, and receive verification codes for 2FA/OTP flows. The service is metered: numbers are billed monthly and calls and messages per unit, with a small starting credit for new accounts. Integrations are documented for LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, CrewAI, AutoGen and Microsoft Agent Framework, and the MCP server targets Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT.
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Provisions a real number through one API call and assigns it to your account so the agent can use it for every channel. Gives the agent a phone identity in seconds
Dials out using your instruction text, transcribes both sides live and posts a call.ended event with the transcript. Agent handles calls hands-off
Sends and receives text over the same number, delivering inbound messages to your webhook in one signed format. One handler for all channels
Receives the verification message sent to the number and exposes it to the agent via API or MCP so it can complete sign-up. Automates phone verification
Get yourself a Dial phone number and call me. Say hello and that setup is working, then ask if I have any questions.
Export: Webhook events, Call transcripts
Dial has no public API in its official documentation. getdial.ai/docs returned 404; docs.getdial.ai is linked from seed API documentation ↗
Summarized from the vendor's current policies; this is not legal advice and a vendor's badge is not an independent audit.
Call audio, message content and transcripts pass through Dial, hosted in the US and processed for the customer under a DPA; transcription uses a third-party provider.
Policy states it does not train AI models on call recordings, message content or transcripts.
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Policies: getdial.ai/privacy
"Better suited" is based on documented features and pricing, not on a head-to-head test.
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A standard number is $3.00 per month, an iMessage-enabled number $250.00 per month, plus per-use charges: calls $0.13/min self-hosted or $0.22/min managed, US SMS $0.02 per message. source (opens in a new tab)
Self-hosted calls use your own LLM exchanging text over WebSocket ($0.13/min); managed calls run on a Dial-hosted model end to end ($0.22/min). source (opens in a new tab)
Destinations fall into seven tiers from $0.02 (US and Canada) through $0.10, $0.20, $0.30, $0.40, $0.50 up to $1.00 per message for high-cost destinations. source (opens in a new tab)
No. Its privacy policy says call recordings, message content and transcripts are not used to train or fine-tune models. source (opens in a new tab)
Calls are capped at 5 minutes and 2 can run concurrently until the first top-up; the account starts with $5 of credit and needs no card. source (opens in a new tab)
Not verified: Supported countries for number provisioning; Retention period for recordings; Exact free-account call caps source (seed); Enterprise price.
Every fact about Dial above comes from the 3 official pages listed here, last compared on Oct 1, 2026; we have not run Dial ourselves, so it has no editorial score. How we check and re-check pages.
Article updated Oct 10, 2026; prices checked Oct 1, 2026. Outbound links to vendors are plain links; we do not earn commissions. How we review · Report an error
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