# Calilio

> Low-cost virtual phone system with call and text bundles per user

Calilio is a cloud phone system for small businesses that runs in the browser, a Chrome extension and the iOS and Android apps. Each user gets a free US, Canada or UK number and a monthly bundle of US and Canada minutes and texts, with usage beyond it paid from a prepaid wallet. Numbers can be bought or ported in more than 100 countries.

- **Category:** Business Phone Systems
- **Made by:** Calilio Pte. Ltd.
- **Website:** https://www.calilio.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Calilio is a paid product, starting at $12 per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $12 per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) | Up to 10 users. A free number, 200 outgoing and 100 incoming US/Canada minutes, 100 texts each way, call recording, ring strategies and forwarding. |
| Premium | $28 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | Unlimited users. 1,000 outgoing and 500 incoming minutes, 500 texts each way, IVR, a power dialer, live call monitoring, bulk SMS and AI call analytics. |
| Enterprise | Custom | A custom plan for larger usage, with a dedicated account manager, developer support, and phone and WhatsApp support. |

Read from https://www.calilio.com/calilio-pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Calilio before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Calilio's pricing page offers 20% off for annual billing: Standard is $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year) against $15 monthly. Source: https://www.calilio.com/calilio-pricing

## Key features

- **Free number and numbers in 100+ countries:** One free local US, Canada or UK number per user, with more numbers to buy or port in over 100 countries and number sharing across the team.
- **Bundled minutes and texts:** Each plan includes US and Canada calling minutes and SMS each month; after that, calls and texts are charged per minute or segment from a wallet.
- **Call routing:** Simultaneous, sequential and round-robin ring strategies and call forwarding on Standard; IVR and business hours on Premium.
- **Power dialer and live monitoring:** Premium adds a power dialer with call dispositions, plus listen, whisper, barge-in and end-call controls for supervisors.
- **AI transcription and voice agent:** Plans include a small monthly allowance of AI transcription and AI Voice Agent minutes: 10 each on Standard and 100 each on Premium.
- **CRM integrations:** HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations, with Salesforce and Zoho CRM marked as coming soon.

## Good for

- Solo founders and small teams on a tight budget
- Businesses that call and text mostly in the US and Canada
- Teams that want numbers in many countries from one account

## Worth knowing

- Calls and texts beyond the bundle come out of a prepaid wallet; outbound US and Canada calls are $0.0178 a minute and US texts $0.0034 each.
- Standard is capped at 10 users, and IVR, the power dialer and live monitoring need Premium.
- There is no desktop app; Calilio runs in the browser, a Chrome extension and the mobile apps. API and webhook access is marked coming soon.
- Texting US numbers needs A2P 10DLC registration: $4.50 for the brand and $15 for campaign screening, plus monthly campaign fees.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Calilio is a budget phone system: $12 a person a month on yearly billing gets a free US, Canada or UK number and a bundle of minutes and texts, with call recording included. Past the bundle, you pay from a wallet. There's no trial, no desktop app, and only two CRMs connect.

- **Value for money: B.** $12 a head for five on Standard, billed yearly ($15 monthly), inside this category's cheaper quarter ($14). Standard stops at 10 users, and the IVR and power dialer need Premium at $28.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no free trial on record, so you pay before you can try it.
- **Features: C.** Calls, texts, call recording, ring strategies and forwarding, with IVR, a power dialer and live monitoring on Premium. The gaps: minutes come in bundles (200 out and 100 in on Standard), AI transcription is 10 minutes on Standard, and the API isn't out yet.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. Once the bundle runs out you're watching a prepaid wallet, and US texting needs A2P registration first.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** The browser, a Chrome extension and iPhone and Android apps, so phone and computer are covered. But only HubSpot and Pipedrive connect, with Salesforce and Zoho coming soon, and there's no desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Calilio's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among business phone systems

- Calilio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 19 other business phone systems we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 15 of 19) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $12 a month for each person, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 2 of the 16 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/business-phones

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Calilio you would be making phone numbers and calls carried over the phone network. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 16 of the 19 other business phone systems grade higher. It costs $144 a year.

- You could not: Phone numbers and calls carried over the phone network.
- You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

HubSpot, Pipedrive

**Tags:** Business phone line, Business texting, Transcription, AI features

## Alternatives

- [KrispCall](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krispcall): Cloud phone system with bundled minutes and texts per user. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calilio-vs-krispcall)
- [CallHippo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/callhippo): Virtual phone system with regional calling plans and a dialer suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calilio-vs-callhippo)
- [JustCall](https://toolgpa.com/tools/justcall): Cloud phone and SMS system for sales and support teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calilio-vs-justcall)
- [Quo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quo): Business phone app for calls and texts on shared team numbers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calilio-vs-quo)
- [Grasshopper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/grasshopper): Virtual business number on your own phone, priced per account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calilio-vs-grasshopper)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.calilio.com/calilio-pricing
- https://www.calilio.com/
- https://www.calilio.com/downloads

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/calilio
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