# Grasshopper > Virtual business number on your own phone, priced per account Grasshopper gives a small business a separate local, toll-free or vanity number that rings through an app on the owner's existing phone and computer, with calls, texts and voicemail in one shared inbox. Plans are a flat monthly fee rather than a price per user, and the two larger plans allow unlimited users. It started in 2003 and is now owned by GoTo. - **Category:** Business Phone Systems - **Made by:** Grasshopper (since 2003) - **Website:** https://grasshopper.com - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, iOS, Android - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Grasshopper is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $14 per month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | True Solo | $14 per month, billed annually | One user, one local or toll-free number and one extension, with unlimited calls and texts. | | Solo Plus | $25 per month, billed annually ($32 billed monthly) | Unlimited users at no extra cost, one number and three extensions; more extensions cost $3 a month each. | | Small Business | $55 per month, billed annually | Unlimited users, four numbers and unlimited extensions, with advanced call routing and call tracking. | Read from https://grasshopper.com/pricing/ on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Grasshopper before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual savings over 20%** (Annual discount): Grasshopper's pricing page says annual billing saves over 20%; its comparison page gives Solo Plus as $25 a month annually against $32 monthly. Source: https://grasshopper.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **A second number on your phone:** Pick a local, toll-free or vanity number and use it through the mobile or desktop app, keeping business calls apart from a personal number. - **Shared inbox:** Calls, texts and voicemails sit in one thread per customer, and the inbox is shared so the whole team sees the same history. - **Extensions and call forwarding:** Forward calls to any number and add extensions for staff or departments: one on True Solo, three on Solo Plus and unlimited on Small Business. - **Recording and AI call summaries:** Call recording with transcription, plus call summaries and AI sentiment drawn from customer calls. - **Automated replies:** Instant Response sends a set text reply when a call is missed, and scheduled auto-replies cover hours when no one is working. - **Virtual fax:** Inbound faxes arrive by email and in the app, without a fax machine. ## Good for - Solo founders who want a business number on their own phone - Small teams that want a flat bill however many people answer - Businesses that need a toll-free or vanity number ## Worth knowing - Sold only in the US and Canada; international calls are billed per minute by destination. - Texting needs carrier registration: a $19.50 one-time fee and $1.50 a month on every plan. - Extra numbers cost $9 a month each on annual billing ($10 monthly), and extra extensions $3 ($5 monthly). - The pricing page shows annual prices and says annual billing saves over 20%; only Solo Plus's monthly price ($32) was readable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Grasshopper gives you a business number that rings on the phone you already have, for one flat monthly fee however many people answer. For five people on Solo Plus that's about $6.20 each, which is hard to beat. It's a number and an inbox, though, with no integrations and no web app. - **Value for money: A.** Solo Plus is $25 a month billed yearly for unlimited users. Add two $3 extensions so all five of you get one and it's about $6.20 a head, under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. On your own, True Solo is $14. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 7-day free trial with no credit card needed. No free plan. - **Features: C.** A local, toll-free or vanity number, a shared inbox for calls, texts and voicemail, extensions, recording with AI summaries, auto-replies and fax. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job: no integrations, and advanced routing is on Small Business. - **Ease of use: A.** 4.75 from about 46,000 App Store ratings. Pick a number, install the app and the calls start ringing. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android apps, so phone and computer are covered. No web app and no integrations on record, which keeps it off the top grade. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Grasshopper's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Its pricing page shows only a region notice from here, so only the $14 starting price could be checked again on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among business phone systems - Grasshopper's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 18 of the 19 other business phone systems we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 18 of 19) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $14 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 4 of the 16 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/business-phones ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Grasshopper 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 18 of the 19 other business phone systems we grade. It costs $168 a year. - You could not: Phone numbers and calls carried over the phone network. - You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once. - 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: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - 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. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 46,227 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id579356813 **Tags:** Business phone line, Business texting, Shared inbox, Transcription, AI features ## Alternatives - [Quo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quo): Business phone app for calls and texts on shared team numbers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grasshopper-vs-quo) - [Google Voice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-voice): Google's phone number service for calls and texts on any device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-voice-vs-grasshopper) - [Ooma Office](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ooma-office): Small business phone system with a virtual receptionist, no contract. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grasshopper-vs-ooma-office) - [Talkroute](https://toolgpa.com/tools/talkroute): Virtual phone system with call menus, texting and video meetings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grasshopper-vs-talkroute) - [Dialpad](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dialpad): AI business phone with live call transcripts and call summaries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dialpad-vs-grasshopper) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://grasshopper.com/pricing/ - https://grasshopper.com/competitors/openphone - https://grasshopper.com/features/ - https://grasshopper.com/features/apps - https://grasshopper.com/features/virtual-fax - https://grasshopper.com/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/grasshopper Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).