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RingCentral

RingCentral's Agentic Voice AI platform helps businesses automate, assist, and analyze customer interactions across voice, chat, and SMS, with AI agents for calls, meetings, and contact centers.

4.9(252 reviews)
Paid
What is RingCentral?
RingCentral is a unified communications platform operating on an Agentic Voice AI architecture that combines business phone, SMS, and team messaging. It automates customer inquiries using an AI Receptionist and AI Virtual Assistant with pre-built dialogue templates for scheduling and FAQs. The system includes an Interactive Virtual Response (IVR), automatic call recording, and voicemail-to-email functions. Integration with legacy enterprise ticketing software requires initial webhook mapping, while its multi-branch conversational flows need careful configuration to prevent dialogue dead-ends. The platform is designed for customer support teams, contact center managers, and IT administrators. A support agent uses the softphone and heads-up display for active calls while the AI handles front-line inquiries. For hybrid work, hot desking and call flip allow for device switching without dropping a call. IT departments manage extensions and answering rules, while marketing can utilize vanity numbers and track performance with conversation analytics and sentiment tracking dashboards.

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Key Benefits & Features
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Business Phone
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Business SMS
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Team Messaging
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Meetings
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AI Receptionist
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AI Virtual Assistant
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AI Conversation Expert
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AI Agents
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RingCX
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AI Meetings
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Town Halls
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Rooms
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Webinars
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Events
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AIR Pro
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Interactive Virtual Response (IVR)
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Automatic call recording
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Call flip
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Visual voicemail
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Softphone
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Paging
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RingOut
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Voicemail-to-email
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Hot desking
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Presence
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Heads-up display
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Vanity and toll-free numbers
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Local numbers
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Answering rules
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Deskphone accessories and devices
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Caller ID
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Multi-way conference call
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Native Dialer (AT&T only)
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Out of office for phone
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Shared lines
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Call park
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Call forwarding
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Call screening
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Call delegation
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Extensions
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Bridge call appearance (open beta)
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Push to Talk
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Unified inbox
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Background noise reduction
RingCentral Pricing
Pricing modelPaid
Starting price$25
Free planNo
Free trialAvailable
BillingAnnual

Detailed Pricing Info

RingEX plans save up to 33% by paying annually. AI Receptionist starts at $39. Conversational Intelligence starts at $60. Call Queues Booster is $35. Business SMS Booster is $25. Free trial available for 14 days.
Pros & Cons of RingCentral
Pros
  • The AI Receptionist books appointments by integrating directly with Google Calendar and Outlook calendars.
  • Provides a full conversation summary to human agents when a call is transferred for context.
  • Answers both phone calls and inbound SMS messages to handle customer questions and capture leads.
Cons
  • Advanced AI features like the AI Receptionist are expensive add-ons to the main RingEX subscription plans.
  • AI plans include a low monthly minute allowance (e.g., 100 minutes) with high per-minute overage fees.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is RingEX free to use?

Yes. Free trial is available to new subscribers only. During the 14-day free trial, you will receive support for up to 20 phone lines. You can use any combination of RingCentral desktop phones (up to 2 devices during free trial) and the RingCentral app. The RingCentral app is compatible with Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS operating systems. The entire suite of RingEX features, including voice, auto attendant, online meetings, team messaging, fax and conferencing are available during the trial. SMS is not available for trial use. Any free trial hardware must be returned within 21 days of trial cancellation in order to avoid hardware charges.

Can I make unlimited calls with my RingCentral phone number?

Yes, you can make unlimited VoIP calls and conference calls using the RingCentral app to anyone in your organization. For external calls, you get unlimited phone calls within the US and Canada. For other international calls, RingCentral offers international calling plans and bundles at an affordable price.

What’s the best plan if I’m replacing an on-premise PBX system across multiple sites, branch locations, and global regions?

There are 3 key administrative and 2 analytics features in the Advanced and Ultra packages that help organizations realize the benefits of consolidating and managing their communications in the cloud. Key administrative features include cost center management, multi-support admin and management and custom roles and permissions to control administrative functions. Analytics features include adoption analytics and Business Analytics Essentials providing key insights with ongoing usage.

What apps does RingCentral integrate with?

RingCentral has over 330+ integrations across 200+ companies and leading business platforms to improve productivity, streamline communication within Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications, automate application workflows and improve customer support. In addition to prebuilt applications integrations in the App Gallery, RingCentral provides a suite of powerful APIs for voice, SMS/MMS, team messaging, video, fax, data management and system configuration.

How do you integrate with Microsoft Teams?

RingCentral provides Microsoft Teams customers with business calling to help them expand their global reach, integrate flawless employee and customer experiences, and connect the apps they depend on. RingCentral offers the most complete phone system with the richest set of integrated capabilities for Microsoft Teams. You’ll also get the broadest and deepest set of pre-built app integrations to plug in your phone system to all the different apps your business runs on - like Salesforce, Hubspot, Zendesk, ServiceNow, and many more. Additionally, IT and business analytics unlock insights and simplify management.
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CategoryCustomer Support
Pricing ModelPaid
Global Rating4.9 / 5.0
Free Plan AvailableNo
Last Updated8/26/2026
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