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Google Voice, Grasshopper, Quo and Dialpad put a business number on a cell phone or computer. When calls need transferring, parking, covering and answering after hours, we fit a real phone system to your office.
Facts about Google Voice, Grasshopper, Quo and Dialpad checked in October 2026, from their published pages and public records; third-party estimates are labelled. Every claim links to its source.
Fit
Phone apps
Solo operators, field staff and very small teams who mostly need a business number on a cell phone, at a low entry price.
SLINC
Offices where calls get transferred, parked and covered all day and answered after hours, with desk phones at the front and the business number on staff cell phones too.
Side by side
| Topic | Google Voice, Grasshopper, Quo and Dialpad | SLINC |
|---|---|---|
| Google Voice | $10 to $30 per user per month, and it “Requires a Google Workspace plan billed separately.” Desk phones are limited to supported Poly models, and “Voicemail and contact directory are not supported on Poly devices.” [1] [2] | Yealink desk phones built for each person: keys, labels and sidecars, set up from the walk-through and checked before handover. |
| Grasshopper | “Pricing Starting at $14/month.” [3] | Desk phones, a call flow for each location and an AI receptionist for the whole office, on one monthly agreement. |
| Quo | Starter is $15 per user per month billed annually, without call transfers or phone menus; those come with the Business plan. [4] | Transfers, park keys, phone menus, hours and holidays are part of the design from the first day. |
| Dialpad | About $15 per user per month billed annually, or $27 billed monthly (third-party estimate). AI agents are built in Agent Studio, “a no-code builder,” where “business users, not just developers, can build agents.” [5] [6] | The AI receptionist is scripted with you and built into your call flow by us. Nobody on your staff has to build it. |
Phone apps
$10 to $30 per user per month, and it “Requires a Google Workspace plan billed separately.” Desk phones are limited to supported Poly models, and “Voicemail and contact directory are not supported on Poly devices.” [1] [2]
SLINC
Yealink desk phones built for each person: keys, labels and sidecars, set up from the walk-through and checked before handover.
Phone apps
“Pricing Starting at $14/month.” [3]
SLINC
Desk phones, a call flow for each location and an AI receptionist for the whole office, on one monthly agreement.
Phone apps
Starter is $15 per user per month billed annually, without call transfers or phone menus; those come with the Business plan. [4]
SLINC
Transfers, park keys, phone menus, hours and holidays are part of the design from the first day.
Phone apps
About $15 per user per month billed annually, or $27 billed monthly (third-party estimate). AI agents are built in Agent Studio, “a no-code builder,” where “business users, not just developers, can build agents.” [5] [6]
SLINC
The AI receptionist is scripted with you and built into your call flow by us. Nobody on your staff has to build it.
The setup
With an app, you set up the numbers, the forwarding, the menus and the AI yourself. Here is what each one asks of you.
The network
“Leave your desk phone in the past, where it belongs.”
For one person on the road, fair enough. A front desk transfers, parks and covers calls all day and needs to see who is busy. We fit the desk phones, run the firewall, switches and Wi-Fi they ride on, and keep the business number on staff cell phones through our app.
Terms
What Phone apps’s own terms and pricing pages say.
Fair is fair
Honest answers build trust, so here is where they win.
The front desk
Four jobs we fit to your office, desk by desk, before the phones are plugged in.
Send the caller to the right person in one press, and say who is coming.
Put a call on a park key and pick it up from any desk.
Busy-lamp keys show who is on a call, so the front desk knows before it transfers.
The AI receptionist answers in your name and connects the calls that cannot wait.
Hear our AI receptionist: (631) 237-9590
Switching
Bring a recent bill or your account details to the walk-through. We check that your numbers can be ported, design the front desk and the after-hours path, and cut over after you close. Staff keep the business number on their cell phones through our app.
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Start with a walk-through
We walk the office, map how your calls actually flow, and hand you a written design to set beside anything you have been offered.
Google Voice is a trademark of Google LLC; Grasshopper, Quo and Dialpad are trademarks of their respective owners. SLINC is not affiliated with any of them. Prices and terms were checked in October 2026 and change often; check the linked source. Spotted something out of date? Email support@slinc.co.