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About

Stay connected, organized, and on task with an easy-to-use phone solution that fits organizations of any size. Voice makes work calls less work. Make and receive phone calls using a work number on any device, anywhere. Start communicating more effectively. Voice can be customized to fit your day-to-day workflow. Number assignment, porting, and billing are neatly consolidated in the familiar G Suite Admin console. Google's powerful AI filters spam calls, transcribes voicemail automatically, and lets you configure your PBX. Integrations with Hangouts Meet and Calendar keep the focus on what's important. Voice can be deployed instantly — and globally — from anywhere, with less administrative work. Focus on what's important while staying connected on deskphones, smartphones, and the web.

About

Download and use TextNow on any device to get a free phone number, and call and text anywhere in North America for free. TextNow is the only app that offers free nationwide cellular service supported by ads. Just buy a SIM Activation Kit to get started. TextNow offers free or low-cost international calling to over 230 countries, so you can talk more without worrying about a big bill. Download the TextNow app and get a second phone number, with the area code you choose. Use TextNow as your business phone line on your phone, tablet, and computer. Buy a SIM activation kit and get a TextNow enabled SIM card that gives you unlimited nationwide talk & text for free! Upgrade to remove ads or get high speed data. TextNow's wireless network services are provided using the wireless network of a leading national mobile service provider.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone who needs a phone number and solution for managing telephone calls online

Audience

Businesses and anyone requiring a solution to get a phone number and start calling and texting for free

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Pricing based on minutes used
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$9.99 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.3 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.5 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • You get a free US phone number, reliable that you can call through an app, receive calls and sms, and also receive sms on email. Perfect.
  • This is the only software I’ve found that allows me the ability to have a free phone number for my small business.
  • Great for giving out as a contact number without having to give out your personal number. We use this for our pastor on-call. It also allows multiple people to have the app and keep up with voicemails. Easy to use.
  • Allows me to have a secondary phone number tied to my account (my phone number?) Can have outgoing/incoming calls/messages with good quality.
  • I love that Google voice, allows you to get a free phone number in your area code of choice, and when somebody calls in, it requires them to say their name. That way, you can hear who it is before answering it and know if it’s worth picking up of sending to voicemail.

Cons

  • You can only select US phone numbers. No worldwide phones available.
  • Features are somewhat limited, but this is to be expected from a free software.
  • There really aren't many negatives. It does what you expect it to do.
  • Sometimes calls won't connect. Costs $10 to change your phone number. Have a hard time receiving calls.
  • I don’t love that the voicemail portion says “google voice”, but it makes sense from google’s perspective.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I like text now at first because I could finally call my country and receive text messages to my phone while away. I started using this phone number to get people to reach me while in a foreign country I use it in my email signature I use it on my business card I used it on my website but then...
  • Was great before the company introduced all the pay walls. Now a barely serviceable extra line. Does not drop the majority of calls.

Cons

  • After a couple of weeks of using text now one morning the app was no longer connected to my account and I could no longer retrieve my phone number. So out of despair because I needed to make a phone call in my country I decided to just create a new account thinking that I would have to change all the phone numbers everywhere where I had a written the old text now phone number... And again I lost access to that number a second time and it is this time text now banned me. And I would have had to fight for my number and I talk to myself to the heck with that! I'm done with TextNow I'll never use it again.
  • App selectively does not ring or alert you to texts (even after applying company prescribed fixes). Have to pay to get access codes, or they are willfully blocked. The price is ridiculous. Ads everywhere for you to accidentally click on. App pirates your phone after some texts, and makes you watch a full commercial, in the middle of your conversation. Solution is to close the app, and reboot it. Loading time is slow. Can you imagine if you were in trouble?! I actually paid to have my number reserved for a few months, and found out that it is a separate charge to get access codes, despite it not being advertised that way.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Google
Founded: 1998
United States
cloud.google.com/voice/

Company Information

TextNow
Canada
www.textnow.com

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Categories

Categories

Business VoIP Features

Call Parking
Call Recording
Contact Management
Encryption
IVR / Voice Recognition
Ring Groups
SIP Trunking
Unified Communications
Voice Quality Enhancement

Telephony Features

Auto-Dialer
Call Center Management
Call Monitoring
Contact Management
Inbound Reporting
IVR / Voice Recognition
Outbound Reporting
Predictive Dialer
Telemarketing Management
Voice & Data Integration
VoIP

Integrations

CALLEY
SCRM Champion
All-in-One Messenger
AnswerForce
Copper
Fluents.ai
Franz
GMBapi.com
Gmail
Goodcall
Google Workspace
Grasshopper
Keepgo
Live Proxies
NumLookup
Salesboom CRM
Shift
Splunk On-Call
Stackreaction
Teamstack

Integrations

CALLEY
SCRM Champion
All-in-One Messenger
AnswerForce
Copper
Fluents.ai
Franz
GMBapi.com
Gmail
Goodcall
Google Workspace
Grasshopper
Keepgo
Live Proxies
NumLookup
Salesboom CRM
Shift
Splunk On-Call
Stackreaction
Teamstack
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