How much does a virtual phone number cost? $7.99 to $19 a month to start

A virtual business number is cheaper than a full phone system, but the way it's priced varies: per user, per number or per account with users included. Here is what the seven services in our virtual phone numbers ranking charge, read from their own pages between Sep 24 and Sep 27, 2026.

Entry plans

Google Voice needs a paid Google Workspace plan; Business Starter is $8.40 a user a month on the flexible plan, so Voice Starter is $18.40 a user in total. Quo's own pricing page shows lower figures in its comparison table ($15 yearly, $19 monthly for Starter); we use the higher card figures.

What one user pays in a year

On annual billing, a single user pays about:

• Line2 Unlimited: $95.88 a year.
• Grasshopper True Solo: $168 a year.
• Phone.com Basic: $180 a year.
• Dialpad Standard: $180 a year.
• Google Voice Starter with Workspace: $220.80 a year.
• Quo Starter: $228 a year.
• Talkroute Basic, month to month: $228 a year.

What a team of three pays

This is where the pricing models split. Monthly, on annual billing where offered:

• Per user: Dialpad or Phone.com Basic $45, Quo Starter $57, Google Voice with Workspace $55.20.
• Per account: Grasshopper Solo Plus is $25 a month billed annually ($32 monthly) for unlimited users on one number with three extensions; True Solo allows only one user. Talkroute Basic with two extra users at $5 each is $29 a month, against $39 for Plus, which includes three users, two numbers and hours-of-operation routing.
• Per number: three Line2 Unlimited numbers are $23.97 a month billed yearly.

Typical and top plans

The next plans up add call recording, auto-attendants, texting or routing:

• Line2 Starter $13.75, Growth $17.66, Business $21.83 a month, billed yearly.
• Grasshopper Solo Plus $25 and Small Business $55 a month, billed annually.
• Phone.com Plus $22.50 and Pro $33.33 a user billed annually ($27 and $40 monthly).
• Quo Business $27 and Scale $36 a user billed yearly ($39 and $48 monthly).
• Talkroute Plus $39 and Pro $59 a month.
• Google Voice Standard $20 and Premier $30 a user, plus Workspace.
• Dialpad Pro $25 a user billed annually, $35 monthly.

Extra numbers and other fees

• Extra numbers: Quo and Talkroute $5 a month each, Grasshopper $9. A toll-free number on Dialpad is $15 a month annually or $17 monthly, plus $0.02 a minute incoming. Line2 charges a one-time fee, not published, for a premium vanity number.
• Texting registration: Talkroute charges $19 once and $1.50 a month on Basic for local-number texting; toll-free registration is free.
• Add-ons: Phone.com's call recording is $8 a month on Basic, and international calling may need a $200 deposit. Grasshopper charges $3 a month per extra extension and $75 for a professional greeting.
• Overages and taxes: Line2's terms charge $0.039 a minute above 30,000 minutes a month, plus taxes, fees and surcharges.

Refunds, renewals and leaving

• Line2 has no contract or cancellation fee, but prepaid annual plans aren't refunded after 30 days.
• Talkroute has no contract, but no refunds after the 7-day trial and no proration.
• Google Voice charges only for the days before you cancel.
• Quo's fees are non-refundable.
• Phone.com's 30-day terms renew unless you call at least 15 days before the end; leave mid-term and you owe the rest plus any disconnection fee.
• Dialpad charges the rest of an annual term if you leave early.

Our guide to contracts and cancelling covers these in more depth, and the methodology shows how price feeds our ranking. If a number alone may not be enough, see a business phone system or a virtual number.