VoIP & Business Phone
Google Voice
Simple business calling and texting inside Google Workspace.
4.5· 715 reviews· via CapterraFounded 2009 · Mountain View, CA
What is Google Voice?
Google Voice is a cloud telephony service that provides a phone number for calls, texts, and voicemail across devices. The business version runs inside Google Workspace, adding managed numbers, admin controls, and Meet and Calendar integration for smaller teams.
Best known for: Simple business calling and texting inside Google Workspace
Key features
- Single number across devices
- Voicemail transcription
- Call forwarding and routing
- SMS texting
- Google Workspace admin controls
- Meet and Calendar integration
Who Google Voice is best for
- Teams already standardized on Google Workspace
- Businesses wanting a barebones, low-cost line
- Distributed teams needing calling in the browser
Ideal team: Google Workspace organizations of any size that want basic, well-integrated business numbers without a full phone platform.
Google Voice pricing
Starter
$10/per user / mo
- Unlimited US texting
- Voicemail transcription
- Up to 10 users
Popular
Standard
$20/per user / mo
- Unlimited users
- Multi-level auto-attendant
- Desk phone support
Premier
$30/per user / mo
- Automatic call recording
- Unlimited international locations
- Advanced reporting
Costs to watch before you commit
- Requires a paid Google Workspace subscription on top of the Voice price.
- International calls are billed per minute beyond the plan's included regions.
- Feature set is minimal compared with dedicated UCaaS phone systems.
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