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Professional communications that scale with your growth

Developer-friendly phone system with transparent pricing, enterprise features, and APIs built for startups moving fast.

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The challenge

Growing fast means outgrowing tools fast

Startups need professional communications from day one, but traditional telecom is built for slow-moving enterprises.

  • Consumer-Grade Tools

    Investors and enterprise clients judge you by every interaction. Consumer phone apps and personal numbers don't project the professional image you need to close deals.

  • Scale Anxiety

    You're growing fast - hiring, adding locations, expanding internationally. You can't afford to outgrow your phone system in 6 months and migrate everything again.

  • Opaque Pricing

    Traditional telecom vendors hide costs in complex contracts. You need transparent per-user pricing that doesn't explode when you scale or add features.

Startup Communication Challenges
The solution

Built for how startups actually operate

Enterprise-grade platform with startup-friendly pricing, speed, and developer experience.

5-Minute Setup

Sign up, get a phone number, start making calls. No sales calls, no contracts, no hardware required. Launch your phone system faster than you can set up Slack.

Developer-First APIs

Full REST and WebSocket APIs with SDKs for Node.js, Python, and Go. Build voice into your product, automate workflows, or integrate with your stack.

Usage-Based Pricing

Pay only for what you use. From $19/user/month with 2,000 calling minutes included each month, then $0.012/min on outbound calls. No setup fees, no term commits, no surprise charges. Scale up or down without penalties.

Enterprise Features

SSO, role-based access, and audit logs. Impress enterprise customers without paying enterprise prices.

Ready to Expand

Local numbers across the US and Canada, international outbound calling, and AI voices in 10 languages. Expand when you're ready.

AI-Powered From Day One

Real-time transcription, call summarization, sentiment analysis, and voice agents included. AI features that enterprise providers charge thousands for.

Use Cases for Startups

Product-Led Growth

Voice and SMS for your product

You're building a two-sided marketplace, delivery platform, or on-demand service. Your product needs phone and SMS capabilities for users to communicate, verify identities, or receive notifications.

Key Benefits:

  • Programmable voice and SMS APIs
  • US and Canadian phone numbers
  • WebRTC SDKs for in-app calling with no downloads
  • Call recording and transcription for compliance and quality
  • Usage analytics and debugging tools in real-time dashboard

Early-Stage Teams

Professional communications on a budget

You're a 5-15 person team, mostly remote, and need to look professional to investors and early customers. You need real business phone numbers, voicemail, call routing, but you can't spend like an enterprise.

Key Benefits:

  • Professional phone numbers and voicemail for the entire team
  • Mobile and desktop apps - no desk phones to buy
  • Auto-attendant and call routing to sound bigger than you are
  • CRM integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot) to track every call
  • Transparent per-user pricing from $19 - no hidden costs or contracts

Sales-Led Startups

Close deals faster with built-in intelligence

Your sales team is hustling to hit ARR targets. They need click-to-dial, call recording, automatic logging to CRM, and AI-powered insights to sell more efficiently without adding headcount.

Key Benefits:

  • Automatic call transcription and summarization after every call
  • AI sentiment analysis to flag at-risk deals early
  • Click-to-dial from Salesforce or any web app
  • Local presence calling - show local caller ID in any market
  • Call coaching with recording, whisper, and barge features
Products and plans

What you’ll use

Nova and Flare are the paid products. Aura AI, SARA, Switchboard and Pulse are included with every plan.

Products used

Recommended plan

Nova Core or Nova Pro. Start on Core for a small team, or try Pro free for 14 days.

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14-day trial on Nova Pro and Flare Pro. Card required; billing starts after day 14 unless you cancel.

Common questions from startup founders

How long does it take to get started?

Most teams go live in 2-4 weeks, with our team beside you. The 14-day trial on Nova Pro and Flare Pro needs a card, and billing starts after day 14 unless you cancel.

What if we outgrow the startup tier?

You won't. Pricing is per user, so your bill tracks headcount instead of jumping in steps — $19/user on Core for small teams, $29 on Pro, $39 on Ultra. Volume pricing is quoted from 50 seats, and SSO / SAML plus custom integrations are available on Enterprise when you need them.

Do you offer investor-friendly terms?

Yes. Month-to-month billing with no long-term contracts. Many of our startup customers expense us through corporate cards or get reimbursed by VCs. We can provide security documentation for due diligence.

Can we integrate this with our product?

Absolutely. Our REST APIs and WebSocket interfaces let you embed voice and SMS into your application. We have SDKs for Node.js, Python, and Go. Many startups use us to add calling features to their product without building telecom infrastructure themselves.

What about international expansion?

We offer local and toll-free numbers across the US and Canada, plus international outbound calling. Provision numbers through the dashboard, with per-minute rates published there.

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