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Kurrent is 45% cheaper than CallGrid
100,000 minutes and 100 numbers a month · for teams spending $1,795+/mo on call tracking
Kurrent tracks and routes your calls, each number its own source, with minutes on your own Telnyx account at cost.
CallGrid vs. Kurrent
CallGrid is call tracking and routing for pay-per-call. The platform fee is $199/mo for static campaigns, or $995/mo for real-time bidding. Usage is on top: local minutes from $0.04/min and numbers from $2/number/mo. Kurrent routes and screens calls on your own Telnyx account, from $0.0032/min (requires a Telnyx minimum spend), for one monthly fee.
| CallGrid | Kurrent | |
|---|---|---|
| Static Campaigns platform fee | $199/mo billed monthly, annual available; unlimited users | monthly fee: half the software line |
| Real-Time Bidding platform fee | $995/mo live call auction; billed monthly, annual available | pre-ping a buyer before transfer |
| Local minutes | $0.04/min from; toll-free from $0.05; volume discounts | $0.0032/min your own Telnyx, at cost |
| Numbers | $2/number/mo from; local or toll-free | $1/number/mo your own Telnyx, from $1.00 |
CallGrid rates read from callgrid.com/pricing on 4 October 2026. Kurrent rates read from kx21.com/pricing on 3 October 2026.
What Kurrent has
- Every SIP line and phone number is a source with its own routing.
- Limits for each source: calls at once, calls per second and SIP invites per minute.
- Calls are screened before they ring: your blacklist, then any validation APIs you choose.
- A pre-ping asks the buyer if it wants the call before you transfer it.
- Webhooks for call events as they happen, plus a full API.
- A call log and raw SIP logs, so you can trace any call end to end.
- Recordings go to your own storage bucket.
The price is one monthly fee: half the software part of the call-tracking bill you pay now. It is built for teams spending $1,795 a month or more. The minutes run on your own Telnyx account, at cost, from $0.0032/min inbound local (which requires a Telnyx minimum spend) and $1/number/mo for a number. We add nothing to them.
Total cost, side by side
Take a desk with 100,000 local minutes and 100 numbers a month. On CallGrid Static at its starting rates, that is $199/mo, plus 100,000 × $0.04/min = $4,000, plus 100 × $2/number/mo = $200. That is about $4,399 a month (our math, from CallGrid’s own rates).
On Kurrent, the same minutes and numbers run on your own Telnyx account at cost: 100,000 × $0.0032/min = $320, plus 100 × $1/number/mo = $100. That is $420 for the phone company’s minutes. Take out what the same minutes and numbers cost on Telnyx, $420, and $3,979 of the CallGrid bill is software. Kurrent’s fee is half of that, $1,990. With the minutes, the month comes to about $2,410 on Kurrent: $1,989 less (our math).
CallGrid says volume discounts lower its usage rates as you grow, so a large desk may pay less than these starting rates.
Other things to know
CallGrid’s Real-Time Bidding plan, at $995/mo, runs your own call auction where buyers bid on each call. Kurrent can pre-ping a buyer before it transfers the call.
CallGrid includes unlimited users and seats, and sells recording, transcription and an AI voice agent by the minute. Kurrent is set up for teams spending $1,795 a month or more on call tracking today.
Kurrent has no free trial. We stand up new call infrastructure for each client, on your own carrier account. What we offer instead is a free bill audit and a Free 30 Min Demo on your real volume. We do the setup with you.
Questions
- How much does CallGrid cost?
- The platform fee is $199/mo for static campaigns or $995/mo for real-time bidding. Usage is on top: local minutes from $0.04/min and numbers from $2/number/mo.
- Does CallGrid charge per minute?
- Yes. Local minutes start at $0.04/min, with volume discounts. At 100,000 minutes and 100 numbers, Static comes to about $4,399 a month at its starting rates, by our math.
- How does CallGrid pricing compare to Kurrent?
- Kurrent is one monthly fee, half the software part of your current bill, with minutes on your own Telnyx account from $0.0032/min (requires a Telnyx minimum spend). It is set up for teams spending $1,795 a month or more on call tracking.
- Does CallGrid run a call auction?
- Yes. Its Real-Time Bidding plan, at $995/mo, runs your own call auction where buyers bid on each call. Kurrent can pre-ping a buyer before it transfers the call.
- Does Kurrent have a free trial?
- No. Kurrent stands up new call infrastructure for each client. Instead you get a free bill audit and a free 30 minute demo on your real volume, and we do the setup with you.