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Business phone systems · October 2026 Edition

Microsoft Teams Phone vs Dialpad

Zero of fourteen models named Microsoft Teams Phone first on the direct prompt; one named Dialpad. Microsoft Teams Phone was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Dialpad by thirteen and Microsoft Teams Phone carries 21 labels and Dialpad 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Teams Phone

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Dialpad

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share3%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2131A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Teams Phone reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Nextiva was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. RingCentral vs Microsoft Teams Phone · RingCentral vs Dialpad · Google Voice vs Microsoft Teams Phone

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the business phone systems page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft Teams PhoneFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDialpad
Direct01
Paraphrase10
Comparative01
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained10
Negative002 against Microsoft Teams Phone · 1 against Dialpad
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Microsoft Teams Phone and Dialpad were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 89 answers naming Microsoft Teams Phone and the 88 naming Dialpad. In those answers Dialpad took the first choice three times and Microsoft Teams Phone two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Teams Phone and Dialpad stood in it.
ModelDirectMTParaphraseMTComparativeMTBudget-constrainedMTScale-constrainedMTNegativeMT
Claude Haiku 4.5MTMT
GPT-5.4 miniMT
Gemini 3.5 FlashMTMTMT
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 FastMT
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 FlashMT
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashMTMTMT
Kimi K2MTMT
GLM 4.7 FlashXMTMT
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 LunaMT
Muse Glimmer 30BMT
MT Microsoft Teams Phone DialpadMT first choiceMT named as an alternativeMT argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Teams Phone on the left and Dialpad on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Teams Phone and Dialpad stood in it.

Dialpad first, Microsoft Teams Phone an alternative

1 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Teams Phone was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDialpad, RingCentral alternatives: Aircall, Microsoft Teams Phone, Nextiva

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5RingCentral alternatives: 8x8, Dialpad, Nextiva
GPT-5.4 miniRingCentral, Zoom Phone alternatives: Dialpad, Nextiva, Webex Calling
Perplexity SonarRingCentral alternatives: 8x8, Dialpad, JustCall, Nextiva
DeepSeek V4 FlashRingCentral alternatives: 8x8, Aircall, Dialpad, Nextiva
Qwen 3.7 FlashRingCentral alternatives: Microsoft Teams Phone, Nextiva, Zoom Phone
Kimi K28x8, RingCentral RingEX alternatives: Dialpad, GoTo Connect, Nextiva
GPT-6 LunaRingCentral RingEX alternatives: Dialpad, Teams Phone, Zoom Phone
Muse Glimmer 30BNextiva, RingCentral alternatives: 8x8, Dialpad, Zoom Phone

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastNextiva alternatives: 8x8, Ooma Office, RingCentral, Zoom Phone
Mistral SmallRingCentral alternatives: 8x8, Intermedia, Nextiva, Zoom Phone
Llama 4 MaverickNextiva alternatives: JustCall, Vonage, Zoom Phone
GLM 4.7 FlashXNextiva, RingCentral RingEX alternatives: Dialpad Connect, GoTo Connect, Zoom Phone
MiniMax M2.5Nextiva, RingCentral RingEX alternatives: Intermedia Unite, Zoom Phone

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Dialpad leads by two points.
Dialpad2%#6 of 11
Microsoft Teams Phone0%#8 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Microsoft Teams Phone leads at mid-market.
Microsoft Teams Phone3%#7 of 12
Dialpad2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Teams Phone leads by thirty-one points.
Microsoft Teams Phone31%#2 of 10
Dialpad0%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Teams Phone

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Limitation: Poor fax capabilities—avoid if you need to send/receive faxes” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“The configuration complexity of platforms like Microsoft Teams Phone or RingCentral can be significant overhead for a 15-person professional services firm” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best All-Around Choice: Microsoft Teams ... Teams is almost invariably the correct choice.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The default choice if you are deeply embedded in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“if your company is already committed to the Microsoft ecosystem, Microsoft Teams is a natural fit and more cost-effective” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about Dialpad

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Trustpilot highlights awful customer service, refund delays, hidden fees (e.g., porting charges), and app glitches.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“and Dialpad (to see how live AI transcription can boost your sales reps' close rates)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Dialpad leads with AI transcription and coaching” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“If AI call intelligence is the primary driver, Dialpad has the most mature AI coaching and transcription stack at a mid-market price” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.