# Power dialers ranked for small sales teams > Which power dialer should a small sales team use? Trellus, Orum and Nooks compared on price, team size and what public reviews say. By Corey Leon. First posted 2026-10-28. Updated 2026-10-28. Source: https://www.simpleai.community/blog/power-dialers-ranked/ License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit Simple AI with a link. Question: Which power dialer should a small sales team use? A small sales team should try Trellus first. It's a power dialer that logs every call into your CRM, it costs $99.99 a month on its Power plan, and you don't need a big team to start. Skip Orum unless you have 9 or more reps, since it has a 9 seat minimum and no public price. Skip Nooks unless you're a bigger team ready for a custom quote. No paid links. No tool paid to be here. ## Steps 1. **Test it with your own list, not their demo.** Load a list you were going to call anyway. A demo shows the dialer on a perfect day. Your list shows you a normal Tuesday. 2. **Connect your CRM first.** The point of a dialer is that every call, outcome and note lands in your CRM without you typing it. Make one test call and check that it shows up. 3. **Dial for a full week.** Count dials, live pickups and real conversations each day. One day is too noisy to judge. 4. **Check 50 contacts by hand.** Open 50 logged calls and make sure the outcome is right. A call marked voicemail that was really a person is a problem you want to catch early. 5. **Pay month to month or pay as you go before you sign a yearly deal.** Trellus has a monthly price. Orum and Nooks need a sales call, so ask for a monthly option or a trial before you sign. 6. **Drop it if more than 20% is wrong.** That's Kevin Hopp's rule. If 1 in 5 logged calls has the wrong outcome or never reaches the CRM, your reports will lie to you. ## The ranking ### Trellus: try first - **What it does:** A power dialer that logs calls into your CRM. - **Price:** Trellus Power $99.99 a month with 5 extra numbers (our tool page, Oct 2026). - **Fits:** Small teams and solo sellers who call every day. - **Skip it if:** You don't make calls every week. ```review tool: Trellus url: https://trellus.ai rating: 5 when: Aug 2026 text: We dial on it every day. Across Trellus from May to Aug 2026 our team made 18,254 dials and about 1 in 10 got a live pickup. ``` **What people say:** G2: 4.8 out of 5 from 14 reviews (shown in a search result for [G2's Trellus page](https://www.g2.com/products/trellus-real-time-cold-call-ai-assistant/reviews), read Oct 28, 2026). SoftwareFinder: 5 out of 5 from 1 review (read Oct 28, 2026). "it takes care of the whole process quickly." ([Zoe Wood on SoftwareFinder](https://softwarefinder.com/call-center/trellus/reviews)) Most common praise: it fits into the CRM and tools you already have, and the call coaching helps. Most common complaint: there are only a few public reviews, so it's hard to judge from reviews alone. ### Orum: skip unless you have 9+ reps - **What it does:** A dialer built for sales teams that make a lot of calls. - **Price:** No public price. 9 seat minimum. Free trial of 500 dials (checked Oct 28, 2026). - **Fits:** Sales teams with 9 or more reps. - **Skip it if:** You have fewer than 9 people who call. We haven't used this one yet. **What people say:** G2: 4.6 out of 5 from 793 reviews (shown in a search result for [G2's Orum page](https://www.g2.com/products/orum), read Oct 28, 2026). SoftwareFinder: 4.8 out of 5 from 45 reviews (read Oct 28, 2026). "The auto dial feature is definitely the standout for me." ([Josh L. on SoftwareFinder](https://softwarefinder.com/call-center/orum/reviews)) "At times the number shows up as spam." ([Max S. on SoftwareFinder](https://softwarefinder.com/call-center/orum/reviews)) Most common praise: it gets you through a lot of dials fast. Most common complaint: calls get flagged as spam or marked as voicemail or no answer by mistake. ### Nooks: skip unless you're a bigger team - **What it does:** A dialer for sales teams, sold on a custom quote. - **Price:** No public price, custom quote (checked Oct 28, 2026). - **Fits:** Bigger sales teams with a budget and a manager to run it. - **Skip it if:** You want a price you can see before a sales call. We haven't used this one yet. **What people say:** G2: 4.8 out of 5 from 1,629 reviews (shown in a search result for [G2's Nooks page](https://www.g2.com/products/nooks/reviews), read Oct 28, 2026). We couldn't open the review text itself today, so no quotes. Most common praise: from the summaries we could read, an easy screen and calling more than one number at a time. Most common complaint: dropped calls, slow connects and wrong numbers that don't get flagged. ## Prompts you can copy ### Check if the dialer is logging calls right ```prompt I'm testing a power dialer. Here are 50 calls from it, with the outcome the dialer logged and what really happened (from my notes or the recording): [paste rows]. Count how many outcomes were wrong, by type (for example marked voicemail but was a person). Tell me the percent that was wrong and if it's over 20%. Then list the 3 most common mistakes in plain words. ``` ### Compare two dialers after a test week ```prompt I tested two dialers for one week each with the same reps and the same kind of list. [Dialer A]: [dials], [live pickups], [real conversations of 60 seconds or more], [meetings booked], cost [price]. [Dialer B]: [dials], [live pickups], [real conversations], [meetings booked], cost [price]. Tell me the cost per real conversation and per meeting for each, and which one I should keep. Remind me if one week is too small to be sure. Under 150 words. ``` ### Questions to ask a dialer sales rep ```prompt I'm talking to a sales rep for [dialer name]. My team is [number] reps calling [type of buyer], and our CRM is [CRM name]. Write 8 short questions to ask. Cover: price per seat, seat minimums, contract length, free trial, how calls log into my CRM, how they handle spam flags on our numbers, what happens if we cancel, and if I can test on my own list. One line each, plain words. ``` ## Sources | Source | What we took | Date read | |---|---|---| | [G2 Trellus reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/trellus-real-time-cold-call-ai-assistant/reviews) | Rating and count, from search result | Oct 28, 2026 | | [SoftwareFinder Trellus reviews](https://softwarefinder.com/call-center/trellus/reviews) | Rating, count, quote | Oct 28, 2026 | | [G2 Orum page](https://www.g2.com/products/orum) | Rating and count, from search result | Oct 28, 2026 | | [SoftwareFinder Orum reviews](https://softwarefinder.com/call-center/orum/reviews) | Rating, count, quotes | Oct 28, 2026 | | [G2 Nooks reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/nooks/reviews) | Rating and count, from search result | Oct 28, 2026 | | [trellus.ai](https://trellus.ai) | Price | Oct 28, 2026 | | [orum.com](https://orum.com) | Seat minimum and trial | Oct 28, 2026 | | [nooks.ai](https://nooks.ai) | Custom quote | Oct 28, 2026 | ## FAQ ### What's a power dialer? A tool that calls the next number on your list for you as soon as you hang up, and logs the call. You spend your time talking instead of typing numbers. ### Do I need a phone check before I use a dialer? It helps. Dead and front desk numbers waste dials. See our [phone check tools ranking](/blog/phone-check-tools-ranked/) for how to clean a list first. ### Why don't Orum and Nooks show a price? They sell through a sales call and a custom quote. Ask about seat minimums and contract length before you get excited about a demo. ### How many pickups should I expect? It depends on your list and who you call. On our own team, about 1 in 10 dials on Trellus got a live pickup from May to Aug 2026. Track your own number for a week.