---
title: "Carly vs CallForMe: team phone lines or calls for your agent"
description: "Carly runs your team's business phone lines, texts and lead calls through your AI agents. CallForMe has your agent call businesses for you, $1 per answered call."
url: https://callforme.tel/compare/carly
published: 2026-10-31
updated: 2026-10-31
author: CallForMe team, Great Work LLC
---

# Carly vs CallForMe: team phone lines or calls for your agent

> Carly (usecarly.com, formerly CalBot) works a team's business phone lines through its AI agents: texts, voicemail, calls to leads and customers from your own Carly number, with calling sold as a separate add-on to $35-a-seat plans. CallForMe (callforme.tel) has your agent call other businesses for quotes, bookings and questions, at $1 per answered call, with no number, seat or plan.

## What Carly is

Carly, at [usecarly.com](https://www.usecarly.com) and formerly CalBot, is an AI assistant platform. Its Teams connector "works a team's business phone lines through the team's AI agents": business texts, calls, voicemail, voice and text agents, and the team's CRM. You get a business number in Carly during setup, and calls and texts go out from it. You can watch a live call and type instructions to steer it.

## Side by side

Carly facts are from its Claude setup guide (October 8, 2026) and pricing page, checked October 31, 2026.

| | Carly | CallForMe |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Your team's phone lines, texts and lead follow-up | Calls other businesses for you |
| Price | $35/mo per person or seat; calling and SMS are a separate add-on, price not published | $1 per answered call incl. 2 min, $0.40/min after; prepaid from $5 |
| Phone number | Your business number in Carly | Not needed; calls come from (469) 966-0062 |
| Connect | Carly organization account, OAuth | Remote MCP, one click that asks for nothing |
| Steering a live call | Yes, type an instruction | Yes, `answer_question` also steers a live call |
| Calling several places | Scheduled calls to a list of leads | `call_around` finds and calls 1 to 100 businesses, up to 10 at a time |
| Try first | Free plan without calling | Free demo lines, no account |

## When to pick Carly

- Your team texts and calls its own leads and customers from shared business lines.
- You want calendars, email and CRM work in the same assistant.

## When to pick CallForMe

- You want your agent to phone other businesses: quotes, reservations, stock checks, account questions.
- You'd rather pay per answered call than per seat plus a calling add-on.
- You want to try it on a free demo line before adding anything. See [the demo lines](/demo).

## Related

- [Can Claude make phone calls?](/guides/give-claude-a-phone)
- [KaiCalls vs CallForMe](/compare/kaicalls)
- [Best MCP server for phone calls](/compare/best-mcp-server-for-phone-calls)

## FAQ

### Can Claude make calls with either one?

Yes. Both are remote MCP connectors you add to Claude. Carly needs a Carly organization account and a phone line from Carly; CallForMe needs nothing to connect, and the first real call shows a one-time link to add $5 of credit.

### What does Carly's calling cost?

Carly's plans are $35 a month per person or per seat, and business calling and SMS are a separate add-on with no published price (its page says to book a call), checked October 31, 2026. CallForMe is $1 per answered call including 2 minutes.

### Who should each one call?

Carly's examples are a team's own leads and customers. CallForMe calls businesses only: stores, offices, suppliers and service providers.

## Related

- [Best AI that makes phone calls for you (2026)](https://callforme.tel/compare/best-ai-that-makes-phone-calls.md)
- [Can ChatGPT make phone calls? How to let it call a business](https://callforme.tel/guides/let-chatgpt-call-a-business.md)