Fastcall vs TAPIMaster

Fastcall is a Salesforce-native communications platform for voice, messaging, and automatic activity logging. It handles inbound and outbound calls, click-to-dial, list dialing, voicemail drop, recording, and transcription. Users can send and receive SMS, MMS, and WhatsApp messages from Salesforce, with activity logged there. Fastcall also logs calls made through the Salesforce mobile interface. Its documented integrations include Agentforce, Sales Engagement, Einstein Conversation Insights, Einstein Generative AI, Omni-Channel, and Einstein Bots; Agentforce can use it for calls, messages, and IVR interactions inside Salesforce. A Subscriber API is available through Apex, Salesforce Flows, and Salesforce REST API actions. Fastcall connects to Twilio, using a Twilio subaccount for phone-number allocation and pay-as-you-go minutes. An active Salesforce subscription is required, and the advertised trial lasts 14 days. Essential costs $30 a month and Pro costs $60 a month, each per user with a 10-user minimum and monthly usage charges. The listed starting rate is $24/user/mo (annual).

TAPIMaster integrates telephony functions into company software through client-side or server-side interfaces. Its client/server product controls workplace phones connected to a central telephone system. A plugin can enable calls from employees’ programs and show notifications for incoming calls; interfaces may also support controls such as call forwarding and call pickup. Client interfaces place telephony functions in a program’s user interface, while server interfaces provide a central integration point. For web applications, the provider directs users to the TAPIMaster Server IP interface.

Tools include a line monitor for testing TAPI drivers and a TSP Emulator that installs a virtual telephone system on a PC. An executable TAPI driver can start programs or HTTP(S) calls through TAPI MakeCall, and TMConnect adds a Third Party TAPI interface to a phone system. The free small-business client/server plan costs nothing and is limited to four employees or one workstation, with at most four clients. It supports programming interfaces for one client and disables some server functions. Non-customers generally receive no support; installation and usage videos are available.