Grasshopper (True Solo / Solo Plus) review 2026
A business number and auto-attendant layered over the phone you already carry — priced per account, not per user, which changes the arithmetic for small teams
Is the Grasshopper Worth It?
Best for solo owners and tiny teams. Grasshopper solves one problem neatly: giving a small business a professional front without giving everyone a desk phone. Ask it to be a phone system and it is not one.
Grasshopper Pros & Cons
- Priced per account: five people share the $80 Small Business plan
- Keeps work and personal calls separate on one handset
- Business texting and a proper auto-attendant
- Working in minutes; no hardware
- Calls route over the mobile network, so quality is your carrier's
- No video meetings, no call recording, few integrations
- Not a full phone system — no ring groups or queues
Grasshopper at a Glance
Rubric v1: Call quality & reliability 30 · Features 25 · Setup & admin 15 · Integrations 10 · Value 20. Score = Σ ÷ 10, locked Sep 11, 2026. How we rank.
Where to buy — prices checked Sep 11, 2026
Grasshopper specifications
Why it scored 7.2
Grasshopper solves one problem neatly: giving a small business a professional front without giving everyone a desk phone. Ask it to be a phone system and it is not one.
Where it loses
Features.
Still the right pick for
Freelancers and businesses of one to five.
Changelog: Sep 11 — rank 6 → 7; Sep 11 — rank 7 → 8 · all changes