Dialpad, the leading AI-powered customer communications platform, has been named a Leader in the Aragon Research Globe™ for Intelligent Contact Centers for SMB, 2026. The Aragon Research Globe is an independent evaluation of providers that are reshaping the contact center market through Generative AI and virtual agent technology. The recognition validates Dialpad’s unified platform approach and its continued investment in AI-native architecture.

“We didn’t bolt AI onto a legacy system. We built an AI-native platform purpose-built for how businesses actually operate.” Craig Walker, Co-founder & CEO of Dialpad

The Aragon Research Globe evaluates providers across strategy, performance, and market reach. Dialpad’s Leader positioning reflects its purpose-built AI capabilities, strategic partnership with Google, and expanding integrations with platforms including Salesforce.

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Aragon cited Dialpad’s unified platform, which brings together Dialpad Support, Dialpad Sell, Dialpad Connect, and AI Agents into a single AI-driven system. Key capabilities highlighted in the report include:

• AI Recap for conversation summaries
• AI Playbooks for real-time agent guidance
• AI Scorecards for automated quality evaluation across 100% of calls
• AI CSAT with Explanations for scoring and surfacing key drivers behind customer satisfaction

“Being named a Leader by Aragon Research is a testament to the platform approach we’ve taken since day one,” said Craig Walker, Co-founder and CEO of Dialpad. “We didn’t bolt AI onto a legacy system. We built an AI-native platform purpose-built for how businesses actually operate. With agentic AI now enabling autonomous customer workflows, we’re just getting started.”

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Dialpad’s Agentic AI platform enables customers to build autonomous multi-agent workflows for voice and chat with no code. These interconnected AI agents go beyond basic assistance, understanding complex requests, managing ambiguity, and securely connecting to external business tools to execute multi-step processes like booking appointments or updating records. Equipped with built-in governance, safety controls, and pre-built industry skill packs, the platform allows companies to shift from generating insights to autonomously resolving customer issues.

“The ICC market has shifted, and with a focus on Generative AI to power virtual agents, the time is now to transform the contact center,” said Jim Lundy, CEO and Lead Analyst at Aragon Research. “For buyers, modernization and automation are key priorities.”

Dialpad’s momentum continues to accelerate. The company has surpassed $350M in ARR and serves more than 40,000 business customers, including Randstad, Nasdaq, T-Mobile, Motorola Solutions, and Netflix. To date, Dialpad has delivered nearly 1 billion AI Recaps across its platform.