Pick ExpressNumber if one number is the problem.
One number behind every signup means one broker sale reaches everything, and you can never rotate it without telling everyone who legitimately has it. A number per site makes the leak disposable.
Google Voice alternative
ExpressNumber vs Google Voice
ExpressNumber gives you 5 numbers on Basic with no ID check, kept as long as your plan is active. Google Voice gives one number per Google account, asks for a government ID before a new number can call or text, and can take back a number left unused for 3 months.
$0 today
Line by line
| Feature | ExpressNumber | Google VoiceAs published on their site |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $0 today and for 7 days. Then Basic is $9.99 a month, Pro is $29.99 a month. | Free for personal use in the US. |
| Try it free first | Yes. 7 days free on either plan, $0 today. Cancel before then and you pay nothing. | Yes. Free is the whole product for personal use. |
| Numbers on one plan | Yes. 5 or 100 numbers on one plan. Extra numbers are $1 a month on Basic, 50 cents on Pro. | No. One number per Google account. |
| Burn a number in one tap | Yes. One tap. Forwarding stops immediately and the number sits in quarantine for 30 days before anyone else can be given it. | Partly. You can delete your number and pick a new one in settings, but you only ever hold one, so everybody who had the old one loses you at the same moment. |
| Calls reach the phone you already carry | Yes. Forwarded to the mobile you verified, ringing like any other call. The caller only ever sees the burner. | Yes. Forwards to the phones you link. This is exactly what Google Voice is built to do. |
| Runs in a plain browser | Yes. No app. Numbers are managed in the browser, and calls ring the phone you already have. | Yes. Full web app, plus iOS and Android. |
| Where the numbers are | Partly. US numbers only today. | Partly. US numbers, and a US account to get one. |
Read from Google's Voice help pages, for the free personal plan in the US. Paid Google Workspace tiers are not compared here.
Our minutes count forwarded calls only, rounded up to the minute, and inbound texts are never billed. Past your monthly allowance, forwarded minutes are 5 cents each, capped at $50 a month on Basic and $100 on Pro.
This is ExpressNumber on a phone.
- Calls and texts still reach the phone you already have.
- 5 numbers on Basic, each set to forward, take texts only, or block.
- Burn any number in one tap when it starts ringing.
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Your numbers
Marketplace
(415) 555-0142
Forwarding
Dating
(212) 555-0166
Texts only
Car dealer
(305) 555-0118
Blocked
Rentals
(646) 555-0187
Forwarding
Deliveries
(332) 555-0168
Forwarding
Two products, two different jobs.
Google Voice is built for one number
Google Voice is free for personal use in the US, it calls and texts out, and it forwards to your phones.
One number is also the failure mode
Every site and store you have ever signed up with holds the same second number. One of them sells the list, and that number rings for years, because rotating it means personally re-notifying everyone who legitimately has it.
A number per site turns the leak into a receipt
Give the dealership one number and the gym another. When one of them starts ringing at 7am you know exactly who sold you, and you burn that number on its own. Every other number you handed out keeps working.
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Try it for a week. Judge it yourself.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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