# Phonecall > Browser-based international calling. No install, no SIM, billed per second. Reach any number in 218 countries directly from a web browser. Phonecall lets you place a normal phone call from a web browser to any landline or mobile number in 218 countries. You sign in with email or Google, allow microphone access, and dial. The person on the other end answers on their ordinary phone. There is nothing to install, no SIM card required, and no monthly subscription. Billing is per second to the destination rate, and unused credit never expires. The product fits three concrete situations: 1. Migrants and diaspora calling family back home, where the home country uses phone numbers more than messaging (calling India, Mexico, the Philippines, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and similar). 2. Travelers making local calls in their destination country, on hotel WiFi or a data-only eSIM, without paying roaming fees or buying a local SIM. Common use cases: confirming restaurant or hotel bookings, reaching taxi dispatchers, calling a bank or embassy, talking to a tour operator. 3. Anyone who needs to reach a regular business phone line (banks, airlines, embassies, government offices, small businesses) and cannot use a messaging app for it. Public offer: the first call up to 1 minute is free for a new account. After that, top up any amount you want and we bill per second. There is no signup credit beyond the free first call, no monthly fee, and no minimum top-up. ## Key pages ### Product - [Phonecall homepage](https://phonecall.app/en-us/): product overview, pricing model, and how to get started. - [Live per-country rates](https://phonecall.app/en-us/rates/): per-minute rate to every country, mobile and landline. - [Country codes](https://phonecall.app/en-us/country-codes/): dialing format and prefix for each country, with example numbers. - [Destinations index](https://phonecall.app/en-us/countries/): full alphabetical list of supported destinations. ### Calling local numbers while traveling - [Local calls while traveling, hub](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/): why hotel WiFi and data-only eSIMs cannot place a regular phone call, and how Phonecall solves it. - [Local calls in Spain](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/spain/) - [Local calls in France](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/france/) - [Local calls in Italy](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/italy/) - [Local calls in Japan](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/japan/) - [Local calls in Thailand](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/thailand/) - [Local calls in the United Kingdom](https://phonecall.app/en-us/local-calls-while-traveling/united-kingdom/) - ...and 26 more per-country pages under the same prefix. ### Calling FROM specific countries (top-30 origins) - [Cheap international calls from the US](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/united-states/) - [Cheap international calls from the UK](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/united-kingdom/) - [Cheap international calls from India](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/india/) - [Cheap international calls from Germany](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/germany/) - [Cheap international calls from France](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/france/) - [Cheap international calls from Spain](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/spain/) - [Cheap international calls from Canada](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/canada/) - [Cheap international calls from Australia](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/australia/) - [Cheap international calls from Mexico](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/mexico/) - [Cheap international calls from the Philippines](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/philippines/) - [Cheap international calls from Indonesia](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/indonesia/) - [Cheap international calls from Pakistan](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/pakistan/) - [Cheap international calls from Bangladesh](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/bangladesh/) - [Cheap international calls from Nigeria](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/nigeria/) - [Cheap international calls from Turkey](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/turkey/) - [Cheap international calls from Russia](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/russia/) - [Cheap international calls from Ukraine](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/ukraine/) - [Cheap international calls from Brazil](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/brazil/) - [Cheap international calls from Italy](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/italy/) - [Cheap international calls from Poland](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/poland/) - [Cheap international calls from Saudi Arabia](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/saudi-arabia/) - [Cheap international calls from the UAE](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/united-arab-emirates/) - [Cheap international calls from South Africa](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/south-africa/) - [Cheap international calls from Egypt](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/egypt/) - [Cheap international calls from Morocco](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/morocco/) - [Cheap international calls from Argentina](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/argentina/) - [Cheap international calls from Colombia](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/colombia/) - [Cheap international calls from Vietnam](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/vietnam/) - [Cheap international calls from South Korea](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/south-korea/) - [Cheap international calls from Japan](https://phonecall.app/en-us/cheap-international-calls-from/japan/) ### How-to guides - [All guides](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/): index of step-by-step how-tos. - [Call international numbers from a browser](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-international-numbers-from-browser/) - [Call a landline online](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-a-landline-online/) - [Call a toll-free number from abroad](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-toll-free-number-from-abroad/) - [Call your bank from abroad](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-bank-from-abroad/) - [eSIM data, no voice calling: what to do](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/esim-data-no-voice-calling/) - [Call an embassy or consulate from abroad](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-embassy-from-abroad/) - [Call airline customer service from abroad](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/call-airline-customer-service-from-abroad/) - [Why browser calling beats Skype](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/why-browser-calling-beats-skype/) - [How to call Spain from the US](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/how-to-call/spain/) - [How to call Mexico from the US](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/how-to-call/mexico/) - [How to call India from the US](https://phonecall.app/en-us/guides/how-to-call/india/) - ...and 12 more bilateral how-to-call guides under the same prefix. ### Comparison pages - [Phonecall vs Skype](https://phonecall.app/en-us/skype-alternative/) - [Phonecall vs Google Voice](https://phonecall.app/en-us/google-voice-alternative/) - [Phonecall vs Viber Out](https://phonecall.app/en-us/viber-out-alternative/) - [Comparisons hub](https://phonecall.app/en-us/comparisons/) ### Positioning vs carriers and competitors - Versus a regular mobile carrier's international rates: Phonecall is per-second-billed and routes over the internet directly to the destination carrier, so the per-minute cost is a fraction of carrier roaming or international add-ons. Savings are largest on calls to mobile numbers and to less-traveled countries. - Versus an app like WhatsApp or FaceTime: those only reach someone running the same app. Phonecall reaches every regular phone number, including landlines, hotel front desks, restaurants, banks, government offices. - Versus buying a local SIM at the airport: Phonecall is faster (no purchase, works on existing data), much cheaper for short trips, and lets you keep your home number active. - Versus Skype, Google Voice, Viber Out: Phonecall is browser-only with no app install, has no monthly subscription, bills per second instead of rounding to the minute, and supports 11 locales of the marketing surface. ## Optional ### Sitemaps - [XML sitemap index](https://phonecall.app/sitemap.xml) - [Per-section sitemaps](https://phonecall.app/sitemaps/): one sitemap per page section (cheap-calls-to, country-codes, cheap-international-calls-from, guides, etc.). ### Locales Phonecall is available in 11 locales: English (en-US, the canonical), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Portuguese (pt-BR), French (fr), German (de), Turkish (tr), Filipino (fil/tl), Ukrainian (uk), Arabic (ar), Hindi (hi). Every URL above is also reachable under the matching locale prefix, e.g. `/ru/rates/`, `/es/countries/`, `/hi/cheap-calls-to/spain/`. Hreflang is annotated on each page; the sitemap also emits per-locale alternates. ### Robots and crawling - [robots.txt](https://phonecall.app/robots.txt): allow-list per indexable section, disallow for auth/dialpad/account routes. - Sitemap freshness: each section sitemap's `lastmod` is updated at build time, so re-crawl follows the deploy cadence.