Business two-way radios on Integrated Radio’s managed Zello service cost $24.95 per user per month on Managed Zello Core, or $34.95 per user per month on Managed Zello Plus. Every plan includes the managed Zello network, enterprise device management and a multi-carrier SIM and data plan. Radios and phones are bought separately, from $199, and a desktop dispatch seat is $19.95 per dispatcher per month. There is no minimum order and no contract lock-in. This guide explains what is inside that number, what is priced separately, and how it compares with buying and licensing a conventional radio system.
The plans, and what each one covers
Managed Zello Core is $24.95 per user per month. It covers what Integrated Radio adds to every plan: the managed Zello network (channel design, user setup, roles and permissions, and every change after that), enterprise device management (enrollment, app lockdown, PTT key mapping, remote lock and wipe) and a multi-carrier SIM and data plan. On top of that come the Zello Work features: unlimited channels, voice, text and photo messages, real-time location, encryption and a gateway for traditional radios. Devices arrive enrolled and already on their channels.
Managed Zello Plus is $34.95 per user per month. It adds Zello’s AI and record-keeping tools: transcription and translations, AI Digests and the Ella assistant, Message Vault for searching and exporting past messages, dedicated Emergency Alerts with location, and 24/7 Zello support. It also unlocks the Dispatch Hub shared call queue and analytics. Emergency and location features are not a substitute for 911 or code-required life-safety systems.
A Zello Dispatch Hub seat adds Zello’s desktop dispatch app for PC or Mac at $19.95 per dispatcher per month, on either plan. Push-to-talk works wherever supported cellular or Wi-Fi coverage is available. Enterprise options such as SSO and on-premise servers are available on request.
What is quoted separately
Five things sit outside the monthly plan price, and it is worth knowing them before you compare quotes.
Vehicle installation. The Telox M3 and Inrico TM-7Plus vehicle units run on truck power and need a bracket and a power connection. Fitting is quoted separately where you want us to do it; many fleets have their own shop do it.
Radios and phones. Hardware is a one-time purchase from the online store or on your quote, and compatible devices you already own can be enrolled instead.
Zello Dispatch Hub seats, at $19.95 per dispatcher per month, for anyone who dispatches from a desk.
Next-day advanced replacement, available as an add-on subscription for teams that cannot afford to be a radio down.
Interoperability with an existing radio system, which needs a gateway and depends on the equipment you already run.
Coverage depends on the sites you operate, so every quote starts with a coverage check against your actual addresses rather than a national map. That check is free and happens before you spend anything.
How this compares with buying a conventional radio system
A licensed UHF or VHF fleet is priced very differently, and the sticker price of the handhelds is the smallest part. A conventional system that covers more than one building or a wide site needs a repeater and an antenna installed somewhere high, a licensed frequency from the FCC with a frequency-coordination fee on top, programming for every radio, and someone to look after all of it. The license runs on a ten-year cycle and the repeater is a capital purchase with its own maintenance. When the business moves, adds a site, or needs to reach a truck across town, the system has to be extended or it simply does not reach.
Managed Zello swaps that capital project for a monthly line. There is nothing to license and nothing to install on a roof, because the calls travel over the carrier networks that already hold the spectrum. Coverage follows the network rather than the range of a tower you own, so a new site or a truck on the highway is a configuration change, not a construction job. The trade-off is that the radios need cellular or Wi-Fi coverage where your people work, which is why the coverage check comes first.
What changes the price
The monthly number moves with three things: how many users, which plan, and how many dispatchers. Fleet size does not change the per-user price, but larger deployments tend to include vehicle units and installation. Hardware is a one-time cost: a screen-free Inrico T522A is $220, a rugged Telox TE320 is $259 and a Sonim XP5plus phone is $499, and all of them run on the same plans. Hazardous-location devices are specified per order. Dispatch Hub seats and add-ons such as advanced replacement are the only recurring items beyond the base plan.
Renting for an event
For a conference, a festival or a shutdown that only lasts a few weeks, event radio rentals are priced for the weeks you need them rather than by the month, and the radios arrive already grouped for your crew.
How to get a real number
Send us your site list, roughly how many people need a radio, and whether any of them work in vehicles. We come back with coverage, hardware and pricing in one document. The Core vs Plus comparison is a useful read first if you are not sure which plan fits, and the FAQs cover the questions most buyers ask before requesting a quote.
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