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Its free tier makes it easy to trial. Smith.ai also sells human receptionist plans, so you can move up to live staff if the AI isn't enough. Prices are per call, not per minute.
Free: 25 calls/mo, then $3.00/call. Pro: $150/mo for 75 calls (~$2.00/call). Enterprise: $500/mo for 300 calls (~$1.67/call). Volume discounts on higher call packs.
Source: https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist. USD unless noted.
Three published tiers with no sales call needed. Aimed at owner-operators.
Professional $49/mo, Scale $149/mo, Growth $299/mo (two months free on annual billing). Website texting add-on $50/mo.
Source: https://heyrosie.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
Tiers go up by team size and call-history length rather than minutes. Check the caller limits on each plan before you commit.
Starter $79/mo, Growth $129/mo, Scale $299/mo.
Source: https://www.goodcall.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
One main plan that bundles phone answering with chat and other AI tools.
Business-in-a-Box: $99/mo, or $79/mo billed annually, with 200 voice minutes a month. Extra usage via credits ($10 per 1,000).
Source: https://www.myaifrontdesk.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
A business phone system with AI answering (Sona) included. It makes the most sense if you'd use the phone system anyway.
Phone plans $19, $33 or $47 per user/mo. Sona AI credit tiers $0, $25, $49, $99 or $199/mo on top (1,000 free automation credits / ~10 calls included).
Source: https://www.quo.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
The cheapest published entry plan we found, but 60 minutes doesn't go far. Four inbound tiers now; work out your monthly talk time first.
Business Lite $29/mo (60 min, $0.48/min over). Business Pro $99/mo (220 min, $0.45/min over). Business Plus $199/mo (500 min, $0.40/min over). Business Elite $349/mo (1,000 min, $0.35/min over). Add-ons: AI SMS agent $19/mo + $0.05/message; website chatbot $39/mo. Separate outbound calling plans from $750/mo.
Source: https://dialzara.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
Now sold as a credit-based 'AI operating system' for local businesses rather than a $29 receptionist. Older roundups still quote $29.
Part-time $99/mo (5,000 credits). Full-time $249.99/mo (12,500 credits).
Note: Older third-party roundups list $29/mo; Beside's own page now shows $99 and $249.99.
Source: https://www.beside.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
Known for its voice quality. Pricing is credit-based platform pricing, so working out a per-call cost takes some effort.
Credit-based platform plans: Free, Starter $6/mo, Creator $22/mo, Pro $99/mo, Scale $299/mo, Business $990/mo. No separate receptionist product price on the vendor's page.
Note: Third-party roundup (appscribed.com) lists 'Reception AI from $29/mo'. We couldn't confirm that on elevenlabs.io.
Source: https://elevenlabs.io/pricing. USD unless noted.
Now priced for enterprise, not small shops.
Enterprise contracts start at $30,000/yr.
Source: https://synthflow.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
Built for restaurants, with reservation booking. Priced per location.
From $399 per location/mo (Core). From $599 per location/mo (higher tier).
Source: https://www.slang.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
Built for home services, with field-service integrations. Expensive, but priced for shops where one missed job matters.
From $449/mo (after-hours plan, starts with 500 minutes). From $789/mo (answers all calls, starts with 1,000 minutes).
Source: https://sameday.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
Well funded and aimed at larger service businesses. Book a demo to get a price.
Quote only. No public pricing page found.
Note: contractorsbidding.com reports 'from $149/mo'. We couldn't confirm that on avoca.ai (its /pricing page returned 404).
Source: https://www.avoca.ai/. USD unless noted.
Per-call pricing, so a long emergency call costs the same as a short one. Built for the trades.
$49/mo (100 calls), $149/mo (400), $349/mo (1,000); $0.99 per extra call.
Source: https://oncrew.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
Done-for-you voice agents with flat pricing.
Small business: flat $200–$1,000/mo, unlimited inbound calls (scales with integration complexity). Mid-market/enterprise: $0.10–$0.30 per completed call. 7-day free trial.
Source: https://www.futurocorp.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
Pre-trained for trades, based in Canada, with a 60-day ROI guarantee per its site.
Plug & Play $369/mo CAD ($299/mo introductory for the first 2 months), 300 min, no setup fee. Plus $500/mo CAD, 500 min. Built-for-you: $500 CAD setup + $369/mo CAD, 300 min. Built-for-you Multi: $2,000 CAD setup minimum + $1,000/mo CAD, 1,000 min, for multi-phone or multi-location businesses. Local Boost add-on +$200/mo CAD.
Note: Safigo prices in Canadian dollars (CAD), not USD.
Source: https://safigo.ai/reception/. USD unless noted.
A developer platform, not an out-of-the-box receptionist. Many agencies build on it.
Pay as you go: $0.07–$0.31/min for voice agents. $10 free credit. 20 concurrent calls included; extra capacity $8 per concurrent call/mo.
Source: https://www.retellai.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
For developers. Total cost depends on which model and voice you choose; Vapi's own calculator shows about $82 to $129/mo for 1,000 minutes.
Usage-based: $0.05/min Vapi hosting plus transcription, model and voice passed through at cost. $5 free credit. Optional support packages: Core $29/mo, Pro $999/mo minimum.
Source: https://vapi.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
An API-first platform for teams that will build their own phone agent.
Start: $0.14/min talk time, no platform fee, $0.05/min transfer time, 100 calls/day cap. Build: $0.12/min plus $299/mo platform fee, $0.04/min transfer, 2,000 calls/day cap.
Source: https://www.bland.ai/pricing. USD unless noted.
Outcome-based pricing across phone, chat and email. Aimed at mid-market teams.
$0.75–$0.90 per resolved outcome (volume-based).
Note: Its own Sept 2026 blog post said $0.70/call. The pricing page now says $0.75–$0.90 per outcome.
Source: https://www.open.cx/pricing. USD unless noted.
Worth a look if you're already on RingCentral.
Add-on to RingCentral plans. We didn't find a standalone price.
Source: https://www.ringcentral.com. USD unless noted.
A managed voice-agent service for large hospitality and finance brands.
Live human receptionists rather than AI. At $3.45 to $5.00 a minute it is the price ceiling AI tools are selling against. Included for comparison.
Human receptionist service, billed by receptionist minutes: 50 min $250/mo, 100 min $395/mo, 200 min $720/mo, 500 min $1,725/mo (about $3.45-$5.00 a minute). Website chat bundles from 10 chats for $115/mo with a call plan.
Source: https://www.ruby.com/plans-and-pricing/. USD unless noted.
Dental receptionist with practice-management integrations. Says it signs a BAA.
AI Integrated (dental PMS): $600/mo.
Source: https://yobi.com/solutions/dental. USD unless noted.
Simple flat pricing for a single dental practice.
$399/mo flat, up to 600 inbound calls/mo, no per-minute or after-hours charges. First month free.
Source: https://gethelpdesk.ai/pricing/. USD unless noted.
Dental-only and handles outbound recall calls as well as inbound.
A dental receptionist that books into your practice-management system.
Part of a broader dental AI suite. Its AI receptionist page (denti.ai/ai-receptionist) returned 404 on 14 Oct 2026, so the product's status is unclear.
Built for car dealerships.
Lives inside Jobber, so bookings land straight in the job calendar. The $29 is an add-on, not a standalone plan: it only makes sense if you already pay for Jobber.
Add-on $29/mo on Jobber Core, Connect or Grow; included in the Plus plan. Jobber plans (billed annually): Core $29/mo, Connect $99/mo, Grow $149/mo, Plus $399/mo; month-to-month: Core $49, Connect $139, Grow $199, Plus $499. Answers calls and texts; can answer questions, take detailed requests and book jobs into the Jobber calendar.
Note: Add-on: needs a paid Jobber plan on top of the $29/mo (Core is $49/mo month-to-month, $29/mo billed annually). Included in Jobber Plus.
Source: https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/. USD unless noted.
Answers calls and messages for salons already on Fresha. Busy salons will hit the 200-minute cap: 500 minutes a month works out to about $280.
Add-on $99.95 per location/mo to Fresha booking software (from $19.95/mo for one person). Includes 200 call minutes and 500 messages per location, then $0.60 per extra minute and $0.04 per extra message.
Note: Add-on: needs Fresha booking software on top of the $99.95/mo.
Source: https://www.fresha.com/pricing. USD unless noted.
Boulevard's AI receptionist for salons, spas, medspas and barbers. Handles FAQs, booking guidance and transfers, and takes a message when transfers are off. Only for Boulevard customers.
Add-on $125 per location/mo for 200 minutes, then $0.60 per minute, on top of a Boulevard subscription.
Note: Add-on: needs a paid Boulevard subscription on top of the $125/mo.
Source: https://www.joinblvd.com/features/ai-receptionist. USD unless noted.
Dental AI receptionists book straight into Dentrix, Open Dental or Eaglesoft. That integration is what you pay for.
Law firms need intake screening and a fast handover to a person. Human backup matters more than voice quality.
HVAC call volume follows the weather. Emergency triage and heatwave pricing are the real test.
The 9pm burst-pipe call is the only benchmark. Ask how emergencies reach whoever is on call.
Salon booking platforms now sell their own AI receptionists as add-ons: Fresha from $99.95 and Boulevard from $125 per location a month, each with 200 minutes.
Reservation integration (OpenTable, SevenRooms) and peak-hour capacity decide it.
After-hours maintenance calls are the job. Few vendors publish property-specific features.
Vendors that name this industry on their own site, ranked by price.
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Vendors that name this industry on their own site, ranked by price.
Vendors that name this industry on their own site, ranked by price.
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Price, plans and human backup side by side.
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Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
Price, plans and human backup side by side.
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