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What would an AI receptionist cost at your call volume?
AI receptionists bill by the minute, the call, the caller or the conversation, so their headline prices don't line up. Put in your calls and how long they run, and see 11 published price lists side by side at list price, plus 4 vendors that only quote. Every price was read on the vendor's own page on October 31, 2026.
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Every vendor at your numbers
Monthly cost at list price for the cheapest published plan that covers your calls. Both cost columns are our arithmetic (DERIVED) from each vendor's published prices and overage rule. The date links to the page we read. Cheapest is not best: entry tiers often skip calendar booking and transfers, and the add-ons need the vendor's own phone or field software underneath.
| Vendor | Billing unit | Billed for | Monthly at list price (DERIVED) | Per call (DERIVED) | Price read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie Standalone | Per minute | 600 minutes | $149 (Scale) | $0.75 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Dialzara Standalone | Per minute | 600 minutes | $239 (Business Plus) | $1.20 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| My AI Front Desk (Frontdesk) Standalone | Per minute | 600 minutes | $189 | $0.95 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist (AIR) Standalone | Per minute | 600 minutes | $299 | $1.50 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Sameday Standalone | Per minute | 600 minutes | $789 (Scale) | $3.95 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist Standalone | Per call | 200 calls | $385 (Pro, 150-call tier) | $1.93 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Upfirst Standalone | Per call | 200 calls | $159.95 (Pro) | $0.80 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Goodcall Standalone | Per unique caller | 200 unique callers | $129 (Growth) | $0.65 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Quo Sona Phone-system add-on; needs a paid Quo phone plan ($19, $33 or $47 a user a month, billed monthly) | Per call | 200 calls | $99 (250-call tier) | $0.50 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Jobber Receptionist Field-software add-on; needs a Jobber Core, Connect or Grow plan (Core is $49 a month with no commitment, or $29 billed annually); included with unlimited use on Plus | Per conversation | 200 conversations | $163.30 | $0.82 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| GorillaDesk Maya AI Field-software add-on; needs a GorillaDesk plan (Basic from $49 or Pro from $99 a month for the first route, billed monthly; the AI agents page doesn't say which plans include Maya) | Per conversation, flat | 200 conversations | $350 | $1.75 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| Avoca Standalone | Not published | Quote only | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Housecall Pro CSR AI Field-software add-on; needs a Housecall Pro plan | Not published | Quote only | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| ServiceTitan AI Virtual Agent Field-software add-on; needs ServiceTitan | Not published | Quote only | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Workiz Genius Answering Field-software add-on; needs a Workiz plan (also priced by request) | Not published | Quote only | Oct 31, 2026 |
How it's calculated
The math, in the open.
For what each product does beyond its price (booking, Spanish, demo lines, contract terms and reviews), read the AI receptionist buyer's guide. For how the four billing units work, see AI receptionist pricing explained.
- Minutes per month = calls × average minutes per call. Unique callers per month = calls × (100% minus the share from repeat callers).
- Plans with a published overage rate: for every plan, the plan price plus that plan's own overage rate for each minute, call or caller past its allowance. The table shows the cheapest of those, and which plan it is.
- Plans with no published overage rate (Rosie, Sameday): the smallest plan whose included minutes cover yours. Above the top plan there is no published price, so the table says to ask.
- Per call = the monthly figure ÷ your calls. That's our arithmetic, labeled as such in the buyer's guide.
- Left out: taxes, carrier and texting fees, setup fees, annual-billing discounts, and the phone or field-software plan an add-on needs. Those are named in the table under the vendor.
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Each vendor's billing rule, as we apply it
Prices change. Confirm on the vendor's page before you sign, and get the plan, the overage rate and the term in writing.
- Rosie: No per-minute overage rate is published. Rosie's terms (section 3(c)) say going over your minutes moves you automatically to a higher plan, so the calculator prices the smallest plan that covers your minutes.
- Dialzara: Each plan lists its own per-minute overage. The pricing page doesn't say how call time is rounded.
- Frontdesk: Overage is paid in credits worth $0.01, at 25 credits ($0.25) a voice minute. The plan's monthly pool of 1,000 credits ($10) pays for the first overage; the calculator spends it on voice minutes only, though texts and chats draw on the same pool.
- RingCentral AIR: Past the included minutes, pay-as-you-go is $0.50 a minute, and RingCentral bills each call in 30-second blocks, rounding up. The calculator rounds each call up to the next 30 seconds, but it treats every call as your average length; real calls vary, and each one can round up by as much as 30 seconds, so a real bill runs higher. The $49 is shown as a starting price.
- Sameday: Sameday says overage is billed at the plan's per-minute rate but doesn't publish the rate, so the calculator prices the smallest plan that covers your minutes and stops at 1,000 minutes. Both prices are starting prices.
- Smith.ai: Each tier has its own rate for calls past the tier. Smith.ai shows the $150 and $500 prices and a per-call rate for every tier; the other tier totals are our arithmetic (calls × rate). Smith.ai lets you take spam calls off the bill, up to 10% of a month's calls; the calculator ignores that credit.
- Upfirst: Each plan lists its own per-call overage. Spam, calls under 15 seconds and calls where the caller never speaks are not billed.
- Goodcall: Goodcall bills unique customers, which it defines as one phone number once a month, and says it never meters minutes. The calculator turns your repeat-caller share into unique callers.
- Quo Sona: Each tier lists its own per-call overage. Ten calls a month (1,000 credits) come with every Quo plan.
- Jobber Receptionist: Jobber counts a call once the receptionist is actually talking with the caller; spam and calls with no real interaction are free. Text conversations count too, and the calculator leaves them out.
- GorillaDesk: Billed per completed conversation: $1.00 for a static one (questions and answers) and $1.75 for a dynamic one (capturing a lead or scheduling a booking). The calculator prices every call as dynamic. No monthly AI fee is stated.
- Avoca: No price on the site; the home page offers a 20-minute demo.
- Housecall Pro: No price on the CSR AI page.
- ServiceTitan: No price on the AI Virtual Agent page; the route in is a demo request.
- Workiz: Listed as sold separately, with no price.
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