https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/ Independent pricing, capability and performance data on AI receptionists and answering services. en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/ AI Receptionists · index Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent pricing, capability and performance data on AI receptionists and answering services. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/compare/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/compare/ AI Receptionists · comparison Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Full capability matrix for ai receptionists: entry pricing, billing model, compliance and named integrations, each with per-row provenance. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/state-of/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/state-of/ AI Receptionists · report Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Data-driven report on ai receptionists pricing in 2026, computed from the underlying dataset. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/methodology/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/methodology/ AI Receptionists · methodology Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How ai receptionists figures are captured, dated, verified and normalized across billing models. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/how-much-does-an-ai-receptionist-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/how-much-does-an-ai-receptionist-cost/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls a month (3 min each, 600 talk-minutes), the cheapest AI receptionist resolves to about $30/mo (Vapi), and the median across 20 priceable vendors is $159.48/mo. Sticker prices start near $0 pay-as-you-go but the real cost depends on call volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-ai-receptionist-under-50/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-ai-receptionist-under-50/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 12 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publish an entry plan under $50/mo, including 6 with a genuine $0 free tier. The cheapest paid entry is AIRA at $24.95/mo. These are sticker prices with small included quotas — usage beyond the quota is billed extra, so the real cost rises with volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-flat-rate-ai-answering-service/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-flat-rate-ai-answering-service/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The cheapest flat-rate AI answering service is My AI Front Desk at $0/mo on its Free plan — a fixed monthly fee with no per-minute or per-call usage billing. Flat plans bill the same regardless of call volume, so they win once monthly call counts climb past usage-based platforms. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-no-per-minute-fees/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-no-per-minute-fees/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publish a flat plan with no per-minute or per-call usage fee — the monthly bill is the same at any call volume: Goodcall, Loman, NextPhone, Slang.ai, Thoughtly. The cheapest is Goodcall from $79/mo. Some still cap a non-usage dimension (for example unique customers per month), which we note per vendor rather than calling it "unlimited." https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-per-minute-ai-voice-platform/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-per-minute-ai-voice-platform/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 24 tracked platforms bill per talk-minute. The lowest published voice rate is $0.05/min (Vapi). These developer-style platforms publish a base voice rate; for several, the LLM, speech and telephony are billed on top, so the all-in per-minute cost is higher than the headline figure unless the vendor states it is all-inclusive. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/per-call-billing-ai-receptionists/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/per-call-billing-ai-receptionists/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 24 tracked AI receptionists bill per call: a base fee covers a set number of calls, then each extra call is charged at a published per-call rate. They are AIRA, Upfirst, ReceptionHQ, Smith.ai, Simple Phones, entry pricing from $24.95/mo (AIRA). Per-call billing is predictable when call length is short, but a long call costs the same as a short one — minute-based plans can be cheaper for lengthy calls. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-free-tier/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-free-tier/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 6 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publish a $0 plan: 2 give a fixed free monthly allowance (for example My AI Front Desk 20 min, Phonely 100 min) and 4 are pay-as-you-go developer platforms that bill only for usage. Free tiers are built for testing; allowances are small, so production use moves to a paid plan quickly. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-vs-human-answering-service-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-vs-human-answering-service-cost/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls/mo (3 min each), the cheapest AI receptionist runs about $30/mo and the AI median is $159/mo, while the cheapest priceable human answering service (ReceptionHQ) starts at $423/mo. Human services bill per receptionist-minute, so their cost climbs steeply with volume where AI stays flat. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/hipaa-compliant-ai-receptionist/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/hipaa-compliant-ai-receptionist/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Of 24 tracked AI receptionists, 5 publicly state HIPAA support and 4 also offer a signed BAA (Phonely, Vapi, Bland, Retell AI). The rest say nothing about HIPAA on their public pages — we record that silence as "not published," not as "no," because many will sign a BAA on request. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-hipaa-ai-receptionist/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/cheapest-hipaa-ai-receptionist/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls/mo, the cheapest AI receptionist that publicly states HIPAA support is Vapi at $30/mo with a signed BAA. 4 of the 5 HIPAA vendors also offer a signed BAA, which is the document a medical or dental office actually needs before any protected health information is handled. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-that-books-into-google-calendar/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-that-books-into-google-calendar/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 4 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name Google Calendar as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that books appointments straight into Google Calendar: Rosie, Upfirst, Trillet, AIRA. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-calendly-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-calendly-integration/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 1 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name Calendly as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that books appointments through Calendly: Smith.ai. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-clio-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-clio-integration/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 4 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name Clio as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that syncs to the Clio legal practice-management system: Smith.ai, Upfirst, Ruby, Abby Connect. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-hubspot-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-hubspot-integration/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name HubSpot as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that pushes captured leads into the HubSpot CRM: Synthflow, Upfirst, Trillet, AIRA, AnswerConnect. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-salesforce-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-salesforce-integration/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 4 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name Salesforce as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that syncs callers and leads into Salesforce: Synthflow, Upfirst, AIRA, AnswerConnect. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-gohighlevel-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-with-gohighlevel-integration/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 4 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly name GoHighLevel as a supported integration — i.e. an agent that connects to the GoHighLevel agency CRM: Synthflow, Upfirst, Trillet, AIRA. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-for-restaurants/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/ai-receptionist-for-restaurants/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 2 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly integrate with restaurant reservation or POS systems (OpenTable, SevenRooms, Toast, SpotOn, Square): Slang.ai, Loman. These are the vendors built for restaurant front-of-house — taking reservations and answering during service. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/bilingual-spanish-speaking-ai-receptionist/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/bilingual-spanish-speaking-ai-receptionist/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 12 of 24 tracked AI receptionists publicly state bilingual (typically English/Spanish, some broader multilingual) support. Coverage is common, but only some include it at the base tier — others charge for Spanish as a paid add-on — so confirm whether it is bundled on the plan you are pricing rather than an extra line item. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/goodcall-vs-smith-ai/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/goodcall-vs-smith-ai/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls/mo (3 min each), Goodcall costs $79/mo and Smith.ai costs $503/mo — a $424/mo gap, with Goodcall cheaper at this volume. Goodcall bills a flat monthly fee and Smith.ai bills per call, so the ranking can flip as call volume changes. https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/upfirst-vs-aira/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ai-receptionists/answers/upfirst-vs-aira/ AI Receptionists · answer Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Upfirst and AIRA publish byte-identical pricing — the same four per-call tiers, the same included-call quotas and the same per-call overage rates — so neither is cheaper than the other. Both resolve to the same $159.95/mo at 200 calls/mo. The two appear to share a pricing engine or white-label lineage; we record each from its own source rather than treat them as one. Choose on integrations and language support, not price.