https://frontdeskreview.com/ Independent, sourced data on the software that runs the front office of a local-service business — every figure dated and linked to where it came from. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://frontdeskreview.com/ https://frontdeskreview.com/ Hub Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent, sourced data on the software that runs the front office of a local-service business — every figure dated and linked to where it came from. 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. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/ Call Tracking · index Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent pricing and capability data on call-tracking and call-analytics software — subscription plus metered usage, normalized. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/compare/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/compare/ Call Tracking · comparison Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Full capability matrix for call tracking: entry pricing, billing model, compliance and named integrations, each with per-row provenance. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/state-of/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/state-of/ Call Tracking · report Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Data-driven report on call tracking pricing in 2026, computed from the underlying dataset. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/methodology/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/methodology/ Call Tracking · methodology Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How call tracking figures are captured, dated, verified and normalized across billing models. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/how-much-does-call-tracking-software-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/how-much-does-call-tracking-software-cost/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 tracked calls a month (3 min each, 600 talk-minutes), the cheapest call-tracking platform resolves to about $27/mo (Dialics), and the median across 10 priceable vendors is $55/mo. Bases start low but per-minute, per-number and transcription usage are billed on top, so the real cost rises with call volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/cheapest-call-tracking-under-50/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/cheapest-call-tracking-under-50/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms publish a base plan under $50/mo, the cheapest being Dialics at $0 (pay-as-you-go). These are base subscriptions — per-minute, per-number, recording and transcription usage is billed on top, so the real monthly cost depends on call volume rather than the sticker alone. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/cheapest-per-minute-call-tracking/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/cheapest-per-minute-call-tracking/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 7 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms publish a local per-minute usage rate. The lowest is $0.02/min (CallTrackingMetrics). This is the marginal local-minute charge on top of the base subscription; toll-free minutes, per-number, recording and transcription are billed separately, so the all-in per-minute cost is higher than the headline local rate. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/per-call-billing-call-tracking/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/per-call-billing-call-tracking/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 2 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms bill per answered call rather than per minute: Nimbata, Infinity, entry pricing from $35/mo (Nimbata). Per-answered-call billing is predictable regardless of call length, which suits pay-per-call and lead-gen advertisers, but a long call costs the same as a short one — per-minute platforms can be cheaper for lengthy calls. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/hipaa-compliant-call-tracking-software/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/hipaa-compliant-call-tracking-software/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms, 3 publicly state HIPAA support and 2 also offer a signed BAA (CallRail, Invoca). For healthcare advertisers handling caller data, recordings and transcripts, the signed BAA is the document that matters — the rest say nothing about HIPAA publicly, which we record as "not published," not as "no." https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-google-ads-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-google-ads-integration/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 14 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms publicly name Google Ads as a supported integration — i.e. feeds call conversions back into Google Ads for bid optimization: CallRail, WhatConverts, CallTrackingMetrics, Ringba, Nimbata, Infinity, Convirza, WildJar, Dialics, Mediahawk, Invoca, Marchex, Phonexa, CallSource. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-hubspot-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-hubspot-integration/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 9 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms publicly name HubSpot as a supported integration — i.e. pushes tracked calls and lead source into the HubSpot CRM: CallRail, CallTrackingMetrics, Nimbata, Convirza, WildJar, Mediahawk, Invoca, Phonexa, Retreaver. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-salesforce-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/call-tracking-with-salesforce-integration/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 10 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms publicly name Salesforce as a supported integration — i.e. syncs call data and attribution into Salesforce: CallRail, CallTrackingMetrics, Nimbata, Convirza, WildJar, Mediahawk, Invoca, Marchex, Phonexa, Retreaver. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/quote-only-call-tracking-platforms/ https://frontdeskreview.com/call-tracking/answers/quote-only-call-tracking-platforms/ Call Tracking · answer Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 6 of 16 tracked call-tracking platforms are quote-only — they publish no per-plan price and route pricing through a sales conversation: Invoca, Marchex, Phonexa, CallSource, Retreaver, TrackDrive. These are typically enterprise conversation-analytics vendors. We record each as quote-only with where pricing was sought, never a fabricated figure, so the gap is explicit rather than papered over with an estimate. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/ Business Texting · index Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent pricing and capability data on business texting and SMS software — shared-inbox plans, message-credit allowances, and per-segment overage, normalized. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/compare/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/compare/ Business Texting · comparison Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Full capability matrix for business texting: entry pricing, billing model, compliance and named integrations, each with per-row provenance. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/state-of/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/state-of/ Business Texting · report Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Data-driven report on business texting pricing in 2026, computed from the underlying dataset. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/methodology/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/methodology/ Business Texting · methodology Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How business texting figures are captured, dated, verified and normalized across billing models. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/how-much-does-business-texting-software-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/how-much-does-business-texting-software-cost/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 outbound messages a month, the cheapest business texting platform resolves to about $0/mo (Avochato), and the median across 11 priceable vendors is $25/mo. Bases bundle a monthly message-credit allowance; sending beyond it is metered per extra segment, so the real cost rises with send volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/cheapest-business-texting-under-50/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/cheapest-business-texting-under-50/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publish a base plan under $50/mo, the cheapest being Avochato at $0 (pay-as-you-go). These bases bundle a small monthly credit allowance — extra segments are metered on top — so the real monthly cost depends on send volume rather than the sticker alone. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-message-business-texting-pricing/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-message-business-texting-pricing/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 3 of 17 tracked business texting platforms bill per message with no bundled monthly allowance — you pay a published per-segment rate for every text sent, on top of a low or $0 base: Avochato, Text-Em-All, Textla. The cheapest base is Avochato at $0 (pure pay-as-you-go). The exact per-segment rate is recorded in each vendor profile; per-message wins at low or unpredictable send volume. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-seat-business-texting-platforms/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/per-seat-business-texting-platforms/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 2 of 17 tracked business texting platforms price per user seat rather than by bundled credits: Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Heymarket. The lowest per-user list price is $19/user/mo (Quo (formerly OpenPhone)). Per-seat models suit multi-agent shared-inbox teams; most carry a minimum seat count and meter SMS per segment on top of the seat fee, which we record per vendor rather than fold into the headline price. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/hipaa-compliant-business-texting/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/hipaa-compliant-business-texting/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Of 17 tracked business texting platforms, 7 publicly state HIPAA support and 2 also offer a signed BAA (Avochato, Textline). For healthcare senders texting reminders, intake and two-way replies, the signed BAA is the document that matters — the rest say nothing about HIPAA publicly, which we record as "not published," not as "no." https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-hubspot-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-hubspot-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 13 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name HubSpot as a supported integration — i.e. syncs texting conversations and contacts with the HubSpot CRM: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-salesforce-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-salesforce-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 14 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name Salesforce as a supported integration — i.e. logs texts and contacts into Salesforce: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-zapier-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/business-texting-with-zapier-integration/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 16 of 17 tracked business texting platforms publicly name Zapier as a supported integration — i.e. automates texts across 6,000+ apps through Zapier: SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, SlickText, Salesmsg, Heymarket, Avochato, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), Sakari, Textla, Text-Em-All, Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/quote-only-business-texting-platforms/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/quote-only-business-texting-platforms/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 6 of 17 tracked business texting platforms are quote-only — they publish no per-plan price on their live pages and route pricing through a sales conversation: Text Request, Textline, TextUs, Podium, Trumpia, Textel. These are typically the larger front-office and contact-center brands. We record each as quote-only with where pricing was sought, never a fabricated figure, so the gap is explicit rather than papered over with a secondary-source estimate. https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/simpletexting-vs-slicktext/ https://frontdeskreview.com/business-texting/answers/simpletexting-vs-slicktext/ Business Texting · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At 200 calls/mo (3 min each), SimpleTexting costs $39/mo and SlickText costs $29/mo — a $10/mo gap, with SlickText cheaper at this volume. SimpleTexting bills a monthly base plus bundled message credits and SlickText bills a monthly base plus bundled message credits, so the ranking can flip as call volume changes. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/ Online Booking · index Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Independent pricing and capability data on appointment scheduling and online booking software — per-seat and flat plans, free tiers, and what each tier really includes, normalized. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/compare/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/compare/ Online Booking · comparison Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Full capability matrix for online booking: entry pricing, billing model, compliance and named integrations, each with per-row provenance. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/state-of/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/state-of/ Online Booking · report Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Data-driven report on online booking pricing in 2026, computed from the underlying dataset. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/methodology/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/methodology/ Online Booking · methodology Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How online booking figures are captured, dated, verified and normalized across billing models. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/how-much-does-online-booking-software-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/how-much-does-online-booking-software-cost/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Across 15 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools that publish a price, the lowest paid entry is Bookeo at $14.95/mo, and 10 offer a genuine $0 free tier. 2 price per staff seat and 13 charge a flat monthly fee, so a multi-staff front desk should multiply per-seat rates by headcount before comparing them to flat plans. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/free-online-booking-software/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/free-online-booking-software/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 10 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publish a genuine $0 plan: Appointlet, Cal.com, Calendly, Doodle, GReminders, Picktime, Setmore, Square Appointments, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe. Free tiers always cap something — staff seats, connected calendars, booking pages, or appointments per month — so they fit a solo professional or a pilot, and most growing front desks move to a paid tier for unlimited use, removed branding and SMS reminders. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/cheapest-online-booking-under-20/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/cheapest-online-booking-under-20/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publish an entry plan under $20/mo, including 10 with a genuine $0 free tier. The cheapest paid entry is Bookeo at $14.95/mo. Watch the billing model: a per-seat sticker under $20 is per user, so it multiplies by the number of staff who need a calendar. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/per-seat-online-booking-cost/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/per-seat-online-booking-cost/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 9 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools price per staff seat: Picktime, Calendly, GReminders, Appointlet, Setmore, Cal.com, Doodle, Booksy, vcita. At 3 staff the cheapest is Picktime at $6.75/mo ($2.25/user × 3). Per-seat pricing scales directly with headcount, so the monthly bill is the per-user rate multiplied by the number of staff who need a bookable calendar — confirm whether the rate is the monthly-billed or the cheaper annual-billed figure. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/flat-rate-online-booking-software/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/flat-rate-online-booking-software/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 5 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools charge a flat monthly fee that does not multiply by staff count: TidyCal, Bookeo, Acuity Scheduling, GlossGenius, Square Appointments. The cheapest flat paid entry is TidyCal at $12/mo. Flat pricing is predictable for a multi-staff front desk because adding a team member does not add a per-user charge — though some flat tools still cap staff logins or bookings per tier. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-annual-discount/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-annual-discount/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publish an explicit annual-billing discount. The largest stated saving is 55% (Doodle), and most cluster between 10% and 25%. Annual prepay lowers the per-month rate but locks in a year, so weigh the saving against the commitment — and note that some vendors advertise the discounted annual rate as the headline price, which understates the true month-to-month cost. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/hipaa-compliant-online-booking-software/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/hipaa-compliant-online-booking-software/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools, 7 publicly state HIPAA support and 5 also offer a signed BAA (Acuity Scheduling, Setmore, vcita, GReminders, Vagaro). For a medical, dental or therapy front desk collecting patient details at booking, the signed BAA is the document that matters — the rest say nothing about HIPAA publicly, which we record as "not published," not as "no." Some gate the BAA behind a higher tier (e.g. Acuity Premium). https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-with-google-calendar-sync/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-with-google-calendar-sync/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 14 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publicly name Google Calendar as a supported integration — i.e. syncs appointments two-way with Google Calendar so double-bookings are blocked: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Square Appointments, Setmore, vcita, GReminders, Appointlet, YouCanBookMe, Cal.com, Picktime, TidyCal, Bookeo, Doodle, Vagaro. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-that-takes-payments-stripe/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-that-takes-payments-stripe/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 11 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publicly name Stripe as a supported integration — i.e. collects deposits or full payment at booking through Stripe: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore, GReminders, Appointlet, YouCanBookMe, Cal.com, Picktime, TidyCal, Bookeo, Doodle. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-with-zapier-integration/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/online-booking-with-zapier-integration/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 13 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publicly name Zapier as a supported integration — i.e. automates bookings into other apps through Zapier: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore, vcita, GReminders, Appointlet, YouCanBookMe, Cal.com, Picktime, TidyCal, Bookeo, Doodle, Vagaro. Each row links to the vendor page where the integration is listed and the date we verified it. https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/quote-only-online-booking-tools/ https://frontdeskreview.com/online-booking/answers/quote-only-online-booking-tools/ Online Booking · answer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 2 of 17 tracked booking & scheduling tools publish no confirmable USD price on their live pages — they are quote-only, or render prices client-side, or list them only in a non-USD currency: Fresha, Vagaro. We record each with where pricing was sought, never a fabricated or imported third-party figure, so the gap is explicit rather than papered over with an estimate.