AI Receptionist Companies Compared (2026 Prices)

There are a lot of AI receptionist companies now, and most comparison pages are written by one of them. This one is too, so every price and feature below comes from each company’s own website, read in October 2026, with a link so you can check it yourself.

Short answer: the cheapest way to get calls answered is a self-serve product like Rosie, Goodcall, Dialzara or My AI Front Desk, with entry plans from $29 to $99 a month, if you’re happy to set it up yourself. If your jobs already live in Jobber or Housecall Pro, their built-in receptionist knows your services and calendar from day one. Dental practices have specialist options in Arini and Weave. If you want a person on every call, Smith.ai and Ruby both publish plans for human answering. A done-for-you builder like Voice Intego costs more and suits businesses that want the agent built for them.

AI receptionist companies compared in one table

Prices as of October 2026, from each company’s pricing page. “Not published” means the company asks you to book a demo for a quote.

Sources: Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing, Smith.ai receptionist pricing, Ruby plans and pricing, Rosie pricing, Goodcall pricing, Frontdesk pricing, Dialzara pricing, Arini, Weave AI Receptionist, Jobber pricing, Housecall Pro CSR AI and our own Voice Intego plans.

The five kinds of company on this list

Most confusion about AI receptionist companies comes from comparing products that aren’t trying to do the same job. Sort them first and the choice gets smaller.

Answering services that added AI

Smith.ai and Ruby both sell call answering by trained human receptionists. Smith.ai now sells a separate AI receptionist with a free tier and per-call pricing, and keeps its human plans alongside. Ruby’s plans are still staffed by people, and its pricing page says optional AI features come at no extra cost. These suit firms where a caller expects a person, such as law offices handling new client intake. We cover that trade-off in more depth in our comparison of AI and live answering services.

Self-serve AI receptionists

Rosie, Goodcall, Dialzara and Frontdesk let you start a free trial or demo agent and set it up yourself, with no sales call. Their entry plans are among the lowest monthly prices here. The catch is that you write the instructions, test it and fix it when it says something odd. For a solo operator with simple calls, that’s usually fine.

Dental products

Arini is built only for dental practices and groups, and Weave’s AI receptionist is built into the Weave platform for practice phones and patient texting. Weave states that direct booking works for qualified dental practice management systems, and that other offices get appointment requests their team reviews and schedules. Neither publishes a price for the AI product.

Field service software add-ons

Jobber and Housecall Pro both sell an AI receptionist that runs on the data already in your account: services, booking rules, availability, customer history. Jobber’s is $29 a month on top of a plan. Housecall Pro offers tailored pricing after a demo.

Done-for-you builders

This is where Voice Intego sits. You don’t touch a prompt or a settings screen; the agent is written around your call types and connected to your calendar, and it is tested before it takes a real call. It costs more because the work is included.

What 150 calls a month costs at each

Headline prices don’t compare well because one company counts calls, another minutes and another unique callers. So here’s one business run through each published rate card: 150 calls a month, three minutes each on average, which is 450 minutes. Assume every caller is a different person.

• Goodcall: Starter covers 100 unique callers for $79, then 79 cents each. $79 + 50 x $0.79 = $118.50. Growth at $129 covers 500 callers, so Starter is still the cheaper plan here.
• Jobber Receptionist: $29 add-on plus the $49 Core plan = $78, assuming you’d pay for Jobber anyway.
• Rosie: Professional’s 250 minutes isn’t enough, and calendar booking needs Scale. Scale is $149 for 1,000 minutes.
• Frontdesk: $99 includes 200 minutes. The other 250 minutes use 25 credits each (credits are $0.01), so 6,250 credits, less the 1,000 included each month, is 5,250 credits or $52.50. Total about $151.50.
• Dialzara: Business Plus is $199 for 500 minutes. Business Pro would be $99 + 230 x $0.45 = $202.50, so Plus wins.
• Smith.ai AI Receptionist: the 150-call Pro tier is $270 a month.
• Voice Intego: Starter is $497 with 650 minutes, so 450 minutes sits well inside it.
• Smith.ai human receptionists: Basic is $810 for 90 calls plus 60 x $10.50 = $630, so $1,440 before any per-booking charges.
• Ruby: 450 minutes needs the 500-minute plan at $1,725.

Arini, Weave and Housecall Pro can’t be worked out because their prices aren’t published.

Price per call is only half the sum. The other half is what an unanswered call costs you, and that depends on your average job value. Our missed call cost calculator takes your weekly call count and job value and shows the monthly gap. It assumes about 75% of people who reach voicemail don’t call back, which is why a $78 tool and a $497 one can both pay for themselves.

For a longer look at the pricing models themselves, see what an AI receptionist costs and why.

Which one fits which business

• Solo trades or one-person offices with fewer than five calls a day. Start with a self-serve plan. Goodcall’s per-caller pricing suits businesses with long calls, and Dialzara’s $29 plan is the cheapest paid standalone plan here. Smith.ai’s free tier covers 25 AI-answered calls a month if you want to try one at no cost.
• Home service companies already on Jobber or Housecall Pro. Try the built-in option first. It already knows your services and calendar. Look elsewhere if you need call handling it doesn’t offer, or want the same agent across tools you use outside that software. Our notes on what a plumbing company should require from an AI receptionist list the emergency call tests worth running.
• Dental practices. Ask Arini and Weave how they book into your specific practice management system, and get it in writing. Booking support varies by system, and Weave’s own page limits direct booking to qualified systems. Our dental AI receptionist page covers how Voice Intego handles practice calls.
• Law firms and professional services where callers expect a person. Smith.ai or Ruby. Both publish clear plans, and Smith.ai’s per-call pricing makes it easy to forecast.
• Businesses with several call types, after-hours emergencies or more than one location. This is where a built agent earns its higher price, because each call type needs its own path and somebody has to maintain them.

Readers outside the US: most of these companies sell in US dollars and default to US numbers. Dialzara’s pricing page says UK, Australian and New Zealand numbers are available on request, and Jobber’s demo line has a Canadian number. Ask about local numbers before you commit.

How to test any of them before you sign

We build and run voice agents on Vapi and Retell, and a few lessons from that work apply to any vendor you’re weighing.

Call from an ordinary mobile phone. An internet calling app or a browser test isn’t a fair judge of how the agent sounds to your customers. We once had a voice model change that sounded fine in a browser test and came out mangled on a real phone call. Most of the companies above offer a trial or a demo number, so use your own mobile.

Listen to the first few seconds. A long greeting can produce a short gap of dead air partway through, which callers hear as the line cutting out. On our own agents, keeping the opening line to one sentence fixed it. If a vendor’s greeting stumbles, ask whether you can shorten it.

Try to break the rules. Ask for something the business doesn’t do, then ask for a human, then change your mind about the appointment time. An agent’s behavior is set in more than one place, and when those places disagree it follows whichever it read last. A good vendor will show you where each rule lives.

Check what happens after the call. Where does the booking land, and who sees the summary? Ask the vendor to show you a sample call summary and the alert your team would get.

Where Voice Intego fits

Voice Intego is a done-for-you AI voice agent service for businesses that take phone calls: home services, dental, med spas and others. We write the call flows, connect your calendar (Google, Outlook or Cal.com), test it and go live in 7 days. Plans are flat monthly: Starter at $497 with 650 minutes and Professional at $997 with 1,500 minutes, with multi-location plans quoted on request, and you can cancel anytime.

It suits businesses that get enough calls for a missed one to hurt, have more than one kind of caller, and would rather not spend evenings editing prompts. If you’re a solo operator with a handful of simple calls a week, a self-serve plan from the table will do the job for less. If your schedule runs on Jobber or Housecall Pro and you’re happy with how it books, their own add-on is the natural first try.

The quickest way to judge us is the same test we’d suggest for anyone: call the demo line on +1 870 569 0092 from your mobile and try to trip it up. If it handles your calls the way you’d want, book a demo and we’ll walk through your call types.

Frequently asked questions

What are the top AI receptionist companies?

It depends on the kind of business. For self-serve tools, Rosie, Goodcall, Dialzara and Frontdesk publish their plans. Jobber and Housecall Pro offer add-ons for their own users, Arini and Weave focus on dental, while Smith.ai and Ruby sell human answering with published plans.

How much do AI receptionist services cost per month?

As of October 2026, published starting prices range from a free 25-call tier at Smith.ai and $29 a month at Dialzara up to $497 for Voice Intego’s done-for-you Starter plan. Human answering starts at $250 (Ruby) and $300 (Smith.ai). Usage rules differ a lot, so price your own call volume against each rate card rather than comparing headline numbers.

Can an AI receptionist book appointments?

Most on this list can, but some only on higher plans. Rosie books on the calendar from its $149 plan, Dialzara adds calendar sync from $99, and Weave books directly only for qualified dental systems.

Is an AI receptionist better than an answering service?

For routine calls and after-hours coverage, an AI receptionist costs far less per call. A human service still makes sense where callers expect a person or calls need judgment. Our AI answering service page explains the AI option in more detail.

Still deciding? Call the live agent on +1 870 569 0092 or book a 20-minute demo and bring your call volume; we’ll run the numbers with you.