AI Receptionist Pricing and Cost
Every plan below comes from the vendor's own pricing page, checked Nov 7, 2026. Vendors that don't publish prices, or whose page we couldn't read, are left out rather than guessed.
Published plans side by side
Monthly prices in USD before tax. Annual prices are shown only where the vendor lists them.
| Vendor | Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | Free | $0 | 25 calls; $3.00 per extra call |
| Pro | From $150/mo | 75 to 300 calls depending on tier | |
| Enterprise | From $500/mo | 300 to 1,000+ calls | |
| Upfirst | Starter | $24.95/mo ($20 annual) | 30 calls; $1.50 per extra call |
| Premium | $59.95/mo ($48 annual) | 90 calls; $1.00 per extra call | |
| Pro | $159.95/mo ($128 annual) | 300 calls; $0.75 per extra call | |
| Scale | $299/mo ($240 annual) | 600 calls; $0.70 per extra call | |
| Dialzara | Business Lite | $29/mo | 60 minutes; $0.48/min after |
| Business Pro | $99/mo | 220 minutes; $0.45/min after | |
| Business Plus | $199/mo | 500 minutes; $0.40/min after | |
| Business Elite | $349/mo | 1,000 minutes; $0.35/min after | |
| Rosie | Professional | $49/mo | 250 minutes |
| Scale | $149/mo | 1,000 minutes | |
| Growth | $299/mo | 2,000 minutes | |
| Goodcall | Starter | $79/mo | 100 unique customers (about 150 calls); 79¢ per extra customer |
| Growth | $129/mo | 500 unique customers (about 750 calls); 26¢ per extra customer | |
| Scale | $299/mo | 2,000 unique customers (about 3,000 calls); 15¢ per extra customer | |
| My AI Front Desk | Business-in-a-Box | $99/mo monthly, $79/mo billed annually | 200 voice minutes, 400 SMS, 100 chatbot conversations; extra voice 25 credits ($0.25)/min |
Sources: Smith.ai AI Receptionist, Upfirst, Dialzara, Rosie, Goodcall, My AI Front Desk pricing pages. Smith.ai lists only base prices for Pro and Enterprise; per-tier prices weren't shown.
What changes the real monthly cost
Rosie and Dialzara sell minutes, Upfirst and Smith.ai sell calls, Goodcall bills per unique caller. A 4-minute average call uses 250 minutes in about 62 calls.
Extra usage ranges from 15¢ per caller (Goodcall Scale) to $3.00 per call (Smith.ai Free). Busy season can double a bill.
Calendar booking and live transfers are on Rosie's $149 Scale plan, not the $49 plan. Upfirst lists texting and transfers on every plan.
Goodcall, Smith.ai and Upfirst say spam doesn't count toward usage. Ask the others how robocalls are billed.
A quick way to estimate your bill
Take last month's call log. Count total calls and average call length. Multiply for minutes-based plans; use the call count for per-call plans; count distinct phone numbers for Goodcall.
Then add a cushion for your busiest month. A plan that's cheap in February can be expensive in July for an HVAC company.
To see whether any of this pays for itself, run your numbers through the missed-call calculator.
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Questions owners ask
What's the cheapest AI receptionist?
Of the plans we checked Nov 7, 2026, Smith.ai has a free plan with 25 calls a month and $3.00 per extra call. The lowest paid plan was Upfirst Starter at $24.95 a month for 30 calls ($20 a month billed annually).
Is an AI answering service cheaper than a live answering service?
Usually per call, yes, because there's no staff time. But compare like for like: count the calls you'd actually send, and check what happens when a caller needs a human.
Do AI receptionists charge setup fees?
Dialzara says monthly billing with no setup fees and Upfirst says no contracts. Others don't state it on the pricing page, so ask before you sign up.