Updated August 23, 2026
Answering Service Pricing Index
What answering services and AI receptionists publish on their own pricing pages, collected in one table. A number only enters this index if it was read off the vendor's live page on the date shown, and the raw fetch is archived. When a vendor publishes no price, that is recorded too, because "you have to ask" is itself something a buyer should know before booking a sales call.
Maintained by OnCrew. We sell one of the products in this category, our own row is below and it is held to the same standard as every other row. Corrections: hello@oncrew.ai with a link to the vendor's page.
Vendors that publish prices
Entry plan shown per vendor; billing units differ (per minute, per call, per unique customer) and are never silently converted.
| Vendor | Entry plan | Includes | Price | Overage | Billing unit | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OnCrew (this site) | Starter | 100 calls | $49/mo | $0.99 per call over the plan limit | per call | Live | oncrew.ai/pricing |
| Posh | Chic | 0 minutes | $65.00/mo | $2.30 per minute | per receptionist minute | July 29, 2026 | posh.com/pricing |
| PATLive | Basic (pay as you go) | 0 minutes | $75/mo | $2.60 per minute | per receptionist minute | August 23, 2026 | patlive.com/pricing |
| Ruby Receptionists | 50 minutes | 50 minutes | $250/mo | Not shown | per receptionist minute | August 23, 2026 | ruby.com/plans-and-pricing |
| Smith.ai | Starter | 30 calls | $300/mo | $11.50 per call over 30 | per call | August 23, 2026 | smith.ai/pricing/receptionists |
| Rosie | Professional | Solo owners and small businesses | $49/mo | Not shown | per month | July 29, 2026 | heyrosie.com/pricing |
| Whippy | Lite | 2,000 credits/mo | $200/mo | Not shown | per month, metered in credits | July 29, 2026 | whippy.ai/pricing |
| Sameday | Launch | Starts with 500 minutes | From $449/mo | Not shown | per minute | July 29, 2026 | gosameday.com/pricing |
| ServiceAgent | Launch | 1 user, unified CRM | $0/mo | Not shown | per month, metered in credits | July 29, 2026 | serviceagent.ai/pricing |
Higher tiers exist at most vendors; the index prints the entry plan so the floor of each price list is comparable. Full tier tables live on each vendor's linked page.
Verified, printed only as links
These vendors publish prices and we verified them on the dates shown, but a copy guard in this site's codebase withholds printing their figures here, so the index links out instead.
- Goodcall: published on goodcall.com/pricing (checked August 23, 2026, per agent per month, metered on unique customers).
- Dialzara: published on dialzara.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026, per minute of talk time).
- Abby Connect: published on abby.com/pricing (checked August 23, 2026, per Abby Minute).
- Grasshopper: published on grasshopper.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026, per month, per phone system).
- MAP Communications: published on mapcommunications.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026, per minute).
- Answering365: published on answering365.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026, per minute).
Vendors that make you ask
On the dates shown, these vendors published no price at the URL listed. That is not a criticism, but it is a fact a buyer should have before committing to a sales call.
- VoiceNation: no published pricing at voicenation.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026).
- Nexa: no published pricing at nexa.com/plans (checked July 29, 2026).
- LeadTruffle: no published pricing at leadtruffle.co/pricing (checked July 29, 2026).
- Numa: no published pricing at numa.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026).
- AnswerConnect: no published pricing at answerconnect.com/pricing (checked August 15, 2026).
- AnswerNet: no published pricing at answernet.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026).
- Answer1: no published pricing at answer1.com/pricing (checked July 29, 2026).
- AnswerForce: no published pricing at answerforce.com (checked August 15, 2026).
Reading the units
Live receptionist services usually bill by the minute, so a chatty caller costs more than a quick one. Some AI receptionists bill per minute too, some per call, and one meters unique customers. A per-minute plan rewards short calls; a per-call plan makes cost predictable per lead. When you compare two vendors, first put them in the same unit for your own call volume, and never trust an average you did not compute.