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OnCrew vs the competition

Choosing an answering service for your contracting business? We put together honest, side-by-side comparisons so you can decide what actually fits your needs.

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01The price board

What 15 of these services charge, read off their own pages

Entry plan and the meter it runs on, with the date we checked each one. 10 of the 15 are printed below and the other 5 link to the vendor's own page instead. Minute plans and call plans are not converted into each other here, because the conversion depends on how long your callers talk. Check the source before you sign: vendors change plans and this is a snapshot.

Entry plan, included usage, billing unit and source page for OnCrew and 15 answering services
ServiceEntry planIncludedBilled onSource, date checked
OnCrew$49/mo100 callsPer answered call, $0.99 afteroncrew.ai/pricing
VoiceNation$165/mo50 minutesPer minute (People Answering) or per call (AI Answering)moneypenny.com/us/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Posh$65.00/mo0 minutesPer receptionist minuteposh.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
PATLive$49/mo0 minutesPer receptionist minutepatlive.com/pricingChecked September 22, 2026
Ruby Receptionists$250/mo50 minutesPer receptionist minuteruby.com/plans-and-pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Smith.ai$300/mo30 callsPer callsmith.ai/pricing/receptionistsChecked September 22, 2026
GoodcallPublished, see sourceRead it on their pagePer agent per month, metered on unique customersgoodcall.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Rosie$49/mo250 minutesPer month, by included minutesheyrosie.com/pricingChecked September 23, 2026
DialzaraPublished, see sourceRead it on their pagePer minute of talk timedialzara.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Abby ConnectPublished, see sourceRead it on their pagePer Abby Minuteabby.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Whippy$200/mo2,000 credits/moPer month, metered in creditswhippy.ai/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
GrasshopperPublished, see sourceRead it on their pagePer month, per phone systemgrasshopper.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
MAP CommunicationsPublished, see sourceRead it on their pagePer minutemapcommunications.com/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
SamedayFrom $449/moStarts with 500 minutesPer month, by included minutessameday.ai/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
ServiceAgent$0/mo1 user, unified CRMPer month, metered in creditsserviceagent.ai/pricingChecked October 2, 2026
Jobber Receptionist$29/mo30 conversations, on top of a Jobber planPer month, by included conversations, as an add-on to a Jobber planhelp.getjobber.com, Receptionist articleChecked October 3, 2026

The 10 that make you ask

None of these showed a price we could read when we checked, and the note beside each one says what we found and when. It is worth knowing before you spend an hour on a sales call.

  • NexaNexa publishes no price. When we checked on July 29, August 13 and October 2, 2026, nexa.com/pricing forwarded to nexa.com/plans and that page carried no dollar figure anywhere, so the only way to learn the number is a sales call. Ask for the billing unit, the included usage and the overage rate in the first call, because those three decide the bill.
  • LeadTruffleLeadTruffle prints no price. When we checked on October 2, 2026, its pricing page named three plans, Essential, Growth and Scale, plus a managed service, said every plan is month-to-month, and answered its own question about cost with sales-led pricing and a custom offer prepared after a demo. Every plan button is Get Demo. Ask for the price, the included usage and any setup or onboarding fee before the demo, not after.
  • Answering365Answering365 no longer prints a price. When we checked on October 2, 2026, its pricing page listed eight plans by call volume, from pay-as-you-go backup cover up to a custom tier, each with a Get Pricing button and no figure. It says each plan is a base price with an allowance of minutes and bills extra minutes in 30-second increments, so ask for the base price, the allowance and the per-minute rate in writing.
  • NumaNuma has no pricing page: when we checked on October 2, 2026, numa.com/pricing forwarded to Numa's homepage, headed "The AI Operating System for Car Dealerships", which prints no price. Any Numa price you find in a comparison article is coming from somewhere other than Numa.
  • AnswerConnectAnswerConnect's pricing address was a "page not found" error when we checked on October 2, 2026, as it was on July 29, August 13 and August 15, 2026, so there is no plan published on the site to compare against.
  • AnswerNetAnswerNet's pricing address was a "page not found" error when we checked on October 2, 2026, as it was on July 29, 2026, so comparisons start from a quote.
  • Answer1Answer1's pricing page did not load when we checked on July 29, 2026, so we could not read a price from it. Treat Answer1's pricing as unknown, not as unpublished, and ask for a written quote that names the billing unit and the overage rate.
  • AnswerForceAnswerForce has no pricing page. When we checked on October 2, 2026 (as on July 29 and August 15, 2026), answerforce.com/pricing opened the homepage, the plans page led to a lead form whose button reads "Show Plans", and no plan price appeared anywhere, so every comparison against AnswerForce starts with a quote request.
  • Housecall Pro CSR AIHousecall Pro's CSR AI is sold separately from its software plans and prints no price on its pages when we checked on October 3, 2026; its AI Team page says CSR AI 24/7 call answering is a paid feature. It answers calls inside Housecall Pro around the clock and can send a call to a number you choose, so ask Housecall Pro for the CSR AI price in writing before you compare.
  • ServiceTitan AI Virtual AgentsServiceTitan's AI Virtual Agent is one of its Pro products for ServiceTitan customers, and its product page prints no price when we checked on October 3, 2026; the April 17, 2026 announcement said buyers pay a per-call usage fee with no commitment and printed no figure either. The agent books after hours and during peak call volume and escalates or transfers to a live CSR when needed, so ask ServiceTitan for the per-call rate in writing before you compare.

Rows that read "Published, see source" are vendors whose prices we read on the date shown but link to rather than reprint on this board. The link in the row goes to the page we read. Nothing is hidden and nothing is guessed.

OnCrew is young: a handful of contractors pay for it today. Nothing on this page implies otherwise, and every competitor figure links to the page it came from so you can check it yourself.

02Side by side

One comparison per service, one page each

Each page puts OnCrew next to one service: the price check, a feature-by-feature table, where the two differ, and when the other one is the better pick.

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Abe

Founder, OnCrew · Los Angeles, CA

“I built OnCrew after watching my brother’s plumbing crew miss two urgent jobs in one night because their answering service kept callers on hold. Setting up your line takes about 10 minutes on your own. If you get stuck, reply to any OnCrew email and I’ll walk you through it. I won’t hand you off to a sales rep, and I read every refund request myself.”

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