Free AI receptionist cost calculator
Enter how many calls you get and how long they last. See your monthly cost on Zuops next to AI and live answering services, from each company's published prices.
Zuops billing
600 minutes a month. On Zuops that's 936 credits for calls plus 15 for the phone number: 951 credits, paid from your plan's monthly credits.
Zuops AI receptionist
$154 / mo
$0.77
per call
Scale plan $99 + $55 in credit packs, with 700 credits a month.
The same calls elsewhere
AI · Starter, 100 calls · Billed per unique caller (counted here as one per call); minutes aren't metered.
AI · 200 minutes · Billed per minute past the 200 included.
AI · Pro, 150 calls · Billed per call, whatever its length.
Live receptionists · 500 minutes · Billed per minute past the plan.
Live receptionists · Basic, 90 calls · Billed per call.
Live receptionists · 500 minutes · Each call rounds up to the whole minute, hold time included.
Published prices, checked October 2026, on monthly billing with overage where a plan runs out. Sources are listed below.
Prices used
Every plan in the calculator, from the company's own pricing page. Prices change, so check the source before you decide.
Smith.ai AI Receptionist
AI · per call
PATLive
Live receptionists · per minute
Ruby
Live receptionists · per minute
Smith.ai Receptionists
Live receptionists · per call
What the price includes
Turn it on for after hours, for the calls nobody picked up, or for every call. It answers from your FAQ, books on your real calendar and rings your team when a caller asks for a person.
Every call answered
Nights, weekends and the busy hour.
Books appointments
Checks your calendar and books the time.
Knows your callers
Name, form answers and texts from your CRM.
Transfers to people
Rings the numbers and teammates you pick.
Takes messages
And alerts your team right away.
Every call written down
Recording, transcript and summary.
How it works
Calls a month and the average length of a call.
The cheapest plan for those minutes, with the phone number and any credit pack counted.
The same calls on AI and live answering services, at each company's published prices.
FAQ
It depends on how the service bills. Per-call plans like Smith.ai's AI receptionist start at $150 a month for 75 calls, then $2.50 a call. Per-minute plans like My AI Front Desk are $99 a month for 200 minutes, then $0.25 a minute. On Zuops it's 1.5 credits per minute of AI conversation from your plan's credits, about $0.19–$0.38 a minute on monthly plans, plus 15 credits a month for the phone number.
Usually by a lot. The live services here charge $1.69–$5.40 a minute or $8.50–$11.50 a call once you pass a plan's included minutes or calls. People still handle tricky calls better, which is why Zuops' receptionist transfers to your team when a caller asks for a person.
1.5 credits per minute while the AI is on the line, billed in 15-second steps. Recording adds 0.06 credits a minute; transcripts and call summaries are free. A Zuops phone number is 15 credits a month (and 4 when you first buy it), or connect your own Twilio account and use the numbers you have there.
The whole plan: the CRM, AI texting (the AI's replies are free; each text is 0.125 credits), booking, forms and the ad tools. The calculator assumes your credits go to calls; texts and ads draw on the same balance.
The cheapest one for your minutes, counting credit packs when a plan's credits run short. Agencies that need unlimited sub-accounts start on Scale.
Each company's own pricing page, checked in October 2026, on monthly billing. Where a plan runs out, its published overage rate is used. AnswerConnect only shows prices after you fill in a form, so it isn't included.
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Pricing
All plans include the full platform: AI ads, the white-label CRM, AI texting and calling, booking and Smart Pages. Plans differ in monthly credits, client sub-accounts and team seats.
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Like having a media buyer on your team.
Billed monthly, cancel anytime
300 credits could cover a month of:
1 phone number · 800 texts · 60 AI call minutes · 190 image ads
Everything in Access, plus:
What credits pay for
Your plan's monthly credits cover ads, phone numbers, texts and AI calls, for you and every client. No separate wallet, no AI add-on per sub-account. You see the cost before anything runs.
Ads
1 credit = 2 image ads
Image ad
0.5 credits
Edit or resize an ad
0.25 credits
Video ad clip
By model and length
from 4 credits
Copy, offer and hook tools
2 credits
Phone numbers and texting
1 credit = 8 texts
Phone number
Plus 4 credits when you first buy it
15 credits / month
Text sent
0.125 credits
Text received
0.1 credits
Picture message sent
0.35 credits
0.03 credits
Phone call
Per line; a two-way call is 0.4
0.2 credits / min
AI follow-up
AI replies cost nothing extra
AI text replies
Only the text itself is billed
Free
AI calling and AI receptionist
1.5 credits / min
AI voicemail drop
1 credit
Bring your own Twilio account and that client's texts and calls bill to Twilio instead of credits. Unused monthly credits roll over for a month, failed generations are refunded, and credit packs start at $6 for 25.
Estimate your month
You'd use about
270 credits / mo
Fits on
Growth · $49/mo · 300 credits
About 30 credits to spare, which roll over a month.
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