Published AI receptionist plans start at about $22 to $150 a month, priced by minutes, calls or callers, with a rate for anything past the allowance. The Front Desk Company starts at $49 a month for 250 inbound minutes. Prices below are as each product published them on 2026-09-05.
| Model | How it works |
|---|---|
| Per minute | A monthly allowance of talk minutes, then a per-minute rate. Rosie, Dialzara, Reception by ElevenLabs and The Front Desk Company's Starter plans price this way. |
| Per call | A monthly allowance of calls, then a fee per call, whatever its length. Upfirst prices this way; Smith.ai adds a per-call fee to a monthly base. |
| Per unique caller | A monthly allowance of distinct callers, then a fee per new caller. Goodcall prices this way. |
| Flat, with fair use | One monthly price for unlimited inbound calls within a fair-use allowance. The Front Desk Company's AI Front Desk plans price this way ($397: fair use 4,000 minutes; $697: fair use 7,000 minutes; $997: fair use 10,000 minutes). |
| Product | Entry price · included | Next plan up | CRM |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Front Desk Company | $49 · 250 inbound minutes (Starter), $0.15/min over, up to a cap you set | $149 / 1,000 · $299 / 2,500 · then $397 / $697 / $997 | The full EngageSuite360 CRM in every plan — contacts, companies, deals, tasks, calendar, reports — shaped for your industry |
| Rosie | $49 · 250 minutes | $149 / 1,000 · $299 / 2,000 | None — Zapier triggers only |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | $150/mo + $2.00 per call; free tier of 25 calls/mo (card required) | $500/mo + $1.67 per call | Integrations only — Salesforce, HubSpot, Clio, Zapier |
| Goodcall | $79 per agent · unlimited minutes, 100 unique callers, $0.50 per caller over | $129 / 250 callers · $249 / 500 | Integrations only — Zapier, Sheets, GoHighLevel |
| Dialzara | $29 · 60 minutes, $0.48/min over | $99 / 220 · $199 / 500 · $349 / 1,000 | Integrations only — Zapier, Make, webhooks |
| My AI Front Desk | $20 Basic takes no calls; first calling plan $99 · 200 minutes, $0.25/min | Partner / Enterprise, custom | Built-in CRM, plus HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Zapier |
| Upfirst | $24.95 · 30 calls, $1.50 per call over | $59.95 / 90 · $159.95 / 300 · $299 / 600 | Integrations only — HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, GoHighLevel, Zapier |
| Reception by ElevenLabs | $22 · 60 minutes, $0.40/min over | $55 / 200 · $99 / 500 | Google Calendar, Zapier, webhooks only |
As published on each product's pricing page on 2026-09-05. Prices change; check the product's own page before you buy.
The US median pay for a receptionist is $38,010 a year, $18.27 an hour (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025). The two do different work. A person handles judgment, the unusual caller and the visitor at the desk. An AI receptionist answers every call at once, after hours and on weekends, and writes each one down. Many businesses keep the person and let the AI take the calls the person cannot.
Of the 8 products we compared, published calling plans started at $22 a month (Reception by ElevenLabs, sixty minutes) and ran to $150 a month plus a fee per call (Smith.ai), as published on 2026-09-05. The Front Desk Company starts at $49 a month for 250 inbound minutes.
The overage rate past your allowance, whether recordings, transcripts, texting and booking cost extra, and whether you pay separately for a CRM to keep the calls in.
On price alone, yes: the US median pay for a receptionist is $38,010 a year, or $18.27 an hour (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025). They are not the same job. A person handles judgment, the unusual caller and the visitor at the desk; an AI receptionist answers every call at once, after hours and on weekends, and writes each one down.
No. There is no setup fee on any plan.