AI receptionist pricing, compared
What an AI receptionist costs: $29 to $300 a month, vendor by vendor.
Eight vendors publish a price on their own pricing page. We read each one on 2026-10-06 (Smith.ai's AI plans on 2026-10-09) and put them in one table below, minute caps and overage charges included. Most meter minutes or calls, so a busy month costs more. Nova's AI receptionist is $199 a month flat, with no minutes to count.
The problem
Why this costs you work.
Pricing in this category is built to confuse you. Most AI receptionists and answering services meter you per minute, per call or per contact, so the busier you get, the more the bill climbs, right when you can least watch it. A full-time hire to chase leads is a real salary you cannot justify for the nights and weekends. So most owners do nothing, and the after-hours leads keep going cold. The honest answer is simpler than the market makes it look.
How it works.
We set it up, train it on your business, and run it. You answer when you want.
One flat rate: $199 a month
No per-minute charges, no per-contact fees, no setup fee. The price is the price, whether it is a slow week or your busiest month.
It does not cost more when you get busy
A metered service punishes a good month with a bigger invoice. This does not. Lead volume can double and your bill stays exactly the same.
Setup, training, and tuning are included
We build it on your services, prices, and hours, keep it tuned every month, and you never touch a dashboard. That work is in the $199, not billed on top.
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
No annual contract, no lock-in. If it does not pay for itself, you leave.
Flat rate. No per-minute billing, no setup fee, cancel anytime. Live in about seven days.
One number a month, whether you get 5 leads or 500.
Read 2026-10-06
What eight AI receptionists cost, from their own pricing pages.
Each row is the vendor's published entry price and what it includes, read on 2026-10-06, except Smith.ai's AI plans, read on 2026-10-09. Most meter minutes or calls. The cheap plans cap at 100 to 250 minutes, so check your monthly call volume against the cap and the overage before you pick one.
| Vendor | Entry price | Includes | Overage | Answers by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobber AI Receptionist | $29/mo, add-on to a Jobber plan | Not stated | Not stated | Voice | getjobber.com/pricingPage last modified 2026-09-23. Needs a Jobber subscription. |
| Zoom Virtual Agent (Receptionist with Any Phone Plan) | $29.99/mo, $25/mo billed annually | 100 min | Not stated | Voice | zoom.us/pricing/virtual-agentNo Zoom Phone required. |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist | $49/mo standalone, $39/mo add-on | 100 min | $0.50/min | Voice | ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html14-day free trial. |
| Rosie | $49, $149 or $299/mo | 250, 1,000 or 2,000 min | Not stated | Voice | heyrosie.com/pricingPage dated 2026-09-21. 7-day free trial. |
| Goodcall | $79, $129 or $249/mo | Unlimited minutes | $0.50 per unique customer over the allowance | Voice | goodcall.com/pricingAllowance is 100, 250 or 500 unique customers a month. |
| My AI Front Desk | $99/mo, $79/mo billed annually | 200 min | $0.25/min | Voice | myaifrontdesk.com/pricing7-day free trial. |
| Ruby | $250, $395, $720 or $1,725/mo | 50, 100, 200 or 500 min | Not stated | Human receptionists, no AI-only plan | ruby.com/pricing |
| Smith.ai (human receptionists) | $300, $810 or $2,100/mo | 30, 90 or 300 calls | $11.50, $10.50 or $8.50 per call over the plan | Human receptionists, billed per call | smith.ai/pricing/receptionistsRead 2026-10-06. 30-day money-back guarantee, no setup fee. |
| Smith.ai (AI receptionist) | $0, $150 or $500/mo | 25, 75 or 300 calls | $3.00, $2.50 or $2.17 per call over the plan | Voice (AI), live-agent transfer as a per-call add-on | smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionistRead 2026-10-09. The $0 plan needs a credit card at signup. Larger call volumes on Pro and Enterprise cost more. |
| Nova Solutions AI receptionist | $199/mo flat | Every call and lead, no minute cap | None | Voice and text | advai.cloud/ai-receptionistMonth to month, no setup fee. |
Prices are what each vendor's own pricing page showed when we read it on 2026-10-06 (Smith.ai's AI receptionist plans: 2026-10-09). Plans change, so check the vendor's page before you buy. Jobber's add-on needs a Jobber subscription. Ruby sells human receptionists, not an AI. Smith.ai has two products, so it has two rows: human receptionists and an AI receptionist. GoTo Connect, Nextiva and Sophiie do not publish an AI receptionist price on their own pricing pages, so they are not in the table.
The numbers.
What the eight vendors we read charge, next to Nova.
- $199
- flat, every month
- $0
- per-minute or per-contact charges
- $29 to $300
- entry plans at the eight vendors we read
- 100 to 250 min
- the minute caps on the $30 to $50 plans
What the $199 includes.
Set up, tuned, and managed for you.
Answers inbound calls by voice
Web-form lead capture and missed-call text-back
Direct booking into your calendar or CRM
Lead qualification and tire-kicker screening
An automated SMS and email follow-up sequence
Setup, training, and tuning, all managed
Monthly tweaks as your services and prices change
See what lost leads cost you.
Book a free 30-minute audit and we show you, with your real numbers, how many leads you are losing this month. Then you decide if $199 is worth it.
More from Nova
Common questions.
- How much does an AI receptionist cost?
- Across the eight vendors that publish a price, paid entry plans run from $29 to $300 a month, most meter minutes or calls, and Smith.ai also lists a free tier of 25 AI calls a month. Nova's AI receptionist is $199 a month flat with no per-minute billing and no setup fee. It answers inbound calls by voice and texts back a missed call within 60 seconds.
- How much does an AI receptionist cost per month?
- Entry plans at the eight vendors we read in October 2026: Jobber $29 (an add-on), Zoom $29.99 for 100 minutes, RingCentral $49 for 100 minutes, Rosie $49 for 250 minutes, Goodcall $79 for unlimited minutes, My AI Front Desk $99 for 200 minutes, Ruby $250 for 50 minutes of human receptionists, Smith.ai's AI receptionist $0 for 25 calls (then $150 for 75), and Smith.ai's human receptionists $300 for 30 calls. Most meter minutes or calls, so a busy month costs more. Nova's is $199 a month with no minute cap.
- How much does the RingCentral AI Receptionist cost?
- $49 a month standalone or $39 a month as an add-on, with 100 minutes included, $0.50 a minute after that, and a 14-day free trial, per ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html as read on 2026-10-06.
- How much does Jobber's AI Receptionist cost?
- $29 a month as an add-on, per getjobber.com/pricing as read on 2026-10-06 (the page was last modified 2026-09-23). It is added to a Jobber plan, so the price does not include Jobber itself.
- How much does Zoom's AI receptionist cost?
- $29.99 a month, or $25 a month billed annually, for 100 minutes, and no Zoom Phone plan is required, per zoom.us/pricing/virtual-agent as read on 2026-10-06.
- How much does an AI receptionist cost for a small business?
- The $29 to $99 entry plans suit a low call volume, but most cap minutes at 100 to 250 (Goodcall is unlimited minutes, billed per unique customer over its allowance), so check your monthly call volume against the cap and the overage before you pick one. Nova's AI receptionist is $199 flat with no minute cap.
- What do GoTo Connect, Nextiva and Sophiie charge for an AI receptionist?
- As read on 2026-10-06, none of the three publishes an AI receptionist price on its own pricing pages, so you would have to ask for a quote. That is why they are not in the table above.
- Is there a free AI receptionist?
- One of the eight vendors does: Smith.ai's AI receptionist has a $0 plan with 25 calls a month and $3.00 a call after that, with a credit card required at signup (smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist, read 2026-10-09). RingCentral lists a 14-day free trial, and Rosie and My AI Front Desk list 7-day free trials. Nova's is month to month with no setup fee, and you can cancel anytime.
- Does Nova's AI receptionist answer the phone?
- Yes. It answers inbound calls by voice, qualifies the caller, and books the job into your calendar. If a call is missed, an automatic text goes out within 60 seconds. It also captures leads from your web forms and follows up until the job is booked.