# Answering service pricing: Answering Service Price Index > The Answering Service Price Index carries 27 published figures read from 24 sources' own pages; the 25 published figures given without a breakdown run from 24.95 to 375 USD, read 11 November 2026. Compare Answering · https://compareanswering.com/datasets/answering-service-price-index/ · computed 2026-11-11 **Range without a breakdown:** 24.95 to 375 USD (range 24.95 to 375 USD; 26 published figures; 28 of 46 sources read publish one). 28 of the 46 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 11 November 2026. ## By call volume band and billing model (per call, per minute, flat) and jurisdiction | Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources | |---|---|---|---| | call volume band 250 unique customers | 208 USD | 208 to 208 USD | 1 | | billing model (per call, per minute, flat) per minute | 29 USD | 29 to 29 USD | 1 | | jurisdiction CA | 129 CAD | 129 to 129 CAD | 1 | ## Every figure, with its source One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. | Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read | |---|---|---|---| | [Back Office Betties pricing](https://backofficebetties.com/pricing/) | 375 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Alert Communications pricing](https://www.alertcommunications.com/pricing/) | 240 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | 208 USD | 250 unique customers | 2026-11-11 | | [Alice Receptionist pricing](https://www.alicereceptionist.com/pricing/) | 199 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Abby Connect pricing](https://www.abby.com/pricing/) | 164 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Ambs Call Center pricing](https://www.ambscallcenter.com/answering-service-pricing) | 149 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Dialbox pricing (CA)](https://dialbox.ca/pricing) | 129 CAD | CA | 2026-11-11 | | [PATLive pricing](https://www.patlive.com/pricing/) | 99 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [My AI Front Desk pricing](https://www.myaifrontdesk.com/pricing) | 99 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Simple Phones pricing](https://www.simplephones.ai/pricing) | 97 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Polaris Voice pricing (CA)](https://polarisvoice.ca/pricing) | 84 CAD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Conversational pricing](https://conversational.com/pricing/) | 79 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | 79 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Posh virtual receptionist pricing](https://posh.com/pricing/) | 65 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Continental Message Solution pricing](https://www.continentalmessage.com/pricing/) | 50 USD | | 2026-10-12 | | [RingCentral AI Receptionist pricing](https://www.ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html) | 49 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [MAP Communications pricing](https://www.mapcommunications.com/pricing/) | 49 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Face For Business pricing (GB)](https://ffb.co.uk/answering-service-pricing/) | 49 GBP | | 2026-11-11 | | [Sound Telecom answering service pricing](https://sound-tele.com/answering-service-pricing/) | 47 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Signius Communications pricing](https://signius.com/pricing/) | 45 USD | | 2026-10-12 | | [Answering Service Care pricing](https://answeringservicecare.com/pricing/) | 40 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Unicom pricing](https://www.unicomcorp.com/pricing/) | 39.95 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Phonely pricing](https://www.phonely.ai/pricing) | 33 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Dialbox pricing (CA)](https://dialbox.ca/pricing) | 30 CAD | | 2026-11-11 | | [AnswerFirst pricing](https://answerfirst.com/pricing/) | 30 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Dialzara pricing](https://www.dialzara.com/pricing) | 29 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Responsive Answering Service pricing](https://responsiveanswering.com/answering-service-pricing/) | 29 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Dialzara pricing](https://www.dialzara.com/pricing) | 29 USD | per minute | 2026-11-11 | | [ReceptionHQ pricing](https://www.receptionhq.com/pricing/) | 25 USD | | 2026-10-12 | | [Answering Service Care pricing](https://answeringservicecare.com/pricing/) | 25 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Upfirst pricing](https://upfirst.ai/pricing) | 24.95 USD | | 2026-11-11 | | [Allo pricing](https://www.withallo.com/pricing) | 8 GBP | | 2026-11-11 | ## The sentence each figure was read from (32) - [Back Office Betties pricing](https://backofficebetties.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$375/mo" - [Alert Communications pricing](https://www.alertcommunications.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$240" - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$208" - [Alice Receptionist pricing](https://www.alicereceptionist.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$199 / Month" - [Abby Connect pricing](https://www.abby.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$164" - [Ambs Call Center pricing](https://www.ambscallcenter.com/answering-service-pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$149/mo" - [Dialbox pricing (CA)](https://dialbox.ca/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "CAD 129.00" - [PATLive pricing](https://www.patlive.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "About 20 calls $99" - [My AI Front Desk pricing](https://www.myaifrontdesk.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$99/mo" - [Simple Phones pricing](https://www.simplephones.ai/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "Simple Phones starts at $97/mo for 100 calls/mo." - [Polaris Voice pricing (CA)](https://polarisvoice.ca/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$84/mo 150 minutes included" - [Conversational pricing](https://conversational.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$79/Mo" - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$79 a month" - [Posh virtual receptionist pricing](https://posh.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$65.00/month" - [Continental Message Solution pricing](https://www.continentalmessage.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "Plans start as low as $50/month." - [RingCentral AI Receptionist pricing](https://www.ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html), read 2026-11-11: "Starts at $49" - [MAP Communications pricing](https://www.mapcommunications.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$49/mo" - [Face For Business pricing (GB)](https://ffb.co.uk/answering-service-pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "From £49 p/m" - [Sound Telecom answering service pricing](https://sound-tele.com/answering-service-pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$47.00/month" - [Signius Communications pricing](https://signius.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "Here are three of our most popular answering service pricing tiers. $45" - [Answering Service Care pricing](https://answeringservicecare.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "Starter Plan $40/" - [Unicom pricing](https://www.unicomcorp.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "The Professional Starter, at $39.95 per month, is focused on simple and straightforward support in messaging such as receptionist responsibilities, intake, contact, and dispatch." - [Phonely pricing](https://www.phonely.ai/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$33 per month, billed annually" - [Dialbox pricing (CA)](https://dialbox.ca/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$30/mo" - [AnswerFirst pricing](https://answerfirst.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$30 Per Month" - [Dialzara pricing](https://www.dialzara.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "AI receptionist plans from $29/month — plus outbound voice, SMS, and website chat add-ons priced separately." - [Responsive Answering Service pricing](https://responsiveanswering.com/answering-service-pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "$29 /month" - [Dialzara pricing](https://www.dialzara.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$29" - [ReceptionHQ pricing](https://www.receptionhq.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "Starting from just $25 per month." - [Answering Service Care pricing](https://answeringservicecare.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: "Plans start at $25 a month for AI and $40 for live agents." - [Upfirst pricing](https://upfirst.ai/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "$24.95" - [Allo pricing](https://www.withallo.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: "Solo kostet £8/Nutzer/Monat für einen einzelnen Nutzer (jährliche Abrechnung)." ## Read in full, publishes no figure - [Specialty Answering Service pricing](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/pricing/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused - [Specialty Answering Service: per-call versus per-minute rates](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/compare-answering-service-rates/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Gabbyville pricing](https://www.gabbyville.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [PatientCalls pricing (HIPAA medical)](https://www.patientcalls.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Go Answer pricing](https://www.goanswer.io/view-our-pricing), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Nexa plans](https://www.nexa.com/plans/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused - [Ruby plans and pricing](https://www.ruby.com/plans-and-pricing/), read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Smith.ai receptionist pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/receptionists), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [AnswerForce pricing](https://www.answerforce.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Davinci Virtual pricing](https://www.davincivirtual.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Answering365 pricing](https://answering365.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Rosie AI pricing](https://heyrosie.com/pricing), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused - [Numa pricing](https://www.numa.com/pricing), read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Slang.ai pricing](https://slang.ai/pricing), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Call Centre Systems services (CA)](https://www.callcentresystems.ca/services), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [Forbes Advisor: best answering services](https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-answering-services/), read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Clutch answering services directory](https://clutch.co/call-centers/answering-services), read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused - [Association of TeleServices International](https://atsi.org/page/what-is-atsi), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page ## Methodology Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 28 of the 46 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 26 figures, never sentences; 387 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per provider per published plan: the billing model (per call, per minute, per month), the base fee, the allowance it buys, the overage rate, the billing increment, the setup fee and the minimum term - and across the rows the figures nobody publishes: the EFFECTIVE COST PER CALL at 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 calls a month for every plan on one axis (an average handle time applied to the per-minute plans, the allowance and overage applied to the rest), the cheapest plan at each of those volumes, the median and spread of the entry price, the share of providers that publish a rate at all against those that quote only, the share that genuinely bill per CALL rather than per minute, and repriced-since the previous read ## Sources - [PATLive pricing](https://www.patlive.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [ReceptionHQ pricing](https://www.receptionhq.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Answering Service Care pricing](https://answeringservicecare.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Specialty Answering Service pricing](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Specialty Answering Service: per-call versus per-minute rates](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/compare-answering-service-rates/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [MAP Communications pricing](https://www.mapcommunications.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [AnswerFirst pricing](https://answerfirst.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Sound Telecom answering service pricing](https://sound-tele.com/answering-service-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Ambs Call Center pricing](https://www.ambscallcenter.com/answering-service-pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Signius Communications pricing](https://signius.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Unicom pricing](https://www.unicomcorp.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Responsive Answering Service pricing](https://responsiveanswering.com/answering-service-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Posh virtual receptionist pricing](https://posh.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Conversational pricing](https://conversational.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Gabbyville pricing](https://www.gabbyville.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Continental Message Solution pricing](https://www.continentalmessage.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [PatientCalls pricing (HIPAA medical)](https://www.patientcalls.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Go Answer pricing](https://www.goanswer.io/view-our-pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Nexa plans](https://www.nexa.com/plans/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Ruby plans and pricing](https://www.ruby.com/plans-and-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Smith.ai receptionist pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/receptionists) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Abby Connect pricing](https://www.abby.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [AnswerForce pricing](https://www.answerforce.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Davinci Virtual pricing](https://www.davincivirtual.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Answering365 pricing](https://answering365.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Back Office Betties pricing](https://backofficebetties.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Alert Communications pricing](https://www.alertcommunications.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Rosie AI pricing](https://heyrosie.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Dialzara pricing](https://www.dialzara.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Simple Phones pricing](https://www.simplephones.ai/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [My AI Front Desk pricing](https://www.myaifrontdesk.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Phonely pricing](https://www.phonely.ai/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Upfirst pricing](https://upfirst.ai/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Alice Receptionist pricing](https://www.alicereceptionist.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [RingCentral AI Receptionist pricing](https://www.ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Allo pricing](https://www.withallo.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Numa pricing](https://www.numa.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Slang.ai pricing](https://slang.ai/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Face For Business pricing (GB)](https://ffb.co.uk/answering-service-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Dialbox pricing (CA)](https://dialbox.ca/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Polaris Voice pricing (CA)](https://polarisvoice.ca/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Call Centre Systems services (CA)](https://www.callcentresystems.ca/services) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Forbes Advisor: best answering services](https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-answering-services/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Clutch answering services directory](https://clutch.co/call-centers/answering-services) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [Association of TeleServices International](https://atsi.org/page/what-is-atsi) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) ## Cite or embed - The Answering Service Price Index carries 27 published figures read from 24 sources' own pages; the 25 published figures given without a breakdown run from 24.95 to 375 USD, read 11 November 2026. - 28 of the 46 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 11 November 2026. - Answering Service Price Index, call volume band 250 unique customers: median 208 USD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026. - Answering Service Price Index, billing model (per call, per minute, flat) per minute: median 29 USD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026. - Answering Service Price Index, jurisdiction CA: median 129 CAD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026. 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