{ "name": "compareanswering.com Pricing Model Coverage", "title": "Pricing Model Coverage", "url": "https://compareanswering.com/datasets/pricing-model-coverage/", "csv": "https://compareanswering.com/datasets/pricing-model-coverage.csv", "markdown": "https://compareanswering.com/datasets/pricing-model-coverage/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-11-11", "license": "https://compareanswering.com/terms", "headline": "The Pricing Model Coverage carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 68.95 to 329 USD, read 11 November 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Pricing Model Coverage carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 68.95 to 329 USD, read 11 November 2026.", "3 of the 34 named sources read in full publish a figure; 31 publish none, read 11 November 2026.", "Pricing Model Coverage, attribute billing model per minute: median 111.97 USD across 2 sources, read 11 November 2026.", "Pricing Model Coverage, attribute billing model flat: median 329 USD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026." ], "citation": "\"compareanswering.com Pricing Model Coverage\", updated 2026-11-11, https://compareanswering.com/datasets/pricing-model-coverage/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 3, "median": 155, "min": 68.95, "max": 329, "p25": 68.95, "p75": 329, "mean": 184.3167, "units": { "USD": 3 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 36, "read_sources": 34, "not_published": 31, "published_share": 0.088 }, "by_axis": { "attribute": { "billing model per minute": { "USD": { "n": 2, "median": 111.975, "min": 68.95, "max": 155, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 111.975 } }, "billing model flat": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 329, "min": 329, "max": 329, "p25": 329, "p75": 329, "mean": 329 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Answer Our Phone", "url": "https://answerourphone.com/", "figure": "$68.95", "value": 68.95, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "attribute": "billing model per minute" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "quote": "$68.95", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "b67cd6b1430ef514f8dad4536c5f9ac038f168e287de86732abde7a215dbf6de" }, { "source": "NotifyMD pricing", "url": "https://www.notifymd.com/pricing/", "figure": "$155.00", "value": 155, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "attribute": "billing model per minute" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "quote": "$155.00", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "87d556a51b90e07bc56fc039b0a4a26da36b3fb46a219808c74f07b5ce773c91" }, { "source": "Answering Service Care: what it costs", "url": "https://answeringservicecare.com/blog/what-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "figure": "$329 ", "value": 329, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "attribute": "billing model flat" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "quote": "Our pro plan costs $329 a month, while our all-inclusive enterprise plan is $639 a month—and we have custom plans available for larger call volumes .", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "0b8357ad287052b70febc15bd389fe9560804b63bbbe2b3eed2e63e9fa0aa74e" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Ambs Call Center: per-call versus per-minute versus flat rate", "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/blog/answering-service-pricing-models", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Ambs Call Center 250-minute plan", "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/250-mins", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Ambs Call Center 1,000-minute plan", "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/1000-mins", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Ambs Call Center 2,500-minute plan", "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/2500-minutes", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Ambs Call Center veterinary answering service", "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/veterinary-answering-services/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "AnswerFirst FAQs", "url": "https://answerfirst.com/faqs/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Specialty Answering Service pricing guide", "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/the-ultimate-answering-service-pricing-guide/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Specialty Answering Service: affordable answering service", "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/features/affordable-answering-service/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Specialty Answering Service veterinary", "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/industries/healthcare/veterinary-answering-service/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Moneypenny: per minute versus per call (GB)", "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/uk/resources/blog/answering-service-pricing-per-minute-vs-per-call/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Moneypenny overages explained", "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/us/resources/blog/moneypenny-pricing-overages-explained-how-answering-service-billing-really-works/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Moneypenny bilingual answering service", "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/us/bilingual-answering-service/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "AnswerConnect bilingual answering service", "url": "https://www.answerconnect.com/services/answering-services/bilingual-answering-service", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "AnswerConnect Ontario (CA)", "url": "https://www.answerconnect.com/ca/answering-services-ontario", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Responsive Answering appointment scheduling", "url": "https://responsiveanswering.com/appointment-scheduling-service/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Responsive Answering New York", "url": "https://responsiveanswering.com/new-york/new-york-answering-service/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Continental Message Solution solutions", "url": "https://www.continentalmessage.com/solutions/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Continental Message Solution medical pricing", "url": "https://www.continentalmessage.com/blog/medical-answering-service-pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Davinci Virtual receptionist FAQs", "url": "https://www.davincivirtual.com/faq/receptionist-services", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "PATLive: what an answering service costs", "url": "https://www.patlive.com/blog/how-much-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Answering365 cost guide", "url": "https://answering365.com/blog/answering-service-cost-2026-pricing-guide/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "MAP Communications cost guide", "url": "https://www.mapcommunications.com/blog/how-much-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Sound Telecom: how much should an answering service cost", "url": "https://sound-tele.com/blog/how-much-should-an-answering-service-cost/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "LEX Reception: legal answering service pricing models", "url": "https://www.lexreception.com/blog/business-tips/comparing-legal-answering-service-pricing-models/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Smith.ai pricing", "url": "https://smith.ai/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Abby Connect: pick your plan", "url": "https://www.abby.com/start/pick-your-plan/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "myalldayPA", "url": "https://myalldaypa.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Absent Answer pricing", "url": "https://www.absentanswer.com/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Alert Communications pricing", "url": "https://www.alertcommunications.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Signius pricing", "url": "https://www.signius.com/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Go Answer chat pricing", "url": "https://www.goanswer.io/view-our-chat-pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/blog/answering-service-pricing-models", "label": "Ambs Call Center: per-call versus per-minute versus flat rate", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/250-mins", "label": "Ambs Call Center 250-minute plan", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/1000-mins", "label": "Ambs Call Center 1,000-minute plan", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/2500-minutes", "label": "Ambs Call Center 2,500-minute plan", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ambscallcenter.com/veterinary-answering-services/", "label": "Ambs Call Center veterinary answering service", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://answerfirst.com/faqs/", "label": "AnswerFirst FAQs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/the-ultimate-answering-service-pricing-guide/", "label": "Specialty Answering Service pricing guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/features/affordable-answering-service/", "label": "Specialty Answering Service: affordable answering service", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/industries/healthcare/veterinary-answering-service/", "label": "Specialty Answering Service veterinary", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/uk/resources/blog/answering-service-pricing-per-minute-vs-per-call/", "label": "Moneypenny: per minute versus per call (GB)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/us/resources/blog/moneypenny-pricing-overages-explained-how-answering-service-billing-really-works/", "label": "Moneypenny overages explained", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.moneypenny.com/us/bilingual-answering-service/", "label": "Moneypenny bilingual answering service", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.answerconnect.com/services/answering-services/bilingual-answering-service", "label": "AnswerConnect bilingual answering service", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.answerconnect.com/ca/answering-services-ontario", "label": "AnswerConnect Ontario (CA)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://responsiveanswering.com/appointment-scheduling-service/", "label": "Responsive Answering appointment scheduling", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://responsiveanswering.com/new-york/new-york-answering-service/", "label": "Responsive Answering New York", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.continentalmessage.com/solutions/", "label": "Continental Message Solution solutions", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.continentalmessage.com/blog/medical-answering-service-pricing/", "label": "Continental Message Solution medical pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.davincivirtual.com/faq/receptionist-services", "label": "Davinci Virtual receptionist FAQs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.patlive.com/blog/how-much-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "label": "PATLive: what an answering service costs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://answering365.com/blog/answering-service-cost-2026-pricing-guide/", "label": "Answering365 cost guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://answeringservicecare.com/blog/what-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "label": "Answering Service Care: what it costs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.mapcommunications.com/blog/how-much-does-an-answering-service-cost/", "label": "MAP Communications cost guide", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sound-tele.com/blog/how-much-should-an-answering-service-cost/", "label": "Sound Telecom: how much should an answering service cost", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.lexreception.com/blog/business-tips/comparing-legal-answering-service-pricing-models/", "label": "LEX Reception: legal answering service pricing models", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://smith.ai/pricing", "label": "Smith.ai pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.abby.com/start/pick-your-plan/", "label": "Abby Connect: pick your plan", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://myalldaypa.com/", "label": "myalldayPA", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://answerourphone.com/", "label": "Answer Our Phone", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.absentanswer.com/pricing/", "label": "Absent Answer pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.notifymd.com/pricing/", "label": "NotifyMD pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.alertcommunications.com/pricing", "label": "Alert Communications pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.signius.com/pricing/", "label": "Signius pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.goanswer.io/view-our-chat-pricing", "label": "Go Answer chat pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.anserve.com/pricing/", "label": "Anserve pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://vetreceptionists.com/pricing/", "label": "Veterinary Answering Services pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "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). 3 of the 34 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 31 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 38 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 cell per provider per attribute, each evidenced by that provider's own page: billing model (per call / per minute / flat / per conversation / per unique customer), billing increment (per second, 30-second, one-minute rounding), setup fee, minimum term and notice, free trial, 24/7 cover, bilingual Spanish, HIPAA and BAA, legal intake, appointment scheduling, call transfer, CRM integration, US-based agents, industries served - and across the cells the counts nobody publishes: how many of the market's providers bill genuinely PER CALL (the head query's premise), how many round to a full minute, how many charge a setup fee, how many will publish any of it at all", "embed": "

68.95 to 329 USD

3 published figures, Pricing Model Coverage, across 3 sources, read 11 November 2026

Source: compareanswering.com Pricing Model Coverage
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