AI receptionists
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Best for Service-Business Workflow
AI front desk for service businesses: phone, web chat, booking and one customer history.
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Read moreHuman backup for the calls that need it
AI receptionist backed by live human receptionists, priced per call.
Answer and capture, fast
Simple AI phone agent for small businesses: unlimited minutes, metered by unique customers.
Forward the line, get the message
Flat-rate AI answering from $49/month; booking and transfers on the Scale plan.
Cheapest verified entry at $29, with the meter running
Budget AI receptionist from $29/month with published per-minute overage.
Calls, texts and chat in one $99 bundle
AI calls, texts and chat from $99/month with 200 voice minutes.
Enterprise contracts only, from $30,000 a year
Enterprise voice-agent platform; contracts start at $30,000 per year.
A platform for developers, not a receptionist
Developer voice-agent platform, pay-as-you-go from about $0.07 to $0.31 per minute.
Maximum control, engineers required
Developer voice AI platform: $0.05/min platform fee plus pass-through model and telephony costs.
Built for restaurants, not for trades
Restaurant phone answering from $399 per location per month.
| Provider | Best for | Starting price | Appointment scheduling | Call transfers | Human backup | CRM integration | Industry specialization | Review status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TKTorklio | Service businesses that need the call to turn into a booked job | $99/mo | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Editorial Preview |
| GCGoodcall | Small businesses that want a simple setup | $79/mo | Partial† | Yes† | No† | Partial† | No† | Editorial Preview |
| SMSmith.ai | Businesses that want human receptionists behind the AI | $300/mo | Yes | Yes† | Yes† | Yes | Partial† | Editorial Preview |
| SFSynthflow | Larger teams that want custom call flows built with vendor support | Pricing verification needed | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No† | Editorial Preview |
Service businesses that need the call to turn into a booked job
Small businesses that want a simple setup
Businesses that want human receptionists behind the AI
Larger teams that want custom call flows built with vendor support
† Not independently verified: based on the provider's public materials or editorial knowledge, not yet checked against a dated source. “Verify” means no data has been entered yet. Test scores appear only when the 10-call challenge has been completed for that provider.