For small businesses pricing an AI to answer the phone
AI receptionists for small business: published prices side by side
Rosie and Allo’s rows show what each vendor publishes on its own page, linked and dated. Our own row comes from our pricing page. The table ranks no one.
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Published prices and terms
Read across a row for one vendor, or down a column to set one term against another.
| Service | Published price | Per-call or per-minute charges | Contract | AI or human | Setup call |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 |
| Allo | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 | Not published on the page linked Source, read Oct 9, 2026 |
| Intake Gateway | $149 a month. Our pricing | None: every answered call is included, and fair use is a guide of up to 100 answered calls a month for one firm’s own line, not a cap. Our pricing | Month to month, no setup fee; cancel any time. Our pricing | AI. Our pricing | No: self-serve. There is no sales or setup call. Our pricing |
Prices in US dollars a month, as each vendor publishes them, read on the vendor’s own page linked beside each fact on the date shown. “Not published on the page linked” means that page did not state it; the vendor may state it elsewhere. “Not confirmed” means the fact is past its monthly re-read. We re-read every source monthly and correct or remove a fact we can no longer confirm. A vendor who finds a fact out of date can write to contact@intakegateway.com.
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What each column holds
- Published price: The monthly figure the vendor states on the page linked in its cell, in US dollars.
- Per-call or per-minute charges: Whether calls or minutes past an allowance cost extra, as that page states it.
- Contract: The term the vendor states: month to month, a longer term, or a setup fee.
- AI or human: Whether an AI or a person picks up the call.
- Setup call: Whether signing up takes a sales or setup call, or is done online alone.
What Intake Gateway’s row buys on each call
Each line is what the agent does, from its own call script.
- The caller first hears that an AI assistant is answering, that the call is recorded and transcribed so your team can follow up, and that staying on the line means consent.
- It collects a full name, a number to call back on, the reason for the call in the caller’s own words, a time that suits them for the callback, and an email.
- Before the call ends, the name, the callback number and any email given are read back.
- Customers, would-be customers, suppliers and sales calls all leave a message; no caller is screened out.
- Someone hurt or in danger right now is told to call 911, or 988 if it is about harming themselves.
- Calls are never transferred.
- It gives no advice, quotes no price, books, confirms or cancels nothing, and makes no promise of what your team will do or when.
- It answers in English only.
The message is emailed to you after every call except one we are confident is spam. It is not for a health, financial or childcare business.
One plan, $149 a month, every answered call included. Fair use is a guide of up to 100 answered calls a month for one firm’s own line, not a cap: nothing meters your calls or cuts them off at that number. If you are consistently and substantially above it, we may get in touch to agree terms that fit that volume, and if we cannot agree any, the Terms of Service let either side end the plan.
First month free, then $149 a month
- Confirm your email: we send a link that signs you in, no password.
- Set up your agent: tell us about your firm, then call your number and hear it.
- Forward your calls to your number and add a card at checkout; the first month is free.