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AI Receptionist vs Marlie AI

The short answer

  • Marlie AI costs least at 100 calls a month: $49.
  • AI Receptionist costs least at 500: $261.50.
  • AI Receptionist has the lowest advertised price, $14, but costs $57.75 at 100 calls.
  • Pick AI Receptionist if you want the lower bill at 500 calls or calls put through to you.
  • Pick Marlie AI if you want the lower bill at 100 calls.
AI Receptionist vs Marlie AI, compared
AI Receptionistsolo professionals and small businesses that miss calls while workingVisit siteMarlie AIsolo trades and service shops that miss calls on the jobVisit site
Cost
At 100 calls a monthAI Receptionist$57.75Marlie AI$49Lowest
At 500 calls a monthAI Receptionist$261.50LowestMarlie AI$274
Advertised fromAI Receptionist$14 a monthMarlie AI$49 a month
The advertised plan coversAI ReceptionistThe $14 plan covers 30 of 100 calls.70 cost extra.Marlie AIThe $49 plan covers all 100 calls.
BillsAI Receptionistper minuteMarlie AIper minute
Keeps answering past your allowanceAI ReceptionistPartlyCalls are not auto-upgraded or billed downMarlie AIYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance
Free trial or planAI ReceptionistPartlyA 7-day trial lets it answer your real line: you get 30 minutes of live callsMarlie AIPartlyA 14-day free trial lets you test on a real line within minutes
Month to month, cancel onlineAI ReceptionistYesMonth-to-month with no contract, and you cancel yourself in the app without phoning anyoneMarlie AIYesPlans are month to month with no long-term commitment and no cancellation fee
On the call
Books appointmentsAI ReceptionistPartlyIt books into the caller’s slot during the callMarlie AIPartlyReal booking into a synced calendar starts on the Standard plan
Transfers to a personAI ReceptionistYesTransfers are warm by default: it texts you who is calling and whyMarlie AIPartlyWarm transfer with the caller announced before you accept is real
Human receptionists as backupAI ReceptionistNoNo human agents sit behind the AIMarlie AINoThere is no human agent pool behind the AI
After-hours rulesAI ReceptionistPartlyAnswering is 24/7 on every plan including weekends and holidaysMarlie AIYesIt answers around the clock and you can set different after-hours behavior
Urgent calls escalatedAI ReceptionistYesEmergency recognition is a documented behavior: the vendor says it triages urgent callsMarlie AIPartlyUrgent keywords can trigger an immediate transfer to an on-call person
Texts your callersAI ReceptionistYesCallers can text the same numberMarlie AIPartlyIt texts callers links and automated SMS follow-ups after the call
Call summary by textAI ReceptionistYesYou can get per-call alerts by SMS as well as email, with a daily SMSMarlie AIYesA post-call report with caller, issue and urgency goes out by text as well as email
Language, privacy and trying it
LanguagesAI ReceptionistYes57 languagesMarlie AIYes50+ languages
HIPAA, with a signed BAAAI ReceptionistNoNo BAA today on any plan: the vendor lists HIPAA complianceMarlie AINot stated
Hear it before you buyAI ReceptionistYesThree live demo receptionists are published with their phone numbersMarlie AIYesFour public demo lines by industry can be called directly, plus recorded sample calls
What it connects to
Google CalendarAI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar is the only calendar it books into, included from the $14 plan upMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets
OutlookAI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to comeMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets
CalendlyAI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to comeMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets
Your trade’s softwareAI ReceptionistNot statedMarlie AIPartlyTrade tools covered include Housecall Pro, Jobber, Shopmonkey, Clio
Keep your numberAI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing line and forward it with carrier star codes, documented per carrierMarlie AIYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the Marlie number
In short
What it isAI ReceptionistAI Receptionist is a 24/7 AI phone answering service for small businesses and solo operators. It greets callers, answers their questions from your own business information, books appointments, screens spam and sends you a summary of every call.All answers for AI ReceptionistMarlie AIMarlie AI is a 24/7 AI answering service that picks up a service business's forwarded calls, screens spam, qualifies callers and books jobs into a connected calendar. Call reports with summaries and transcripts go out by email and text after every call.All answers for Marlie AI
CheckedAI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026Marlie AIOctober 15, 2026

Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price