AI Receptionist vs VoiceFleet
The short answer
- AI Receptionist costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- Only AI Receptionist transfers calls on every plan.
 AI Receptionistsolo professionals and small businesses that miss calls while workingVisit site |  VoiceFleetlocal service firms in Ireland and the UK that lose booking calls to voicemailVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | AI Receptionist$57.75Lowest | VoiceFleet99 EUR |
| At 500 calls a month | AI Receptionist$261.50Lowest | VoiceFleet599 EUR |
| Advertised from | AI Receptionist$14 a month | VoiceFleet$99 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | AI ReceptionistThe $14 plan covers 30 of 100 calls.70 cost extra. | VoiceFleetThe 99 EUR plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | AI Receptionistper minute | VoiceFleetper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | AI ReceptionistPartlyCalls are not auto-upgraded or billed down: once the monthly minutes run out the… | VoiceFleetNoThere is no overage rate at all: instead of billing extra minutes automatically… |
| Free trial or plan | AI ReceptionistPartlyA 7-day trial lets it answer your real line: you get 30 minutes of live calls and can… | VoiceFleetPartlyEvery plan starts with a 7-day free trial you can run on real business calls while… |
| Month to month, cancel online | AI ReceptionistYesMonth-to-month with no contract, and you cancel yourself in the app without phoning anyone | VoiceFleetYesBilling is month to month with no lock-in |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | AI ReceptionistPartlyIt books into the caller’s slot during the call… | VoiceFleetPartlyIt books into the diary during the call only where the connected provider supports API… |
| Transfers to a person | AI ReceptionistYesTransfers are warm by default: it texts you who is calling and why… | VoiceFleetPartlyTransfer to your own staff is an add-on on Starter and included from Growth upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | AI ReceptionistNoNo human agents sit behind the AI | VoiceFleetNoNo human receptionists sit behind the AI: the vendor positions itself as AI-first against… |
| After-hours rules | AI ReceptionistPartlyAnswering is 24/7 on every plan including weekends and holidays… | VoiceFleetYesIt answers 24/7 on every plan and you configure time zone, holiday hours… |
| Urgent calls escalated | AI ReceptionistYesEmergency recognition is a documented behaviour: the vendor says it triages urgent calls… | VoiceFleetYesEmergency flagging is listed on all three plans and urgent calls can be routed to staff… |
| Texts your callers | AI ReceptionistYesCallers can text the same number and hold a full SMS conversation answered from the same… | VoiceFleetNot stated |
| Call summary by text | AI ReceptionistYesYou can get per-call alerts by SMS as well as email… | VoiceFleetYesAfter each call you get caller details, reason for calling and urgency as an instant… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | AI ReceptionistYes57 languages | VoiceFleetPartly30+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | AI ReceptionistNoNo BAA today on any plan: the vendor lists HIPAA compliance and Business Associate… | VoiceFleetNoNo Business Associate Agreement is offered anywhere |
| Hear it before you buy | AI ReceptionistYesThree live demo receptionists are published with their phone numbers and suggested… | VoiceFleetPartlyYou can run a live AI receptionist call in the browser and play two recorded sample calls… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar is the only calendar it books into, included from the $14 plan up | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Outlook | AI ReceptionistYesthe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Calendly | AI ReceptionistYesthe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Your trade’s software | AI ReceptionistNot stated | VoiceFleetYesTrade and practice systems are supported, including Open Dental, Phorest… |
| Keep your number | AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing line and forward it with carrier star codes… | VoiceFleetYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the VoiceFleet number |
| In short | ||
| What it is | AI 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 Receptionist | VoiceFleetVoiceFleet is an inbound AI voice receptionist for small businesses that answers forwarded calls, answers approved FAQs, captures booking requests and routes urgent callers. It sells prepaid monthly minute plans with a local business number and booking-system integrations.All answers for VoiceFleet |
| Checked | AI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026 | VoiceFleetOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price