AI Receptionist Ireland vs Kalyvox
The short answer
- Kalyvox costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- AI Receptionist Ireland has the lowest advertised price ($69), but costs 227 EUR at 100 calls.
- Only Kalyvox books into your calendar on every plan.
- Only Kalyvox transfers calls on every plan.
 AI Receptionist IrelandIrish SMEs and trades that want someone else to build and run the phone answeringVisit site |  Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | AI Receptionist Ireland227 EUR | Kalyvox136.50 EURLowest |
| At 500 calls a month | AI Receptionist Ireland902 EUR | Kalyvox326.50 EURLowest |
| Advertised from | AI Receptionist Ireland$69 a month | Kalyvox$89 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | AI Receptionist IrelandThe 69 EUR plan covers 24 of 100 calls. Starter costs less for all 100. | KalyvoxThe 89 EUR plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. |
| Bills | AI Receptionist Irelandper minute | Kalyvoxper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | AI Receptionist IrelandYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance and extra minutes are sold in fixed blocks… | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate… |
| Free trial or plan | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyYou can hear a receptionist built for your business on a free 20-minute demo and ring an… | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone… |
| Month to month, cancel online | AI Receptionist IrelandYesAll plans are rolling monthly with no long-term contract or cancellation fee… | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment, cancellable from the account settings without… |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyIt checks availability and books during the call into your calendar or booking system… | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability… |
| Transfers to a person | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyLive transfer of a caller to you or your team is included only on the Premium and… | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent, and on documented flows the assistant collects… |
| Human receptionists as backup | AI Receptionist IrelandNoThere is no human agent pool behind the AI: a question it cannot answer ends in a message… | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI: when no transfer target is available the assistant… |
| After-hours rules | AI Receptionist IrelandYesEvery call plan answers around the clock including weekends and bank holidays… | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured opening hours… |
| Urgent calls escalated | AI Receptionist IrelandYesYou define what counts as urgent for your business during setup and those calls are… | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact |
| Texts your callers | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyText confirmations and secure payment links can be sent to the caller… | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile… |
| Call summary by text | AI Receptionist IrelandYesEvery plan sends a summary of each call by email or text covering who rang… | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyEnglish with Irish accent handling is the default | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | AI Receptionist IrelandNot stated | KalyvoxNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | AI Receptionist IrelandYesThere is a public number you can ring to hear their own receptionist answer… | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | AI Receptionist IrelandNoGoogle Calendar and Cal.com are the named calendar connections and Calendly appears in… | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization and are booked during… |
| Outlook | AI Receptionist IrelandNoGoogle Calendar and Cal.com are the named calendar connections and Calendly appears in… | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization and are booked during… |
| Calendly | AI Receptionist IrelandNoGoogle Calendar and Cal.com are the named calendar connections and Calendly appears in… | KalyvoxYesa Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected |
| Your trade’s software | AI Receptionist IrelandPartlyTrade, salon, gym and payment systems are named - Jobber, Tradify, ServiceM8, Fergus… | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT… |
| Keep your number | AI Receptionist IrelandYesYou keep the number customers already ring and the vendor sets up forwarding from your… | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently… |
| In short | ||
| What it is | AI Receptionist IrelandAI Receptionist Ireland is a fully managed AI call answering service for Irish small businesses, built and maintained by its Dublin team rather than configured by the customer. It answers calls in the business name, books appointments and sends a summary of every call.All answers for AI Receptionist Ireland | KalyvoxKalyvox is a Toulouse-built AI receptionist that answers forwarded business calls around the clock, qualifies each caller against rules you configure and books appointments into a connected calendar. Every handled call becomes a structured ticket with summary, transcript and next action.All answers for Kalyvox |
| Checked | AI Receptionist IrelandOctober 14, 2026 | KalyvoxOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price