Aira vs Answer AI
The short answer
- Aira costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- Answer AI has the lowest advertised price ($10), but costs 72.50 GBP via sales at 100 calls.
- Only Answer AI has receptionists of its own to take over a call on every plan.
- Only Aira transfers calls on every plan.
 Airaservice businesses losing calls while staff are with customers or on a jobVisit site |  Answer AIUK sole traders and SMEs that miss calls out of hours, from locksmiths to law firmsVisit site | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Aira$69.95Lowest | Answer AI72.50 GBP via sales |
| At 500 calls a month | Aira$299Lowest | Answer AI300 GBP via sales |
| Advertised from | Aira$24.95 a month | Answer AI$10 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | AiraThe $24.95 plan covers 30 of 100 calls. Premium costs less for all 100. | Answer AIThe 10 GBP plan covers 0 of 100 calls. Growth costs less for all 100. |
| Bills | Airaper call | Answer AIper call |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | AiraPartlyCalls past the allowance keep being answered and bill as overage at a per-call rate that… | Answer AIYesEach plan bundles a call allowance and extra calls simply continue at £0.85 each… |
| Free trial or plan | AiraNot stated | Answer AINoThere is no free plan or free trial on your own line: the cheapest plan is a paid monthly… |
| Month to month, cancel online | AiraPartlyBilling is month to month with no long-term contract required… | Answer AIYesPlans are monthly with no long-term commitment… |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | AiraPartlyWith a supported scheduling connection it checks real availability and creates the… | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor says appointment scheduling is a core capability but only on the two upper… |
| Transfers to a person | AiraYesCalls transfer to your team and the agent briefs them with the caller's name and reason… | Answer AIPartlyLive transfer is excluded from the cheapest Lite plan… |
| Human receptionists as backup | AiraNoEscalation goes to your own staff, not to a human agent working for Aira | Answer AIYesCalls can be routed to the company's own human answering operators rather than only to… |
| After-hours rules | AiraPartlyIt answers 24/7 including evenings, weekends and holidays… | Answer AIPartlyRound-the-clock answering is stated plainly for every plan… |
| Urgent calls escalated | AiraYesPriority criteria you define trigger a transfer to a named person or number… | Answer AIPartlyUrgency recognition is claimed for emergency trades… |
| Texts your callers | AiraPartlyIt texts callers mid-call with a booking link, address or custom message… | Answer AINot stated |
| Call summary by text | AiraYesSummaries arrive by SMS, email or both straight after the call, naming the caller… | Answer AIYesMessage delivery is by email and the online portal as standard… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | AiraYes31 languages | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor claims 32 supported languages but publishes no list and gates multilingual… |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | AiraNoThe vendor states plainly that it is not HIPAA covered and signs no BAA on any plan… | Answer AINot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | AiraNot stated | Answer AIYesA public number is published to call the AI receptionist… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | AiraYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook and Calendly are all named for booking… | Answer AINot stated |
| Outlook | AiraYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook and Calendly are all named for booking… | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… |
| Calendly | AiraYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook and Calendly are all named for booking… | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… |
| Your trade’s software | AiraPartlyField service and legal software are covered… | Answer AINot stated |
| Keep your number | AiraYesYou keep your existing business number and forward calls to Aira… | Answer AIYesYou keep your existing line and divert to the dedicated number supplied at no extra cost… |
| In short | ||
| What it is | AiraAira is an AI phone answering service for small service businesses that answers calls 24/7, captures caller details, books appointments and routes or transfers callers. It is sold in four per-call plans alongside the vendor's other business agents.All answers for Aira | Answer AIAnswer AI is a UK AI virtual receptionist from Answer.co.uk that answers calls around the clock, handles FAQs from your website or documents, captures caller details and sends messages by email or SMS. It is sold on four monthly plans with per-call charging.All answers for Answer AI |
| Checked | AiraOctober 14, 2026 | Answer AIOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price