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