Answer AI vs Goodcall
The short answer
- Answer AI costs least at 100 calls a month (72.50 GBP via sales), Goodcall at 500 ($129).
- Only Answer AI has receptionists of its own to take over a call on every plan.
- Only Goodcall books into your calendar on every plan.
- Only Goodcall transfers calls on every plan.
 Answer AIUK sole traders and SMEs that miss calls out of hours, from locksmiths to law firmsVisit site |  GoodcallVisit site | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Answer AI72.50 GBP via salesLowest | Goodcall$79 |
| At 500 calls a month | Answer AI300 GBP via sales | Goodcall$129Lowest |
| Advertised from | Answer AI$10 a month | Goodcall$79 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | Answer AIThe 10 GBP plan covers 0 of 100 calls. Growth costs less for all 100. | GoodcallThe $79 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Answer AIper call | Goodcallper caller |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Answer AIYesEach plan bundles a call allowance and extra calls simply continue at £0.85 each… | GoodcallYesPast the allowance, service continues and each extra unique customer is billed at the… |
| Free trial or plan | Answer AINoThere is no free plan or free trial on your own line: the cheapest plan is a paid monthly… | GoodcallPartlyThere is no free trial on a real line |
| Month to month, cancel online | Answer AIYesPlans are monthly with no long-term commitment… | GoodcallYesEvery plan is month to month with monthly billing only |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor says appointment scheduling is a core capability but only on the two upper… | GoodcallYesBooks into Google Calendar during the call |
| Transfers to a person | Answer AIPartlyLive transfer is excluded from the cheapest Lite plan… | GoodcallYesTransfers callers to an escalation contact on every plan… |
| Human receptionists as backup | Answer AIYesCalls can be routed to the company's own human answering operators rather than only to… | GoodcallNoGoodcall supplies no human receptionists |
| After-hours rules | Answer AIPartlyRound-the-clock answering is stated plainly for every plan… | GoodcallYesAnswers 24/7 on every plan and uses the hours, holidays and closures you set on calls |
| Urgent calls escalated | Answer AIPartlyUrgency recognition is claimed for emergency trades… | GoodcallYesThe agent triages callers including urgent ones and transfers to the right person with a… |
| Texts your callers | Answer AINot stated | GoodcallPartlyThe agent can send a caller a text such as a confirmation or a link… |
| Call summary by text | Answer AIYesMessage delivery is by email and the online portal as standard… | GoodcallYesAfter a call the agent sends the captured lead to you by text and email… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor claims 32 supported languages but publishes no list and gates multilingual… | GoodcallPartlyEnglish only |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Answer AINot stated | GoodcallPartlyGoodcall signs a standard Business Associate Agreement only on the Scale plan… |
| Hear it before you buy | Answer AIYesA public number is published to call the AI receptionist… | GoodcallYesYou can hear it before paying: a free demo agent you build and call from your browser… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Answer AINot stated | GoodcallYesGoogle Calendar is a native connection used for booking on every plan |
| Outlook | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… | GoodcallPartlyOutlook: only a custom connection set up by a developer is named as the route |
| Calendly | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… | GoodcallPartlyCalendly: only a custom connection set up by a developer is named as the route |
| Your trade’s software | Answer AINot stated | GoodcallPartlyNo trade software… |
| Keep your number | Answer AIYesYou keep your existing line and divert to the dedicated number supplied at no extra cost… | GoodcallYesYou keep your existing number with your carrier and forward either every call or only… |
| 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 | GoodcallGoodcall is an AI phone agent for small businesses, started inside Google in 2017, that answers a company's calls in place of voicemail. Its agent is built and changed by Gabi, an AI assistant that takes instructions in plain language.All answers for Goodcall |
| Checked | Answer AIOctober 14, 2026 | GoodcallOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price