Answer AI vs VoiceFleet
The short answer
- Answer AI costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- Only Answer AI has receptionists of its own to take over a call on every plan.
 Answer AIUK sole traders and SMEs that miss calls out of hours, from locksmiths to law firmsVisit 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 | Answer AI72.50 GBP via salesLowest | VoiceFleet99 EUR |
| At 500 calls a month | Answer AI300 GBP via salesLowest | VoiceFleet599 EUR |
| Advertised from | Answer AI$10 a month | VoiceFleet$99 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | Answer AIThe 10 GBP plan covers 0 of 100 calls. Growth costs less for all 100. | VoiceFleetThe 99 EUR plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Answer AIper call | VoiceFleetper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Answer AIYesEach plan bundles a call allowance and extra calls simply continue at £0.85 each… | VoiceFleetNoThere is no overage rate at all: instead of billing extra minutes automatically… |
| Free trial or plan | Answer AINoThere is no free plan or free trial on your own line: the cheapest plan is a paid monthly… | VoiceFleetPartlyEvery plan starts with a 7-day free trial you can run on real business calls while… |
| Month to month, cancel online | Answer AIYesPlans are monthly with no long-term commitment… | VoiceFleetYesBilling is month to month with no lock-in |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor says appointment scheduling is a core capability but only on the two upper… | VoiceFleetPartlyIt books into the diary during the call only where the connected provider supports API… |
| Transfers to a person | Answer AIPartlyLive transfer is excluded from the cheapest Lite plan… | VoiceFleetPartlyTransfer to your own staff is an add-on on Starter and included from Growth upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | Answer AIYesCalls can be routed to the company's own human answering operators rather than only to… | VoiceFleetNoNo human receptionists sit behind the AI: the vendor positions itself as AI-first against… |
| After-hours rules | Answer AIPartlyRound-the-clock answering is stated plainly for every plan… | VoiceFleetYesIt answers 24/7 on every plan and you configure time zone, holiday hours… |
| Urgent calls escalated | Answer AIPartlyUrgency recognition is claimed for emergency trades… | VoiceFleetYesEmergency flagging is listed on all three plans and urgent calls can be routed to staff… |
| Texts your callers | Answer AINot stated | VoiceFleetNot stated |
| Call summary by text | Answer AIYesMessage delivery is by email and the online portal as standard… | VoiceFleetYesAfter each call you get caller details, reason for calling and urgency as an instant… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Answer AIPartlyThe vendor claims 32 supported languages but publishes no list and gates multilingual… | VoiceFleetPartly30+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Answer AINot stated | VoiceFleetNoNo Business Associate Agreement is offered anywhere |
| Hear it before you buy | Answer AIYesA public number is published to call the AI receptionist… | VoiceFleetPartlyYou can run a live AI receptionist call in the browser and play two recorded sample calls… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Answer AINot stated | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Outlook | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Calendly | Answer AIYesBooking into a calendar is possible where an integration is configured… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly… |
| Your trade’s software | Answer AINot stated | VoiceFleetYesTrade and practice systems are supported, including Open Dental, Phorest… |
| Keep your number | Answer AIYesYou keep your existing line and divert to the dedicated number supplied at no extra cost… | VoiceFleetYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the VoiceFleet number |
| 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 | 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 | Answer AIOctober 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