AutoLeap AIR vs IONOS AI Receptionist
The short answer
- IONOS AI Receptionist costs least: £69 (about $91) a month for 100 calls and £99 (about $131) for 500.
- Pick IONOS AI Receptionist if you want the lower bill.
 AutoLeap AIRauto repair shops losing after-hours and busy-bay calls to voicemailVisit site |  IONOS AI ReceptionistUK and US small businesses wanting GDPR-compliant, EU-hosted AI call answeringVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | AutoLeap AIR$99 | IONOS AI Receptionist£69about $91Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | AutoLeap AIR$199 | IONOS AI Receptionist£99about $131Lowest |
| Advertised from | AutoLeap AIR$99 a month | IONOS AI Receptionist£39 a monthabout $52 |
| The advertised plan covers | AutoLeap AIRThe $99 plan covers all 100 calls. | IONOS AI ReceptionistThe £39 (about $52) plan it advertises covers 30 of 100 calls. AI Receptionist Flex Pro costs less for all 100. |
| Bills | AutoLeap AIRper call | IONOS AI Receptionistper call |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | AutoLeap AIRYesCalls past the plan allowance keep being answered | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesCalls past the allowance keep being answered and are charged per extra call |
| Free trial or plan | AutoLeap AIRPartlyThere is a 30-day free period advertised as a limited-time offer rather than a standing free plan | IONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyEvery package comes with a free first month |
| Month to month, cancel online | AutoLeap AIRYesSold month to month with no commitment and no minimum spend on the pay-as-you-go option | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesAll three packages are month-to-month with cancellation any time |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | AutoLeap AIRPartlyIt schedules during the live call | IONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyThe assistant checks real availability |
| Transfers to a person | AutoLeap AIRPartlyIt routes a caller to a human when asked, but the vendor limits that to business hours | IONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyYou save contacts with phone numbers |
| Human receptionists as backup | AutoLeap AIRNoThe vendor states AIR runs on its own with no human supervisor behind it | IONOS AI ReceptionistNoThere is no human answering team behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | AutoLeap AIRYesRound-the-clock answering including weekends and holidays | IONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyThe assistant answers around the clock |
| Urgent calls escalated | AutoLeap AIRNot stated | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesThe vendor states the assistant recognizes emergency trigger phrases |
| Texts your callers | AutoLeap AIRNot stated | IONOS AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Call summary by text | AutoLeap AIRPartlyEvery call produces a written summary visible in the AIR Portal dashboard | IONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyEvery call produces an email summary with the caller's number, subject line |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | AutoLeap AIRYesEnglish, Spanish and French | IONOS AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | AutoLeap AIRNot stated | IONOS AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | AutoLeap AIRYesA public demo number is published for calling the agent yourself | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesA public UK demo number connects a caller straight to the live AI receptionist at no cost |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | AutoLeap AIRYesNo page names Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly as a destination | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.com |
| Outlook | AutoLeap AIRYesNo page names Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly as a destination | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.com |
| Calendly | AutoLeap AIRYesNo page names Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly as a destination | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.com |
| Your trade’s software | AutoLeap AIRPartlyIt is built around AutoLeap's own shop management system and claims generic compatibility | IONOS AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Keep your number | AutoLeap AIRPartlyOnboarding is described as connecting your existing shop number, which implies forwarding | IONOS AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your business number and divert it to the assistant's own number |
| In short | ||
| What it is | AutoLeap AIRAutoLeap AIR is an AI phone receptionist sold by auto repair shop software vendor AutoLeap. It answers shop calls around the clock, captures caller and vehicle details, and places appointment requests on the shop's AutoLeap calendar.All answers for AutoLeap AIR | IONOS AI ReceptionistIONOS AI Receptionist is a hosted AI phone answering service that takes calls on its own number or a forwarded business line, answers from your website content and books appointments. It is sold in three per-call packages alongside IONOS hosting and domain products.All answers for IONOS AI Receptionist |
| Checked | AutoLeap AIROctober 14, 2026 | IONOS AI ReceptionistOctober 15, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of Oct 15, 2026.