Beside Phone vs Talkify
The short answer
- Beside Phone costs least: $29.99 a month for 100 calls and $29.99 for 500.
- Talkify has the lowest advertised price, NZ$10 (about $5.60), but costs NZ$109 (about $61) at 100 calls.
- Pick Beside Phone if you want the lower bill.
- Pick Talkify if you want a summary by text after each call.
 Beside Phonesolo trades and local teams who miss inbound calls while on the jobVisit site |  TalkifyNZ and Australian trades, clinics and salons that miss calls while on the jobVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | TalkifyNZ$109about $61 |
| At 500 calls a month | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | TalkifyNZ$209about $117 |
| Advertised from | Beside Phone$29 a month | TalkifyNZ$10 (about $5.60) a monthabout $5.60 |
| The advertised plan covers | Beside PhoneThe $29 plan it advertises stops answering after 30 calls. | TalkifyThe NZ$10 (about $5.60) plan it advertises covers 0 of 100 calls. Shortwave (Personal Assistant) costs less for all 100. |
| Bills | Beside Phoneper call | Talkifyper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Beside PhoneYesOn Baseline the AI stops answering once 30 calls are used and callers drop to voicemail | TalkifyYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance and are charged per extra minute |
| Free trial or plan | Beside PhonePartlyOnly the pricier Unlimited plan has a seven-day free trial on your real line | TalkifyPartlyYou can hear and sign up on a live demo line |
| Month to month, cancel online | Beside PhoneYesBaseline and Unlimited are month-to-month only and you cancel yourself in billing settings | TalkifyYesStandard plans are month to month with no lock-in and transcripts kept after you stop |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Beside PhoneYesWith a connected Google or Outlook calendar the Receptionist checks live availability | TalkifyYesThe agent reads live diary availability during the call and writes the appointment in |
| Transfers to a person | Beside PhoneYesThe Receptionist transfers to a teammate or external number on rules you define | TalkifyYesUrgent callers are warm-transferred to a person with the context already collected |
| Human receptionists as backup | Beside PhoneNoNo human answering service sits behind the AI | TalkifyNoThere is no human answering team behind the AI for customer calls |
| After-hours rules | Beside PhoneYesIt answers around the clock by default and Business Hours sends daytime calls to your team | TalkifyYesIt answers continuously including weekends and public holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | Beside PhoneYesA Scenario rule can recognize emergency wording | TalkifyYesEmergencies are recognized against rules you write |
| Texts your callers | Beside PhoneYesA Send a Text action texts the caller a link or confirmation during the call | TalkifyYesThe agent can text the caller after or during a call, including booking links |
| Call summary by text | Beside PhoneNoSummaries arrive in the app and, if enabled, by email to an address you set | TalkifyYesA summary is texted and emailed as soon as the call ends |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Beside PhonePartly5 languages | TalkifyYes32 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Beside PhoneNot stated | TalkifyNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Beside PhoneYesAnyone can phone a published demo number | TalkifyYesA public New Zealand demo number is answered by their own agent around the clock |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | TalkifyYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 or Outlook are booked into directly after a live availability read |
| Outlook | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | TalkifyYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 or Outlook are booked into directly after a live availability read |
| Calendly | Beside PhoneYesCalendly is only textable as a link | TalkifyYesCalendly is supported but the caller is texted a single-use booking link instead |
| Your trade’s software | Beside PhoneNot stated | TalkifyPartlyTrade and clinic systems are covered through ServiceM8, Fergus, Simpro, Jobber, Tradify |
| Keep your number | Beside PhoneYesYou keep your carrier number and forward calls to the Beside line | TalkifyYesYou keep your existing mobile, landline or 0800 number |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Beside PhoneBeside Phone is a mobile and web business phone line whose AI receptionist answers inbound calls around the clock, captures caller details, qualifies leads and books appointments. Calls, texts, summaries and transcripts live in one shared team app.All answers for Beside Phone | TalkifyTalkify is a New Zealand-built AI phone agent that answers a business number or a personal mobile around the clock, books into the caller's diary and texts a summary. It sells reception, personal assistant, booking, sales and outbound calling agents on NZ and Australian numbers.All answers for Talkify |
| Checked | Beside PhoneOctober 14, 2026 | TalkifyOctober 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.