Beside Phone vs Voxara AI
The short answer
- Beside Phone costs least: $29.99 a month for 100 calls and $29.99 for 500.
- Pick Beside Phone if you want calls put through to you or text conversations with callers.
- Pick Voxara AI if you want a summary by text after each call (from the Growth plan).
 Beside Phonesolo trades and local teams who miss inbound calls while on the jobVisit site |  Voxara AICanadian clinics, salons and trades that want the receptionist built and run for themVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | Voxara AINot priced yet |
| At 500 calls a month | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | Voxara AINot priced yet |
| Advertised from | Beside Phone$29 a month | Voxara AICA$49 (about $34) a monthabout $34 |
| The advertised plan covers | Beside PhoneThe $29 plan it advertises stops answering after 30 calls. | Voxara AINot counted |
| Bills | Beside Phoneper call | Voxara AI |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Beside PhoneYesOn Baseline the AI stops answering once 30 calls are used and callers drop to voicemail | Voxara AIYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance |
| Free trial or plan | Beside PhonePartlyOnly the pricier Unlimited plan has a seven-day free trial on your real line | Voxara AINoThere is no free plan and no published free trial on a real line |
| Month to month, cancel online | Beside PhoneYesBaseline and Unlimited are month-to-month only and you cancel yourself in billing settings | Voxara AIYesAll plans are month to month with no annual commitment and cancellation any time |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Beside PhoneYesWith a connected Google or Outlook calendar the Receptionist checks live availability | Voxara AIYesThe agent checks live calendar availability |
| Transfers to a person | Beside PhoneYesThe Receptionist transfers to a teammate or external number on rules you define | Voxara AIPartlyTransfer to a human exists but is a Growth-tier feature |
| Human receptionists as backup | Beside PhoneNoNo human answering service sits behind the AI | Voxara AINoThere is no human answering team behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | Beside PhoneYesIt answers around the clock by default and Business Hours sends daytime calls to your team | Voxara AIYesAnswering runs 24/7 on every plan including evenings, weekends and holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | Beside PhoneYesA Scenario rule can recognize emergency wording | Voxara AIPartlyEmergency handling is configured per client |
| Texts your callers | Beside PhoneYesA Send a Text action texts the caller a link or confirmation during the call | Voxara AIPartlyThe agent can send texts and automated 24-hour appointment reminders |
| Call summary by text | Beside PhoneNoSummaries arrive in the app and, if enabled, by email to an address you set | Voxara AIPartlyPost-call AI summaries arrive by email, Slack or Outlook and in a Google Sheet log |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Beside PhonePartly5 languages | Voxara AIYesEnglish, French and Chinese |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Beside PhoneNot stated | Voxara AINot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Beside PhoneYesAnyone can phone a published demo number | Voxara AIPartlyNo public demo number or recorded sample calls are published |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity |
| Outlook | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity |
| Calendly | Beside PhoneYesCalendly is only textable as a link | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity |
| Your trade’s software | Beside PhoneNot stated | Voxara AIPartlyNo trade system such as ServiceTitan, Jobber |
| Keep your number | Beside PhoneYesYou keep your carrier number and forward calls to the Beside line | Voxara AIYesYou keep your existing number and forward calls to Voxara |
| 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 | Voxara AIVoxara AI is a done-for-you AI receptionist that a Canadian team builds, configures and manages for a small business. It answers calls around the clock, handles bookings, reschedules and cancellations by voice, and logs every call.All answers for Voxara AI |
| Checked | Beside PhoneOctober 14, 2026 | Voxara AIOctober 16, 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.