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IONOS AI Receptionist vs Ringmere

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.
  • Pick Ringmere if you want bookings made during the call.
IONOS AI Receptionist vs Ringmere, compared
IONOS AI ReceptionistUK and US small businesses wanting GDPR-compliant, EU-hosted AI call answeringVisit siteRingmereUK appointment businesses losing bookings to voicemail, from salons to dental practicesVisit site
Cost
At 100 calls a monthIONOS AI Receptionist£69about $91LowestRingmere£74about $98
At 500 calls a monthIONOS AI Receptionist£99about $131LowestRingmere£324about $429
Advertised fromIONOS AI Receptionist£39 (about $52) a monthabout $52Ringmere£49 (about $65) a monthabout $65
The advertised plan coversIONOS AI ReceptionistThe £39 (about $52) plan it advertises covers 30 of 100 calls. AI Receptionist Flex Pro costs less for all 100.RingmereThe £49 (about $65) plan covers 60 of 100 calls.40 cost extra.
BillsIONOS AI Receptionistper callRingmereper minute
Keeps answering past your allowanceIONOS AI ReceptionistYesCalls past the allowance keep being answered and are charged per extra callRingmereYesOverage is charged per extra minute
Free trial or planIONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyEvery package comes with a free first monthRingmerePartlyYou can set up a receptionist
Month to month, cancel onlineIONOS AI ReceptionistYesAll three packages are month-to-month with cancellation any timeRingmereYesPlans are billed monthly in advance with no term commitment
On the call
Books appointmentsIONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyThe assistant checks real availabilityRingmereYesIt books, reschedules and cancels in Google Calendar or Outlook during the call
Transfers to a personIONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyYou save contacts with phone numbersRingmerePartlyLive transfer to one team number is on every plan
Human receptionists as backupIONOS AI ReceptionistNoThere is no human answering team behind the AIRingmereNoThere is no human answering team behind the AI
After-hours rulesIONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyThe assistant answers around the clockRingmereYesIt answers 24/7 and you choose whether it takes every call or only steps in when you are busy, unanswered or closed
Urgent calls escalatedIONOS AI ReceptionistYesThe vendor states the assistant recognizes emergency trigger phrasesRingmereYesEmergencies are put through to your number immediately even when everyday live transfer is off, and the alert is flagged urgent
Texts your callersIONOS AI ReceptionistNot statedRingmerePartlyText confirmations, reminders and missed-call text-backs are on every plan
Call summary by textIONOS AI ReceptionistPartlyEvery call produces an email summary with the caller's number, subject lineRingmereYesAlerts and a daily summary reach your own WhatsApp on every plan, falling back to text
Language, privacy and trying it
LanguagesIONOS AI ReceptionistNot statedRingmerePartly30+ languages
HIPAA, with a signed BAAIONOS AI ReceptionistNot statedRingmereNot stated
Hear it before you buyIONOS AI ReceptionistYesA public UK demo number connects a caller straight to the live AI receptionist at no costRingmereYesYou can ring the vendor's own public AI line or hold a real browser conversation
What it connects to
Google CalendarIONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.comRingmereYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook / Microsoft 365 booking are included on every plan
OutlookIONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.comRingmereYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook / Microsoft 365 booking are included on every plan
CalendlyIONOS AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft 365/Outlook, Cal.comRingmereNoCalendly is not among the connected integrations the vendor lists
Your trade’s softwareIONOS AI ReceptionistNot statedRingmereNoThe vendor states plainly there is no live two-way sync with salon
Keep your numberIONOS AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your business number and divert it to the assistant's own numberRingmereYesYou keep the number your customers know and forward it with a code from a mobile
In short
What it isIONOS 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 ReceptionistRingmereRingmere is a UK AI phone receptionist that answers a small business's calls around the clock, books appointments into Google Calendar or Outlook during the call, and passes urgent callers to a person. Growth and Pro add WhatsApp and SMS chat.All answers for Ringmere
CheckedIONOS AI ReceptionistOctober 15, 2026RingmereOctober 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.