Kalyvox vs Maple
The short answer
- Maple costs least: $150 a month for 100 calls and $150 for 500.
- Kalyvox has the lowest advertised price, €89 (about $100), but costs €136.50 (about $153) at 100 calls.
- Pick Kalyvox if you want bookings made during the call, booking in Google Calendar or booking in Outlook.
- Pick Maple if you want the lower bill or a connection to your trade’s software.
 Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit site |  Mapleindependent restaurants and multi-unit groups that lose phone orders during a rushVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Kalyvox€136.50about $153 | Maple$150Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Kalyvox€326.50about $366 | Maple$150Lowest |
| Advertised from | Kalyvox€89 (about $100) a monthabout $100 | Maple$150 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | KalyvoxThe €89 (about $100) plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. | MapleThe $150 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Kalyvoxper minute | Mapleflat fee |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate | MapleNoThere is no allowance to exceed and no overage rate published: Maple states minutes |
| Free trial or plan | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone yourself | MapleNoThere is no free plan and no free trial on a real line: onboarding requires a card |
| Month to month, cancel online | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment | MaplePartlyMarketing promises month-to-month with no contracts |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability, offers slots and writes the event | MaplePartlyReservations are booked, changed and canceled during the call |
| Transfers to a person | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent | MapleYesAutomated transfer is included on the entry plan with a configurable handoff number |
| Human receptionists as backup | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI | MapleNoThe documented fallback chain ends with the restaurant's own staff |
| After-hours rules | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured business hours | MapleYesMaple answers 24/7 and the vendor states it can give different responses when the restaurant is closed |
| Urgent calls escalated | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact | MapleNot stated |
| Texts your callers | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile | MaplePartlyThe agent can text order links, booking links, payment links and custom messages |
| Call summary by text | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text | MaplePartlyEvery call gets a written AI summary, but in the dashboard rather than by SMS |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French | MaplePartly5 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | KalyvoxNot stated | MapleNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call | MaplePartlySeven recorded sample calls across cuisines |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Outlook | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Calendly | KalyvoxYesA Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Your trade’s software | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT | MapleYesThe connections are restaurant-specific: Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 Dine, Lightspeed |
| Keep your number | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently, on no-answer | MapleYesThe recommended setup keeps your existing line |
| In short | ||
| What it is | KalyvoxKalyvox is a Toulouse-built AI receptionist that answers forwarded business calls around the clock, qualifies each caller against rules you configure and books appointments into a connected calendar. Every handled call becomes a structured ticket with summary, transcript and next action.All answers for Kalyvox | MapleMaple is an AI phone agent for restaurants that answers calls around the clock, handles hours and FAQ questions, and transfers callers to staff. Its Pro tier also takes phone orders into the POS and books OpenTable reservations.All answers for Maple |
| Checked | KalyvoxOctober 14, 2026 | MapleOctober 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.