Kalyvox vs RingCentral AI Receptionist
The short answer
- RingCentral AI Receptionist costs least at 100 calls a month ($124), Kalyvox at 500 (326.50 EUR).
 Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit site |  RingCentral AI Receptionistsmall and midsize businesses keeping their phone system but missing callsVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Kalyvox136.50 EUR | RingCentral AI Receptionist$124Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Kalyvox326.50 EURLowest | RingCentral AI Receptionist$624 |
| Advertised from | Kalyvox$89 a month | RingCentral AI Receptionist$49 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | KalyvoxThe 89 EUR plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. | RingCentral AI ReceptionistThe $39 plan covers 40 of 100 calls. Standalone costs less for all 100. |
| Bills | Kalyvoxper minute | RingCentral AI Receptionistper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYesCalls keep being answered past the 100 included minutes |
| Free trial or plan | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistPartlyBoth plans come with a 14-day free trial you can set up and take real calls on… |
| Month to month, cancel online | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment, cancellable from the account settings without… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistPartlyIt schedules and reschedules during the call through connected calendars or by texting a… |
| Transfers to a person | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent, and on documented flows the assistant collects… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYesIt transfers callers to users, extensions, queues or outside numbers and passes a call… |
| Human receptionists as backup | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI: when no transfer target is available the assistant… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| After-hours rules | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured opening hours… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYesIt answers day and night including weekends and holidays… |
| Urgent calls escalated | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Texts your callers | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistPartlyAn AI SMS agent answers texts, automates text inquiries and sends follow-ups… |
| Call summary by text | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistPartlyCall summaries travel with transfers and full transcripts are in the app… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYes6 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | KalyvoxNot stated | RingCentral AI ReceptionistPartlyHIPAA compliance is listed as included on both plans with encryption and audit logging… |
| Hear it before you buy | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYesThere is a public demo number to call plus recorded sample calls per industry on the… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization and are booked during… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Outlook | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization and are booked during… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNoGoogle, Outlook and Calendly are the named calendar integrations… |
| Calendly | KalyvoxYesa Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNoGoogle, Outlook and Calendly are the named calendar integrations… |
| Your trade’s software | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| Keep your number | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently… | RingCentral AI ReceptionistYesIt sits in front of any existing phone system, reached by forwarding calls to it or via… |
| 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 | RingCentral AI ReceptionistRingCentral AI Receptionist is an AI phone answering product that answers calls and texts around the clock, routes them with context, captures leads and books appointments. It works alongside an existing phone system or as part of RingEX.All answers for RingCentral AI Receptionist |
| Checked | KalyvoxOctober 14, 2026 | RingCentral AI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price