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Marlie AI vs AI Receptionist

The short answer

  • Marlie AI costs least at 100 calls a month: $49.
  • AI Receptionist costs least at 500: $261.50.
  • AI Receptionist has the lowest advertised price, $14, but costs $57.75 at 100 calls.
  • Pick Marlie AI if you want the lower bill at 100 calls.
  • Pick AI Receptionist if you want the lower bill at 500 calls or calls put through to you.
Marlie AI vs AI Receptionist, compared
Marlie AIsolo trades and service shops that miss calls on the jobVisit siteAI Receptionistsolo professionals and small businesses that miss calls while workingVisit site
Cost
At 100 calls a monthMarlie AI$49LowestAI Receptionist$57.75
At 500 calls a monthMarlie AI$274AI Receptionist$261.50Lowest
Advertised fromMarlie AI$49 a monthAI Receptionist$14 a month
The advertised plan coversMarlie AIThe $49 plan covers all 100 calls.AI ReceptionistThe $14 plan covers 30 of 100 calls.70 cost extra.
BillsMarlie AIper minuteAI Receptionistper minute
Keeps answering past your allowanceMarlie AIYesCalls keep being answered past the allowanceAI ReceptionistPartlyCalls are not auto-upgraded or billed down
Free trial or planMarlie AIPartlyA 14-day free trial lets you test on a real line within minutesAI ReceptionistPartlyA 7-day trial lets it answer your real line: you get 30 minutes of live calls
Month to month, cancel onlineMarlie AIYesPlans are month to month with no long-term commitment and no cancellation feeAI ReceptionistYesMonth-to-month with no contract, and you cancel yourself in the app without phoning anyone
On the call
Books appointmentsMarlie AIPartlyReal booking into a synced calendar starts on the Standard planAI ReceptionistPartlyIt books into the caller’s slot during the call
Transfers to a personMarlie AIPartlyWarm transfer with the caller announced before you accept is realAI ReceptionistYesTransfers are warm by default: it texts you who is calling and why
Human receptionists as backupMarlie AINoThere is no human agent pool behind the AIAI ReceptionistNoNo human agents sit behind the AI
After-hours rulesMarlie AIYesIt answers around the clock and you can set different after-hours behaviorAI ReceptionistPartlyAnswering is 24/7 on every plan including weekends and holidays
Urgent calls escalatedMarlie AIPartlyUrgent keywords can trigger an immediate transfer to an on-call personAI ReceptionistYesEmergency recognition is a documented behavior: the vendor says it triages urgent calls
Texts your callersMarlie AIPartlyIt texts callers links and automated SMS follow-ups after the callAI ReceptionistYesCallers can text the same number
Call summary by textMarlie AIYesA post-call report with caller, issue and urgency goes out by text as well as emailAI ReceptionistYesYou can get per-call alerts by SMS as well as email, with a daily SMS
Language, privacy and trying it
LanguagesMarlie AIYes50+ languagesAI ReceptionistYes57 languages
HIPAA, with a signed BAAMarlie AINot statedAI ReceptionistNoNo BAA today on any plan: the vendor lists HIPAA compliance
Hear it before you buyMarlie AIYesFour public demo lines by industry can be called directly, plus recorded sample callsAI ReceptionistYesThree live demo receptionists are published with their phone numbers
What it connects to
Google CalendarMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targetsAI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar is the only calendar it books into, included from the $14 plan up
OutlookMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targetsAI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come
CalendlyMarlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targetsAI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come
Your trade’s softwareMarlie AIPartlyTrade tools covered include Housecall Pro, Jobber, Shopmonkey, ClioAI ReceptionistNot stated
Keep your numberMarlie AIYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the Marlie numberAI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing line and forward it with carrier star codes, documented per carrier
In short
What it isMarlie AIMarlie AI is a 24/7 AI answering service that picks up a service business's forwarded calls, screens spam, qualifies callers and books jobs into a connected calendar. Call reports with summaries and transcripts go out by email and text after every call.All answers for Marlie AIAI ReceptionistAI Receptionist is a 24/7 AI phone answering service for small businesses and solo operators. It greets callers, answers their questions from your own business information, books appointments, screens spam and sends you a summary of every call.All answers for AI Receptionist
CheckedMarlie AIOctober 15, 2026AI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026

Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price