Posh AI Receptionist vs Sameday
The short answer
- Posh AI Receptionist costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- Only Posh AI Receptionist has receptionists of its own to take over a call on every plan.
 Posh AI Receptionistsmall firms wanting AI call answering with US live receptionists a transfer awayVisit site |  Samedayhome-service contractors running ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro who miss after-hours callsVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Posh AI Receptionist$350Lowest | Sameday$449 via sales |
| At 500 calls a month | Posh AI Receptionist$1450Lowest | SamedayPrice on request |
| Advertised from | Posh AI Receptionist$130 a month | Sameday$449 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | Posh AI ReceptionistThe $130 plan covers 20 of 100 calls.80 cost extra. | SamedayNot counted |
| Bills | Posh AI Receptionistper minute | Samedayper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Posh AI ReceptionistYesPast the bundled minutes you keep being answered and pay a published per-minute overage… | SamedayNot stated |
| Free trial or plan | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyYou can run Posh on your real line before paying… | SamedayPartlyThere is a free trial, but it starts after a sales demo and onboarding rather than… |
| Month to month, cancel online | Posh AI ReceptionistYesBilling is month to month with no long-term contract, on a true monthly cycle… | SamedayYesThe vendor says there is no contract and no long-term commitment… |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Posh AI ReceptionistYesThe AI receptionist books and reschedules appointments during the call and confirms… | SamedayYesThe AI checks availability and books the job on the call into the contractor's real… |
| Transfers to a person | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyA caller who asks for a person is transferred to a Posh live receptionist immediately and… | SamedayYesCalls hand off to a person on rules you set, and the vendor says the caller reaches that… |
| Human receptionists as backup | Posh AI ReceptionistYesReal people sit behind the AI by design: Posh sells the AI alongside its own US-based… | SamedayNoCalls the AI cannot handle are escalated to the contractor's own staff on rules you set |
| After-hours rules | Posh AI ReceptionistYesAnswering runs 24/7/365 including nights, weekends and holidays… | SamedayYesSeparate behaviour for nights, weekends and overflow is configurable in call paths… |
| Urgent calls escalated | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyEscalation rules are configurable in the app or portal and emergencies can be routed to… | SamedayYesThe AI triages a late-night caller against emergency rules you define and pages the… |
| Texts your callers | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyPosh can text or email the caller straight after a call to confirm appointments or… | SamedayYesTexting is built into the same inbox as calls, the AI can send texts itself… |
| Call summary by text | Posh AI ReceptionistYesMessages land in the Posh app with notifications by default… | SamedayNot stated |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyEnglish and Spanish | SamedayPartlyEnglish and Spanish |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyPosh claims HIPAA compliance across its service and lists it as included in all plans… | SamedayNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Posh AI ReceptionistYesPosh publishes a live demo line you can ring to hear its AI receptionist… | SamedayNot stated |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Posh AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Calendly, Acuity Scheduling and Setmore are named as booking… | SamedayNot stated |
| Outlook | Posh AI ReceptionistNoOutlook or Microsoft 365 appears nowhere in the vendor's integration list | SamedayNot stated |
| Calendly | Posh AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Calendly, Acuity Scheduling and Setmore are named as booking… | SamedayNot stated |
| Your trade’s software | Posh AI ReceptionistPartlyLegal practice software is covered — Clio Grow… | SamedayYesTrade software is the core of the product: ServiceTitan as a certified app… |
| Keep your number | Posh AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing line and forward it to the number Posh issues for your account… | SamedayYesYou can keep your existing number and forward or SIP-transfer calls to a Sameday number… |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Posh AI ReceptionistPosh is a US-based answering service whose AI receptionist greets callers, takes messages, books appointments and qualifies leads, transferring to a human receptionist on request. Calls draw on a monthly pool of mixed AI and live receptionist minutes.All answers for Posh AI Receptionist | SamedaySameday is an AI phone answering platform for home-service contractors that answers calls around the clock, qualifies callers and books jobs into field-service software. It bundles its own phone system, texting, outbound campaigns and call scoring.All answers for Sameday |
| Checked | Posh AI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026 | SamedayOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price