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