Sameday vs TensorLinks AI FrontDesk
The short answer
- Sameday costs least at 100 calls a month: $449 through sales.
- TensorLinks AI FrontDesk costs least at 500: $699.50.
- TensorLinks AI FrontDesk has the lowest advertised price, $399, but costs $598 at 100 calls.
- Pick Sameday if you want the lower bill at 100 calls or text conversations with callers.
| Cost | ||
|---|---|---|
| At 100 calls a month | Sameday$449 through salesLowest | TensorLinks AI FrontDesk$598 |
| At 500 calls a month | SamedayPrice on request | TensorLinks AI FrontDesk$699.50Lowest |
| Advertised from | Sameday$449 a month | TensorLinks AI FrontDesk$399 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | SamedayNot counted | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskThe $399 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Samedayper minute | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance and the published overage rate applies |
| Free trial or plan | SamedayPartlyThere is a free trial, but it starts after a sales demo | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskPartlyYou can run it on your real line for 30 days with no monthly charge |
| Month to month, cancel online | SamedayYesThe vendor says there is no contract and no long-term commitment | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesAll published plans are month to month with cancellation at the end of a billing cycle |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | SamedayYesThe AI checks availability | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesThe voice agent writes the booking into the practice management system during the call rather than only sending the caller a scheduling link |
| Transfers to a person | SamedayYesCalls hand off to a person on rules you set, and the vendor says the caller reaches | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesCalls escalate to staff with the conversation context carried over |
| Human receptionists as backup | SamedayNoCalls the AI cannot handle are escalated to the contractor's own staff on rules you set | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskNoThere is no human answering team behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | SamedayYesSeparate behavior for nights, weekends and overflow is configurable in call paths | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesIt answers around the clock including evenings, weekends and holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | SamedayYesThe AI triages a late-night caller against emergency rules you define | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesEmergency intent is one of the detected call types and the agent can escalate urgent cases |
| Texts your callers | SamedayYesTexting is built into the same inbox as calls, the AI can send texts itself | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskPartlyTwo-way AI texting including missed-call text-back is real |
| Call summary by text | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskPartlyCall recordings, transcripts and analytics land in the dashboard |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | SamedayPartlyEnglish and Spanish | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYes24+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesA Business Associate Agreement is included on every published plan |
| Hear it before you buy | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesA live self-serve demo lets you talk to the same AI receptionist by voice or by typing |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesNo Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly integration is named anywhere on the site |
| Outlook | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesNo Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly integration is named anywhere on the site |
| Calendly | SamedayNot stated | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesNo Google Calendar, Outlook or Calendly integration is named anywhere on the site |
| Your trade’s software | SamedayYesTrade software is the core of the product: ServiceTitan as a certified app | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesIt connects to the dental systems a practice runs on, including Dentrix, Eaglesoft |
| Keep your number | SamedayYesYou can keep your existing number and forward or SIP-transfer calls to a Sameday number | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskYesYou keep your existing number and forward calls to the AI |
| In short | ||
| What it is | 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 | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskTensorLinks AI FrontDesk is a HIPAA-compliant AI front desk for dental practices and DSOs that answers inbound calls, books appointments directly in the practice management system and runs outbound recall campaigns. Voice, SMS, web chat and email agents feed one multi-clinic dashboard.All answers for TensorLinks AI FrontDesk |
| Checked | SamedayOctober 14, 2026 | TensorLinks AI FrontDeskOctober 15, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price