SkipCalls vs VoiceFleet
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
- SkipCalls costs least at both 100 and 500 calls a month.
- Only SkipCalls transfers calls on every plan.
| SSkipCallssolo trades and service businesses that miss calls while on the jobVisit site | VVoiceFleetlocal service firms in Ireland and the UK that lose booking calls to voicemailVisit site | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | SkipCalls$19.99Lowest | VoiceFleet99 EUR |
| At 500 calls a month | SkipCalls$176.50Lowest | VoiceFleet599 EUR |
| Advertised from | SkipCalls$19.99 a month | VoiceFleet$99 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | SkipCallsThe $19.99 plan covers all 100 calls. | VoiceFleetThe 99 EUR plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | SkipCallsper call | VoiceFleetper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | SkipCallsPartlyNothing is cut off or auto-charged past the call allowance on Starter and PRO | VoiceFleetNoThere is no overage rate at all: instead of billing extra minutes automatically, inbound… |
| Free trial or plan | SkipCallsPartlyA seven-day free trial lets you run it on your real line before paying, but there is no… | VoiceFleetPartlyEvery plan starts with a 7-day free trial you can run on real business calls while… |
| Month to month, cancel online | SkipCallsYesMonth-to-month with no contract, cancellable from the app without contacting anyone, and… | VoiceFleetYesBilling is month to month with no lock-in |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | SkipCallsYesThe agent checks live calendar availability during the call and writes the event itself,… | VoiceFleetPartlyIt books into the diary during the call only where the connected provider supports API… |
| Transfers to a person | SkipCallsYesBoth warm and cold transfers are offered, with the AI briefing the team member on a… | VoiceFleetPartlyTransfer to your own staff is an add-on on Starter and included from Growth upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | SkipCallsNoThere is no vendor-staffed human answering tier: calls the AI cannot handle are… | VoiceFleetNoNo human receptionists sit behind the AI: the vendor positions itself as AI-first against… |
| After-hours rules | SkipCallsYesAnswering runs nights, weekends and holidays, and you can configure different… | VoiceFleetYesIt answers 24/7 on every plan and you configure time zone, holiday hours, bookable slots… |
| Urgent calls escalated | SkipCallsYesYou define keyword triggers per agent | VoiceFleetYesEmergency flagging is listed on all three plans and urgent calls can be routed to staff… |
| Texts your callers | SkipCallsPartlyAutomatic SMS follow-ups come on every plan, but two-way AI text conversations answered… | VoiceFleetNot stated |
| Call summary by text | SkipCallsYesSummaries are pushed by text as well as email and the dashboard, which is what the… | VoiceFleetYesAfter each call you get caller details, reason for calling and urgency as an instant… |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | SkipCallsYes10 languages | VoiceFleetPartly30+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | SkipCallsNoThe vendor states plainly on its transcription page that the product is not HIPAA… | VoiceFleetNoNo Business Associate Agreement is offered anywhere |
| Hear it before you buy | SkipCallsYesA public demo number answers without signup, and the site also offers a scenario-driven… | VoiceFleetPartlyYou can run a live AI receptionist call in the browser and play two recorded sample calls… |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | SkipCallsYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook/Microsoft 365, Calendly, Cal.com, Apple Calendar, TidyCal,… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly, and Calendly plus Cal.com are… |
| Outlook | SkipCallsYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook/Microsoft 365, Calendly, Cal.com, Apple Calendar, TidyCal,… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly, and Calendly plus Cal.com are… |
| Calendly | SkipCallsYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook/Microsoft 365, Calendly, Cal.com, Apple Calendar, TidyCal,… | VoiceFleetYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 (Outlook) book directly, and Calendly plus Cal.com are… |
| Your trade’s software | SkipCallsPartlyHousecall Pro and Jobber are supported for home-services scheduling and job creation, but… | VoiceFleetYesTrade and practice systems are supported, including Open Dental, Phorest, Square… |
| Keep your number | SkipCallsYesYou keep your number and carrier and switch on forwarding | VoiceFleetYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the VoiceFleet number |
| Our verdict | ||
| In short | SkipCallsSkipCalls is an AI receptionist and answering service for small businesses that answers calls on a forwarded or SkipCalls number, books appointments, screens spam and sends summaries. It is run from an iOS, Android or web app.All answers for SkipCalls | VoiceFleetVoiceFleet is an inbound AI voice receptionist for small businesses that answers forwarded calls, answers approved FAQs, captures booking requests and routes urgent callers. It sells prepaid monthly minute plans with a local business number and booking-system integrations.All answers for VoiceFleet |
| Checked | SkipCallsOctober 14, 2026 | VoiceFleetOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price