Talkify vs Trillet AI Receptionist
The short answer
- Talkify costs least: NZ$109 (about $61) a month for 100 calls and NZ$209 (about $117) for 500.
- Pick Talkify if you want the lower bill or calls put through to you.
 TalkifyNZ and Australian trades, clinics and salons that miss calls while on the jobVisit site |  Trillet AI Receptionistsolo owner-operators and trades who miss calls on the job and want bookings takenVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | TalkifyNZ$109about $61Lowest | Trillet AI Receptionist$69 |
| At 500 calls a month | TalkifyNZ$209about $117Lowest | Trillet AI Receptionist$269 |
| Advertised from | TalkifyNZ$10 (about $5.60) a monthabout $5.60 | Trillet AI Receptionist$49 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | TalkifyThe NZ$10 (about $5.60) plan it advertises covers 0 of 100 calls. Shortwave (Personal Assistant) costs less for all 100. | Trillet AI ReceptionistThe $49 plan covers 60 of 100 calls.40 cost extra. |
| Bills | Talkifyper minute | Trillet AI Receptionistper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | TalkifyYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance and are charged per extra minute | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance |
| Free trial or plan | TalkifyPartlyYou can hear and sign up on a live demo line | Trillet AI ReceptionistNoThere is no free plan and no free trial on the receptionist: billing starts at signup |
| Month to month, cancel online | TalkifyYesStandard plans are month to month with no lock-in and transcripts kept after you stop | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesThe plan is month to month with no contract and cancellation handled in the billing screen |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | TalkifyYesThe agent reads live diary availability during the call and writes the appointment in | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesThe agent connects to a calendar, checks live availability |
| Transfers to a person | TalkifyYesUrgent callers are warm-transferred to a person with the context already collected | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartlyTrillet's platform builds cold, whisper and warm transfers with ring-time fallback |
| Human receptionists as backup | TalkifyNoThere is no human answering team behind the AI for customer calls | Trillet AI ReceptionistNot stated |
| After-hours rules | TalkifyYesIt answers continuously including weekends and public holidays | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesIt answers around the clock including nights, weekends and public holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | TalkifyYesEmergencies are recognized against rules you write | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesThe agent screens each caller for urgency as the call starts |
| Texts your callers | TalkifyYesThe agent can text the caller after or during a call, including booking links | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartlyIt sends callers confirmations, follow-ups |
| Call summary by text | TalkifyYesA summary is texted and emailed as soon as the call ends | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartlyCall summaries arrive by email right after the call with the caller's name, number, reason |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | TalkifyYes32 languages | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartly32 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | TalkifyNot stated | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartlyTrillet will sign a BAA at no extra fee, but only on an eligible Agency or Enterprise plan |
| Hear it before you buy | TalkifyYesA public New Zealand demo number is answered by their own agent around the clock | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesThe receptionist page both offers an in-page demo call of the AI |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | TalkifyYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 or Outlook are booked into directly after a live availability read | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar, Cal.com and GoHighLevel Calendar connect directly on the self-serve plan |
| Outlook | TalkifyYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft 365 or Outlook are booked into directly after a live availability read | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesOutlook is supported only indirectly through Cal.com, and Calendly is named nowhere |
| Calendly | TalkifyYesCalendly is supported but the caller is texted a single-use booking link instead | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesOutlook is supported only indirectly through Cal.com, and Calendly is named nowhere |
| Your trade’s software | TalkifyPartlyTrade and clinic systems are covered through ServiceM8, Fergus, Simpro, Jobber, Tradify | Trillet AI ReceptionistPartlyTrade and practice systems such as ServiceTitan or Dentrix belong to Trillet's contracted |
| Keep your number | TalkifyYesYou keep your existing mobile, landline or 0800 number | Trillet AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing business number and forward calls to the AI |
| In short | ||
| What it is | TalkifyTalkify is a New Zealand-built AI phone agent that answers a business number or a personal mobile around the clock, books into the caller's diary and texts a summary. It sells reception, personal assistant, booking, sales and outbound calling agents on NZ and Australian numbers.All answers for Talkify | Trillet AI ReceptionistTrillet's AI Receptionist is a single ready-made inbound phone agent for a small business, trained from the business's own website to answer calls, book appointments and email summaries. It is sold as one flat plan separate from Trillet's white-label platform.All answers for Trillet AI Receptionist |
| Checked | TalkifyOctober 15, 2026 | Trillet AI ReceptionistOctober 16, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of Oct 15, 2026.