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