Voxara AI vs Beside Phone
The short answer
- Beside Phone costs least: $29.99 a month for 100 calls and $29.99 for 500.
- Pick Voxara AI if you want a summary by text after each call (from the Growth plan).
- Pick Beside Phone if you want calls put through to you or text conversations with callers.
 Voxara AICanadian clinics, salons and trades that want the receptionist built and run for themVisit site |  Beside Phonesolo trades and local teams who miss inbound calls while on the jobVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Voxara AINot priced yet | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Voxara AINot priced yet | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest |
| Advertised from | Voxara AICA$49 (about $34) a monthabout $34 | Beside Phone$29 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | Voxara AINot counted | Beside PhoneThe $29 plan it advertises stops answering after 30 calls. |
| Bills | Voxara AI | Beside Phoneper call |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Voxara AIYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance | Beside PhoneYesOn Baseline the AI stops answering once 30 calls are used and callers drop to voicemail |
| Free trial or plan | Voxara AINoThere is no free plan and no published free trial on a real line | Beside PhonePartlyOnly the pricier Unlimited plan has a seven-day free trial on your real line |
| Month to month, cancel online | Voxara AIYesAll plans are month to month with no annual commitment and cancellation any time | Beside PhoneYesBaseline and Unlimited are month-to-month only and you cancel yourself in billing settings |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Voxara AIYesThe agent checks live calendar availability | Beside PhoneYesWith a connected Google or Outlook calendar the Receptionist checks live availability |
| Transfers to a person | Voxara AIPartlyTransfer to a human exists but is a Growth-tier feature | Beside PhoneYesThe Receptionist transfers to a teammate or external number on rules you define |
| Human receptionists as backup | Voxara AINoThere is no human answering team behind the AI | Beside PhoneNoNo human answering service sits behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | Voxara AIYesAnswering runs 24/7 on every plan including evenings, weekends and holidays | Beside PhoneYesIt answers around the clock by default and Business Hours sends daytime calls to your team |
| Urgent calls escalated | Voxara AIPartlyEmergency handling is configured per client | Beside PhoneYesA Scenario rule can recognize emergency wording |
| Texts your callers | Voxara AIPartlyThe agent can send texts and automated 24-hour appointment reminders | Beside PhoneYesA Send a Text action texts the caller a link or confirmation during the call |
| Call summary by text | Voxara AIPartlyPost-call AI summaries arrive by email, Slack or Outlook and in a Google Sheet log | Beside PhoneNoSummaries arrive in the app and, if enabled, by email to an address you set |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Voxara AIYesEnglish, French and Chinese | Beside PhonePartly5 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Voxara AINot stated | Beside PhoneNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Voxara AIPartlyNo public demo number or recorded sample calls are published | Beside PhoneYesAnyone can phone a published demo number |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly |
| Outlook | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly |
| Calendly | Voxara AIPartlyThe integrations page advertises Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly and Acuity | Beside PhoneYesCalendly is only textable as a link |
| Your trade’s software | Voxara AIPartlyNo trade system such as ServiceTitan, Jobber | Beside PhoneNot stated |
| Keep your number | Voxara AIYesYou keep your existing number and forward calls to Voxara | Beside PhoneYesYou keep your carrier number and forward calls to the Beside line |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Voxara AIVoxara AI is a done-for-you AI receptionist that a Canadian team builds, configures and manages for a small business. It answers calls around the clock, handles bookings, reschedules and cancellations by voice, and logs every call.All answers for Voxara AI | Beside PhoneBeside Phone is a mobile and web business phone line whose AI receptionist answers inbound calls around the clock, captures caller details, qualifies leads and books appointments. Calls, texts, summaries and transcripts live in one shared team app.All answers for Beside Phone |
| Checked | Voxara AIOctober 16, 2026 | Beside PhoneOctober 14, 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.