# Ringmere — UK AI phone receptionist that answers calls 24/7 and books into Google Calendar or Outlook. > Source: Receptionist Index — https://receptionistindex.com/ringmere (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-10-15 Ringmere is a UK AI phone receptionist that answers a small business's calls around the clock, books appointments into Google Calendar or Outlook during the call, and passes urgent callers to a person. Growth and Pro add WhatsApp and SMS chat. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://ringmere.com/ | | Price | from £49/month (about $65) | | Free trial | Partly | 7-day free trial on every plan, card taken at the start and nothing charged for 7 days; before that, a free account lets you talk to your own receptionist in the browser for up to five minutes. ## What it costs at your call volume **Cost at 100 calls a month** · Yes — £74 (about $98) a month on Starter for 100 calls of 2.5 minutes (250 billed minutes). Billing increment not stated: computed per second (2.5 min a call). If they round each call up to the minute (3 min), it is £86.50 (about $115). > £49 /month (about $65) ex VAT > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Starter plan card, price cell **Cost at 500 calls a month** · Yes — £324 (about $429) a month on Starter for 500 calls of 2.5 minutes (1250 billed minutes). Billing increment not stated: computed per second (2.5 min a call). If they round each call up to the minute (3 min), it is £386.50 (about $512). > £49 /month (about $65) ex VAT > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Starter plan card, price cell **What it bills by** · Yes — Billed as a flat monthly plan with an allowance of call minutes; Growth and Pro pool those minutes across calls and chat. > Included minutes | 150 call minutes | 240 across calls & chat | 700 across calls & chat > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Compare the plans table, Included minutes row **Past your allowance** · Yes — Overage is charged per extra minute, and a per-account safety ceiling then forwards calls to your team or asks callers to ring back. > Extra minutes are billed at £0.25/min (about $0.33), or £0.20/min (about $0.26) on Pro. A per-account safety ceiling protects you from runaway costs. > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Pricing questions FAQ, “What if I go over my included minutes?” **Spam calls not billed** · Yes — Repeat nuisance and spam callers are screened out before they reach you, so the line stays clear for real customers. > Screens repeat spam callers so your line stays clear for real customers. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Trust & safety section, Spam & nuisance blocking card ## What it does on the call **Books appointments** · Yes — It books, reschedules and cancels in Google Calendar or Outlook during the call, re-checking live availability so slots are not double-booked. > Books straight into Google Calendar or Outlook during the call, checking live availability first. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Booking section, In-call booking card **Transfers to a person** · Partly — Live transfer to one team number is on every plan, but the person who picks up hears the caller rather than a spoken brief, and departments need Growth or Pro. > The person who answers hears the caller, not a summary. The reason arrives as a text, email or WhatsApp alert. > — https://ringmere.com/live-call-transfer · Honest print list, third bullet **After-hours rules** · Yes — It answers 24/7 and you choose whether it takes every call or only steps in when you are busy, unanswered or closed; departments keep their own hours. > Answer all your calls, or let Ringmere step in only when you’re busy, closed, or don’t pick up. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Answering section, You choose when it answers card **Urgent calls escalated** · Yes — Emergencies are put through to your number immediately even when everyday live transfer is off, and the alert is flagged urgent. > If a caller describes an emergency, Ringmere puts them through to your number straight away, even when everyday live transfer is switched off, and the alert is marked urgent. > — https://ringmere.com/live-call-transfer · Section “Emergencies go to a person, whatever the setting” **Human receptionists as backup** · No — There is no human answering team behind the AI: calls it should not handle are transferred to your own staff or taken as a message for you. > Escalates emergencies, complaints and vulnerable callers to your team with full context. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Trust & safety section, Human handoff card **Asks your questions** · Yes — You configure the services, prices and FAQs it works from, and it captures each caller's name, number and reason as a logged lead. > Records the caller’s name, number and what they need, logged against the call and waiting on your dashboard. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Intelligence section, Lead capture card **Answers about your business** · Yes — It answers prices, services and hours only from information you approve or import from your website or price list, and says so rather than guessing. > Add your services, prices, opening hours and FAQs, or import them from your website or a price list in seconds. > — https://ringmere.com/how-it-works · Step 2, Teach it your business **Texts your callers** · Partly — Text confirmations, reminders and missed-call text-backs are on every plan, but two-way AI chat on WhatsApp and SMS needs Growth or Pro. > Two-way WhatsApp and SMS AI chat | –Not included | ✓Included | ✓Included > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Compare the plans table, Two-way WhatsApp and SMS AI chat row ## What you get after the call **Call summary by text** · Yes — Alerts and a daily summary reach your own WhatsApp on every plan, falling back to text, with an optional summary after each call. > Missed calls, urgent calls and new bookings arrive on your own WhatsApp, with an optional summary after each call. Link your number in Settings. If WhatsApp cannot deliver an alert, it comes as a text instead. Every plan. > — https://ringmere.com/features · After the call section, Alerts on WhatsApp card **Recordings and transcripts** · Partly — Every call is transcribed and summarized in the dashboard on every plan; recording itself is a setting you switch on and the vendor does not describe audio playback. > Calls transcribed and summarised, with the revenue recovered shown on your dashboard. > — https://ringmere.com/features · Intelligence section, Transcripts, summaries & ROI card ## What it connects to **Google Calendar** · Yes — Google Calendar and Outlook / Microsoft 365 booking are included on every plan > Ringmere books into Google Calendar or Outlook / Microsoft 365 and checks live availability, so it will not book a slot that is already taken. > — https://ringmere.com/faq · Setup section, “Does it work with my calendar?” **Outlook** · Yes — Google Calendar and Outlook / Microsoft 365 booking are included on every plan > Ringmere books into Google Calendar or Outlook / Microsoft 365 and checks live availability, so it will not book a slot that is already taken. > — https://ringmere.com/faq · Setup section, “Does it work with my calendar?” **Calendly** · No — Calendly is not among the connected integrations the vendor lists. > Ringmere books into Google Calendar or Outlook / Microsoft 365 and checks live availability, so it will not book a slot that is already taken. > — https://ringmere.com/faq · Setup section, “Does it work with my calendar?” **CRM, Zapier and webhooks** · Partly — There is no CRM connector: every plan ships a REST API and signed webhooks, and Zapier works only through the generic Catch Hook trigger. > An official Ringmere app in the Zapier directory is planned, and is not published yet. > — https://ringmere.com/faq · Setup section, “Does Ringmere have an API or work with Zapier?” **Your trade’s software** · No — The vendor states plainly there is no live two-way sync with salon, clinic or garage management systems; trade software is worked around via a synced calendar or an import. > There is also no live two-way sync with salon, clinic or garage management software such as Fresha, Phorest, Cliniko, Semble or Garage Hive. > — https://ringmere.com/integrations · Honest print section, What it does not connect to yet ## Trying it, starting and leaving **Free trial or free plan** · Partly — You can set up a receptionist and talk to it on a real call in your browser for up to five minutes free, but putting it on your real line means starting the card-backed trial. > Creating an account is free, and you can set up your receptionist and talk to it on a real call in your browser, up to five minutes in total, before you add a card. > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Pricing questions FAQ, “Can I try it before I add a card?” **Card required to start** · Yes — A card is taken when the 7-day trial begins, though nothing is charged during it and the browser demo needs no card at all. > Yes, every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. You add a card when you start it, nothing is charged for 7 days, and you can cancel anytime before then. > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Pricing questions FAQ, “Is there a free trial?” **Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — All three published plans are bought and set up online with a self-serve trial; only the unpriced Agency and Enterprise tier goes through sales. > No hardware, no engineers, no scripts. Ringmere only ever says what you approve. > — https://ringmere.com/how-it-works · Page introduction under the headline **Setup fee** · No — The vendor states there is no setup fee and no contract beyond the month on its published plans. > There is no setup fee and no contract beyond the month. > — https://ringmere.com/ai-receptionist-uk · Questions FAQ, “How much does an AI receptionist cost in the UK?” **Contract and cancelling** · Yes — Plans are billed monthly in advance with no term commitment, and cancellation is self-serve from the billing portal rather than a phone call. > Plans are billed monthly in advance. Included minutes and per-minute overage are as shown on the pricing page. A 7-day free trial applies to new subscriptions. You can cancel anytime from your billing portal. > — https://ringmere.com/terms · Billing section ## Which languages it speaks, and how it sounds **Languages** · Partly — Starter answers in English only; 30+ languages or auto-detection of the caller's language start on Growth. > Languages | English | 30+, or auto-detect | 30+, or auto-detect > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Compare the plans table, Languages row **Hear it before you buy** · Yes — You can ring the vendor's own public AI line or hold a real browser conversation with a sample salon, dental, vet or garage receptionist. > Our public line, 07888 870150, is answered by Ringmere AI, our own AI receptionist. Ask it anything about Ringmere and it can book a call back. > — https://ringmere.com/ai-receptionist-uk · Hear it before you buy section, Ring our receptionist card ## Your phone number and where it works **Keep your number** · Yes — You keep the number your customers know and forward it with a code from a mobile, landline or VoIP line, or take the included UK number instead. > Keep the number your customers know. Forward it to Ringmere from a mobile, landline or VoIP line with one code, or take a UK number included free. > — https://ringmere.com/integrations · Connected today section, Your existing phone number card ## Who it is built for **Industries it is set up for** · Yes — The vendor publishes trade-specific pages covering 35+ UK trades, each showing what the receptionist does call by call and what it must never do. > Each trade page shows what Ringmere does with that trade’s calls, call by call, and what it must never do. > — https://ringmere.com/ai-receptionist-uk · Built for your trade section intro **Several locations or numbers** · Partly — One account is described as a single-site setup; franchises and multi-location groups are pointed to an unpriced Agency and Enterprise tier bought through sales. > White-label Ringmere under your own brand and domain, and manage every client from one dashboard. Built for resellers, franchises and multi-location groups. Volume pricing on request. > — https://ringmere.com/pricing · Agency & Enterprise card ## Getting set up and getting help **Setup help** · Partly — Setup is self-serve and usually live the same day, with services importable from your website, but the vendor does not offer a done-for-you onboarding service. > Minutes. Add your services, opening hours and number, and go live, often the same day. > — https://ringmere.com/faq · Setup section, “How long does setup take?” **Support** · Partly — Support is a single email inbox read by the founder, with priority support reserved for Pro; no phone or chat support or published hours. > Email info@ringmere.com for sales, support, press, partnerships or a Data Processing Agreement. Ash reads it. > — https://ringmere.com/about · Contact section ## What changed - 2026-10-15 — Capabilities · Free tier · Plan limits · Price · Terms ## Corrections If you represent Ringmere, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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