AI Receptionist Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026
Updated August 8, 2026 · by the EazyAgent team
Disclosure: we make EazyAgent, which appears below marked (ours). The pricing mechanics apply to every vendor equally.
The three pricing models
- Flat monthly — one price, typically with a fair-use minute pool. Predictable; the model we use.
- Per-minute — low entry price ($49-ish) plus $0.20–$0.40/minute. Looks cheap, scales badly: a busy month is a surprise invoice, and surge weeks — when you need answering most — are exactly when minutes explode.
- Per-call or hybrid — a price per handled call, or base + overage. Read the definition of “call” carefully (do spam calls count? hang-ups?).
The market in 2026
| Provider type | Typical price | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Budget per-minute AI (e.g. Trillet-class) | $49/mo + ~$0.20/min after ~150 min | The real bill lives in the overage |
| Flat-rate AI receptionists | ~$109–$300/mo | Minute pools and industry depth vary |
| EazyAgent (ours) | from ~$109/mo flat, 14-day free trial | If your volume is 10 calls/month, per-minute rivals are cheaper — genuinely |
| Human virtual receptionists (Ruby-class) | $200–$700+/mo for small minute bundles | You’re buying human minutes; see the comparison |
| Traditional answering services | ~$1–2/minute | Per-minute human billing at scale — details |
The hidden costs checklist
Ask every vendor (including us): Is there a setup fee? Are spam calls billed? What happens past the minute pool? Is texting/SMS included (A2P registration matters in the US)? Can you cancel monthly or is there a contract? A vendor that answers all five plainly is telling you something; so is one that doesn’t.
The only comparison that matters
Whatever the sticker price, compare it to the leak it plugs: the calculator turns your missed calls into a yearly dollar figure. For most service businesses the answer lands between “one saved job pays the month” (plumbing) and “one saved matter pays the year” (law).