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My AI Front Desk vs Rosie

100 calls/mo · 3 min/call · Capture messages · $200 budget

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Export 100, 500 and 2,000 calls using your applied filters and assumptions. Unpriced totals remain blank.

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Minutes = calls × average call length. Different callers = calls minus the estimated repeat calls. Use your phone log to replace these assumptions. Only count calls you would send to the service.

Costs exclude taxes, carrier fees, optional tools and human escalation. Calendar integration, staff permissions and your contract may require a different plan. Unknown overage prices remain open.

Choosing for your business

The Frontdesk profile covers My AI Front Desk, including its broader front-office bundle. Rosie is evaluated as a phone receptionist with distinct message and booking tiers.

The short answer

Evaluate My AI Front Desk when you also need the bundled chat, SMS, CRM and automation scope. Evaluate Rosie when the buying decision is primarily answering and scheduling calls. Account for shared credits when the other channels are active.

Consider Frontdesk when

The broader front-office tools solve work you would otherwise buy or maintain separately.

Plans, sources & requirements

Consider Rosie when

You want to focus the purchase on answering calls, taking messages and an eligible booking or transfer tier.

Plans, sources & requirements

Product and plan differences

DecisionFrontdeskRosie
Product scopeVoice answering bundled with chat, SMS, CRM and automations.Message capture on Professional; direct scheduling and transfers from Scale.
Typical buyerTeams that also want front-office messaging and a CRM.Owners choosing between message taking and direct calendar booking.
Before purchaseThe 1,000-credit pool is shared with other channels. Confirm calendar actions and account permissions.Confirm the exact calendar connection. Extra-minute pricing is not established in the checked source.
Published tariffsBusiness-in-a-Box: $99 · 200 voice minutes + shared credits
Enterprise: Quote required · Confirm in quote
Professional: $49 · 250 minutes
Scale: $149 · 1,000 minutes
Growth: $299 · 2,000 minutes

What the same call volume could cost

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Message capture · monthly USD · published-rate scenarios
Same workloadFrontdeskRosie
100 calls300 minutes · 75 distinct callers$119–$129Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 100 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$149Scale300 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149.
250 calls750 minutes · 188 distinct callers$229–$239Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 550 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$149Scale750 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149.
500 calls1500 minutes · 375 distinct callers$419–$429Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 1300 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$299Growth1,500 minutes within the 2000 allowance. Monthly base $299.

Assumptions: 3 minutes per call, 25% repeat calls, one business and monthly billing. Distinct callers round up. The calculator selects an eligible listed plan; it does not assume a missing overage price. Required known subscriptions are included; unknown totals stay unpriced. Taxes, carrier fees, optional extras and separate setup fees are excluded. These are cost models, not call tests or binding quotes.

How direct booking changes the eligible plan

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Direct appointment booking · monthly USD · published-rate scenarios
Same workloadFrontdeskRosie
100 calls300 minutes · 75 distinct callers$119–$129Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 100 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$149Scale300 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149.
250 calls750 minutes · 188 distinct callers$229–$239Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 550 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$149Scale750 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149.
500 calls1500 minutes · 375 distinct callers$419–$429Business-in-a-Box$99 base + top-ups for 1300 extra minutes. 0–1,000 shared credits available; purchases in $10 blocks. No purchased-credit carryover assumed.$299Growth1,500 minutes within the 2000 allowance. Monthly base $299.

Assumptions: 3 minutes per call, 25% repeat calls, one business and monthly billing. Distinct callers round up. The calculator selects an eligible listed plan; it does not assume a missing overage price. Required known subscriptions are included; unknown totals stay unpriced. Taxes, carrier fees, optional extras and separate setup fees are excluded. These are cost models, not call tests or binding quotes.

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How to make the choice

A bundle needs a bundle-level decision

If you already have a CRM, web chat and automation tools, check whether you would actually use or replace those parts of Frontdesk. If the existing tools remain, a larger bundle can add complexity without reducing other spend. Rosie can be evaluated against a narrower phone-handling need.

Shared credits make voice-only estimates incomplete

The recorded Frontdesk allowance combines voice minutes and a shared credit pool, with block top-ups. Credits used by other channels can change the voice subtotal. The table therefore shows the calculator range rather than inventing a precise single bill for an unknown channel mix.

Verify the action behind a booking claim

A booking link, a generated lead and an event created directly in the calendar are separate outcomes. Rosie distinguishes link sending from direct calendar booking by tier. Frontdesk account permissions and exact calendar actions need to be established for your purchased bundle.

Ask who owns the source of truth

Decide whether customer records should live in the bundled CRM or the one your team already uses. Test duplicate prevention and the follow-up destination. A receptionist that captures an accurate message can still create extra work if information lands in an unmonitored workspace.

Run a mixed-channel pilot

Send a phone call and a related web inquiry, then inspect records, notifications and credit usage. For Rosie, compare the same call outcome rather than assuming the whole software bundle must be reproduced. This keeps the decision tied to work your business actually needs.

My AI Front Desk vs Rosie: questions

Is Frontdesk the same profile as My AI Front Desk?

Yes. This comparison uses the Frontdesk catalogue profile at myaifrontdesk.com, not an unrelated similarly named service.

Why does the Frontdesk cost appear as a range?

Shared credit availability and block top-ups can change the voice-only subtotal. The model preserves that uncertainty.

Should I compare only the lowest subscription?

Compare the tools and actions you will actually use, required integrations and channel consumption. A broader bundle and a phone-only workflow need different budgets.

Sources, method and limitations

These are editorial comparisons of provider documentation and the approved catalogue. No independent call-quality or integration tests have been completed. Product facts retain their individual source dates below. AI assists research and drafting; our editorial policy describes the review process.

We may earn a commission through selected provider links. Commercial relationships do not determine these editorial choices. Read the comparison and funding method.

By the businessAIfinder editorial team · Editorial review · US / English

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About this comparison

Prices: USD calculations use your selected call volume and duration. Taxes, carrier fees and optional extras are excluded; setup fees and required subscriptions are shown with the offer. Reported amounts and model ranges are estimates, not binding quotes. Provider terms determine the final charge.

Recommendations and reviews: Picks use documented task, industry and software fit. Known costs above your budget are excluded from shortcuts; unknown totals remain labelled. Customer ratings retain their source, sample size and product scope. Platform-wide ratings do not isolate AI performance. No independent call tests have been performed.

Funding: We may earn a commission when you sign up through our Rosie, NextPhone, AI-Receptionist.com, Maple or OnCrew links. These affiliate relationships do not change editorial rankings, awards or customer ratings. No paid ranking placements are currently active. Any future paid position will be labelled Promoted; editorial awards and public review scores remain separate.

69 services · 191 plans · Sources checked October 23, 2026. Coverage & research status · Recommendation methodology

Ranking and price methodology

Recommended: documented fit, then customer feedback. Price availability does not affect the order.

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Customer rating sources

Our order. Our funding.

What determines the order?

With existing software selected: documented task-compatible connections come first; offers requiring a different business platform are hidden. Unconfirmed connections are available through a separate opt-in. Recommended is the default: a labelled Promoted offer, when an eligible commercial contract is active, appears first. The highest confirmed commission in this filtered view determines that paid position. The editorial order follows documented software / industry fit, then customer feedback adjusted for sample size and product scope. Missing public pricing, amounts, price reports and price/value/feature awards do not change Recommended. Cost-only and name sorts do not pin paid offers. Customer feedback affects editorial ordering with explicit sample-size and product-scope adjustments; raw stars alone do not determine the order.

Named integration → industry workflow → industry mention → general candidate. These are source-evidence groups, not results of independent call tests.

Do we receive a commission?

We may earn a commission when you sign up through our Rosie, NextPhone, AI-Receptionist.com, Maple or OnCrew links. These affiliate relationships do not change editorial rankings, awards or customer ratings. No paid ranking placements are currently active. When commercial placements are activated, commission determines the clearly labelled Promoted position in Recommended, separately from editorial price/value/feature awards and review scores. Rates are compared as contract-confirmed USD payouts per qualified conversion over the first 12 months; unconfirmed percentages are not treated as dollar payouts.

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