US · English100 calls/mo · 3 min/call · Capture messages · $200 budget
Edit needsEstimated monthly cost
$99/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Voice-only usage model. SMS and chat consumption is excluded.
Requirements & limitationsEstimated monthly cost
$68/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Assumes one monthly Starter seat at $19 plus Sona. More users or Business/Scale increase the total.
Requirements & limitationsEstimated monthly cost
$79/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Starter allows one connected external tool.
Requirements & limitationsEstimated monthly cost
$149/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Confirm the exact calendar connection.
Requirements & limitationsEstimated monthly cost
$69.95/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Only count forwarded, billable calls; spam and some very short calls are excluded.
Requirements & limitationsTry a higher budget or show all services. An unpublished price is left open for a provider quote.
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
Replacing My AI Front Desk can mean replacing a receptionist, a CRM bundle or a mix of phone and digital channels. Define which parts you need to keep.
Choose a narrower answering service if the bundled front-office tools duplicate your current stack. Keep a multichannel product on the shortlist if shared customer contact is the real requirement. Compare credit consumption and required subscriptions explicitly.
This is a selected shortlist, not a performance ranking. Each option has a different switching reason.
A candidate when the job is primarily phone answering with an optional booking or transfer tier.
Check before switching: Confirm the calendar and minute allowance; it is not being presented as a complete replacement for the bundled CRM.
A candidate when call-based scheduling and intake are sufficient and the existing CRM remains in place.
Check before switching: Demonstrate how the call output reaches the people or systems doing follow-up.
XBert is a candidate when calls, texts and chat are part of the desired intake scope.
Check before switching: Its recorded conversation allowance is shared across channels; include the full channel workload.
Sona is a candidate when a shared team phone workspace is the priority.
Check before switching: Include the required Quo seats and verify the action limits rather than inferring full front-office equivalence.
A candidate when configured phone actions and customer-based billing fit better than a shared credit bundle.
Check before switching: Verify external-tool limits and which tasks actually reach your existing business applications.
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| Same workload | Rosie | Upfirst | Nextiva · XBert | Quo · Sona | Goodcall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 calls300 minutes · 75 distinct callers | $149Scale300 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149. | $69.95Premium$59.95 base + 10 extra calls × $1. | $99XBert100 conversations within the 100 allowance. Monthly base $99. | $68Sona Tier 3100 calls within the 100 allowance. Monthly base $49 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. | $79Starter75 different callers within the 100 allowance. Monthly base $79. |
| 250 calls750 minutes · 188 distinct callers | $149Scale750 minutes within the 1000 allowance. Monthly base $149. | $159.95Pro250 calls within the 300 allowance. Monthly base $159.95. | $324XBert$99 base + 150 extra conversations × $1.5. | $118Sona Tier 4250 calls within the 250 allowance. Monthly base $99 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. | $129Growth188 different callers within the 500 allowance. Monthly base $129. |
| 500 calls1500 minutes · 375 distinct callers | $299Growth1,500 minutes within the 2000 allowance. Monthly base $299. | $299Scale500 calls within the 600 allowance. Monthly base $299. | $699XBert$99 base + 400 extra conversations × $1.5. | $218Sona Tier 5500 calls within the 600 allowance. Monthly base $199 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. | $129Growth375 different callers within the 500 allowance. Monthly base $129. |
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.
Change calls, duration, repeat callers and task in the live calculator
Inventory web chat, text messaging, the CRM and automations before choosing a replacement. Mark each as retained, replaced or unnecessary. A narrower receptionist may be a better fit for phone coverage, but the cost of any tools you still require belongs in the full replacement budget.
The Frontdesk credit pool can be used across functions. XBert likewise has a shared conversation definition. Voice-only scenarios make one part comparable but do not establish the cost of a business using every channel. Rebuild the workload around the mix you actually have.
Choose a system of record and a follow-up owner. Test a caller who later submits a web message and changes the request. Inspect whether the replacement creates duplicates, loses context or sends information into an unmonitored inbox.
Yes. The profile uses Frontdesk as its display name and My AI Front Desk as the product identity for this replacement search.
Only if you no longer need those tools or retain them elsewhere. The shortlist states the switching reason rather than assuming full bundle equivalence.
Their included units can be consumed by several channels. Voice-only estimates exclude the other demand.
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.
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By the businessAIfinder editorial team · Editorial review · US / English
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.
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