US · English100 calls/mo · 3 min/call · Capture messages · $200 budget
Edit needsEstimated monthly cost
$212.50/mo
Above your $200/mo budget
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Human answering or escalation is outside the AI estimate.
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
$199/mo
For 100 calls · 300 min/mo
Check: Advertised flat inbound pricing; usage and workflow suitability are not independently tested.
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 An unpublished price is left open for a provider quote.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
A useful Rosie alternative depends on what is missing: a different billing unit, booking on a lower-volume tariff, a team phone workspace or a flat inbound arrangement.
Choose the replacement around a specific gap. Goodcall changes the billing unit, Upfirst changes the entry-plan action mix, NextPhone changes the usage arrangement, and Sona changes the phone-system scope. These are different reasons to switch, not an overall winner list.
This is a selected shortlist, not a performance ranking. Each option has a different switching reason.
Consider it when repeat or longer calls make customer-based billing worth evaluating. It counts different customer numbers rather than your total answered minutes.
Check before switching: Confirm distinct callers, external-tool limits and the actual calendar action.
Consider it when you want call-based billing and scheduling or transfers documented across the listed plans. This can change the first usable tariff for a low-volume booking workload.
Check before switching: Check the named calendar connection, billable-call exclusions and additional-agent charges.
Consider it when a flat inbound subscription is more attractive than a minute allowance and the selected tier covers the integration you need.
Check before switching: Confirm permitted use and whether calendar access or a higher CRM/field-service tier is required.
Consider it when its documented intake connections or managed setup tier address a requirement beyond straightforward answering.
Check before switching: Specify the AI product and the separate scope of human service, custom work and support.
Consider Sona when you also want Quo as a shared team phone system and its documented answering and intake scope is enough.
Check before switching: Include required phone seats; direct calendar booking on the recorded bundles is not established.
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| Same workload | Goodcall | Upfirst | NextPhone | Smith.ai | Quo · Sona |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 calls300 minutes · 75 distinct callers | $79Starter75 different callers within the 100 allowance. Monthly base $79. | $69.95Premium$59.95 base + 10 extra calls × $1. | $199Pro$199 monthly plan. Provider advertises unlimited inbound calls; confirm permitted use and workflow limits. | $212.5Pro 75$150 base + 25 extra calls × $2.5. | $68Sona Tier 3100 calls within the 100 allowance. Monthly base $49 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. |
| 250 calls750 minutes · 188 distinct callers | $129Growth188 different callers within the 500 allowance. Monthly base $129. | $159.95Pro250 calls within the 300 allowance. Monthly base $159.95. | $199Pro$199 monthly plan. Provider advertises unlimited inbound calls; confirm permitted use and workflow limits. | $500Pro 150$270 base + 100 extra calls × $2.3. | $118Sona Tier 4250 calls within the 250 allowance. Monthly base $99 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. |
| 500 calls1500 minutes · 375 distinct callers | $129Growth375 different callers within the 500 allowance. Monthly base $129. | $299Scale500 calls within the 600 allowance. Monthly base $299. | $199Pro$199 monthly plan. Provider advertises unlimited inbound calls; confirm permitted use and workflow limits. | $800Enterprise 500500 calls within the 500 allowance. Monthly base $800. | $218Sona Tier 5500 calls within the 600 allowance. Monthly base $199 + $19 for one monthly Quo Starter user. |
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
If the issue is missing direct booking, first check whether the existing Rosie tariff rather than the provider is the constraint. If the issue is cost, separate minutes from new callers and billable calls. If the issue is follow-up, define where the final record should appear. Each problem leads to a different shortlist.
Use the same forwarded call count, duration, repeat share and task for every option. Compare monthly billing with monthly billing. Do not compare Rosie booking coverage with a message-only competitor tariff or an AI bundle that excludes its required phone subscription.
Export the opening hours, answers, service area and escalation destinations your current agent uses. Verify them in the replacement and keep a rollback route. A new provider should demonstrate the outcome that motivated the switch before you move the main number.
There is no single answer across tasks and workloads. The table normalizes message capture; use the full calculator for booking, duration and repeat callers.
First compare the eligible Rosie booking tier with alternatives that perform the same calendar action. A link-only tariff is not a direct-booking substitute.
Check forwarding and porting conditions with the current carrier and replacement. A reversible forwarding pilot can establish fit before a permanent number move.
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.
69 services · 191 plans · Sources checked October 23, 2026. Coverage & research status · Recommendation methodology
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