AI receptionist pricing
What an AI receptionist costs.
Plainly, and with no meter: an AI receptionist is one managed AI employee, priced as one. Here are the real figures and how the pricing works, against the per-call and per-minute services it replaces.
What you pay
Illustrative until we scope your role; your own figure is quoted in writing first.
In short
An AI receptionist is one AI employee role, and it is priced as one: from £3,000 to set up, then £700 a month, fully managed. There is no per-call or per-minute meter, so the fee is the same in a busy month as a quiet one.
The figures in full
Two numbers, and no third one hiding.
One-off setup
from £3,000
Scoping the role, training it on your services and voice, and connecting it to your calendar and tools.
Managed, each month
£700 a month
Hosting, monitoring, and the ongoing work of keeping the role sharp, per AI employee.
Per call or per minute
None
There is no usage meter. A busy month costs the same as a quiet one, so the fee is one you can budget.
These are the AI-employee figures. For the larger build tiers, where the AI receptionist sits inside a whole website with a workforce behind it, see the full pricing, or read what the AI receptionist actually does before you weigh the cost.
What the fee buys
A managed role, not a licence to run.
The role built and trained
The setup fee covers scoping what the AI receptionist should answer, training it on your services and the way you speak, and wiring it into your calendar and tools. You approve it before it goes live.
Run and improved for you
The monthly fee is a managed service, not a licence you operate. We host it, watch how it answers, and refine it as your enquiries change, so it keeps earning its place rather than ageing in a settings panel.
A price quoted before we build
The figures here are the published starting point. Your own number is scoped against your services and volume and put in writing before any work begins, so there is no meter running behind the scenes.
How it compares
A fee you can budget, not a bill that follows demand.
A fee, not a meter
A per-call answering service charges for every call and a per-minute platform charges for talk time, so the bill climbs in exactly the months your enquiries do. The AI receptionist is a fixed £700 a month whatever the volume.
One role, one price
An AI receptionist is a single AI employee: from £3,000 to set up and £700 a month. If you later add another role, such as a lead qualifier, it is priced the same way and quoted before we build it.
Cheaper than the desk it covers
The fee sits at a fraction of a salaried hire and covers every hour, including the evenings and weekends a person cannot. Most firms keep their team and put the AI on overflow and first response.
Metered, or managed
What a per-call service charges for.
A traditional answering service bills per call, and a newer AI voice platform bills per minute or per message. Both price the thing you cannot control: how many people get in touch. The month your marketing works is the month the invoice jumps.
An AI receptionist is priced the other way round. You pay from £3,000 to set up the role and £700 a month to have us run it, and that figure does not move with your volume. The work of answering, qualifying, and booking is the fee you already agreed, not a tally at the end of the month.
It is also a managed role rather than a tool you configure. We build it, watch it, and improve it, so what you are buying is the outcome, not a dashboard and a per-use rate. The AI receptionist page sets out what it handles, and the pricing page shows where it sits among the larger builds.
Get the number for your own desk.
Book a thirty-minute call and we will scope the role and price it against your enquiries, or run the figures through the ROI calculator first.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. You leave knowing what it would answer, what it would escalate, and what it would cost.
Questions
The cost, answered.
What does an AI receptionist cost to set up and run?
An AI receptionist is one AI employee role: from £3,000 to set up, then £700 a month, fully managed. The monthly fee covers hosting, monitoring, and improvement, with no per-call charge on top. Your own figure is quoted in writing before we build. The full pricing, in your currency, is on the pricing page.
Why is the AI receptionist a flat fee instead of a per-call rate?
Because enquiries do not arrive at an even rate, and a per-call or per-minute meter charges you most in the busy months you most want covered. The AI receptionist fee is fixed at £700 a month whatever the volume, so a good month costs the same as a quiet one.
How does AI receptionist pricing compare with a per-minute answering service?
A per-minute answering service bills for talk time and often per message, so the cost rises exactly when enquiries do. AI receptionist pricing is a fixed £700 a month on top of a one-off setup from £3,000, managed by us, so you trade a rising meter for a figure you can budget.
Is an AI receptionist cheaper than hiring a full-time receptionist?
Usually, yes. A salaried receptionist covers one shift; from £3,000 to set up and £700 a month, an AI receptionist covers every hour for a fraction of a full salary. Most firms keep their team for the people in front of them and put the AI on overflow and after-hours enquiries.
Does the AI receptionist price rise as call volume grows?
No. The £700 monthly fee is for the managed role, not a meter, so more enquiries do not mean a larger bill. Adding a second AI employee later, such as a lead qualifier, is a separate role priced the same way and quoted before we build it.
What is included in the AI receptionist setup and monthly fee?
The one-off setup, from £3,000, covers scoping the role, training it on your services and voice, and connecting it to your calendar and tools. The £700 a month then covers hosting, monitoring, and ongoing improvement. There is no separate per-call or per-message charge on top.
Book a strategy call
Thirty minutes to price your role.
Thirty minutes to scope this role properly: what it would answer, what it would escalate, and what it would cost to run.
Know the scope and the number before you start.
The build is scoped and priced in writing before it begins, with the exclusions named, and the AI workforce is built and trained on your services and voice before it answers anyone. You commit to a defined piece of work, not to a promise.
Book a thirty-minute call
Pick a time straight from the diary. If you would rather write first, email us and a person replies, usually the same working day.