What will your phone bill really be?
Per-minute, per-call, per-caller and "unlimited" prices cannot be compared on a sticker. Tell us your call volume; we price the same month everywhere, flag the billing traps, and check whether the product is still operating.
At a glance: 21 products priced for 100 calls a month, 3 min each. Cheapest: SkipCalls at $29.99. Prices checked 2026-11-10.
21 products priced for 100 calls a month, 3 min each. Cheapest: SkipCalls at $29.99.
- SkipCallsStarter (monthly) · 100 calls used$29.99per month⚠ Fair use
- Zinng300 min · 300 min used$49per month
- Sona by Quo (formerly OpenPhone)Credits tier 3 · 100 calls used$64per month⚠ Needs a phone seat
- DialoraStarter · 300 min used$64per month⚠ Overage⚠ Third-party price
- AI Receptionist (ai-receptionist.com)Starter · 300 min used$64per month⚠ Overage
- MarlieNever miss a call · 300 min used$66.50per month⚠ Overage
- PhonelyStarter · 300 min used$68per month⚠ Overage⚠ Annual price
- UpfirstPremium · 100 calls used$69.95per month⚠ Overage
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What moved since the October lists
- Goodcall · Scale $249 (500 callers) in the Oct third-party reading; vendor page now shows $299 (2,000 customers).
- SkipCalls · Monthly price $19.99 (Oct third-party reading) vs $29.99 on the vendor page; fair-use cap of about 200 calls now stated.
- Nextiva XBert · Overage conflict resolved on the vendor page: $1.50 per extra conversation (Receptionist Report was right; Zinng's $0.99 was not). $99 for 100 resolutions confirmed.
- Allo · Entry-price conflict resolved on the vendor page: $64 = $32 Business seat + $32 AI Receptionist add-on (annual billing); Receptionist Report's $32 was the add-on alone.
- AgentZap · Vendor page confirms Starter $109/150 min/$0.85 and adds Professional $295/450 min and Business $899/1,500 min; the third-party listing had only the Starter tier.
Still operating?
4 of 36listed products gone, sold or exited
- Breezy AI · shut down 2026-07-25
- Toma · exited 2026-09-01
- Vogent · acquired 2026-05-06
- Marr Labs Vox · acquired 2026-09-09
Recently added & updated
The latest price changes and conflicts found on vendor pages.
- 2026-11-10 · Goodcall · Scale $249 (500 callers) in the Oct third-party reading; vendor page now shows $299 (2,000 customers).
- 2026-11-10 · SkipCalls · Monthly price $19.99 (Oct third-party reading) vs $29.99 on the vendor page; fair-use cap of about 200 calls now stated.
- 2026-11-10 · Nextiva XBert · Overage conflict resolved on the vendor page: $1.50 per extra conversation (Receptionist Report was right; Zinng's $0.99 was not). $99 for 100 resolutions confirmed.
- 2026-11-10 · Allo · Entry-price conflict resolved on the vendor page: $64 = $32 Business seat + $32 AI Receptionist add-on (annual billing); Receptionist Report's $32 was the add-on alone.
- 2026-11-10 · AgentZap · Vendor page confirms Starter $109/150 min/$0.85 and adds Professional $295/450 min and Business $899/1,500 min; the third-party listing had only the Starter tier.
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