Alternatives

Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) alternatives

Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk): Phone answering plus web chat, two-way text, a simple CRM and automations in one plan. Its price when we checked: Business-in-a-Box: $99 a month, or $79 a month billed annually, including 200 voice minutes. If it isn't right for you, these tools do a similar job.

Prices at a glance

Tool	Cheapest paid plan	Free plan
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)	$99 (Business-in-a-Box, per month (or $79 billed annually))	No
Smith.ai AI Receptionist	$150 (Pro, per month)	Yes
Goodcall	$79 (Starter, per month)	No
Tidio	Not published	Yes
Upfirst	$24.95 (Starter, per month)	No
Rosie	$49 (Professional, per month)	No
Moneypenny AI Receptionist	£25 (AI Receptionist, per month, from)	No

Our verdict

Free plans: Smith.ai AI Receptionist, Tidio. Priced in pounds (no exchange-rate surprises): Moneypenny AI Receptionist. Cheapest dollar-priced entry plan: Upfirst at $24.95 (Starter, per month). Choose by the job you need doing: each entry says who it suits best.

Smith.ai AI Receptionist

An AI receptionist that answers calls 24/7, qualifies leads and books appointments, with live human backup available.

Price: Free: 25 calls a month, then $3.00 a call. Pro: $150 a month (75 calls, about $2.00 a call). Enterprise: from $500 a month.
Free plan: Yes. 25 calls a month with 24/7 answering, recordings, transcripts, summaries and calendar booking.
Best for: Trying an AI receptionist properly before spending anything.

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Goodcall

An AI phone agent billed per unique customer rather than per minute.

Price: Starter: $79 a month for 100 unique customers, then 79¢ each. Growth: $129 for 500. Scale: $299 for 2,000.
Free plan: No. Build and test a demo agent free; you pay when you connect a number.
Best for: Businesses whose regular customers call back often, or whose calls run long.

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Tidio

Website live chat with an AI agent (Lyro) that answers common customer questions.

Price: Free plan. Starter from 24.17 a month billed annually (100 billable conversations). Growth from 49.17 a month. Lyro AI from 32.50 a month. Plus from 300 a month. Currency as shown on the pricing page.
Free plan: Yes. 50 billable conversations a month and your first 50 Lyro AI conversations (lifetime).
Best for: Online shops and service businesses that get the same questions through their website.

Upfirst

An AI receptionist that answers, summarises and transfers calls and books appointments.

Price: Starter: $24.95 a month for 30 calls ($20 billed annually), then $1.50 a call. Premium: $59.95 for 90 calls. Pro: $159.95 for 300 calls. 14-day free trial.
Free plan: No. No free plan; 14-day free trial with all features.
Best for: Sole traders who get a handful of calls a day.

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Rosie

An AI answering service that takes messages, sends booking links and, on higher plans, books and transfers calls.

Price: Professional: $49 a month for 250 minutes. Scale: $149 a month for 1,000 minutes. Growth: $299 a month for 2,000 minutes. 7-day free trial.
Free plan: No. No free plan; 7-day free trial.
Best for: Businesses with longer calls, such as trades quoting for jobs.

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Moneypenny AI Receptionist

A UK answering company offering an AI receptionist with the option of real receptionists.

Price: From £25 a month according to its AI Receptionist page, priced to your needs; no call or minute allowance published. Human answering is by quote.
Free plan: No. No free plan.
Best for: Firms that want a UK company, a UK contract and human backup.

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