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AI receptionists, compared side by side
Never miss a call again. Entry plans start at $24.95 a month. Here’s how six of the most popular options compare.
| Agent | Type | Best for | Starting price | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upfirst | AI receptionist | Small firms with modest call volume | $24.95/mo | 14 days, no card |
| Dialzara | AI receptionist | Budget-minded small businesses with light call volume | $29/mo | 7 days |
| Rosie | AI receptionist | Solo operators and local service businesses | $49/mo | 7 days |
| Goodcall | AI phone agent | Local businesses with long or frequent calls | $79/mo | 14 days |
| Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) | AI receptionist, chat and SMS | Small businesses wanting calls, texts and chat together | $99/mo | 7 days, no card |
| Smith.ai | AI with live-agent backup | Law firms and service businesses | Free plan; Pro $150/mo | Free plan (25 calls/mo) |
Top agents for every job
The strongest options in each category, with their starting price.
Book appointments
All 6 →- UpfirstPer-call AI receptionist with wide calendar support and 35+ languages.$24.95/mo
- RosieMobile-first AI answering service that trains itself from your Google profile and website.$49/mo
- Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)AI receptionist that handles calls, texts, web chat and email with a built-in CRM.$99/mo
Follow up leads
All 6 →- Ava by ArtisanAI BDR that finds leads in its own database, writes outreach, answers replies and books meetings.Custom pricing
- Alice by 11xAI SDR that researches prospects and runs multichannel outreach until meetings are booked.$3,750/mo (billed yearly)
- AiSDRAI SDR that researches leads and runs email, LinkedIn and phone outreach to book meetings.$250/mo
Customer support
All 6 →- Fin by IntercomAI agent that resolves chat, email, voice and social questions and works on top of most helpdesks.$0.99 per outcome
- Zendesk AI AgentsAI agents built into Zendesk Suite that resolve messaging, email and voice tickets and escalate with context.$55/agent/mo billed yearly
- Lyro by TidioTidio's AI agent answers common questions from your help content and hands harder chats to people.Free plan; Lyro from $32.50/mo
Write and post content
All 6 →- JasperMarketing content platform with 100+ ready-made agents that write on-brand copy in 30+ languages.$69/seat/mo
- BlazeMarketing autopilot that plans, writes and publishes social posts, blogs and emails from your brand profile.$79/mo
- OcoyaWrites, designs and schedules social posts across 24+ networks, with captions in 37 languages.$29/mo
Research for me
All 6 →- PerplexityAnswer engine that searches the web and writes cited reports, with a Research mode for deeper work.Free; Pro $20/mo
- ChatGPT Deep ResearchBrowses many sources for minutes and returns a long cited report you can download.Free; Go $8/mo
- Gemini Deep ResearchPlans a research task, reads up to hundreds of sites and drafts a structured report.Free; AI Plus $4.99/mo
Build software
All 6 →- Claude CodeAgent that reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and opens pull requests from terminal, IDE or web.$20/mo (Claude Pro)
- CursorAI code editor with an agent that edits across files, plus cloud agents and code review.Free; Pro $20/mo
- GitHub Copilot coding agentAssign an issue to Copilot and it writes code in GitHub Actions, then opens a pull request.$10/mo (Copilot Pro)
Personal assistant
All 6 →- LindyAI assistant you message on iMessage, Slack or email to run inbox, calendar and app tasks.$29.99/mo
- FyxerSorts your Gmail or Outlook inbox, drafts replies in your tone and writes meeting follow-ups.Free plan; Pro $49/mo
- HowieLoop it into email, SMS or iMessage and it schedules meetings and guards your Google Calendar.$25/mo
Find new leads
All 7 →- Ava by ArtisanAI BDR that finds leads in its own database, writes outreach, answers replies and books meetings.Custom pricing
- Alice by 11xAI SDR that researches prospects and runs multichannel outreach until meetings are booked.$3,750/mo (billed yearly)
- AiSDRAI SDR that researches leads and runs email, LinkedIn and phone outreach to book meetings.$250/mo
Build your own agents
All 8 →- LangGraphLow-level orchestration framework from LangChain for building stateful agents as graphs with durable execution.Free (open source)
- CrewAIPython framework for running teams of role-based AI agents as crews, with event-driven Flows for workflow control.Free (open source)
- OpenAI Agents SDKLightweight open-source framework from OpenAI for multi-agent workflows with handoffs, guardrails and built-in tracing.Free (open source)
New in 2026
Calendly's new AI assistant. Copy it into an email thread and it proposes times and books the meeting.
Rebuilt AI sales rep that finds leads, writes outreach, answers replies and books meetings on its own.
Support agent that now bills only for resolved outcomes and plugs into Zendesk, Salesforce and HubSpot.
CC it on email, text or iMessage and it schedules meetings and protects your focus time.
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