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UK AI receptionist price index (October 2026)
Every published price for an AI receptionist you can buy in the UK, read on each provider’s own site, in one table, with what the entry price actually includes. Re-read monthly, with a change log and a CSV you can cite.
Entry prices for AI receptionists sold in the UK run from £8.99 to £99 a month. The gap is in what the entry price includes: only a handful of entry plans book appointments on the call, and fewer include a UK number and a transfer to a person. At about 100 calls a month, the cheapest published combinations land between £49 and £80 for most providers, and above £130 for the hybrid and US services. Ringmere’s £49 Starter books, includes a UK number and transfers, and comes to £61.50 at that volume.
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Try it freeLast read 19 October 2026. Every figure on this page was read on the provider’s own pricing page on that date (RingCentral on 10 October, when its page still showed a price) and is quoted as published. Promotions are quoted as shown, with the standard price where the page gives one. Ringmere is our own product; its row comes from the same pricing page customers see. We re-read every page monthly and log what changed below.
What the entry price includes
Seventeen providers, one row each, on the entry plan. The three columns that decide whether a plan is complete for a small business are booking on the call, a UK number and a transfer to a person.
| Provider | Entry plan | Included | After that | Books on the call? | Free trial | UK number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringmere | Starter: £49/mo ex VAT | 150 minutes | 25p a minute | Every plan | 7 days, card required | Included |
| Hey Jodie | Basic: £49/mo ex VAT | Unlimited minutes (fair use) | No overage | From the £99 plan (the Basic plan card also lists bookings) | 7 days, no card | No: you forward your existing number |
| Sayora | Pro (early bird): £49/mo, no VAT added | Unlimited minutes while early-bird places last | No overage; £79 with a call allowance for new accounts once places are gone | Yes (Google Calendar, Cal.com) | 7 days, no card until you claim | Included |
| Vocalenda | One plan (founding rate): £49/mo (standard £69); VAT not stated | 500 minutes, fair use | No overage: calls pause until the month resets; 500-minute top-up £59 | Yes | 30 days, card required | Included, or keep your own |
| IONOS AI Receptionist | Starter: £39/mo ex VAT | 30 calls | 49p a call | From the £99 plan | 1 month free | Dedicated number (UK not stated) |
| Fasthosts AI Receptionist | Lite: £39/mo (a £31.20 offer price is also shown); VAT wording unclear on the page | 30 calls | 49p a call | From the £69 plan | 1 month free | Dedicated number (UK not stated) |
| Cyberstaff | Starter: £30/mo; VAT not stated | 100 minutes | 30p a minute | Every plan | 7 days, no card | Not stated (divert your existing number) |
| ARROW | Entry plan: £99/mo; VAT not stated | 150 minutes | Not published | Not stated | None published | Not stated |
| Answer.co.uk (AI) | Lite: £10/mo; VAT not stated | No calls included | 85p a call | From the £120 plan | None; a test number to call | Included (0207 or 0208) |
| Moneypenny AI Receptionist | Quote-led: Not published (the page markup says from £25) | Not published | Not published | Listed | None published | A number is provided free |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist | UK add-on: £32/mo per account (read 10 October; the page showed no price on 19 October) | 100 minutes | 40p a minute | Listed as coming soon | None published | Uses your phone system |
| BT Business AI Receptionist | Minute bundles: Not published; sold in bundles of 100 minutes | 100 to 14,000 minutes a month | Off by default: the service stops at 100% unless overage is switched on with a cap | Listed (Outlook and Google Calendar) | None published; 50% off the 100 and 300-minute bundles for six months until 20 November | Not stated |
| Team-Connect | Lite: £19.99/mo; VAT not stated | 30 AI minutes and 2 UK numbers | Minute packs: 150 for £34.99 | Not stated | None published | Two included |
| Smith.ai | Free, then Pro: $0 for 25 calls; Pro $150/mo (about £115) | 25 calls on Free, 75 on Pro | $3 a call on Free, $2.50 on Pro | Not stated on the pricing page | A free tier with no time limit | Not stated; transfers go to North America |
| Reception Genie | Basic: £8.99/mo (£7.99 shown as an offer); VAT not stated | 2,400 credits, about 20 call minutes | Credit packs from £1.79 per 1,000; a minute uses 120 credits (about 21p) | Not stated | 30 days on paid plans | Area code of your choice |
| Norango | Essential Hybrid: £69.95/mo (£60 on annual billing); VAT not stated | 60 AI minutes | 50p a minute | Not stated on the pricing page | 30 days, card for verification | Non-geographic UK number |
| VoiceDart Go | Go (self-serve): From £49/mo, no VAT added; tiers at £49, £99 and £149 | Set by tier, not published | Set by tier, not published | Not stated on the pricing page | Offered; length not published | Included |
Sources (checked 19 October 2026): ringmere.com/pricing, heyjodie.com/en-gb/pricing, sayora.ai/pricing, vocalenda.com/pricing, ionos.co.uk/momentum/ai-receptionist, fasthosts.co.uk/spark/ai-receptionist, cyberstaff.com/pricing, aiphonecalls.co.uk/pricing, answer.co.uk/ai-virtual-receptionist-service, moneypenny.com/uk/ai-receptionist, ringcentral.com/gb/en/pricing/ai-receptionist.html, business.bt.com/calling-messaging-tools/contact-centres/ai-receptionist, team-connect.co.uk/pricing, smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist, reception-genie.com/pricing, norango.ai/prices, voicedart.uk/pricing
Three things to check before comparing on price. The billing unit: a plan sold in calls charges the same for a ten-second wrong number as for a ten-minute booking, and a plan sold in minutes does not. VAT: most pages do not say whether the price includes it; the ones that do are marked. Promotions: early-bird, founding and first-month offers are quoted as shown, and the standard price follows where the page gives one.
What about 100 calls a month costs
A typical business call runs about two minutes, so 100 calls is about 200 minutes. For each provider we took the cheapest published combination of plan and overage that covers that volume; where allowances are in calls, we used 100 calls. Where a page does not publish enough to work it out, the table says so rather than guessing. The third column answers, at that price, whether the plan books on the call, includes a UK number, and transfers a call to a person.
| Provider | About | Books, UK number, transfer? | How we worked it out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hey Jodie | £49 | Booking from £99, no number, transfer yes | Basic, unlimited minutes |
| Sayora | £49 | Yes, yes, transfer not listed | Pro early bird, unlimited minutes |
| Vocalenda | £49 | Yes, yes, transfer not stated | One plan, 500 minutes |
| Reception Genie | About £50 | Not stated, yes, not stated | Pro £17.99 with about 50 minutes, plus 18 credit packs |
| Cyberstaff | £60 | Yes, not stated, not stated | Starter plus 100 minutes at 30p |
| Ringmere | £61.50 | Yes, yes, yes | Starter plus 50 minutes at 25p |
| IONOS AI Receptionist | £69 | Booking from £99, number yes, forwarding yes | The £69 plan, 100 calls |
| Fasthosts AI Receptionist | £69 | Booking from £69, number yes, forwarding yes | Plus plan, 100 calls |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist | £72 | Coming soon, your system, not stated | £32 plus 100 minutes at 40p |
| Answer.co.uk (AI) | £72.50 | Booking from £120, number yes, transfer from £30 with fees | Growth £30 with 50 calls, plus 50 at 85p |
| Team-Connect | £79.99 | Not stated, yes, not stated | Business Pro, 250 minutes |
| ARROW | £99 plus an unpublished overage | Not stated | Entry plan, 150 minutes, plus about 50 more |
| Norango | £139.95 | Not stated, yes, live agents from £189.95 | Essential plus 140 minutes at 50p |
| Smith.ai | About $213 (around £160) | Not stated, not stated, North America | Pro with 75 calls, plus 25 at $2.50 |
| Moneypenny AI Receptionist | Quote | Listed, yes, human receptionists | No published prices |
| BT Business AI Receptionist | Not published | Yes, not stated, not stated | Bundle prices are not on the page |
| VoiceDart Go | Not calculable | Not stated, yes, not stated | Minute allowances are not published |
The pattern is the one the cost guide describes: the cheapest headline prices are per-call and credit plans that cost two to seven times their entry price at a working volume, the flat unlimited plans are the simplest to budget but mostly take messages or charge more to book, and the plans that book on the call, include a number and transfer at that volume start around £60 and rise past £100. Ringmere’s Starter is £49 with 150 minutes, 25p a minute after, a UK number, booking into Google Calendar or Outlook, and live transfer, with a 7-day trial.
Change log
- 19 October 2026. First edition: 17 providers read on their own pricing pages. RingCentral quoted from its 10 October page, which showed no price on 19 October.
How to cite this index
The index is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: cite “Ringmere UK AI Receptionist Price Index” and link to this page. The CSV carries every row with its source page and the date it was read, so a figure can be checked rather than trusted. Providers: if a row is wrong, email info@ringmere.com with the page it should come from and we will correct it and log the change.
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