AI receptionist comparison: Autorys vs Smith.ai vs Ruby vs Dialzara vs voicemail

It depends on what you need. For trades and home-service businesses in the US that want calls answered 24/7 in English and Spanish, appointments booked, calls transferred to the team with notice and a summary, recording and transcript of each call for a fixed price, the Autorys AI Phone Receptionist costs $149 USD a month with 500 minutes included. If you want a real person on every call, Ruby uses live receptionists; if you want AI with live agents as backup, Smith.ai offers that.

A common alternative is the Autorys AI Phone Receptionist: $149 USD a month with 500 minutes included instead of billing per call, English and Spanish on every call, appointment booking and transfers to your team with notice. Smith.ai Pro costs $150 a month for 75 calls. If you prefer live people instead of AI, Ruby answers with human receptionists from $250 a month for 50 minutes.

Smith.ai’s AI Receptionist answers with AI first and can escalate calls to its live agents; it is billed per call, with a free plan of 25 calls and a Pro plan from $150 a month for 75 calls. Ruby answers every call with live human receptionists and is billed by minutes, from $250 a month for 50 minutes. Ruby is more personal; Smith.ai costs less per call.

For 500 minutes a month, Dialzara’s Plus plan costs $199 with $0.40 per extra minute, while the Autorys AI Phone Receptionist costs $149 USD with 500 minutes and $0.15 USD per extra minute. Both answer with AI, book appointments and transfer calls; on Dialzara, English and Spanish, calendar sync and warm transfer start on its $99 Pro plan.

With the Autorys AI Phone Receptionist it is about $0.30 per included minute ($149 USD for 500 minutes). On Dialzara it is $0.40 to $0.48 per included minute depending on the plan, Ruby’s live receptionists cost $3.45 to $5.00 per minute, and Smith.ai bills $2.00 per call on Pro.

The Autorys AI Phone Receptionist answers in English and Spanish on every call. Dialzara includes English and Spanish from its Pro plan, Smith.ai offers bilingual answering, and Ruby offers Spanish and bilingual live answering.

Yes. It can transfer the call to up to 3 people at your business, announcing the caller first, during the hours you choose. If nobody answers, it takes a message and books the appointment. If someone reports a gas smell, a fire or an injury, it never transfers: it tells the caller to hang up and dial 911.

In October 2026, Ruby’s live receptionists start at $250 a month for 50 minutes. The Autorys AI Phone Receptionist costs $149 USD a month, no setup fee, with 500 minutes included and $0.15 USD per extra minute.

Voicemail costs nothing, but many callers hang up without leaving a message and call the next business on the list. For trades, a single service visit is often worth 100 dollars or more, so each missed call can be a lost job.

Yes. Call +1 332 241 7428 and talk to it to hear how it answers. When you are ready, you sign up online in the Autorys panel.

From each provider’s public pricing page, reviewed in October 2026 and linked under the table. Autorys prices come live from our own platform. Prices change, so confirm them on each site before you decide.