Press Release — For Immediate Release — November 2, 2026
AI Receptionist Cost: What 300 Calls Really Cost — And the $49 Office That Answers Them
Metered AI plans run a $362 median at 300 calls a month. The flat phone answerer is $199. Alice just published the whole table — and the whole office is $49.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — November 2, 2026 — Alice AI Office Hub today published a full ai receptionist cost comparison — published prices for metered AI plans, flat-rate answering, live answering services and a human receptionist, at 100 and 300 calls a month — and put its own price in the same table. Metered AI receptionist plans run a median of $149 a month at 100 calls and $362 a month at 300 calls, with the published range reaching $765 (NextPhone AI Receptionist Price Index, read November 2, 2026). Live answering services run $180 to $1,160 for 100 calls. A full-time receptionist costs about $3,170 a month in wages alone. Alice's Founding membership — the whole AI office, not phone answering alone — is $49 a month, locked for Founding Members.
The pattern in the table is the meter. Most AI receptionists bill per minute or per call, past a fixed allowance, and round every call up to the next full minute — a 20-second call billed as 60 seconds. That means a business pays the most in exactly the month it can least afford friction: the busy month, the storm week, the month the advertising worked.
The busiest-month question, asked of everyone
Flat-rate sellers tell buyers to ask one question — what does my bill look like in my busiest month? Alice is asking it of the whole table. At 300 calls, the metered median is $362. NextPhone's flat Pro plan is $199 at any volume — for phone answering only, with no web chat or office behind it, by the company's own description. Alice Monthly is $49 with everything included and no per-minute meter on the membership: answering, booking, web chat, follow-up and call summaries, plus a Second Line business number that is free to claim, with 1,000 credits included and phone time billed by the second where credits apply — one credit, one second, nothing rounded up.
"Everybody in this business hopes you never do the busiest-month math. We published the table — theirs and ours — because $49 for the whole office wins that math in the open." — Madison Hoskins, Founder, Alice AI Office Hub and Capital 7 Logistics
What it costs, and the guarantee behind it
Alice is an AI office for local service businesses — booking page, trained assistant, quote information from the business's own prices, and lead inbox in one place. Founding Members join at $49 per month, locked at that rate, ahead of the regular $97 Starter plan; Pro is $197 per month and White-label is $497 per month. Founding Annual is $490 per year, with an optional one-time Done-For-You Setup for $1,500. Founding membership carries the published lead guarantee: 10 qualified leads in the first 60 days, or your marketing is free — a qualified lead being a real person, with a name and a reachable phone or email, asking for a service the business sells. Live demos by trade are at aliceaihub.xyz.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
On published prices read November 2, 2026, metered AI receptionist plans run a median of $149 a month at 100 calls and $362 a month at 300 calls (NextPhone AI Receptionist Price Index). Flat-rate NextPhone Pro is $199 a month for phone answering. Alice AI Office Hub is $49 a month for Founding Members — the whole AI office, Spanish included.
What is the cheapest AI receptionist?
Read the allowance, not the price. The lowest sticker prices buy tiny allowances — published roundups show $24.95 plans that cover 30 calls and $29 plans that cover 60 minutes. Past the allowance, per-call and per-minute charges take over. The honest comparison is your total bill at your real call volume, in your busiest month.
What does Alice AI Office Hub cost?
Founding Member is $49 per month, locked at that rate for Founding Members. Regular plans are Starter at $97 per month, Pro at $197 per month, and White-label at $497 per month. Founding Annual is $490 per year. A one-time Done-For-You Setup is $1,500.
Is Spanish an extra charge with Alice?
No. Spanish is included in the same $49 — no surcharge and no higher tier. Published rates for a live bilingual answering service run $499–$2,165 a month for 200 calls (customerexperience.io, rates checked September 2026).
Where can I run my own numbers?
On the AI receptionist cost page at aliceaihub.xyz, which embeds the Receptionist Cost Calculator — enter your call volume, missed-call rate, job value and current coverage cost and see your own estimate live.
About Alice AI Office Hub
Alice AI Office Hub is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based software platform by Capital 7 Logistics that gives local service businesses an AI receptionist and booking page. Alice answers customer inquiries, shares quote information, and books jobs while owners are on site working. The platform serves trades and local services including moving, handyman, plumbing, electrical, roofing, HVAC, painting, cleaning, landscaping, pest control, event planning, and kids' party services. Learn more at aliceaihub.xyz.
Media contact
Madison Hoskins, Founder
Alice AI Office Hub / Capital 7 Logistics, LLC
(570) 550-0997 · capital7lllc@gmail.com · aliceaihub.xyz
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