Best Rosie AI Alternatives of 2026
Seven AI receptionists to consider instead of Rosie, ranked on booking on the entry plan, published overage, integrations and price at the same volume.
By , research by the BestBots team ยท Updated Oct 19, 2026
Fact checked against each company's published pricing, documentation and verified user ratings. How we score
Upfirst is the best Rosie alternative for most businesses: it books appointments on its $24.95 plan where Rosie needs $149, bills per call of any length, and publishes its overage. Goodcall is cheaper for long or repeat calls, and Dialzara is the budget pick with booking and Spanish from $29.
Our top picks
Why people look for Rosie alternatives
Rosie is the best minute value in AI reception, with 1,000 minutes for $149 and English and Spanish on every plan. Buyers look elsewhere for reasons on its own pricing page:
- Booking costs $149. The $49 plan only texts booking links; direct Google Calendar and Calendly booking starts on Scale.
- No published overage. You cannot model a month that runs past your minutes.
- A gap between plans. Nothing between 250 and 1,000 minutes.
- Zapier for CRMs. Native links stop at Google Calendar and Calendly.
- No human backup, and a thin review record: 3.5 on the App Store from 11 ratings.
If none of that matters, read the Rosie review and Rosie pricing first.
How to choose
- Booking on a small budget: Upfirst or Dialzara.
- Long calls or customers who call back: Goodcall.
- A person behind the AI: Smith.ai.
- Calls, chat and texts together: My AI Front Desk.
- Salesforce or HubSpot: RingCentral.
- Trades on ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro: Sameday AI.
Our picks, in detail
- Starting price
- $24.95 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 30 to 600 calls depending on plan
- Appointment booking
- Yes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Square and Clio
- Free trial
- 14 days
Upfirst books appointments into Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Square and Clio on its $24.95 Starter plan, where Rosie needs $149 Scale for direct booking. It bills per call of any length with published overage of $0.70 to $1.50, lists 35+ languages, and does not bill spam or calls under 15 seconds.
Pros
- Lowest entry price among per call receptionists at $24.95 for 30 calls
- Spam, sub 15 second and silent calls are not billed
- Calendar booking on every plan, including Clio, Calendly, Acuity and Square
- 35+ languages with automatic switching when the caller changes language
- 14 day free trial and 20% off for annual billing
Cons
- No review listing with 10 or more reviews that we could find, so less public proof than Smith.ai
- No staffed human backup; transfers go to your own phones
- HIPAA BAAs only on custom plans above 600 calls
- Native CRM list is short beyond Clio; most CRMs go through Zapier
Skip it if your calls are very short; at 1 to 2 minutes a call, Rosie's minutes go further.
- Starting price
- $79 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 100 to 2,000 unique callers, unlimited minutes
- Appointment booking
- Yes, checks your calendar and texts confirmations
- Free trial
- Free demo agent; pay when you connect a number
Goodcall never meters minutes and counts each caller once a month, so a business with long calls or customers who call back pays far less than on Rosie's minute bundles. Growth covers 500 unique callers for $129 with booking and transfers included.
Pros
- Never meters minutes, so a nine minute booking costs the same as a 30 second call
- Repeat callers in the same month count once; spam and wrong numbers do not count
- Growth plan covers 500 unique callers for $129, the lowest cost at that volume in this group
- Every call recorded and transcribed, and Gabi runs practice calls before you go live
- Began inside Google in 2017 (CallJoy, Area 120) and says it is SOC 2 and HIPAA compliant
Cons
- Answers in English only, per its own How it works page
- Short native integration list: HighLevel, Google Calendar, Google Sheets and Zapier
- Its Trustpilot page has only 5 reviews, all 1 star, citing billing after cancellation and unannounced price increases
- Unique caller billing makes side by side comparison with per call tools harder
Skip it if you have Spanish speaking callers; Goodcall answers in English only, where Rosie speaks both.
- Starting price
- $29 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 60 to 1,000 minutes
- Appointment booking
- Yes, books into your calendar
- Free trial
- 7 days
Dialzara includes calendar booking, lead qualification, routing to several numbers and English and Spanish on its $29 plan, and it publishes overage on every tier, $0.35 to $0.48 a minute. The AI SMS agent and 100 website chat sessions are free with a voice plan, where Rosie charges $50 for website texting.
Pros
- $29 entry plan is the lowest monthly price in this group
- AI SMS agent and website chat included free with any voice plan
- English and Spanish, booking and lead qualification on every plan
- Trustpilot 4.2 from 20 reviews, mostly praising support
- No setup fees or contracts
Cons
- 60 minutes on Lite runs out fast; 200 minutes costs about $96
- No annual discount: yearly billing is 12 times the monthly price
- Native CRM integrations are not named; most CRMs go through Zapier, Make or webhooks
- No HIPAA statement; regulated setups are on request
Skip it if above about 250 minutes a month; Rosie Scale's 1,000 minutes for $149 is cheaper.
- Starting price
- $0 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 25 calls free; 75 to 500 calls on paid tiers
- Appointment booking
- Yes, AI scheduling with Calendly and other calendars on all plans
- Free trial
- Free plan with 25 calls per month
Smith.ai adds a live North America based receptionist network for calls the AI should not handle, plus native Clio, HubSpot and Salesforce integrations where Rosie relies on Zapier. Its free plan covers 25 calls with booking, so you can compare on live calls.
Pros
- Free plan with 25 real calls a month, so you can run it on live traffic before paying
- Escalation to live North America based receptionists when the AI should not handle a call
- Native Clio, HubSpot and Salesforce integrations, plus Zapier and Make
- Spam calls from a list of 20 million+ known numbers are filtered and not billed
- Recording, transcription, summaries and lead qualification on every plan
Cons
- Per call rates of $1.60 to $3.00 are two to four times what Upfirst charges at similar volume
- Live agent calls cost extra per call, and that rate is not on the AI pricing page
- Volumes above 500 calls are quote only
- Six month term plans are non refundable, and Trustpilot reviewers describe disputes over exactly that
Skip it if at volume; 500 calls cost $800 on Smith.ai.
- Starting price
- $99 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 200 minutes plus about 40 from the credit pool
- Appointment booking
- Yes, into your live calendar
- Free trial
- 7 days, no credit card
My AI Front Desk bundles 200 voice minutes with 100 chats, 400 texts, email drafts, form capture and a CRM for $99, and publishes overage at about $0.25 a minute through credits. It speaks 20+ languages and integrates with Yardi, AppFolio, Buildium, SimplePractice and Jane App.
Pros
- Voice, web chat, two way SMS and a CRM in one $99 plan
- 20+ languages
- Lowest overage in this group at $0.25 per minute
- Vertical integrations for property management and therapy software
Cons
- Trustpilot 3.4 from 19 reviews; 21% are 1 star, several over refused refunds and billing after cancellation
- Its terms say refunds are generally not provided, which matters most on the $948 annual plan
- Reviewers report slow support replies during trials, and the company had not replied to negative reviews
- One public plan, so light users pay for chat, SMS and email features they may not use
Skip it if refund terms matter; its terms say refunds are generally not provided.
- Starting price
- $49 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 100 minutes
- Appointment booking
- Yes, book and reschedule in Google and Outlook calendars
- Free trial
- 14 days
RingCentral's AI Receptionist books into Google and Outlook calendars on its $49 plan, speaks six languages with mid call switching, and connects natively to Salesforce, HubSpot and Zoho. Overage is published at $0.50 a minute in 30 second steps.
Pros
- Six languages with switching mid conversation
- Books and reschedules in Google and Outlook calendars
- Native Salesforce, HubSpot and Zoho integrations
- States customer data is not used to train its AI models; HITRUST certified
- 14 day free trial, and $10 cheaper per month for RingEX customers
Cons
- Only 100 minutes included, then $0.50 per minute, so 500 minutes costs $249
- Extra minute bundle prices are not published
- RingCentral scores 1.7 on Trustpilot from 2,013 reviews, with complaints about cancellation and billing
- No staffed human backup
Skip it if for volume; 1,000 minutes costs about $499 against Rosie's $149.
- Starting price
- $449 per month
- Minutes or calls included
- 500 or 1,000 minutes
- Appointment booking
- Yes, into ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldRoutes, Service Fusion and others
- Free trial
- None listed
Sameday AI books jobs straight into ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldRoutes, Service Fusion, AccuLynx and JobNimbus, which Rosie cannot do without Zapier. Launch is $449 for 500 minutes with unlimited users and 3 locations; your team can take or hand calls back to the AI.
Pros
- Certified ServiceTitan app and official FieldRoutes partner
- Books directly into the field service software trades already run
- Also answers leads from Thumbtack, Google Local Services, Angi and Facebook
- Unlimited users and 3 locations on the entry plan
- Nearly 2,000 service businesses and 4M+ AI answered calls, per Sameday
Cons
- $449 entry price is among the highest in this group
- No published overage, trial or contract terms
- Multilingual voices only on Enterprise
- No public review listing with 10+ reviews found; no SOC 2 or HIPAA claim found
Skip it if you are a small shop; $449 is three times Rosie Scale for half the minutes.
Price comparison at a glance
Bills at 500 minutes a month (about 167 calls at 3 minutes), cheapest published plan, October 2026.
| Service | Billing | Entry price | 500 minutes or about 167 calls | Booking on entry plan | Published overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie | Minute | $49 for 250 | $149 | Text links only | No |
| Upfirst | Call | $24.95 for 30 calls | $136.95 (Premium plus 77 at $1.00) | Yes | Yes |
| Goodcall | Unique caller | $79 for 100 callers | about $88 to $129, by repeat rate | Yes | Yes |
| Dialzara | Minute | $29 for 60 | $199 | Yes | Yes |
| Smith.ai | Call | Free for 25 calls | $270 plus 17 at $2.30, about $309 | Yes | Yes |
| My AI Front Desk | Minute via credits | $99 for 200 | about $169 | Yes | Yes |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist | Minute | $49 for 100 | $249 | Yes | Yes |
| Sameday AI | Minute | $449 for 500 | $449 | Yes | No |
At this volume Goodcall and Upfirst come in under Rosie's $149, because they bill per caller or per call rather than per minute, and My AI Front Desk is close behind. Rosie pulls ahead as minutes rise: 1,000 minutes still costs $149. The alternatives win on booking at the low end and on knowing what a busy month costs. See every tracked rate on the AI Price Index, or plug in your volume in the calculator.
Who should stay on Rosie
Stay if your calls are short, you need 250 to 2,000 minutes, your callers speak English or Spanish, and you are happy on Scale for booking. Nothing else here gives 1,000 minutes for $149. Compare directly in Goodcall vs Rosie, Smith.ai vs Rosie and Rosie vs My AI Front Desk.
How we picked
We started from Rosie's published plans and the gaps buyers cite, then ranked the AI receptionists in our database on booking on the entry plan, published overage, price at the same volume, integrations, languages and verified ratings. Every price comes from the vendor's pricing page, checked in October 2026. Nobody paid for placement. See how we score.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Rosie AI?
Upfirst for most businesses, because it books appointments on its $24.95 plan and publishes overage. Goodcall is the pick for long or repeat calls, and Dialzara for the cheapest plan with booking and Spanish.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Rosie?
Only at low volume. Dialzara starts at $29 and Upfirst at $24.95. At 1,000 minutes Rosie's $149 Scale plan is the cheapest published option we track, though Goodcall can beat it when calls are long or repeat.
Which alternative books appointments on the cheapest plan?
Upfirst books on its $24.95 Starter plan and Dialzara on its $29 Lite plan. Rosie's $49 Professional plan only texts booking links; direct booking starts at $149.
Which Rosie alternative has live humans?
Smith.ai, with live receptionists as a per call add on. Ruby, Abby Connect and Posh also put humans on calls at a higher price.
Which alternative works with ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro?
Sameday AI books into ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldRoutes and others. Avoca, a quote only service, also books into ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro and FieldRoutes.
Does any alternative publish its overage rate?
Yes. Upfirst, Dialzara, My AI Front Desk, RingCentral, Goodcall and Smith.ai all publish overage. Rosie does not.