Verified July 2, 2026 · every number links to its source
The comparison page that shows its work.
Most pricing comparisons are marketing wearing a spreadsheet costume. This one is different in two ways: every figure below was read from the vendor's own live page on the date above (click any source), and we included the comparisons we lose. If a number has changed since, the date tells you exactly how fresh the receipt is.
$270/mo
Pro — 150 calls/mo
AI answering only; booking +$1.50/call, recording +$0.25/call, Spanish +$1.00/call; web chat sold separately; overage $1.80/call
$75/mo
Basic — pay as you go
0 included minutes; $2.60/min of live talk time from the first second
$329/mo
Essential — 100 min (human)
human receptionists, billed by the minute — ring, hold and spam time counted
$129/mo
Growth (per agent)
AI phone agent, 250 unique customers/mo, then $0.50/unique customer
~$399–599/mo + $25–30/user
Core / Pro (reported)
messaging/reviews platform; AI agent is a paid add-on; pricing quote-gated on their site
RevenuePack
$499/mo or $4,999/yr
Everything
AI chat + AI calls (150/mo incl., then $1) + customer/chat/voicemail texts to you + instant text-back to missed callers (+ appointment-confirmation texts) + booking + lead manager + forms + included intelligence upgrades (instant bot → hand-tuned Opus in 24h → 14-day retrains on real questions) — one price, no per-feature fees
| Vendor | Plan | Price | What it covers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith.ai (AI)full breakdown → | Pro — 150 calls/mo | $270/mo | AI answering only; booking +$1.50/call, recording +$0.25/call, Spanish +$1.00/call; web chat sold separately; overage $1.80/call | their page ↗ |
| Smith.ai (human)full breakdown → | 90 calls/mo | $810/mo | human receptionists, $7–10/call effective | their page ↗ |
| Rubyfull breakdown → | Starter — 50 min | $250/mo | human answering, billed by the minute | their page ↗ |
| Ruby | 100 min | $395/mo | human answering, by the minute | their page ↗ |
| Ruby | 200 min | $720/mo | human answering, by the minute; website chat is a separate SKU | their page ↗ |
| Ruby | Premium — 500 min | $1,725/mo | human answering, by the minute; per-minute overage rate not published | their page ↗ |
| PATLivefull breakdown → | Basic — pay as you go | $75/mo | 0 included minutes; $2.60/min of live talk time from the first second | their page ↗ |
| PATLive | Starter — 75 min | $250/mo | then $2.35/min | their page ↗ |
| PATLive | Standard — 200 min | $460/mo | then $2.20/min | their page ↗ |
| PATLive | Premium — 350 min | $720/mo | then $2.10/min | their page ↗ |
| PATLive | Pro — 600 min | $1,170/mo | then $2.00/min | their page ↗ |
| Abbyfull breakdown → | Essential — 100 min (human) | $329/mo | human receptionists, billed by the minute — ring, hold and spam time counted | their page ↗ |
| Abby | Professional — 200 min (human) | $599/mo | human, by the minute | their page ↗ |
| Abby | Growth — 500 min (human) | $1,380/mo | human, by the minute; overage rate not on their pricing page | their page ↗ |
| MAP Communicationsfull breakdown → | Pay As You Go | $49/mo | 0 included minutes; $1.37/min | their page ↗ |
| MAP Communications | Business — 125 min | $179/mo | then $1.30/min | their page ↗ |
| MAP Communications | Enterprise — 250 min | $339/mo | then $1.28/min | their page ↗ |
| MAP Communications | Premium — 500 min | $649/mo | then $1.28/min | their page ↗ |
| Slang.aifull breakdown → | Core (per location) | $399/mo | AI phone answering incl. consumer text confirmations | their page ↗ |
| Slang.ai | Premium (per location) | $599/mo | AI phone answering, larger volume | their page ↗ |
| Goodcallfull breakdown → | Growth (per agent) | $129/mo | AI phone agent, 250 unique customers/mo, then $0.50/unique customer | their page ↗ |
| Podiumfull breakdown → | Core / Pro (reported) | ~$399–599/mo + $25–30/user | messaging/reviews platform; AI agent is a paid add-on; pricing quote-gated on their site | reported ↗ |
| RevenuePack | Everything | $499/mo or $4,999/yr | AI chat + AI calls (150/mo incl., then $1) + customer/chat/voicemail texts to you + instant text-back to missed callers (+ appointment-confirmation texts) + booking + lead manager + forms + included intelligence upgrades (instant bot → hand-tuned Opus in 24h → 14-day retrains on real questions) — one price, no per-feature fees | their page ↗ |
Where we lose (yes, really)
- · If you only want AI call answering and nothing else, Smith.ai's 150-call tier is $270 and Goodcall's flagship is $129. Cheaper than us. Genuinely.
We publish that because the rest of this page only means something if we do.
The bundle math
A la carte adds up. That's the business model.
Scenario: 150 answered calls in a month — 75 booked appointments, all calls recorded — plus website chat. Prices from their live pricing page ↗.
The exit clause
How you leave matters more than how you join.
Ours, in full: Cancel anytime, yourself, from your own dashboard. Month-to-month. No notice period, no renewal fee, no retention call.
For contrast: Annual auto-renewing contracts requiring 90 days' written non-renewal notice plus an 8% renewal fee exist in this category (documented on Birdeye's own terms page; billing/cancellation issues dominate their 110 BBB complaints over 3 years — an A+ rated company). [1][2]
The guarantee, compared
Ours
Every call answered 24/7 — or that month is free. Uncapped, recurring: any month with a missed call is free, every time. Every call is logged and transcribed on your dashboard, so you can hold us to it.
Category reference
The strongest guarantee we found in the category: a one-time 30-day money-back guarantee capped at $1,000 that excludes overage charges (Smith.ai). Different trigger too — theirs refunds dissatisfaction once; ours pays out on a missed call, every month it happens. their terms ↗
How you hear about a lead
They take a message. We text you the whole story.
Answering service / lead app
“You have a message.” · “New lead 🔔” — then you call in, listen, and write it down, or open an app and hunt for the details.
RevenuePack
The second your AI catches a lead, it texts you the whole booked job — from your own AI number, seconds after the call. The summary is the notification: nothing to open, nothing to chase.
Kitchen sink backing up — wants someone today.
✅ Booked: Today 2:00 PM · Quote: $149 flat
▶ Recording + transcript →
Who this is for
The category's biggest platform is built for big shops — small crews reportedly get turned away. We're built the other way: the one-to-five-person business where the owner IS the front desk, and every missed call is the owner's own money.
Figures verified July 2, 2026. Vendors change prices; the links let you check. Corrections: hello@revenuepack.com