AI answering service: reviews, statistics and news
Services that pick up every call you miss, day or night, with AI and often with human receptionists behind it: answer, qualify, take a message, book and send the details on. AI receptionists answer a business's main line all day, and AI front desk adds check-ins, reminders and messages. Each one will take the same set of scripted calls and be tested on pick-up, answer accuracy, message quality, after-hours handling, setup and what it costs.
Every AI answering service I follow
Every AI answering service I follow, in alphabetical order. None has been through my bench yet: each one is queued for the eight tests, and the first reviews appear here as they are finished. The statistics measure 11 of them each month. 32 more listed tools are not measured here: 18 are measured in the category of their main product, 13 sit on shared domains whose traffic is not their own and 1 lives on a domain whose traffic is mostly another product. Each of those is marked on its card.
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Abby Connectabby.comAnswering service with US-based human receptionists and a standalone AI receptionist, for small and mid-sized service businesses.Not tested yet
AIRAgetaira.ioAI front-office service for home-service businesses that answers calls, takes intake details and books appointments.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Allowithallo.comBusiness phone system with an AI receptionist and AI agents for calls and texts, aimed at small teams.Not tested yetMeasured in AI phone assistants
Avoca AIavoca.aiAI front-office platform for home-service companies that answers calls, texts and chats and books jobs around the clock.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Bookipi AI Receptionistbookipi.comAI phone receptionist from the Bookipi invoicing app that answers calls, schedules appointments and records caller details.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
BT AI Receptionist (AIR)bt.comAI receptionist sold by BT Business to UK small businesses, delivered with RingCentral, in 100-minute monthly bundles.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
CloudTalk AI Receptionistcloudtalk.ioAI receptionist inside the CloudTalk business phone system that answers calls, books appointments and routes callers, with a free 50-minute tier.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
DialMyCallsdialmycalls.comMass notification service that also offers 24/7 AI call answering with a custom knowledge base, message taking and lead capture.Not tested yetNot measured: domain is mostly another product
Dialpad AI Receptionistdialpad.comAI receptionist built on Dialpad's phone platform that answers inbound calls, understands the request in plain language and routes or books without a person picking up.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Dialzaradialzara.comAI phone answering service that acts as a 24/7 receptionist, books appointments and qualifies leads for small businesses.Not tested yet
echowinecho.winSelf-serve platform for building AI phone and chat agents that answer calls, book and capture leads, used by businesses and agencies.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Emitrremitrr.comCommunication platform for healthcare practices and service businesses with an AI answering service and AI receptionist.Not tested yetMeasured in AI front desk
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)myaifrontdesk.comAI receptionist platform that answers calls, texts and chats and books appointments for small businesses, including property managers and retailers.Not tested yetMeasured in AI front desk
Goodcallgoodcall.comAI answering service and receptionist for small businesses that handles phone calls 24/7 with a self-serve setup.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
GoTo Connect AI Receptionistgoto.comAI receptionist inside the GoTo Connect phone system that handles incoming calls, schedules meetings and collects caller details.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Greetmategreetmate.aiHIPAA-ready voice AI that answers patient calls, books appointments and collects intake for US healthcare practices.Not tested yet
Housecall Pro CSR AIhousecallpro.comCall-answering AI in Housecall Pro's AI Team that picks up customer calls around the clock and books jobs for trades businesses.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Insighto AIinsighto.aiNo-code platform for AI phone and chat agents that handle inbound and outbound customer conversations around the clock.Not tested yetMeasured in white label AI receptionists
Jobber Receptionistgetjobber.comAI receptionist inside the Jobber field-service software that answers calls and texts for home-service businesses and books visits.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Loman AIloman.aiAI phone answering for restaurants that takes orders and reservations and answers questions, synced to POS and reservation systems.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Marlie AImarlie.aiAI answering service for small service businesses such as locksmiths, plumbers and towing firms that answers calls, books and texts the owner each caller's details.Not tested yet
Moneypennymoneypenny.comUK and US answering service with human receptionists and an AI receptionist option for businesses of any size.Not tested yet
Newonewo.aiVoice AI that answers customer calls, books appointments and handles requests inside the software a business already uses, for dental, restaurants, home services and more.Not tested yet
Nexanexa.com24/7 answering service that combines human receptionists with AI call answering for home services, healthcare, legal and real estate.Not tested yet
Nextiva XBertnextiva.comAI receptionist add-on to Nextiva's business phone service that answers, routes and books calls for businesses up to 200 employees.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
NextPhonegetnextphone.comAI receptionist and answering service with flat monthly pricing for law, accounting, insurance and home-service firms.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Nucleusnucleus.comAI phone agent platform with a free AI receptionist tier for small businesses, giving a US or Canadian number and 24/7 answering.Not tested yetMeasured in AI phone assistants
Numanuma.comAI platform for car dealerships that answers service calls and texts for franchise dealers and dealer groups.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Ooma AI Answering Serviceooma.comAI answering service add-on to the Ooma Office phone system that greets callers, answers questions and takes details, from $14.99 a month with 40 minutes.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Phonelyphonely.aiVoice AI platform that answers business phone calls and builds agents for chat and SMS, from small firms to call centres.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Poshposh.comLive virtual receptionist service with an opt-in AI that handles overflow, after-hours and routine calls alongside its human staff.Not tested yet
Quo (Sona)quo.comAI answering agent called Sona inside the Quo business phone system, formerly OpenPhone; ten free calls a month on every plan, then per-call credits.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Reception by ElevenLabselevenlabs.ioSelf-serve AI receptionist from ElevenLabs that answers calls and chats, books appointments and texts confirmations, from $29 a month for 75 minutes.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
RingCentral AI Receptionistringcentral.comAI answering service sold on its own or as an add-on to RingCentral's phone system; answers calls and texts, books appointments and routes callers.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Ringlyringly.ioAI phone agent for Shopify stores that answers order, return and product calls around the clock.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Rosieheyrosie.comAI call answering service for small businesses that answers, books appointments and texts call details to the owner.Not tested yet
Sameday AIsameday.aiAI front-office service for home-service companies that answers calls, books jobs and texts customers.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Simple Phonessimplephones.aiAI phone agent service that answers missed or forwarded calls, books appointments and takes messages for small businesses.Not tested yetMeasured in AI phone assistants
Slang.aislang.aiVoice AI that answers restaurant phone calls, answers guest questions and manages reservations for single sites and groups.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Smith.aismith.aiAI answering service with human receptionist backup that answers calls, qualifies leads and books appointments, used mostly by law firms and service businesses.Not tested yet
Upfirstupfirst.aiAI phone answering service for small service businesses that handles calls around the clock, books appointments and routes urgent calls.Not tested yet
Vokshavoksha.comAI receptionist service for small businesses and clinics that answers calls and books appointments.Not tested yetMeasured in AI receptionists
Zoom Virtual Agent Receptionistzoom.comZoom's AI receptionist, sold standalone for any phone system or with Zoom Phone; answers questions, books appointments and routes calls.Not tested yetNot measured: shared domain
Related categories
Neighbouring categories, and how each differs from AI answering services. A tool is measured in one category only: the one its main product belongs to.
- AI receptionists: Answer a business's main line all day: greet, answer, book and transfer.
- AI front desk: Run check-ins, reminders, texts and web chat as well as the phone.
- AI phone assistants: Business phone apps with an AI assistant built in, and self-serve phone agents for a solo operator's own number.
Data to September 2026
AI answering service statistics and data
AI answering services in numbers, measured every month from named sources; this edition covers September 2026. These pages monitor the AI answering service market with measured data. They are not rankings: RankDude ranks only what it has tested.
- Search visits a month
- 43.9K
- all tracked AI answering service sites, September 2026
- Visits, year on year
- -40%
- same month last year
- Searches by brand name
- -26%
- United States, vs October 2025
- Forecast, October 2026
- 43.9K
- range 17.9K to 69.9K
Estimated search visits to every measured AI answering service site, worldwide
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Low 43.9KHigh 223KAverage 105K
Hover, tap, or use the arrow keys to inspect a month- AI answering service search trendsFive years of interest in AI answering servicesGoogle Trends for "ai answering service", worldwide and in the United States, plus the term's search volume in 9 countries outside the US, and where the visitors to tracked sites come from.
- AI answering service demandAre AI answering services growing or shrinking?24 months of search visits to AI answering service sites, brand searches, who grew and who shrank.
- AI answering service industry reportThe September 2026 AI answering service report, to citeMarket size, demand, geography, the largest sites by measured traffic, movers and outlook in one dated document. 1 edition so far; past editions keep their URLs.
- AI answering service monthly analysisThe AI answering service market in September 2026: what the data saysEvery number I track for the AI answering service sites I follow, read as one month. Search visits down 40.4% on a year ago and down 58.7% on the month before, with the Google positions, the demand and who moved.
- AI answering service monthly forecastAI answering service market, October 2026: the month ahead, marked in public43.9K visits expected, range 17.9K to 69.9K. Every past call is scored against what actually happened.
- AI answering service data and toolsEvery AI answering service figure defined, every file downloadableThe AI answering service market and site datasets as CSV with definitions and dates, and a page for each tool behind the numbers: what it measures and what it cannot tell you.
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