Dialzara alternatives: five AI receptionists and their entry prices

Dialzara alternatives at a glance

Five Dialzara alternatives with public entry prices are Upfirst, Rosie, Goodcall, My AI Front Desk and NextPhone. Dialzara's Business Lite plan is $29 a month for up to 60 minutes of talk time, then $0.48 a minute, as read on October 23, 2026. It makes blind transfers only, and at zero minutes callers go straight to voicemail.

Upfirst and Rosie: by the call or more minutes

Upfirst Starter is $24.95 a month for 30 calls, then $1.50 per additional call, so it bills calls, not talk time. Rosie Professional is $49 a month for 250 minutes against Dialzara Lite's 60, but it rounds each call up to the next 60 seconds. AI receptionist cost adds the fees beyond each plan.

Goodcall and NextPhone: no per-minute meter

Goodcall charges for each unique customer, meaning one phone number counted once a month. Starter is $79 a month for 100 customers, then 79 cents each, and Goodcall says it never meters minutes. NextPhone Pro is $199 a month, and its page says unlimited calls with no per-minute charges or overage. Goodcall alternatives explains the customer count in more detail.

My AI Front Desk: texts, chat and transfers in one plan

My AI Front Desk's one self-serve plan, Business-in-a-Box, is $99 a month billed monthly, or $79 a month billed annually. It includes 200 voice minutes, 400 texts and 100 chatbot conversations a month. Dialzara sells texting apart: its AI SMS Agent is $19 a month plus $0.05 per AI message, and its website chatbot is $39 a month alone, free with a voice plan.

Past 200 minutes, My AI Front Desk charges 25 credits ($0.25) a minute, against Dialzara Lite's $0.48. A Cold Transfer forwards on the caller's number; a Hot Transfer adds a spoken summary and backup numbers. Its pricing card sizes the plan at 1 to 10 interactions a day.

The pricing page offers a 7-day free trial, as Dialzara's does; the terms say usage fees still apply during a trial and that the subscription then starts automatically on the payment method you provided. More options are in My AI Front Desk alternatives.

When Dialzara is still the better fit

Stay with Dialzara when you want minutes counted to the second, with no rounding up; My AI Front Desk's pages do not say how it rounds. Business Pro is $99 a month for 220 minutes and adds warm transfers, Google or Outlook calendar sync and English and Spanish, against 200 minutes for the same $99 at My AI Front Desk. Dialzara lists no setup fees and no long-term contract.

One Dialzara detail disagrees with itself. The plan cards list a US phone number as included, while its FAQ prices local numbers at $3 a month and toll-free numbers at $5.

• Upfirst to pay by the call.
• Rosie for more minutes on a $49 plan.
• Goodcall to pay per customer.
• My AI Front Desk for texts and a chatbot in the same plan as voice.
• NextPhone for unlimited calls, in its words.