Goodcall alternatives: five AI receptionists billed by minutes, calls or a flat rate

Goodcall alternatives at a glance

Five Goodcall alternatives that bill another way are Dialzara and Rosie by the minute, Upfirst by the call, NextPhone at a flat rate and My AI Front Desk by voice minutes plus credits. Goodcall charges one price for each customer its AI phone agent serves, counted as one phone number once a month. Starter is $79 a month for 100 unique customers, then 79 cents each, as read on October 23, 2026.

Goodcall puts 100 customers at about 150 calls a month, and its page prints no annual price.

Rosie and Dialzara: billed by the minute

Rosie Professional costs $49 a month for 250 minutes, and its terms round each call up to the next 60 seconds. Dialzara Business Lite is $29 a month for up to 60 minutes of talk time, counted to the second. Goodcall says it never meters minutes, so a long call and a short call from one customer count the same. See Goodcall vs Rosie and Dialzara alternatives for each in detail.

Upfirst: billed by the call

Upfirst Starter costs $24.95 a month for 30 calls and $1.50 for each call past 30. A client who phones four times in a month is one customer at Goodcall and four calls at Upfirst. Upfirst skips calls under 15 seconds and calls where the caller never speaks, and it lists a 14-day free trial.

NextPhone and My AI Front Desk: flat rate or minutes plus credits

NextPhone Pro is $199 a month, and its page says unlimited calls at one flat rate, with no per-minute charges or overage. On Pro you set it up yourself; on Growth, $299 a month, NextPhone sets it up. NextPhone, Rosie and Dialzara each list a 7-day free trial.

My AI Front Desk sells one self-serve plan, Business-in-a-Box: $99 a month, billed monthly, or $79 a month, billed annually. It includes 200 voice minutes, 400 texts and 100 chatbot conversations, and each extra voice minute costs 25 credits ($0.25). The pricing card sizes this plan for 1 to 10 interactions a day.

The pricing page words the offer as a 7-day free trial; the terms say usage fees still apply during it and that, if you continue, the subscription starts automatically and charges the payment method you provided. My AI Front Desk pricing explains the credits.

When Goodcall is still the better fit

Stay with Goodcall when many short calls come from the same customers. Its pricing page says spam and wrong numbers do not count as customers and every plan includes a local number. It offers a free demo agent: build one, hear it answer and pay only when you connect a number. Starter has 5 workers, 1 external tool, 1 team member and 30-day call history.

On health data, Goodcall's pricing page is silent on HIPAA, its medical-office article calls it HIPAA compliant, and NextPhone's terms say it does not execute BAAs, so ask any service for its BAA in writing. This is not legal advice.

• Rosie or Dialzara to pay by the minute.
• Upfirst to pay by the call.
• NextPhone for a flat rate with unlimited calls, in its words.
• My AI Front Desk for a monthly plan with voice, texts and chat.