Comparison
AlwaysGreet vs voicemail
Voicemail costs nothing, which is exactly why it's the most expensive option most small businesses use.
| AlwaysGreet | Voicemail | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | From $99/month | Free |
| Caller actually reaches someone | Yes — a conversation, on the first ring | No. An urgent caller hangs up and dials the next number |
| You learn what they needed | Full details: what, where, how urgent, callback number | Only if they leave a message, and only what they thought to say |
| Response time | Texted to you as the call ends | Whenever you next check it |
| Books the work | Yes, and confirms the slot to the caller | No |
| Gives safety instructions | Yes — shut off the water, leave the house, call 911 first | No |
| Filters spam | Yes, before it reaches you | You listen to every robocall message |
Being straight with you
Where this comparison stops
When voicemail is genuinely fine
If your work is never urgent, your customers happily wait a day, and you rarely miss a call worth more than the monthly fee, voicemail is the right answer and you should keep it. This only pays for itself if missed calls are actually costing you.
The maths that decides it
Take what one recovered customer is worth to you and divide the plan price by it. If the answer is less than one job a month, it pays for itself. If it isn't, don't buy it.
See also: vs a human answering service.
Pricing
Priced like one customer, not like payroll
No setup fee, no contract, cancel whenever. Minutes are talk time — a typical call runs under two minutes.
Save 17% with annual — 2 months free.
Starter
$99/mo
$99 billed monthly
Stop missing the one call that pays for the month.
- 200 talk minutes
- 1 call at a time
- After-hours call capture
- Then $0.30/min, only if you go over
Pro
Popular$149/mo
$149 billed monthly
For businesses busy enough to drop calls.
- 500 talk minutes
- 2 calls at a time
- Owner SMS + booking
- Then $0.28/min, only if you go over
Multi
$249/mo
$249 billed monthly
Multiple locations or lines, one AI front desk.
- 900 talk minutes
- 3 calls at a time
- Lowest overage rate
- Then $0.25/min, only if you go over
Talk minutes are allocated monthly on both plans — annual changes how you pay, not what you get each month. Overage is billed as it happens. Cancel any time; annual is refunded pro rata on unused whole months.
Work out whether it pays for itself
One recovered customer a month is the whole bar.