Slang AI Alternatives 2026: AI Receptionists for Restaurants, Priced
Published · prices checked October 26, 2026
Key takeaways
- As of October 26, 2026, general AI receptionists cost $129 to $695.30 at 13 calls a day; Slang AI publishes only a starting price, so it has no figure at any volume.
- Slang AI is built for restaurant bookings; every alternative in the table is a general AI receptionist sold to any business.
- At 13 three-minute calls a day Goodcall costs the least in the table, $129; at 3 a day Upfirst does, $59.95.
- Slang AI prices per location and publishes no call allowance, so a restaurant group cannot compare it at a volume without a quote.
As of October 26, 2026, Slang AI costs from $399/month per location (allowance not published), and general AI receptionists with a published price cost $129 to $695.30 a month at 13 three-minute calls a day. Slang AI is built for restaurants; the alternatives below answer for any business.
What does Slang AI cost?
Slang AI sells two plans, Core and Premium. Core is the starting price above; Premium starts higher. Both are "Starting at" prices per location with a "Get a quote" button, and neither prints a call or minute allowance. The full plan breakdown is on Slang AI pricing.
Slang AI alternatives compared
Prices checked against each vendor's own pricing page on October 26, 2026.
| Service | Entry plan | 3 calls/day (90/mo) | 5 calls/day (150/mo) | 13 calls/day (390/mo) | If calls double (13 to 26 a day) | Overage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slang.ai (restaurants only) | From $399/month per location (allowance not published) | Not computable from the published price | Not computable from the published price | Not computable from the published price | Not computable | Not published | slang.ai/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Goodcall | $79/month (100 unique callers) | $79 | $118.50 | $129 | +$72.80 | $0.15 to $0.79 a caller | goodcall.com/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| NextPhone | $199/month (unlimited calls) | $199 | $199 | $199 | No change | None, unlimited calls | getnextphone.com/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Upfirst | $24.95/month (30 calls) | $59.95 | $119.95 | $227.45 | +$197.55 | $0.70 to $1.50 a call | upfirst.ai/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Phonely | Free (100 minutes), then $50/month (200 minutes) | $67.50 to $74.50 | $112.50 to $137.50 | $292.50 to $389.50 | +$292.50 to $409.50 | $0.25 to $0.35 a minute | phonely.ai/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Rosie | $49/month (250 minutes) | $149 | $149 | $299 | Not computable | Moves up to the next plan | heyrosie.com/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| My AI Front Desk | $99/month (240 minutes: 200 voice plus a 1,000-credit pool worth 40) | $106.50 | $151.50 | $331.50 | +$292.50 | $0.25 a minute | myaifrontdesk.com/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Dialzara | $29/month (60 minutes) | $121.50 | $199 | $408.50 | +$409.50 | $0.35 to $0.48 a minute | dialzara.com/pricing, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist | From $49/month (100 minutes) | $134 | $224 | $584 | +$585 | $0.50 a minute | ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html, read Oct 26, 2026 |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | Free (25 calls), then $150/month (75 calls) | $187.50 | $270 | $695.30 | +$692.70 | $2.10 to $3.00 a call | smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist, read Oct 26, 2026 |
Our arithmetic: each vendor's cheapest published plan for that volume plus its published overage, at 3-minute calls. Slang AI's row has no monthly figures: its page gives a starting price per location but no allowance or overage rate. Goodcall bills per unique caller; we count every call as a new caller. Taxes, setup fees and add-ons are not included. How we price.
Of the services in the table with a published price, Goodcall costs the least at 13 calls a day, $129. At 3 calls a day Upfirst costs the least, $59.95. Smith.ai AI Receptionist costs the most at 13 a day, $695.30.
Restaurant receptionist or general receptionist
Every alternative in the table is a general AI receptionist, sold to any kind of business. Slang AI's pricing page names the reservation systems it books into, "OpenTable, SevenRooms, Yelp, and Resy", and private-event tools on Premium (slang.ai/pricing, read October 26, 2026). The integration matrix on this site tracks CRMs, calendars and job tools, not reservation platforms, so it cannot tell you whether a general receptionist can write a table booking.
Ask any alternative to show you a live booking in your reservation system before you switch.
Slang AI's own page draws the same line. Its comparison table rates unnamed "Other Voice AI Platforms" as "Not Available" for reservation cross-selling and Tripleseat leads. That is the vendor's claim about rivals it does not name; we have not tested it.
A general receptionist fits a restaurant whose calls are mostly hours, directions, takeout questions and messages, with bookings made online. Its price is published, so you can work out the bill before you call sales.
Which alternative fits which restaurant
Best for a quiet line, 3 calls a day: Upfirst
At 3 three-minute calls a day Upfirst costs $59.95, the least in the table. Its help center says: "Spam calls and calls under 15 seconds are not counted toward your monthly limit." (help.upfirst.ai, read October 27, 2026) The catch: it bills per call, so 13 a day costs $227.45.
Best for a busy line, 13 calls a day: Goodcall
Goodcall costs $129 at 13 calls a day, the least in the table, because it bills per unique caller: "The same person calling five times in a month is one customer." (goodcall.com/faq, read October 27, 2026) The catch for a seasonal restaurant: "There's no pause", and dropping to the free demo agent gives up the phone number.
Best flat bill up to 11 calls a day: Rosie
Rosie costs $149 from 3 to 11 calls a day, less than NextPhone's $199, until about 334 calls a month. The catch: going past its minutes moves you up a plan, $299 at 13 calls a day, and the higher price applies to "the then-current monthly billing period and at least the subsequent two consecutive billing periods" (heyrosie.com/legal/terms, read October 27, 2026).
Best for unlimited calls: NextPhone
NextPhone charges $199/month (unlimited calls), so a Saturday rush does not add to the bill: at 13 calls a day it costs less than Rosie. The catch: at 3 calls a day it costs $199, the most in the table at that volume.
Best if you keep your phone system: RingCentral AI Receptionist
RingCentral AI Receptionist says it works "with any phone system" (ringcentral.com, read October 26, 2026), which suits a restaurant already on a phone contract. The catch: at $0.50 a minute past 100 minutes, 13 calls a day cost $584.
Against a hire
One full-time receptionist on the BLS median wage costs $4,399 a month with benefits and turnover. That is the BLS series for receptionists and information clerks; restaurant hosts are a separate occupation this site does not model. See hire vs AI receptionist.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is cheaper than Slang AI?
Slang AI publishes only a starting price per location, so no volume can be compared. General AI receptionists publish full prices: at 13 three-minute calls a day they cost $129 to $695.30 a month, read on October 26, 2026.
Is there an AI receptionist for restaurants besides Slang AI?
Among the services priced on this site, Slang AI is the one sold to restaurants only. The others are general AI receptionists that any business can use, restaurants included.
Can a general AI receptionist take restaurant reservations?
Booking a table in OpenTable or SevenRooms is a different job from booking a calendar appointment. Slang AI names those platforms on its pricing page. Before switching, ask any general receptionist to book a test reservation in your own system.
Does Slang AI charge per location?
Yes. Slang AI's Core and Premium prices are per location, so each restaurant in a group pays its own plan price. General AI receptionists price one number by minutes, calls, callers or a flat fee instead.
How much does an AI receptionist for a restaurant cost?
At 13 three-minute calls a day, general AI receptionists cost $129 to $695.30 a month, read on October 26, 2026. Slang AI, built for restaurants, costs from $399/month per location, with the final price set by quote.
How these numbers were made
Every vendor price on this page was read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date in its Source cell and saved as a dated capture. Monthly costs use each vendor's cheapest published plan for the volume plus its published overage, at 3-minute calls. The in-house figure uses the BLS median wage for receptionists over 2,080 paid hours (paid leave included), other employer benefit costs and turnover, each from the BLS release named below. Vendors that hide prices stay in the tables as quote only. We do not test answering quality and publish no ratings.
Sources
Vendor pricing and terms pages, from the price index
- Dialzara: dialzara.com/pricing (read October 26, 2026); dialzara.com/terms-of-use (read October 27, 2026)
- Goodcall: goodcall.com/pricing (read October 26, 2026); help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007566-terms-of-service (read October 27, 2026)
- My AI Front Desk: myaifrontdesk.com/pricing (read October 26, 2026); myaifrontdesk.com/terms-of-service (read October 27, 2026)
- NextPhone: getnextphone.com/pricing (read October 26, 2026)
- Phonely: phonely.ai/pricing (read October 26, 2026)
- RingCentral AI Receptionist: ringcentral.com/pricing/ai-receptionist.html (read October 26, 2026)
- Rosie: heyrosie.com/pricing (read October 26, 2026); heyrosie.com/legal/terms (read October 27, 2026)
- Slang.ai: slang.ai/pricing (read October 26, 2026)
- Smith.ai AI Receptionist: smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist (read October 26, 2026)
- Upfirst: upfirst.ai/pricing (read October 26, 2026); upfirst.ai/terms-of-service (read October 27, 2026)
Hire-cost inputs, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- OEWS, receptionists and information clerks (SOC 43-4171) (May 2025, released May 15, 2026)
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, table 4 (June 2026 (2026 Q2), released September 9, 2026)
- Employee Benefits in the United States (March 2026, released September 25, 2026)
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, annual 2025 (released March 13, 2026)
- Heather Boushey and Sarah Jane Glynn, "There Are Significant Business Costs to Replacing Employees," Center for American Progress, November 16, 2012 (issue brief; PDF carries an August 31, 2015 correction to Figure 3)
Changes to these prices
- Upfirst: cancellation notice recorded as none. Its pricing FAQ says "You can cancel, upgrade, or downgrade anytime, no questions asked," the same strength as other cancel-anytime terms. Its setup-fee summary now reads "None stated": no page says there is no fee. No price changed.
- My AI Front Desk: the 1,000 monthly overage credits its pricing page lists as included ("Extra credits you get each month in case you go over your included usage") now count as 40 included minutes, so Business-in-a-Box covers 240 minutes before the $0.25 rate applies (was 200).
- Phonely: its Professional plan card says 650 minutes and its comparison table 750; the card is used. When two plans tie on their lowest cost, the one with the narrower range is chosen, so Phonely at 300 calls a month prices on Professional alone.
- My AI Front Desk: billing-term summaries (billing unit, rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam, setup fee, contract, trial) added from the vendor-data billing-terms and contracts files and their captures. No price changed.
- Phonely: billing-term summaries (billing unit, rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam, setup fee, contract, trial) added from the vendor-data billing-terms and contracts files and their captures. No price changed.
- RingCentral AI Receptionist: billing-term summaries (billing unit, rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam, setup fee, contract, trial) added from the vendor-data billing-terms and contracts files and their captures. No price changed.
- Slang.ai: billing-term summaries (billing unit, rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam, setup fee, contract, trial) added from the vendor-data billing-terms and contracts files and their captures. No price changed.
- Rosie added from its own pricing page (captured October 26, 2026), with billing terms from its terms, FAQ and help pages (read October 27, 2026). Rosie moves an account up a plan instead of charging overage.
- Goodcall added from its own pricing page (captured October 26, 2026), with billing terms from its terms, FAQ and help pages (read October 27, 2026). Goodcall bills per unique caller a month; our arithmetic counts every call as a different caller.
- Dialzara added from its own pricing page (captured October 26, 2026), with billing terms from its terms, FAQ and help pages (read October 27, 2026).
- Upfirst added from its own pricing page (captured October 26, 2026), with billing terms from its terms, FAQ and help pages (read October 27, 2026). Upfirst does not bill calls under 15 seconds or spam.
- Smith.ai AI Receptionist Enterprise at 500 calls ($800, $2.10 per extra call) added from its pricing page, in a full re-check of every source page.
- Added NextPhone Pro, Growth and Scale from its public pricing page. All three plans include unlimited calls with no per-minute charge or overage fee.
- Smith.ai AI Receptionist: billing terms added.
- My AI Front Desk: overage of $0.25 a minute (25 credits at $0.01) added; it was on the captured page but missing here.
- Smith.ai AI Receptionist: billing terms added from its terms, FAQ and help pages (read October 7, 2026): billing unit, rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam billing, setup fee, contract and trial.
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