Phonely pricing & cost
SMB receptionist use — home services, clinics, small offices.
Entry price
Starter ~$50/mo (figures conflict)
AI usage rate
Per-month with included minutes (per-minute not published)
Free tier
Yes — 100 minutes
Billing model
flat-tier
Estimated — not yet source-verified.Estimated — not yet source-verified. This figure is a price we have not yet confirmed against the vendor's own source, so this page is not indexed. Treat it as a rough guide only and confirm with the vendor.
Our verdict
Promising SMB receptionist, but verify the current plan price on its own page — published figures conflict, so we hold it unverified.
Strengths
- Free 100-minute tier
- SMB receptionist focus
Watch-outs
- Entry price conflicts across sources ($50 vs <$30)
- Per-minute rate not transparently published
Who it's for
SMB receptionist use — home services, clinics, small offices. Typically a fit for solo, small teams.
Sources
Phonely alternatives
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Cartesia (Line)Free; Pro $5/mo; Startup $49/mo
A strong low-latency voice layer for builders — but the $0.06/min Line figure is before LLM and STT, so model the full stack.
Deepgram (Voice Agent API)$0 PAYG ($200 free credit)
The cost-sensitive, high-volume builder's pick — best free credit in the category, but mind the websocket-time billing.
Dialpad (AI Agents)Phone from $15/user/mo; AI Agents = contact sales
Buy it for the phone system with AI baked in — the autonomous voice-agent product, though, is a contact-sales black box.