Goodcall vs Beside

Two AI receptionist & answering tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	GoodcallGoodcall	BesideInterface, Inc.
In one line	AI receptionist priced per caller, not per minute	A business phone line with an AI receptionist built in
Starting price	From $79/mo	From $29/mo
Six-person team	$79/mo	$29/mo
Plans	Starter $79/mo (100 unique callers/mo, then $0.79 each; 1 team member); Growth $129/mo (500 unique callers, then $0.26 each; 5 team members); Scale $299/mo (2,000 unique callers, then $0.15 each; 10 team members; needed for a HIPAA BAA); Enterprise custom. Billed monthly only. Priced per unique caller a month, not per minute; spam and wrong numbers don't count. Every plan includes a local US number. No free trial; a free demo agent without a phone number	Baseline $29/mo (30 AI-answered calls a billing period, then voicemail; no trial); Unlimited $99/mo (unlimited AI-answered calls; 7-day free trial, card required). Both include 1 line, up to 20 seats and unlimited US and Canada calls and texts; extra lines $4.99/mo. Billed monthly. Android and Canadian in-app subscriptions use a separate per-seat plan, $29.99/mo or $199.99/yr
Pricing model	Paid	Free trial
Free trial	—	7 days
Users	1 team member on Starter, 5 on Growth, 10 on Scale	Up to 20 seats
Integrations	Google Calendar, Google Sheets, HighLevel, API	HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US	US · CA
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Goodcall.	We found no public status page for Interface, Inc..
Fit: Retail shop	45	55
Fit: Restaurant or café	60	50
Fit: Service business	78	80
Fit: Agency or studio	40	55
Fit: Trades or contractor	75	80
Fit: Online store	30	35
Why people pick it	Long calls cost no more Plain-English agent builder	Phone line and receptionist in one Answers texts too
Where it falls short	US numbers only No free trial	30 AI calls on the $29 plan US and Canada only
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices