My AI Front Desk vs Ruby
Two AI receptionist & answering tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.
Short version
My AI Front Desk costs less for a six-person team.
My AI Front Desk fits retail shop, restaurant or café.
Ruby: A person answers every call.
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| In one line | AI receptionist with chat, texting and a simple CRM in one plan | Live US-based receptionists, billed by the minute |
| Starting price | From $79/mo | From $250/mo |
| Six-person team | $79/mo | $250/mo |
| Plans | Business $99/mo or $79/mo billed yearly: 200 voice minutes, 100 chatbot conversations, 400 texts, 2 editor seats, last 200 logs kept, 1,000 overage credits a month. Overage $0.25/min of voice ($0.01 a credit, 25 credits a minute). Partner and Enterprise plans by quote (API, account manager). 7-day free trial | Billed per receptionist minute in 60-second steps: 50 minutes $250/mo; 100 minutes $395/mo; 200 minutes $720/mo; 500 minutes $1,725/mo; larger plans by quote. Extra minutes at your plan's per-minute rate. Live chat add-on from $115/mo. No setup or onboarding fees; month to month; money-back guarantee within 21 days or 500 minutes |
| Pricing model | Free trial | Paid |
| Free trial | 7 days | — |
| Users | 2 editor seats | Unlimited |
| Integrations | Google Calendar, HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Housecall Pro, Shopify, Zapier | Clio, Google Calendar, Calendly, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, Slack |
| Team size | Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people | Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people |
| Available in | US | US · CA |
| Phone support | None listed | Every plan |
| Live chat | Every plan; Partner / Enterprise only | None listed |
| Support hours | Not published | Not published |
| Incidents posted | We found no public status page for AI Front Desk, Inc.. | We found no public status page for Ruby. |
| Fit: Retail shop | 50 | 40 |
| Fit: Restaurant or café | 55 | 30 |
| Fit: Service business | 80 | 85 |
| Fit: Agency or studio | 60 | 65 |
| Fit: Trades or contractor | 78 | 70 |
| Fit: Online store | 40 | 35 |
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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
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