Reception.ai vs ElevenLabs Agents

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

Short version

  • ElevenLabs Agents costs less for a six-person team.
  • Reception.ai fits retail shop, restaurant or café, service business, trades or contractor.
  • ElevenLabs Agents fits agency or studio.
CompareReception.aiElevenLabsElevenLabs AgentsElevenLabs
In one lineElevenLabs' ready-made AI receptionistBuild your own AI phone agent with ElevenLabs voices
Starting priceFrom $24/moFrom $5/mo
Six-person team$24/mo$5/mo
PlansBasic $29/mo or $24/mo billed yearly (75 phone minutes, 150 web chat minutes, 1 number, 1 call at a time; $0.40 a phone minute after); Plus $79/mo or $66/mo yearly (275 phone minutes, 550 chat minutes, 3 numbers, 3 calls at a time; $0.32 after); Premium $199/mo or $166/mo yearly (1,000 phone minutes, 2,000 chat minutes, 5 numbers, 10 calls at a time; $0.22 after); credits are one pool across phone, web chat and messages; 14-day free trial with 30 phone minutes, no cardFree (15 call minutes, no commercial license); Starter $6/mo or $5/mo billed yearly (75 minutes); Creator $22/mo, first month $11, or $18.33/mo billed yearly (275 minutes); Pro $99/mo or $82.50/mo yearly (1,238 minutes); Scale $299/mo or $249.17/mo yearly (3,738 minutes); Business $990/mo or $825/mo yearly (12,375 minutes). Extra minutes $0.08/min; calls over the concurrency limit $0.16/min. AI model usage billed separately; phone numbers and carrier minutes paid to Twilio or your SIP provider
Pricing modelFree trialFree tier
Free trial14 days—
UsersUnlimitedUnlimited
IntegrationsGoogle Calendar, Zapier, webhooksTwilio, SIP trunking, Google Calendar, Cal.com, Calendly, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk
Team sizeJust me · 2–10 people · 11–50 peopleJust me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available inUS · CA · UKUS · UK · CA · AU
Phone supportNone listedNone listed
Live chatNone listedEvery plan
Support hoursNot publishedNot published
Incidents posted25+ incidents posted on ElevenLabs's status page, which covers all ElevenLabs products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 29, 2026; 10 marked major or critical by ElevenLabs. Status page25+ incidents posted on ElevenLabs's status page, which covers all ElevenLabs products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 29, 2026; 10 marked major or critical by ElevenLabs. Status page
Fit: Retail shop5525
Fit: Restaurant or café6025
Fit: Service business8040
Fit: Agency or studio5072
Fit: Trades or contractor7830
Fit: Online store3535
Why people pick it
  • ElevenLabs voices
  • No-card trial
  • Lowest price per minute
  • 31 languages
Where it falls short
  • No toll-free numbers
  • Overage adds up on Basic
  • You build and connect it yourself
  • Model and phone costs on top
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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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