Honest comparison
Conduit vs Goodcall: metering callers vs metering minutes
Goodcall is an AI phone agent priced by unique caller rather than by minute: Starter is $79/mo for 100 unique callers, with no per-minute charges, $0.79 per extra caller; Growth $129 for 500; Scale $299 for 2,000 (October 2026, per goodcall.com; verified 2026-10-11). A caller who rings five times in a month counts once, and spam doesn't count. Check their site for current pricing.
Prices verified 2026-10-11 · source: goodcall.com/pricing
Side by side
The same nine questions, asked of both
- Entry price and what it includes
- GoodcallStarter $79/mo — 100 unique callers; minutes never metered
- ConduitSolo $79/mo — 150 minutes, 300 texts, every capability
- What happens past the allowance
- Goodcall$0.79 per extra unique caller on Starter (lower on bigger plans)
- ConduitMessage-taking; optional one-time packs; no overage billing, ever
- What counts against the allowance
- GoodcallUnique callers per month; spam and wrong numbers don't count
- ConduitOnly a real person talking to the assistant; spam, robocalls and hang-ups under ten seconds are refunded
- Books into your calendar
- GoodcallChecks your calendar and books (Google Calendar shown on their homepage); Starter includes 1 external tool
- ConduitEvery plan — two-way Google Calendar, capacity-aware, no double-booking
- Texting
- GoodcallTexts booking details (shown on their homepage, not their pricing page)
- ConduitConfirmations, reminders, missed-call text-back, mid-call links — once carrier registration clears (we file and chase it)
- Emergency path
- GoodcallNot stated on their pricing page
- ConduitPuts the caller through to you, then texts each emergency contact in turn until someone opens the alert
- Disclosure
- GoodcallNot stated on their pricing page
- ConduitEvery call opens with the AI-and-recording sentence; it can't be removed
- Owner visibility
- GoodcallCall history: 30 days on Starter, 90 on Growth, unlimited on Scale
- ConduitEvery recording and transcript in Calls; one briefing every morning; every lead written down
- Trial / guarantee
- GoodcallNo timed trial — a free demo agent, and you pay when you connect a number; no guarantee stated
- ConduitNo trial; free setup; 30-day money-back on the first payment
Goodcall pricing and features are read from their own published pages and were verified on 2026-10-11 (October 11, 2026). Plans change — check their site before deciding. Trademarks belong to their owners; named for identification only.
At the same $79, Goodcall never meters talk time and counts unique callers instead — if your line takes hundreds of short, repetitive calls a month, that shape is cheaper than minutes, and spam doesn't count there either. Both products book into a calendar; Conduit's two-way Google Calendar booking, missed-call text-back, reminders, emergency chain, and morning briefing are built in on every plan, while Goodcall's Starter plan includes 1 external tool for anything you connect or build. Pick Goodcall for volume of simple calls; pick Conduit when each call is a job that should end booked, texted, and written down without you touching it.
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Questions
Common questions
Isn't unmetered talk time better than an allowance?
Only if minutes are what you run out of. Goodcall meters unique callers — 100 a month on Starter, then $0.79 each (October 2026, per goodcall.com) — so a busy month still moves the bill. Conduit Solo includes 150 minutes, refunds the seconds spam and hang-ups use, and at the cap switches to taking messages instead of billing you.
Do both book into Google Calendar?
Goodcall's homepage shows its agent checking and booking into Google Calendar; its pricing page lists 1 external tool on Starter (an API, an MCP server or code you write) and doesn't say whether a calendar counts as one (October 2026, per goodcall.com). On Conduit, two-way Google Calendar booking is built into every plan, alongside the confirmation text, reminders and the morning briefing.
Can I switch from Goodcall to Conduit?
Yes. Your number stays yours: build your assistant free, pick a plan when you're ready, and point your call forwarding at your assistant's number. Forwarding is reversible, so switching back is pointing it back. Calls work from day one; texting switches on once carrier registration clears.
Prices on this page verified 2026-10-11 · Trademarks belong to their owners; named for identification only.