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Pricing

Three plans. Every plan gets everything.

Plans differ by minutes, texts, and locations — never by what your assistant can do. Priced by the minute, spam never counted, no overages ever, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first payment.

Free to build. Paid when you go live.

Creating your account and building your assistant is free — no card. You pick a plan and pay only when you take it live. If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable.

Plans

Solo

One person, one line.

Every call answered. Every booking on your calendar.

$79/mo

$79 billed monthly · cancel any time

150 minutes · 300 texts every monthabout a dozen real conversations a week
  • Answers every call you forward, day or night, in your assistant's name
  • Books into your Google Calendar — two-way, no double-booking
  • Texts the customer a confirmation and texts missed callers back — carrier registration included, live once it clears
  • Emergencies reach a human; robocalls and spam are screened and never use your minutes
  • A short briefing every morning, every recording and transcript, every lead written down
  • All 20 voices, the name you choose, the rules you set
Start free — no card

If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable.

Team

Most popular

A busy line or a small team.

A real front desk, without hiring one.

$149/mo

$149 billed monthly · cancel any time

350 minutes · 750 texts every monthabout 30 real conversations a week
  • Everything in Solo
  • More than twice the minutes
  • 750 texts a month — once carrier registration clears
Start free — no card

If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable.

Office

Two locations, one bill.

Two front desks, run the same way.

$299/mo

$299 billed monthly · cancel any time

600 minutes · 1,500 texts every month, across both locations · 2 locationsabout 50 real conversations a week across both locations
  • Everything in Team
  • A second business or location — its own number, assistant, and calendar
  • Priority support
Start free — no card

If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable.

Texting switches on after a one-time carrier registration — typically 1–3 weeks after you sign up, sometimes longer. Calls work from day one.

The relaunch

What changed on 2026-10-09

  1. 01Solo $129 → $79 with 150 minutes (was 100)
  2. 02Growth renamed Team, $299 → $149
  3. 03Office $499 → $299
  4. 04Every plan now includes Google Calendar sync, all 20 voices, and the nightly optimizer
  5. 0530-day money-back guarantee on the first payment
  6. 06Minutes refunded for spam, robocalls, hang-ups, and message-only calls

How the counting works

The fine print, out loud.

  1. 01

    No overages. Ever.

    At your cap the assistant switches to taking messages. Nothing bills. You decide whether to add a pack.

  2. 02

    Spam is free.

    Robocalls, solicitors, hang-ups under ten seconds, and message-only calls are refunded to your pool at the end of the call.

  3. 03

    You set the longest call.

    3 to 10 minutes, default 5. Thirty seconds before the limit the assistant tells the caller and wraps up.

  4. 04

    Calls live today. Texting after registration.

    Calls work the day your assistant goes live. Texting takes longer, and we'd rather you know that before you pay than after: US mobile carriers require every business that sends business texts to be registered once, under its own legal name, before a single message can go out. We prepare and submit that registration for you and chase it until it clears — but the carriers run the review, so we can't approve it, expedite it, or promise a date. It typically takes 1–3 weeks from signup and can occasionally run longer. Until it clears, your assistant still answers every call, books jobs, and sends confirmations and reminders by email; the moment it clears, texting turns on by itself and we'll tell you. The registration is included in your plan — no separate setup fee.

  5. 05

    One assistant, one name, one disclosure.

    Every call opens with the AI-and-recording sentence. It is the same on all 20 voices and every personality, and it can't be removed.

  6. 06

    Cancel from Billing.

    Service runs to the end of the period you paid for. No retention calls.

What your minutes buy

Your assistant answers in your name, books or reschedules the visit against your Google Calendar, texts a confirmation and reminders, texts links mid-call, recognizes returning callers by number, escalates emergencies to a human, and writes it all down for your morning briefing — every call, on every plan. Only connected talk time with a real person counts; the per-call cap you set (3–10 minutes) keeps one call from eating your month.

What a text is

One 160-character segment your assistant sends or receives for you — confirmations, reminders, text-backs, mid-call links. Texts have their own allowance and their own pack.

Packs

Busy month? Add a pack, not a plan.

One-time, in-app, used only after your plan's allowance, never auto-renewed, yours for 12 months. Packs aren't covered by the 30-day guarantee.

  • 100 extra minutes$29
  • 250 extra minutes$59
  • 250 extra texts$10

Compared

What $79 buys elsewhere.

Entry plans of the products owners compare us to, read from each vendor's own pricing page on October 11, 2026. Check their site before deciding — plans change.

Entry plans of AI receptionists and a human answering service, verified 2026-10-11
ProductEntry planIncluded at entryAfter the allowanceBooking into your calendarTextingSource
Conduit Solo$79/mo150 min · 300 texts · everythingmessage-taking; packs optional; no overageevery plan, two-way Google Calendarincluded (after carrier registration)this page
Upfirst$24.95/mo30 calls$1.50 per extra callevery planin-call texting on every planupfirst.ai/pricingverified 2026-10-11
Reception AI (ElevenLabs)$29/mo75 minutes, 1 number, 1 concurrent call$0.45 per minuteevery plantexts 0.1 credit each; US numbers need your own provider's number to sendelevenlabs.io/docs/reception-ai/billing/plans-and-pricingverified 2026-10-11
Dialzara$29/mo60 minutes$0.48 per minutecalendar sync from the $99/mo planadd-on: $19/mo + $0.05 per AI message + carrier feesdialzara.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
Beside Phone$29/mo30 AI-answered calls; bills immediately, no trial$99/mo for unlimitedyesincluded on the linebeside.com/phone/pricingverified 2026-10-11
Rosie$49/mo250 minutesautomatic upgrade to the next plan (no per-minute rate)$149/mo plan and up; the $49 plan texts an appointment linkincludedheyrosie.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
Goodcall$79/mo100 unique callers; minutes not metered$0.79 per extra calleryes (Google Calendar shown); 1 external tool on Startertexts booking detailsgoodcall.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
Smith.ai AI receptionist$0/mo, then $3.00 per call after 25 calls; Pro $150/mo at $2.00 per call25 callsper callevery plan (Calendly & more)custom SMS branding on Prosmith.ai/ai-receptionistverified 2026-10-11
Ruby (human receptionists)$250/mo50 receptionist minutesoverage rate not publishedall plansyesruby.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Conduit Solo$79/mo
    Included
    150 min · 300 texts · everything
    After
    message-taking; packs optional; no overage
    Booking
    every plan, two-way Google Calendar
    Texting
    included (after carrier registration)
    Source
    this page
  • Upfirst$24.95/mo
    Included
    30 calls
    After
    $1.50 per extra call
    Booking
    every plan
    Texting
    in-call texting on every plan
    Source
    upfirst.ai/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Reception AI (ElevenLabs)$29/mo
    Included
    75 minutes, 1 number, 1 concurrent call
    After
    $0.45 per minute
    Booking
    every plan
    Texting
    texts 0.1 credit each; US numbers need your own provider's number to send
    Source
    elevenlabs.io/docs/reception-ai/billing/plans-and-pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Dialzara$29/mo
    Included
    60 minutes
    After
    $0.48 per minute
    Booking
    calendar sync from the $99/mo plan
    Texting
    add-on: $19/mo + $0.05 per AI message + carrier fees
    Source
    dialzara.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Beside Phone$29/mo
    Included
    30 AI-answered calls; bills immediately, no trial
    After
    $99/mo for unlimited
    Booking
    yes
    Texting
    included on the line
    Source
    beside.com/phone/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Rosie$49/mo
    Included
    250 minutes
    After
    automatic upgrade to the next plan (no per-minute rate)
    Booking
    $149/mo plan and up; the $49 plan texts an appointment link
    Texting
    included
    Source
    heyrosie.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Goodcall$79/mo
    Included
    100 unique callers; minutes not metered
    After
    $0.79 per extra caller
    Booking
    yes (Google Calendar shown); 1 external tool on Starter
    Texting
    texts booking details
    Source
    goodcall.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11
  • Smith.ai AI receptionist$0/mo, then $3.00 per call after 25 calls; Pro $150/mo at $2.00 per call
    Included
    25 calls
    After
    per call
    Booking
    every plan (Calendly & more)
    Texting
    custom SMS branding on Pro
    Source
    smith.ai/ai-receptionistverified 2026-10-11
  • Ruby (human receptionists)$250/mo
    Included
    50 receptionist minutes
    After
    overage rate not published
    Booking
    all plans
    Texting
    yes
    Source
    ruby.com/pricingverified 2026-10-11

At 150 minutes a month, the $29 minute-metered plans work out to about $63 (Reception AI) and $72 (Dialzara) before texting. At 60 minutes or fewer, they're cheaper than Solo, and we'd rather you know.

Ruby's 200-minute plan is $720 a month. A human handles a strange call better than any assistant; most calls to a service business aren't strange.

Prices verified October 11, 2026 against each vendor's published pricing. Trademarks belong to their owners; named for identification only.

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Questions

Pricing questions

Why $79 and not $29?

Because of what's inside the number. The $29 plans we verified on 2026-10-11 include 60 minutes (Dialzara, $0.48 a minute after) or 75 minutes (Reception AI, $0.45 after). Solo includes 150 minutes and 300 texts, books into your Google Calendar two ways, texts missed callers back, escalates emergencies to a human, and never bills an overage. Used to 150 minutes, those $29 plans cost about $72 and $63 — before texting, which one of them sells as a $19-a-month add-on plus per-message fees. Our minutes also only count when a real person is talking to your assistant. If you expect well under 60 minutes a month and don't need texting, a $29 plan is the cheaper choice.

What counts as a minute?

Connected talk time between a real person and your assistant, measured to the second. Robocalls, spam, hang-ups under ten seconds, and calls your assistant takes in message-only mode are refunded to your pool when the call settles. Your own test calls count like any other call.

What happens when I use all my minutes?

Nothing bills. Your assistant switches to taking messages — every caller still leaves a complete message that lands in your inbox and your morning briefing — and you choose whether to add a one-time pack or wait for the month to reset. There is no overage billing of any kind, ever.

How does the 30-day guarantee work?

If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable. Ask from Billing or by email at support@conduitapp.ai; the refund is issued within five business days.

Is there a free trial?

No. Setup is free — build the whole assistant, hear every voice, see the dashboard, no card — and the demo call is public. Live calls cost real money, so every live account is paid. The guarantee is how we take the risk out of that: if the first 30 days don't convince you, the first payment comes back.

When does texting start working?

Calls work the day your assistant goes live. Texting takes longer, and we'd rather you know that before you pay than after: US mobile carriers require every business that sends business texts to be registered once, under its own legal name, before a single message can go out. We prepare and submit that registration for you and chase it until it clears — but the carriers run the review, so we can't approve it, expedite it, or promise a date. It typically takes 1–3 weeks from signup and can occasionally run longer. Until it clears, your assistant still answers every call, books jobs, and sends confirmations and reminders by email; the moment it clears, texting turns on by itself and we'll tell you. Carrier registration is included in your plan — there's no separate setup fee.

Can it answer more than one call at once?

Yes — two people calling at 7:05 am both get answered. That capacity runs on shared phone and AI networks, so it is best-effort rather than a guaranteed number of simultaneous calls; in a rare spike an extra caller gets voicemail and a text back rather than being dropped. The Terms (Service limits & fair use) say the same.

How do packs work?

One-time purchases, bought in-app, with no subscription and no auto-renew. They're used only after your plan's included allowance and stay yours for 12 months. Packs aren't covered by the 30-day guarantee.

What does cancelling look like?

Cancel any time from Billing. Your plan keeps working to the end of the period you paid for, then your assistant stops answering and the number is released. Export your data before or after. No retention offers.

I run two locations — do I pay twice?

No. Office includes a second business or location — its own number, its own assistant, its own calendar — under one bill, sharing 600 minutes and 1,500 texts.

30days to decide.

If Conduit isn't right for you, cancel within 30 days of going live and your first payment is refunded in full. The guarantee covers your first subscription payment; minute and text packs aren't refundable.

After that, cancel any time from Billing — your plan runs to the end of the period you paid for.

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Prices and plan details last verified October 2026

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