How much does an AI receptionist cost? Gala, the AI receptionist from Gavion in Montréal, starts at $129 CAD a month with 250 minutes included. Here are the public prices of the 25 other services we compare next to it, and the fees to watch for.
The short answer: an AI receptionist for a Canadian service business costs between $129 and $439 CAD a month at Gavion, depending on how many minutes, users and voice agents you need. There is no setup fee, extra minutes are billed at $0.37 to $0.33 a minute, and annual billing takes 15% off.
The longer answer depends on what you are comparing it to. A human receptionist in Québec costs about ten times more and covers a fraction of the hours.
AI receptionist pricing elsewhere in Canada is harder to compare: answering services and virtual receptionists bill by the minute, by the call or by a bundle, and some quote US dollars. This page puts every public price side by side, each with its source and the date it was read.
Gala the Receptionist answers calls, texts and emails 24/7, qualifies the caller, books into your Google or Outlook calendar, sends appointment reminders, calls customers back to confirm details, screens spam and transfers real emergencies. Every tier has the same features; tiers differ only by included minutes, users and voice agents. Prices are in Canadian dollars, before GST and QST.
| Plan | Per month | Minutes | Users | Voice agents | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $129 | 250 | 3 | 1 voice agent | $0.37/min |
| Advanced | $249 | 500 | 5 | 2 voice agents | $0.35/min |
| Enterprise | $439 | 1,000 | 7 | 3 voice agents | $0.33/min |
Annual billing takes a further 15% off, paid in one payment up front. Add-ons: an additional user is $22 a month on the Receptionist ($39 on the Admin Assistant, with volume discounts), and an additional voice agent with its own number is $10 a month.
Gala the Administrative Assistant includes the full Receptionist and adds quoting from a photo or an address, a full CRM and document handling. It runs from $279 to $659 CAD a month:
| Plan | Per month | Minutes | Users | Quotes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $279 | 250 | 3 | 5 quotes/mo | $0.42/min |
| Advanced | $429 | 500 | 5 | 15 quotes/mo | $0.40/min |
| Enterprise | $659 | 1,000 | 7 | Unlimited quotes | $0.38/min |
Follow-ups on unpaid invoices are live: they come with the Receptionist, so every Receptionist and Admin Assistant plan includes them. Team dispatch is coming soon on the Admin Assistant; it is not live today and is not part of what you pay for.
Job Bank, Government of Canada publishes wages for receptionists (NOC 14101) in Québec: $16.60 an hour at the low end, $20.00 at the median and $27.00 at the high end, for the 2023-2024 reference period. At Québec's standard 35-hour week, that is 1,820 hours a year.
Those are wages only. Add employer contributions, vacation pay, benefits, a desk and a replacement when the person is sick or on holiday. And the coverage is 35 hours a week, during business hours, one call at a time.
Your callers do not stop at 5 p.m., and a plumbing emergency does not wait for Monday.
To be fair to the human: a receptionist does more than answer the phone. If you need someone physically at a front desk, this is not the comparison to make. If you need the phone answered, booked and followed up, it is.
25 AI receptionists, answering services and virtual receptionists sold in Canada, each read on its own site on the date shown. Gala's row comes from our price list. The comparison pages under the table link each vendor's source page.
Prices are copied as published, in the vendor's own currency, and US-dollar prices are not converted. By currency: Canadian dollars 16, US dollars 4, no currency named 3, no price published 2.
| Service | Published price | Currency | Past the included usage | Setup fee | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gala | $129 CAD/month for 250 minutes, 3 users and 1 voice agent | CAD | $0.37 to $0.33 CAD per minute depending on the plan, billed to the next full minute | $0. Onboarding help is available as an optional package | Our price list |
| Smith.ai | AI receptionist: a free tier of 25 calls a month, then $150 USD/month for about 2 to 3 calls a day. Human receptionists from $300 USD/month for 30 calls | USD | $3.00 USD per call past the free tier; about $2.00 USD per call on the Pro plan | No setup fees | 2026-09-06 |
| Ruby | $250 USD/month for 50 receptionist minutes | USD | Not stated on the pricing page | None: no fees for activation, onboarding, setup or customization | 2026-09-06 |
| Abby Connect | $165 USD/month for 50 Abby Minutes (one Abby Minute is 1 human minute or 2 AI minutes) | USD | Usage-based; the rate is not stated on the page | No setup fee; onboarding included | 2026-09-06 |
| Posh | $65 CAD/month base with no included minutes, plus $2.30 CAD per receptionist minute | CAD | Every minute is billed at the plan's per-minute rate | Not stated | 2026-09-06 |
| Voxify | $300 CAD/month (Standard); $500 CAD/month (Pro, for legal and real estate). No minute or call limits stated | CAD | Not stated | Not stated | 2026-09-06 |
| Agent IA Vocal | $199 USD/month for up to 60 minutes; $299 USD for 220 minutes; $399 USD for 500 minutes | USD | $0.48 USD per extra minute on every plan | One-time setup fee of $999 USD | 2026-09-06 |
| Fulltime.ai | Not published. The pricing page leads to a demo request; the first two weeks are unlimited and free | No price published | Not stated | Not stated. Most businesses are live within a day, per its FAQ | 2026-09-06 |
| Voxara | Solo $49 CAD/month for 100 minutes and one service type; Starter $99 for 300 minutes; Growth $247 for 800; Pro $597 for 2,000 | CAD | $0.45 CAD a minute on Solo, $0.40 on Starter, $0.35 on Growth, $0.30 on Pro, billed at month end | No setup fees, ever | 2026-09-07 |
| Polaris Voice | Essentials $99/month for 150 included minutes; Professional $199 for 500; Executive $299 for 1,500. The pricing page names no currency; the company's own 2026 pricing guide states Canadian dollars | CAD | $0.75 a minute on Essentials, $0.50 on Professional, $0.30 on Executive | No setup fee is stated; the Executive plan includes white-glove setup | 2026-09-07 |
| Metrili | Starter $149 CAD/month for 100 call minutes, 250 texts and one user seat; Growth $299 for 400 minutes and three seats; Enterprise $499 for 800 minutes and unlimited seats | CAD | Not stated | No setup fees | 2026-09-07 |
| Zenicall | Starter $200 CAD/month for 120 included minutes; Advanced $340 CAD/month for 240 minutes | CAD | $0.90 CAD a minute on Starter, $0.75 on Advanced; nothing is cut off, the assistant keeps answering | One-time setup fee of $350 CAD, covering deployment, custom configuration and training your team | 2026-09-07 |
| Allesi | Its FAQ says plans start at 99 $ a month, all included, with no hidden fees. The site names no currency, and no included minutes or call count is stated | Not named | Not stated | Not stated. The page describes a guided fifteen-day start: an analysis call, configuration, call simulations, then go-live | 2026-09-09 |
| Aria | Démarrage $59 CAD/month for up to 150 voice minutes; Pro $189 for up to 600; Premium $389 for up to 1,200; Entreprise is custom and annual | CAD | No per-minute rate is published. You are not cut off mid month: add a block of minutes at any time, or turn on optional auto-recharge with a monthly spending cap you set | No setup fee | 2026-09-09 |
| Captia | Essentiel 297 $/month for 300 included call minutes; Pro 597 $ for 600; Multi 997 $ for multiple locations, with no minute count. The plans page names no currency; the company's own llms.txt heads the same list "Forfaits (CAD)" | CAD | 1,00 $ a minute past the included ones. The page says it calls you before billing anything beyond the plan | Not stated. The fourteen-day pilot at 490 $ covers installing Captia on your line and is refunded if it captures no lead | 2026-09-09 |
| Dialbox | Core $129 CAD/month for 100 AI-handled calls; Pro $299 for 300; Max $699 for 900; Managed $999 with a custom call pool | CAD | No automatic overages. The page says inbound AI gets a small protected grace buffer for short spikes, and that sustained over-cap use should move up a plan. No rate is published | Not stated | 2026-09-09 |
| Mihron AI | Starter $299 CAD/month for up to 150 calls answered (fair use: 200 minutes); Growth $499 CAD for up to 400 calls (fair use: 1,200 minutes); Enterprise custom, unlimited calls | CAD | Not stated | Not stated. The Starter plan states a 48-hour setup and the Enterprise plan white-glove onboarding | 2026-09-09 |
| Nexia | Croissance 197 $ a month plus 499 $ installation, about 150 calls a month included; Pro 397 $ plus 699 $ installation, about 300 calls; Sur mesure on quote. The site names no currency | Not named | Not stated | One-time installation fee of 499 $ on Croissance and 699 $ on Pro. Agents are stated to be deployed in 48 hours | 2026-09-09 |
| Noémie | Essentiel 79 $ a month, Pro 129 $, Premium 199 $. The plan cards write the figures without a currency; the page's own structured data prices all three in Canadian dollars. No included minutes or calls are stated | CAD | Not stated | Not stated | 2026-09-09 |
| Synchro IA | Not published. No price appears anywhere on the site, and no plan is listed | No price published | Not stated | Not stated | 2026-09-09 |
| AlmaTalk | Starter $97.97 CAD/month for 9,000 credits, which is 150 minutes on its Essential model; Pro $247.97 for 400 minutes; Growth $497.97 for 900 | CAD | Credits do not roll over, and calls stop when they run out until you top up or change plans. An extra phone number costs CA$15 a month | No setup fee, per its home page FAQ | 2026-10-07 |
| VocalOps | Essential $400 CAD/month; Connected $500 CAD/month; Tailored is custom-priced. Included minutes are not stated | CAD | Not published. Usage, telephony and overage terms are set out in the written proposal | Not published. Included onboarding is set out in the proposal; custom development, migration or integration may be priced separately | 2026-10-07 |
| Hey Jodie | Basic C$99/month; Professional C$199; Premium C$399; Enterprise from C$1,000. Unlimited minutes on every plan | CAD | None: its FAQ says call volume is not capped on any plan and there is no overage charge | No setup fees | 2026-10-07 |
| Ask Benny | Starter $99 CAD/month for 300 minutes; Business PRO $149 for 700; Enterprise $399 for 2,500, per the pricing page's structured data | CAD | $0.45 CAD per extra minute on Starter, $0.40 on Business PRO and $0.35 on Enterprise, per its llms-full.txt | No setup fees, per its pricing page | 2026-10-07 |
| Callara | Starter $49/month for 75 inbound minutes; Scale $108; Growth $208. The pricing page names no currency, and its structured data lists different figures ($59, $129, $249) in USD | Not named | $0.55 a minute past 75 on Starter; on Scale and Growth only extreme sustained volume can trigger overage | No setup fees; free onboarding help from a setup specialist | 2026-10-07 |
| Cedri | $18.99 CAD/month for 30 calls, or $15.83 a month billed yearly. A call counts when it lasts more than 10 seconds | CAD | Extra calls from about $1.00 each, bought as credits | Not stated; live in about 5 minutes, per its pricing page | 2026-10-07 |
Most alternatives to hiring are billed by usage: per minute, per call, or as a bundle of minutes or calls. Compare what the entry plan includes, not just its price.
At $2.30 a minute, 100 minutes at Posh comes to $295 CAD ($65 base plus minutes). Gala's entry plan is $129 with 250 minutes included.
Measure it in jobs, not months. The three answers below come from our FAQ; the calculator does the arithmetic with your own numbers.
Run the math on your own numbers instead of an industry average. Multiply the average value of a signed job by the number of calls you don't pick up in a month — on site, driving, at supper. If that figure clears CA$129, one recovered job covers the subscription. Micro-businesses are exactly where the gap is widest, because nobody else is answering.
Payback is measured in jobs, not months. On the CA$129 Essentielle plan, a single call that turns into a job worth more than CA$129 pays for the month. On the CA$279 Assistant Administratif, add the receivables effect: one CA$1,500 invoice collected four weeks earlier changes your month. Measure over three months, not three days.
A missed call is a customer dialling the next company on their list. Run it for one month: unanswered calls × your usual close rate × average job value. Add the receivables sitting past 60 days. That number is your cost of doing nothing, and you can verify it against your own records.
No. Every Gala plan is $0 setup. If you want hands-on help building and validating your knowledge base, onboarding assistance is available as an optional package.
$0.37 a minute on the entry Receptionist plan, $0.33 on the top one, billed to the next full minute. The Admin Assistant plans run $0.38 to $0.42 a minute.
Prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude GST and QST. Many competing services publish US-dollar prices, which is worth checking before comparing.
Yes. Annual billing takes 15% off the monthly price, paid in a single payment at the start of the term. The entry Receptionist plan comes to $1,315.80 a year that way.
From each vendor's own pricing page, read on the date in the table, and from our price list for Gala. US-dollar prices are shown as published, not converted, and a vendor that publishes no price is listed as such.
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