Every service here was read on its own site, on a stated date. The table shows what each one publishes, and what it does not.
Lists of the best AI receptionist are usually affiliate pages. This one is not. It asks the same fixed questions of every service we could read. What does the entry price include, and what does the next minute cost? Who answers, what does the vendor say about French, and where does your call data live?
Gavion builds Gala, one of the 20 services below, so read this as a comparison published by a competitor rather than a neutral review. That is also why nothing here is our opinion of another product. Each row repeats what that vendor publishes, and links the comparison where its source page is cited.
Every row was read from the vendor's own public page, on the date shown in its comparison. Each name below links to that comparison, where the source page is cited. Nothing here is inferred. Where a page does not state a fee, a language or where data lives, the table says so instead of guessing.
Prices stay in the currency the vendor publishes, and none of them are converted. A service that publishes no price at all is listed as such rather than left out. A missing price is itself a fact about buying from it.
Gala's row is not typed by hand either. It is generated from our own price list, so it cannot go stale while a competitor's row moves. That is $129 to $439 CAD a month, 250 to 1,000 minutes included, no setup fee. Gala is first in the table because it is ours, not because a ranking put it there. No vendor paid to be on this page and there are no affiliate links.
One row per service, in the words of its own site. The full comparison for any of them is one click away, under its name further down.
| Service | Based in | Starting price | French | Data in Canada | Books live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gala | Montréal | $129 CAD/month for 250 minutes, 3 users and 1 voice agent | Québécois French and English detected automatically on every plan; 44 languages in total | Montréal company. Call data stored in Canada, on a Québec-based application server | Live Google or Outlook calendar booking and a basic CRM on every plan |
| Smith.ai | United States | 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 | English and Spanish. French is not mentioned | Not stated | Appointment booking is a paid add-on ($1.50 USD per booking on human plans); CRM integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce and Clio |
| Ruby | United States | $250 USD/month for 50 receptionist minutes | Spanish and bilingual English-Spanish call handling. French is not mentioned | Not stated | Scheduling is listed as a feature; 5,000+ integrations |
| Abby Connect | United States | $165 USD/month for 50 Abby Minutes (one Abby Minute is 1 human minute or 2 AI minutes) | English and Spanish. French is not mentioned | Not stated | 1,000+ integrations; specific calendar and CRM products are not named on the pricing page |
| Posh | Canada (prices in CAD) | $65 CAD/month base with no included minutes, plus $2.30 CAD per receptionist minute | Not stated | Canadian company with Canadian-dollar pricing; no data residency statement on the pricing page | Appointment scheduling through integrations with your software |
| Voxify | Montréal, Québec | $300 CAD/month (Standard); $500 CAD/month (Pro, for legal and real estate). No minute or call limits stated | Bilingual French and English with automatic language detection | Montréal-based. A data processing agreement is stated for the Pro plan; data is encrypted. Where call data is stored is not stated | Calendar sync and appointment booking (Google Calendar, Outlook, Clio and others) on the Pro plan |
| Agent IA Vocal | Québec (prices in USD) | $199 USD/month for up to 60 minutes; $299 USD for 220 minutes; $399 USD for 500 minutes | Bilingual French and English; multilingual support | Not stated on the pricing page | Google and Outlook calendar sync on the Professional and Enterprise plans; third-party integrations |
| Fulltime.ai | Saint-Laurent (Montréal), Québec | Not published. The pricing page leads to a demo request; the first two weeks are unlimited and free | The site is offered in English and French; Québécois French is not specifically stated | Based in Saint-Laurent, Québec, serving field-service companies across Canada. Data residency is not stated | Books into your calendar or field-service software; Jobber, Fergus and Progression are named |
| Voxara | Canada | 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 | The pricing page says bilingual support is available without naming the languages; the home page lists French among more than 50. Québécois French is not stated | Built in Canada, PIPEDA compliant and HIPAA ready. Where call data is stored is not stated | Voice booking against your live calendar on every plan; rescheduling from Starter up; a GoHighLevel CRM link on Pro. The home page also names Google Calendar and HubSpot |
| Polaris Voice | Toronto, Ontario | 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 | More than 30 languages including French and English, with automatic detection. Québécois French is not stated | Toronto company. Recordings and transcripts stored in Google Cloud data centres in Toronto; PIPEDA compliance stated; recordings kept 7 to 45 days by plan | Books into Google Calendar and Outlook against live availability, with SMS confirmations, on every plan |
| Metrili | Canada | 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 | English and French natively; it greets in either and can switch mid conversation. Named for Quebec, New Brunswick and Ottawa businesses. Québécois French is not stated | Built in Canada, SOC 2 aligned, on HIPAA-eligible AWS infrastructure and aligned with PIPEDA. Where data is stored is not stated | Books into your live calendar during the call, with overlap protection; you can connect your own scheduling system. No calendar or CRM product is named |
| Zenicall | Québec City, Québec | Starter $200 CAD/month for 120 included minutes; Advanced $340 CAD/month for 240 minutes | French, English and Spanish. The site is published in French for Quebec businesses; the phrase Québécois French is not used | Québec City company. Hosting described as fully Canadian, on certified servers in Canada, with end-to-end encryption. Stated compliance with PIPEDA | Automated appointment booking and call notes; it states integration with the main medical and dental software without naming a product |
| Allesi | Montréal, Québec | 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 | It answers in French and English and switches to the caller's language. Allesi calls itself a Québec family business; Québécois French is not stated | Montréal company, at 6375 rue d'Iberville. Data residency is not stated | Appointment booking on the entry plan; it connects to the most common calendars and tools, and names Google Calendar, Outlook and Zoho |
| Aria | Montréal, Québec | 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 | A bilingual agent that answers every call in French and English; its FAQ adds Spanish and more, with automatic language detection. Québécois French is not stated | Made in Canada, Montréal, Québec. Where call data is stored is not stated; the Pro plan keeps call recordings 90 days | Appointment booking on every plan, with Google Calendar, Calendly and Acuity named; it schedules, reschedules and confirms |
| Captia | Bromont, Québec | 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)" | The plans page is published in French and English. The company's llms.txt states the voice answers in Québécois French, names its two voices, and claims a Québec trade vocabulary | Bromont, Québec company. It states your data is protected under Québec's privacy rules; where call data is stored is not stated | Not stated on the plans page. The company's llms.txt says it takes the details and escalates, and that calendar booking is still in preparation |
| Dialbox | Toronto, Ontario | Core $129 CAD/month for 100 AI-handled calls; Pro $299 for 300; Max $699 for 900; Managed $999 with a custom call pool | Its home page says it is fluent in English, French and Spanish, plus 23 more languages, with a Québec flag beside French. Québécois French is not stated | Sold as an answering service for Canadian service businesses. The coverage list in its footer names Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton and Calgary. Where call data is stored is not stated | Calendar booking on every plan; its home page names Google Calendar, Outlook, HubSpot, Odoo, Square, Calendly, Google Sheets and Airtable |
| Mihron AI | Toronto, Ontario | 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 | English and Canadian French, per its home page; Growth adds seven or more languages. Québécois French is not stated | Toronto company. Its pricing page says every plan includes PIPEDA compliance and data stored in Canada, and its footer says PIPEDA and HIPAA compliant. Hosting in Canada and Canadian data residency are claims from its home page | Appointment booking and logging on every plan; booking with CRM data capture on Growth; full CRM integration through Zapier on Enterprise. Its home page names Google Calendar and Calendly |
| Nexia | South Shore of Montréal, Québec | 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 | The pricing page says the agent is bilingual French and English; the home page says it answers in Québécois French | Based on the South Shore of Montréal and serving all of Québec. It states client data is handled securely and deleted automatically after 90 days; where it is stored is not stated | Automatic appointment booking against a synced calendar, a text confirmation to the caller, and a client record created automatically in the CRM. No calendar or CRM product is named |
| Noémie | Québec; the city is not stated | 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 | The site is published in French for Québec businesses. English is not mentioned, and Québécois French is not stated | Presented as built for Québec businesses. Data residency is not stated | Appointment handling from the Pro plan; the Premium plan answers, books, confirms and sends automatic reminders and follow-ups. No calendar or CRM product is named |
| Synchro IA | Brossard, Québec | Not published. No price appears anywhere on the site, and no plan is listed | It states a natural Québécois voice on the AI receptionist and calls itself a Québec agency. Which other languages it answers in is not stated | Brossard, Québec company, serving Québec SMBs. Data residency is not stated | Not stated for the receptionist. Among the tools it integrates it names HubSpot, Zoho, Make, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace |
Read the starting price next to the included minutes, never on its own. An entry plan with a small allowance and a high per-minute rate can surprise you. In a busy month it costs more than a dearer plan that includes what you use.
Read the last two columns the same way. A vendor that names where your recordings sit has answered the question. A vendor that says only that it is Canadian has not.
There is no single best one. There is a best one for the way your phone actually rings, and the groups below are taken straight from the table.
Each name in those bullets has its own section below, with the comparison behind it.
US virtual receptionist service offering human-staffed and AI-first answering. Per call. AI plans are sized by monthly call volume; human plans are sold as call bundles.
Who answers: Both: AI-first or human-first, chosen per plan. Best for: US businesses that want the option of live human receptionists on the same account, with English or Spanish callers.
US live virtual receptionist service with optional AI features. Monthly plans sized by receptionist minutes.
Who answers: Human receptionists, with AI-powered transcripts and sentiment analysis. Best for: US businesses that want a human voice on every call and can budget by the minute.
US receptionist service that mixes human and AI answering on one plan. Monthly plans sized in Abby Minutes, with usage-based overage.
Who answers: Both. You choose how each call is handled and can change the mix. Best for: US businesses that want to blend human and AI answering on one plan.
Canadian live virtual receptionist service billed by the minute. Monthly base fee plus a per-minute rate.
Who answers: Human receptionists. Best for: Very low call volumes, where a human answering a handful of minutes a month makes sense.
Montréal AI receptionist, bilingual French and English, with plans aimed at legal and real estate offices. Two flat monthly plans.
Who answers: AI receptionist. Best for: Law firms and real estate offices in Montréal that want the legal intake features of its Pro plan.
Quebec AI voice agent priced in US dollars, with a one-time setup fee. Three monthly plans sized by included conversation minutes.
Who answers: AI voice agent. Best for: Businesses that want a Quebec-built voice agent and accept a setup fee and US-dollar billing.
Montréal-area AI receptionist for field-service companies, integrated with Jobber, Fergus and Progression. Usage-based: its FAQ says Fulltime is paid when it does work for your business, with pricing walked through after a demo, once your volume and workflows are known.
Who answers: AI receptionist. Best for: Field-service companies already running Jobber, Fergus or Progression that want the AI to book straight into that software.
Canadian AI receptionist built and managed for you, sold as flat monthly plans in Canadian dollars. Flat monthly plans sized by included minutes, plus a per-minute rate past them.
Who answers: AI receptionist. On Growth and above it transfers the call to your number when the caller is urgent or asks for a person. Best for: Canadian businesses with a light call load that want a managed AI receptionist at a low Canadian-dollar entry price.
Toronto AI phone answering service for Canadian businesses, with monthly plans and included minutes. Monthly plans sized by included minutes, with a per-minute rate past them; annual billing takes 15% off.
Who answers: AI receptionist. Best for: Canadian businesses outside Quebec that want live calendar booking and recordings kept in Toronto.
Canadian AI receptionist sold with an outbound caller and an admin copilot on one plan. Three flat monthly plans sized by call minutes, texts and user seats; annual billing takes 20% off.
Who answers: AI receptionist and an AI staff copilot on every plan; an outbound AI caller from Growth up. Best for: Businesses that want the receptionist, an outbound caller and an admin copilot billed together on one Canadian plan.
Québec City AI receptionist aimed at clinics, dental offices and pharmacies. Two monthly plans sized by included minutes, plus a per-minute rate past them and a one-time setup fee.
Who answers: AI receptionist, with transfer to a person for emergencies. Best for: Quebec clinics, dental offices and pharmacies that want fully Canadian hosting and end-to-end encryption for medical intake.
AI receptionist named Clémentine, sold by a Montréal telecom to Québec small businesses beside its phone systems. Monthly subscription. The price depends on your call volume and the features you want; three plans are shown, Starter, Pro and Entreprise, and the plan cards carry no figure.
Who answers: AI receptionist, which hands the call to your team as soon as a request goes beyond its scope. It can take every call or only the overflow, evenings, weekends and peak hours. Best for: Québec small businesses that already buy their phone system from a local telecom and want the receptionist on the same bill.
Montréal AI receptionist and web chat agent, sold in monthly plans sized by included voice minutes. Monthly plans sized by included voice minutes; annual billing takes 15% off.
Who answers: AI receptionist. You set the escalation rules, and urgent questions go to a real person by text, email or phone call. Best for: Small Québec businesses with a light call load that want a published Canadian-dollar entry price and a web chat widget on the same plan.
Bromont AI receptionist sold with a visibility report that measures what AI answer engines say about your business. Monthly plans sized by included call minutes, with a per-minute rate past them, and a paid fourteen-day pilot first.
Who answers: AI receptionist. An outbound module is listed at 99 $ a month, and the page says it has carried no real call and is not sold today. Best for: Québec service businesses that want the phone answered and a report on what AI answer engines say about them, from one vendor.
Canadian AI phone answering for service businesses, priced by the number of calls the AI handles each month. Monthly plans sized by AI-handled calls rather than minutes; annual billing gives two months free. The page states there is no public per-minute billing.
Who answers: AI receptionist. The page's line is that the AI answers and you call back the ones that matter. Best for: Businesses that would rather budget by calls than by minutes and want the plan to hold instead of billing an overage.
Toronto AI voice receptionist for Canadian businesses, with a bilingual English and Canadian French agent. Three monthly plans sized by the number of calls answered, each with a fair-use minute cap.
Who answers: AI voice agents: one named Maya on Starter, one customised agent on Growth, two or more on Enterprise. Best for: Canadian businesses that want a stated Canadian data residency and a plan counted in calls answered rather than minutes.
Québec AI agency whose receptionist, Sofia, is sold beside its AI audit packages. Monthly subscription sized by monthly call volume, plus a one-time installation fee on each plan.
Who answers: AI voice agent (Sofia), with call transfer for emergencies. Best for: South Shore businesses that want the phone answered in Québécois French and accept an installation fee for a built-for-you setup.
AI receptionist built for Québec small businesses, which answers, takes messages and handles appointments. Three flat monthly plans, with no minute or call limit stated; annual billing takes 20% off.
Who answers: AI receptionist. It greets the caller, works out the reason for the call, takes the details and passes them on. Transfer to a person is not stated. Best for: Very small Québec businesses that answer in French only and want the lowest published monthly price on this page.
Brossard AI integration agency for Québec SMBs, whose phone offering is an AI receptionist with a Québécois voice. Not published. The site sells a meeting first: every call to action books one, and no plan or billing unit is shown.
Who answers: AI receptionist. The site says the technology supports your teams without ever replacing them. Best for: Québec SMBs that want the phone handled inside a wider automation project, scoped in a meeting.
These questions separate services that look identical on a marketing page. Ask them of every vendor on your shortlist, including us.
Put those same questions to every service on your shortlist, with your own call volume in front of you. The answers move faster than any list of the best.
There is no single answer, and a page that gives you one is selling. It depends on your call volume, on the language your callers use, and on where your call data has to live. It also depends on whether some calls need a person. This page publishes what each service states, so the choice is made on facts rather than on adjectives.
It is not a ranking. Gala is first because it is ours, and the page should say so plainly. The others follow in the order their comparisons were written. No vendor paid to appear, and there are no affiliate links.
Several state French and English, and the table quotes each one in its own words. None of the pages we read use the phrase Québécois French. Gala answers in Québécois French and English on every plan, detected during the call.
Read the Data in Canada column. Some name the country their servers sit in, some state PIPEDA and nothing more, and some say nothing at all. Where a page is silent, ask the vendor in writing and get the answer into the contract. Gala stores call data in Canada.
Each comparison shows the date its facts were read and links the page they were read from. Prices move. If a figure here no longer matches the vendor's site, tell us and we will re-read it and change the date.
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