Goodcall alternatives
Goodcall's Starter plan is $79 a month for 100 unique customers, and each phone number you point at it counts as its own agent to pay for. A second line, a second location or a dedicated service number all multiply the subscription, which is where most people start pricing the field again.
| Service | Bills by | Entry price | Overage published? |
|---|---|---|---|
| GreetKeeper | Answered call | $49 for 200 calls | Yes, $0.45 a call |
| Smith.ai | Per call | Free tier at $0 for 25 calls, then $3.00 a call | Yes |
| Ruby | Per minute | $250/mo for 50 minutes | No |
| Rosie | Per minute | Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes | No |
| AnswerConnect | Per minute | Not published; pricing sits behind a quote form | No |
| Goodcall | Per unique caller | Starter $79/mo ($66 annual) for 100 unique customers | Yes |
Read from each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026, except vendors who gate pricing behind a form. Check before you buy.
What GreetKeeper does differently from Goodcall
Every line below is on our pricing page or in the product today.
Why teams switch to GreetKeeper
- Goodcall prices per phone number, so a second line is a second agent to pay for. Our plans count answered calls across your account.
- Each GreetKeeper number can have its own hours, greeting and calendar, without a second subscription.
- Our entry plan is $49 for 200 answered calls against their $79 for 100 unique customers.
- We count answered calls, which reconciles line by line against your phone bill.
- A robocall, or a caller who hangs up within moments, doesn't count toward the plan.
- An after-hours emergency texts the on-call person with the caller's details, and a missed transfer tries a second number.
Why people leave Goodcall
Not a general complaint about the category. The specific wall this vendor puts in front of you.
The per-agent structure is the usual reason. Goodcall prices per phone number, so the shop that adds a dedicated service line or a second branch discovers it's now paying two subscriptions rather than growing into one plan. The other reason is the unique-customer count itself. It's a genuinely good idea, and it's also harder to reconcile against your phone bill than a call count, so budgeting a busy month takes more arithmetic than anyone wants to do.
What the bill does as you grow
The entry price is the cheapest month you will ever have. This is the shape of the rest.
Goodcall is $79 for 100 unique customers, $129 for 250 and $249 for 500, with $0.50 for each extra unique customer and uncapped minutes throughout. They publish that $0.50, which most of this category does not. The catch is the multiplier. Three phone numbers means three agents, so the effective floor is $237 before a single extra caller. Our $49, $149 and $349 plans count answered calls across your account rather than per line. The overage after each is printed: $0.45, $0.35 and $0.25.
What moving off Goodcall actually involves
Forwarding takes five minutes. Here is the part that takes an afternoon.
You'll be untangling the agents. Goodcall gives each number its own agent with its own configuration, so a shop with a sales line and a service line has two sets of answers, hours and routing rules that drifted apart over time. Export both, decide which version you actually meant, and write one script. Consolidating numbers onto one configuration is most of the work. In GreetKeeper each number then keeps its own hours, greeting and calendar. The service line can close at six while the sales line runs later.
Common questions
Is there a plan cheaper than Goodcall's $79 that skips the minute meter?
Ours is $49 for 200 answered calls with a published $0.45 after that, and we don't meter call length either. Booking is on that plan. Smith.ai bills per call too, though their Pro plan is $150. Everything else in this list bills minutes or locations.
Who else publishes an overage rate?
Goodcall, Dialzara and GreetKeeper. That's your list. Rosie, Ruby, Abby Connect and Slang.ai all leave it off the pricing page, and AnswerConnect publishes nothing.
Will my other numbers each cost me a subscription?
Slang.ai charges per location, which has the same effect for a multi-site business at $399 a site. Most of the rest sell an allowance you draw down from however many numbers point at it.
More about Goodcall
Count your repeat callers first
Then price both models against a real month of yours. We'll wait.