Posh alternatives
Most people shopping away from Posh started on Chïc. It's $65, it's the number on the front of the rate card, and it includes zero receptionist minutes at $2.30 each. A hundred minutes of calls turns that $65 into $295, which is more than Posh's own $215 Elegant tier covering the same hundred.
| 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 |
| Goodcall | Per unique caller | Starter $79/mo ($66 annual) for 100 unique customers | Yes |
| Posh | Per minute | Chïc at $65/mo with zero minutes included, at $2.30 a minute | Yes |
Read from each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026, except vendors who gate pricing behind a form. We are one of the options listed and you should read this knowing that.
What Posh does that we do not
Switching costs time, so weigh these capabilities against it before you move.
- US-based receptionists answering live, with a seven-day trial that needs no card.
- They publish the per-minute rate on all seven tiers, which most of this category refuses to do.
- The tier ladder is fine-grained, so a business can land close to its real volume rather than buying double.
Why people leave Posh
Not a general complaint about the category. The specific wall this vendor puts in front of you.
The zero-minute entry tier, almost every time. Chïc is priced as a subscription rather than an allowance, so the bill is whatever the phone did, and the first busy month is a shock rather than a step. The second reason is that Posh's per-minute rate hardly rewards commitment: $2.30 at the bottom and $1.90 at the top is a 17 percent discount for a 29-fold increase in spend, so growing into their ladder never feels like it's paying off.
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.
Posh's ladder is $65 for nothing, $130 for 50 minutes, $215 for 100, $420 for 200, $700 for 350, $975 for 500 and $1,900 for 1,000, with the rate falling from $2.30 to $1.90. The crossover between adjacent tiers is sharp: at 100 minutes Elegant's $215 beats Chïc's $295, and at 360 minutes Prestigious at $720 beats Luxurious at $756. Ours is $49 for 200 answered calls, $149 for 750, $349 for 2,000, and there is no tier arithmetic to get wrong.
What moving off Posh actually involves
Forwarding takes five minutes. Here is the part that takes an afternoon.
Posh's receptionists work from a script you agreed with them, so start by asking for it in writing along with your call history. The specific thing to check before you move is which tier you were actually on, because businesses on Chïc often have no idea what their average month costs. Pull three invoices, find your real minute count, and price that number rather than the plan name. The forwarding change itself takes five minutes.
Where we fall short
Common questions
Is there a receptionist service without a zero-minute entry tier?
PATLive's $99 includes 50 minutes, Abby Connect's $165 includes 50 Abby Minutes and Ruby's $250 includes 50. All three give you something for the base fee. Posh's own Vogue tier at $130 includes 50 as well, where Chïc includes none.
Who is cheaper than Posh for the same minutes?
PATLive at most volumes: $189 against $215 for 100 minutes, $759 against $975 for 500. Both publish full cards and both staff people, so it's an unusually clean comparison to make yourself.
Can I avoid the minute meter entirely?
Smith.ai and we both bill per call, Goodcall bills per unique caller with minutes uncapped. Whether that's cheaper for you depends on your average call length, which you can get from one month of logs.
Price Chïc against Elegant first
On Posh's own card the cheaper-looking tier costs more past about 70 minutes. Start there.