The best AI receptionist for a dental practice, ranked
GreetKeeper ranks first of the eight dental AI receptionists we checked in September 2026. It books new patients on the $49 plan and reads the name, number and slot back first. It also announces itself as an AI at the start of the call. Starter covers 200 answered calls, and extra calls cost $0.45.
Three of the dental and healthcare vendors here don't print a price. Arini and Rondah sell through a demo, and Weave puts a Get Pricing button on every plan. Rosie's $49 plan answers, with booking on its $149 tier.
Plan for the patient in pain. GreetKeeper transfers that caller to your front desk or on-call dentist by rule, and tries a second number if the first isn't picked up. Every call then arrives as a transcript and a short summary.
Treatment detail stays in your practice system. The receptionist's job is the enquiry and the booking: who called, why, and which slot they took.
How this was put together
Disclosure: GreetKeeper is our product. We fixed the criteria and weights before scoring, then read each rival's pricing or plans page on its own site in September 2026. A vendor that sells only through a demo is shown as not publishing a price.
What we compared
- New-patient booking on the entry plan (30%), with the details read back before the slot is taken.
- A price you can read before a demo (25%): the plan, what it holds, and the rate after the allowance.
- The patient in pain (20%): transfer to the front desk or on-call dentist, and a fallback number.
- Disclosure at call start (15%), because Utah asks licensed occupations to announce AI use verbally.
- Room to grow (10%): one account for several offices, each with its own number, hours and calendar.
The shortlist at a glance
Billing unit first, because it decides more of the final bill than the headline price does.
| Charges by | Entry plan | After the allowance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GreetKeeper | per answered call | $49/mo for 200 answered calls | $0.45 a call on Starter, published |
| Arini | quoted after a demo | Does not publish pricing | Does not publish pricing |
| Rondah | not published; pricing is not on rondah.ai | Does not publish pricing | Does not publish pricing |
| Weave | quoted monthly plan | Does not publish pricing | Does not publish pricing |
| Smith.ai | per call | Free tier at $0 for 25 calls, then $3.00 a call | Published, and the per-call rate falls as the tier rises |
| Rosie | per minute | Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes | Not published |
| Ruby | per minute | $250/mo for 50 minutes | Not published on their pricing page |
| Dialzara | per minute | Business Lite $29/mo for 60 minutes | Published on every tier, from $0.48 a minute down to $0.35 |
Read from each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026.
GreetKeeper
New patients booked on the $49 plan, with a spoken AI disclosure and every rate printed.
Worth it for: You want lunch-hour and after-hours calls booked into Google Calendar or Outlook. Each booking also reaches your systems by signed webhook. A group adds offices on the Multi-location plan from $299 per location, each with its own local number, hours and calendar.
Charges per answered call. Entry plan $49/mo for 200 answered calls. After the allowance: $0.45 a call on Starter, published.
Arini
A dental AI platform covering inbound calls, reactivation and confirmations, sold through a demo.
Worth it for: You run a dental group and want outbound reactivation campaigns and custom work beside inbound answering.
Not for: A two-chair office that wants to compare prices first, since arini.ai has no pricing page and quotes after a demo.
Arini does not publish its rates, so the cost is whatever the sales call produces.
Rondah
A dental AI receptionist sold on its practice-system connection.
Worth it for: You want the receptionist tied to your PMS, which Rondah's site describes as a direct integration with two-way sync.
Not for: A practice that wants a monthly figure before a sales call, since Rondah has no pricing page.
Rondah does not publish its rates, so the cost is whatever the sales call produces.
Weave
A patient platform bundling phones, texting, reminders, forms and payments.
Worth it for: You're replacing your desk phones, reminders and payments in one purchase.
Not for: A practice that mainly needs its calls answered, since every Weave plan is quoted as a whole platform through Get Pricing.
Weave does not publish its rates, so the cost is whatever the sales call produces.
Smith.ai
Per-call AI with a trained human team behind it.
Worth it for: You want a person on hand for the patient who needs reassurance the assistant can't give.
Not for: A small practice watching each line item. After 25 free calls each call is $3.00, and Pro is $150 a month.
Charges per call. Entry plan Free tier at $0 for 25 calls, then $3.00 a call. After the allowance: Published, and the per-call rate falls as the tier rises.
Rosie
A $49 plan counted in minutes, with booking on the $149 tier.
Worth it for: You mainly need messages taken out of hours and will ring patients back yourself.
Not for: A practice buying this to fill the book, since booking and live transfer start on the $149 tier.
Charges per minute. Entry plan Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes. After the allowance: Not published.
Ruby
People answer every call, billed by the minute.
Worth it for: A specialist practice where each call carries a large treatment plan and a human voice is part of the brand.
Not for: General-practice volume. 50 minutes for $250 goes fast when new-patient calls run four or five minutes, and Ruby doesn't publish its overage rate.
Charges per minute. Entry plan $250/mo for 50 minutes. After the allowance: Not published on their pricing page.
Dialzara
A $29 AI plan with overage printed on every tier.
Worth it for: You want to try an AI receptionist on a few short calls a month.
Not for: A busy practice. The entry plan holds 60 minutes, and new-patient calls aren't short.
Charges per minute. Entry plan Business Lite $29/mo for 60 minutes. After the allowance: Published on every tier, from $0.48 a minute down to $0.35.
How a dental practice should choose
Start with the price you can see. Arini, Rondah and Weave quote after a demo, so ask each for the monthly fee and what a busy month costs, in writing. GreetKeeper prints $49 for 200 calls, $149 for 750 and $349 for 2,000.
Next, overflow. Forward busy and no-answer calls, so your coordinator keeps the ones they can take. The ring count is set where the forwarding is set, and GreetKeeper answers the moment the call arrives, then books into the same calendar.
Last, holidays. Enter closure dates before the season starts. On those days GreetKeeper answers as closed, gives your emergency instruction, and still takes every caller's details for the morning.
Our own pricing, in full
Including the rate after the allowance, which is the number most of this list leaves off.
| Plan | Monthly | Calls included | After that |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterFor a single location taking calls one line at a time. | $49 | 200 | $0.45 per call |
| ProfessionalBooking, routing and transfers included, not an add-on. | $149 | 750 | $0.35 per call |
| ScaleFor busy phones and longer opening hours. | $349 | 2,000 | $0.25 per call |
The short version
- Booking is included on every tier. Rosie keeps booking and live transfer behind its $149 plan.
- The overage rate is on the pricing page. Rosie, Ruby, Slang and AnswerConnect do not publish theirs.
- Calls are counted, not minutes, so a long useful conversation costs the same as a short one.
Questions people ask about this list
What is the best AI receptionist for a dental practice?
On our published method, GreetKeeper ranks first. It books new patients on the $49 plan, announces itself as an AI at call start, and prints its overage at $0.45 a call. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and you don't need a card.
What should I ask a dental AI vendor about patient data?
Ask which suppliers touch the audio and transcript, and whether each one is covered by a business associate agreement. GreetKeeper does not make a HIPAA claim. It handles enquiries and scheduling, and clinical detail stays in your practice system.
Does Utah's AI rule cover dentists?
Utah's AI Policy Act asks regulated occupations to disclose AI use prominently and verbally at the start, and dentistry is a licensed occupation. GreetKeeper's disclosure setting announces the assistant as an AI in its opening line.
Can it book an emergency into the right slot?
Yes, once you set the rules. Define which appointment types count as urgent and how long each runs. A chipped tooth and a six-month check-up then land in different slots, and the time is read back before it books.
Why is GreetKeeper first on a list it wrote?
Booking a new patient carried the most weight, and GreetKeeper does it on its $49 plan while announcing itself at call start. Three dental vendors here publish no price at all, so their cost couldn't be scored from their own pages.
Hear one of these handle your own call
Your scenario, your greeting, a couple of minutes.