AIRA vs Rosie for a small business

AIRA counts calls and Rosie counts minutes, and that one difference decides most of this page. AIRA's Starter plan is $24.95 a month for 30 calls, and every AIRA tier prints its overage, from $1.50 a call down to $0.70. Rosie's Professional plan is $49 a month for 250 minutes, and its overage rate isn't on the pricing page.

Booking is the second line to check. Rosie puts appointment booking and live transfer on its Scale plan at $149 and above. So if you want the receptionist to fill your calendar, the Rosie plan to compare is $149, not $49.

AIRA suits a business with a small, steady call count that wants every overage rate in writing. Rosie suits a business whose calls are short and plentiful, because 1,000 minutes on Scale covers a lot of quick questions. Both were read on the vendors' own pricing pages in September 2026.

Published pricing, side by side

What each vendor prints on its own site. The billing unit decides more of the final bill than the headline price does.

	AIRA	Rosie
Billing unit	Per call	Per minute
Entry plan	Starter $24.95/mo for 30 calls	Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes
Higher tiers	Premium $59.95 (90 calls), Pro $159.95 (300 calls), Scale $299.00 (600 calls); annual billing saves 20%	Scale $149 (1,000 min), Growth $299 (2,000 min); annual billing gives two months free
Overage rate	Published: $1.50 a call on Starter, $1.00 on Premium, $0.75 on Pro, $0.70 on Scale	Not published

Read on each vendor's own website in September 2026. Prices move, so check before you buy.

What decides it

The dimensions that change the bill or the service, each as a fact read on the vendor's own site.

	AIRA	Rosie
Billing unit	Per call	Per minute
Entry plan	$24.95 a month, 30 calls	$49 a month, 250 minutes
Next plans up	$59.95 (90 calls), $159.95 (300), $299.00 (600)	$149 (1,000 minutes), $299 (2,000)
Rate past the plan	Printed: $1.50, $1.00, $0.75 and $0.70 a call by tier	Not printed on the pricing page
Booking and live transfer	Ask AIRA which tier includes them	Scale ($149) and up
Annual billing	Saves 20%	Two months free

AIRA: getaira.io/agents/receptionist/pricing, monthly view. Rosie: heyrosie.com pricing page. Both read September 2026.

A salon's month on each meter

Picture a two-chair salon taking 120 calls a month. Most are bookings and reschedules, and they average about two and a half minutes. That's roughly 300 minutes of talk.

On AIRA, 120 calls is past Premium's 90, so you'd weigh Premium plus 30 calls at $1.00 each against the Pro plan's 300 calls at $159.95. The minutes never enter it.

On Rosie, 300 minutes is past Professional's 250, and booking lives on Scale anyway. Scale gives you 1,000 minutes for $149, which leaves plenty of room for a busy December.

Where AIRA's per-call ladder helps

AIRA's pricing page prints the whole ladder: $24.95 for 30 calls, $59.95 for 90, $159.95 for 300 and $299.00 for 600. The overage falls as you climb, from $1.50 a call on Starter to $0.70 on Scale.

That makes a slow month and a busy one easy to forecast. A caller who spends six minutes describing a color correction costs the same as one who asks if you're open Sunday. If your calls run long, that's the reason to look at AIRA first.

The site also runs a set of carrier forwarding guides, which is handy on setup day when you need your carrier's exact steps.

Where Rosie's minute bundles help

Rosie sells three bundles: 250 minutes for $49, 1,000 for $149 and 2,000 for $299. Pay annually and you get two months free.

Short calls stretch a minute bundle a long way. At 90 seconds a call, Scale's 1,000 minutes is more than 600 conversations. Rosie also trains itself from your website and Google Business Profile, so setup starts from what you've already published.

Ask Rosie one thing before you sign: the price of a minute past your bundle. It isn't printed, and it's the number a busy month runs on.

How to pick between them this week

Pull last month's call log and write down two numbers: how many calls came in and the average length. Divide 250 by the average length to see how many calls Rosie's entry plan holds, and compare that with AIRA's 30 and 90.

Then ring both with a real booking request. You're checking whether the appointment lands in your calendar and whether you get the caller's name and number without asking twice.

A third meter: per call, with booking at $49

Disclosure: GreetKeeper is our product, and this is where it appears on the page. It bills per answered call, and booking is on every plan. Starter is $49 a month for 200 calls, then $0.45 a call. Professional is $149 for 750 at $0.35, and Scale is $349 for 2,000 at $0.25.

The 120-call salon month fits inside Starter at any call length. GreetKeeper reads the name, number and time back, books into Google Calendar or Outlook, and the client gets one text with the confirmation.

Robocalls and spam calls are screened out before the greeting and don't count toward the plan. Point it at your website for a first draft of your hours and services, then correct it. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, every feature on and no card.

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

Questions people ask about this comparison

Is AIRA cheaper than Rosie?

At entry, yes: AIRA's Starter plan is $24.95 for 30 calls and Rosie's Professional plan is $49 for 250 minutes. The two units differ, so compare on your own call count and length. Rosie's booking starts on its $149 Scale plan (September 2026).

What does AIRA charge past its plan?

AIRA prints an overage rate on every tier: $1.50 a call on Starter, $1.00 on Premium, $0.75 on Pro and $0.70 on Scale. Those were read on getaira.io in September 2026.

Which Rosie plan books appointments?

Rosie lists appointment booking and live transfer on its Scale plan at $149 a month and on Growth at $299. The $49 Professional plan covers 250 minutes of answering (September 2026).

How many calls fit in Rosie's 250 minutes?

About 100 at two and a half minutes each, or 62 at four minutes. Short calls stretch the bundle and long ones shrink it, so check your average call length on last month's phone bill.

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