GreetKeeper vs AnswerForce
AnswerForce puts live receptionists on your phones, and its site pledges 'People, Not Bots' (checked 24 September 2026). Its prices sit behind an account form. GreetKeeper answers with an AI receptionist on a printed rate card, from $49 a month for 200 answered calls with booking on every plan.
| GreetKeeper | AnswerForce | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per answered call | Plan minutes, which also cover call-backs and outbound follow-up |
| Entry plan | $49/mo for 200 answered calls | Not published; See Prices opens an account registration form |
| Higher tiers | $149 for 750, $349 for 2000 | Not published; plans are sold as minutes of live-receptionist time |
| Overage rate | $0.45 a call on Starter, published | Not published |
| Appointment booking | Included on every plan | Check current plan terms |
| Human fallback | Transfers to your team | Their own receptionists |
AnswerForce figures read from their own pricing page in September 2026, except where noted below as third-party. Check before you buy.
Why people move off AnswerForce
One vendor's specific wall, not a general complaint about the category.
AnswerForce sells time. Its plans come in minutes of live-receptionist work, and its own homepage notes that those minutes also cover call-backs and outbound lead follow-up. For an HVAC or roofing office, that means the long calls and the follow-up calls draw from the same pool. A busy week spends the plan faster than the job count suggests, and you only see the rate after you've registered.
Where we differ
Every line below is on our pricing page or in the product today.
What GreetKeeper does differently from AnswerForce
- GreetKeeper's prices are on its pricing page with no form to fill: $49 for 200 answered calls, $149 for 750, $349 for 2,000.
- You pay per answered call, so a caller who needs four minutes to describe a leak costs the same as a quick hours check.
- Calls that arrive together are answered at the same time, so nobody sits in a hold queue on a storm morning.
- The assistant books straight into Google Calendar or Outlook and reads the time back before it confirms.
- Every call arrives as a transcript and a short summary, and a signed webhook can carry it to Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan through a paid Zapier plan.
- You write the script yourself, starting from a first draft GreetKeeper builds from your website.
What a busy month costs on each meter
The headline price tells you about a quiet month. This is the other one.
On a minutes plan, growth shows up twice: more calls, and longer ones when the season turns. GreetKeeper counts each answered call once. An electrician taking 700 calls in a busy month sits inside the $149 Professional plan, which covers 750. Past that, each call costs $0.35. The call-backs you make yourself never touch the count.
| 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 |
Moving off AnswerForce in practice
The technical part is a forwarding change. The rest is the part nobody warns you about.
AnswerForce sets up your script on a welcome call, so ask for a copy of it before you leave. That script, with its emergency rules and job types, is the fastest start for GreetKeeper. Paste it in, or point GreetKeeper at your website for a draft and merge the two. If AnswerForce wrote jobs into Jobber or Housecall Pro, rebuild that as a Zap: Webhooks by Zapier catches GreetKeeper's signed webhook on a paid Zapier plan. Then change the forward at your carrier. The ring count is set where the forwarding is set, and GreetKeeper answers the moment the call arrives.
Questions people ask about this comparison
How much does AnswerForce cost?
AnswerForce doesn't show prices on its public pages. The See Prices link opens an account registration form (checked 24 September 2026). GreetKeeper prints every plan: $49 a month for 200 answered calls, $149 for 750 and $349 for 2,000.
What happens when a caller wants a real person on GreetKeeper?
GreetKeeper transfers the call to your team when the caller asks or the assistant is unsure. If that line isn't picked up, it tries a second number you nominate. It can also text the on-call person with the caller's details, so an emergency still reaches someone.
Can GreetKeeper book jobs the way AnswerForce's receptionists do?
Yes, on every plan. It books into Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook while the caller is on the line and reads the time back first. For a field-service system, the signed webhook carries the booking to Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan through Zapier, on a paid Zapier plan.
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