GreetKeeper vs GoHighLevel
GoHighLevel's Voice AI answers calls inside a HighLevel sub-account. It's priced by the minute, or through an AI Employee plan at $50 or $97 a month per sub-account. GreetKeeper answers your existing line from a dedicated local number and bills by answered call, from $49 a month for 200 calls. Each call still lands in your GoHighLevel pipeline, so your follow-up runs as it does today.
| GreetKeeper | GoHighLevel | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per answered call | Per minute of Voice AI, or a flat AI Employee plan per sub-account, on top of a HighLevel plan |
| Entry plan | $49/mo for 200 answered calls | AI Employee Growth at $50/month per sub-account with 100 Voice AI minutes, on a HighLevel plan from $97/month |
| Higher tiers | $149 for 750, $349 for 2000 | HighLevel Starter $97/month, Unlimited $297/month, Agency Pro $497/month; AI Employee Growth $50/month per sub-account (100 Voice AI minutes), AI Employee Unlimited $97/month per sub-account (fair use) |
| Overage rate | $0.45 a call on Starter, published | Voice AI past 100 minutes on Growth bills pay-per-use: $0.045/min voice engine plus a text-to-speech rate (OpenAI TTS $0.015/min) plus model tokens; phone system charges are billed separately |
| Appointment booking | Included on every plan | Check current plan terms |
| Human fallback | Transfers to your team | Transfers to your team |
GoHighLevel figures read from their own pricing page in September 2026. Check before you buy.
Why people move off GoHighLevel
One vendor's specific wall, not a general complaint about the category.
Agencies weighing HighLevel's own Voice AI against a separate receptionist are usually doing the per-client math. HighLevel prices its voice agent per sub-account. Past the 100 minutes on AI Employee Growth, every minute is billed as voice engine plus text-to-speech plus model tokens. Phone charges come on top. That's fine for one client. Across twenty sub-accounts with chatty callers, it's a bill nobody can quote in advance. Agency owners want a number they can put in a client proposal.
Where we differ
Every line below is on our pricing page or in the product today.
What GreetKeeper does differently from GoHighLevel
- GreetKeeper counts answered calls, not minutes. A 9-minute call about a roof leak costs the same as a 40-second one.
- Your GoHighLevel pipeline stays the follow-up engine. Our webhook, caught by Webhooks by Zapier on a paid Zapier plan, creates the contact and drops the opportunity into the stage you pick.
- Every plan includes a dedicated local number with the area code you choose at signup. You forward your existing line to it, so the number on your ads never changes.
- Robocalls and spam calls are dropped before the greeting, and they never count toward your plan.
- After the call, the caller gets one text with the booking link or the booking confirmation. A reply with the opt-out word stops further texts.
- Plans run $49 for 200 calls, $149 for 750 and $349 for 2,000. Every one starts with a 14-day free trial, every feature on and no card.
What a busy month costs on each meter
The headline price tells you about a quiet month. This is the other one.
Say a roofing client takes 600 calls a month and they run four minutes each. That's 2,400 Voice AI minutes, far past the 100 that AI Employee Growth includes. So you're choosing between two meters. Pay-per-use is $0.045 a minute for the voice engine, plus text-to-speech, tokens and phone charges. AI Employee Unlimited is $97 a month under a fair-use policy. On GreetKeeper the same client fits Professional: $149 a month for 750 answered calls, however long each one runs. If a storm doubles the volume, calls past 750 cost $0.35 each, and screened robocalls never 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 GoHighLevel in practice
The technical part is a forwarding change. The rest is the part nobody warns you about.
Nothing in GoHighLevel has to move. Start the GreetKeeper trial and pick the area code for your dedicated local number. Point the assistant at the client's website so it drafts services, service area and hours, then edit the greeting. In Zapier, a Catch Hook in Webhooks by Zapier receives our webhook. GoHighLevel's action then creates the contact in that sub-account, with the opportunity in your New Lead or Booked stage. Call it from your own mobile to test. Then set the carrier to forward busy and no-answer calls. The ring count is set where the forwarding is set, and GreetKeeper answers the moment the call arrives.
Questions people ask about this comparison
Does GoHighLevel have an AI receptionist?
Yes. HighLevel's Voice AI answers inbound calls in a sub-account. It comes with AI Employee Growth ($50 a month per sub-account, 100 minutes) and AI Employee Unlimited ($97 a month per sub-account, fair use). Without either, it's billed per minute on pay-per-use, as read in September 2026.
How much does GoHighLevel Voice AI cost per minute?
On pay-per-use, HighLevel lists a voice engine rate of $0.045 a minute. You add the text-to-speech rate you pick (OpenAI TTS is $0.015 a minute) and model tokens. Phone system charges are billed separately on every call. GreetKeeper has no per-minute meter: Starter is $49 a month for 200 answered calls.
Can GreetKeeper send callers into my GoHighLevel pipeline?
Yes. GreetKeeper sends a signed webhook after each call. Webhooks by Zapier catches it on a paid Zapier plan. GoHighLevel's own Zapier app then creates the contact and moves the opportunity into the stage you choose. Your existing workflows then send the texts and emails.
How do I set GreetKeeper up for several client sub-accounts?
Build the Zap once on your busiest sub-account, then copy it for the others, since Zapier connects to each sub-account on its own. Each client gets its own GreetKeeper number, greeting and hours. A client with several branches can go on Multi-location, from $299 per location.
More about GoHighLevel
Answer calls, fill the pipeline
Forward a client's line to a local GreetKeeper number and watch the contact land in GoHighLevel. 14 days free, no card.