Type in what you pay your current answering service. We'll compare what RingDesk would cost — and what an in-house receptionist would cost — for the same call volume.
Most shops pay $300-$800/mo for answering services.
Industry standard is $1.50-$2.50 per minute past your bundle.
Add up the line-items past your included minutes.
Modest savings — but the call quality difference is what most shops switch for.
The chart updates with every input you change. Left side is the leak you have today. Right side is the same shape damped to the 95% pickup rate RingDesk hits in production.
Monthly answering total = base fee + (overage rate × overage minutes).
RingDesk Growth comparison uses $195/mo flat (375 AI minutes included).
Cost per call = monthly cost ÷ (weekly calls × 4.345 weeks).
We don't price the in-house receptionist option here — see /calculators/receptionist-cost for that.
It's a different question. In-house adds salary, benefits, equipment, training, and coverage gaps when they're sick or on PTO. There's a separate calculator at /calculators/receptionist-cost that handles it.
Minutes are bundled by plan. Past your bundle, overage runs $0.25/min to $0.23/min depending on tier — about a tenth of typical answering-service overage. Starter has 100 included minutes.
Plug your typical monthly bill into "monthly fee" and leave overage at 0. The annual comparison still works.
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