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Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing

Smith.ai is an AI receptionist service, with optional live human agents, that answers calls, qualifies leads and books appointments, priced per call.

AI receptionistsFree planPriced per minuteSelf-serve + sales
Visit Smith.ai AI ReceptionistPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does Smith.ai AI Receptionist cost?

Paid plans start at $150/mo
Free plan
Yes
Usage price
$1.60/minute
Enterprise
Contact sales

In your favor

  • No long-term contract. Month-to-month, no long-term contract, 30 days notice to cancel
  • Free plan. Free plan: 25 calls per month at $0, then $3.00 per call after that

Watch out for

  • Extra usage is billed. Extra per real call rate applies beyond included calls (Free $3.00; Pro $2.50 to $2.17; Enterprise $2.17 to $2.10)
  • Going over the Free allowance costs $3 per call. Included: 25 calls.
  • Their pages disagree: calls handled and years in business. "25M+ calls handled over 11+ years" vs "answering over 20 million calls for businesses in the past 10 years"

How you buy and get started

Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Start free, Get started, Talk to us, Book a consultation
Sign up
Self-serve signup on the Free and Pro plans
"Start free"
Setup
Pro includes dedicated onboarding setup
"Dedicated onboarding setup"
When sales steps in
Enterprise plan is reached through Talk to us
"Talk to us"
Support
Pro and Enterprise: live phone, email and chat support
"Live phone support"
Support
Enterprise: priority support
"Priority support"

What Smith.ai AI Receptionist does

Smith.ai answers business calls with AI first and can hand off to a North American live agent network, with Free, Pro and Enterprise plans billed per call. It syncs call data to CRMs and scheduling tools and is marketed mainly to law firms, with home services and IT services also listed.

Good for
Law firms and other small to mid-size businesses (home services, IT services) that want every call answered, leads qualified and consultations booked, with human backup.
Channels
Voice calls, SMS, Web chat, Outreach campaigns
Main product
AI Receptionist (AI-first call answering, with hybrid and human-first live receptionist options)
Also includes
24/7 AI call answering, Quality Studio to test before going live, Call recording, transcription and summaries, Lead qualification and call routing, AI scheduling (Calendly and more), Native integrations (Clio, Zapier and more)
Connects to
Clio, Filevine, Lawmatics, MyCase, PracticePanther, Smokeball, Litify, Rocket Matter, Zapier, Calendly, 1-VoIP, 3CX
Public API
Yes
MCP server
Not stated
  • Answers calls with AI24/7 AI call answering
  • Books appointmentsAI Scheduling (Calendly & more)
  • Transfers to a personRoute to a Human Agent
  • Texts callersyou may receive an SMS with a booking confirmation or request for further action
  • Connects to your toolsNative integrations (Clio, Zapier & more)
  • Other languagesBilingual fluency
  • Takes messagesNot stated
  • Answers 24/724/7 AI call answering

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Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?Not stated
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2Not stated
GDPRNot stated
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onNot stated
Trust centerNot stated

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

PlanMonthlyBilled yearlyIncludedOver the allowanceWhere it says so
Freemo $0 – 25 calls $3/call "**$0 mo** 25 calls/mo ($3.00/call after that)"
Promo $150 – 75 calls $2.50/call "**$150/mo** $2.00/call (~2–3 calls/day)"
Enterprisemo $500 – 300 calls $2.17/call "**$500/mo** $1.67/call (~10 calls/day)"
AI-first (per call)call $1.60per minute – – – "AI-first — starting at $1.60/call"
Hybrid (per call)call $2.50per minute – – – "Hybrid — starting at $2.50/call (most firms start here)"
Human-first (per call)call $7per minute – – – "Human-first — starting at $7/call"
Their pages disagree: calls handled and years in business"25M+ calls handled over 11+ years" vs "answering over 20 million calls for businesses in the past 10 years"

Free plan: Free plan: 25 calls per month at $0, then $3.00 per call after that

Smith.ai AI Receptionist price history

No price changes on Smith.ai AI Receptionist's pricing page since 2025Q1, across 8 archived reads.

From archived copies of the pricing page in the Internet Archive, one per quarter, in USD.

Fine print

Billing increment
Per call
"Why do you bill by the call?"
Billed beyond usage
Extra per real call rate applies beyond included calls (Free $3.00; Pro $2.50 to $2.17; Enterprise $2.17 to $2.10)
"Extra per real call rate"
Contract
Month-to-month, no long-term contract, 30 days notice to cancel
"AI Receptionist is a month-to-month service."
Refunds
Not stated
Auto renew
Not stated
Price change notice
Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.

About the company

Legal name
Smith.ai, Inc.
Online since
Dec 16, 2017
Domain registration date
Customers
"5,000+ law firms trust Smith.ai"
their claim

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Questions

Is Smith.ai AI Receptionist free?

Yes. Free plan: 25 calls per month at $0, then $3.00 per call after that Paid plans start at $150/month.

How much does Smith.ai AI Receptionist cost?

Paid plans start at $150 per month.