Comparison
My AI Front Desk vs Rosie: Which AI Answering Service Fits a Contractor?
Prices last checked on vendor sites: October 14, 2026
Both tools answer your phone with AI around the clock. They price and package things differently, and for a small crew that difference matters more than any feature list. Prices were checked on each vendor's pricing page on October 14, 2026.
Side by side
| My AI Front Desk | Rosie | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Business-in-a-Box: $99/mo, or $79/mo billed annually | Professional: $49/mo |
| Voice included | 200 minutes/mo | 250 minutes/mo |
| Other tiers | Partner / Enterprise (custom) | Scale $149/mo (1,000 min); Growth $299/mo (2,000 min) |
| Calendar booking | Yes, on the Business plan | Scale plan and up |
| Call transfers | Agent actions include transfers | Warm and live transfers on Scale; waterfall transfers on Growth |
| Texting | 400 SMS/mo included | Appointment links by text on all plans; texting during calls on Scale |
| Web chat | 100 chatbot conversations/mo | Website chat widget free on all plans |
| Languages | 20+ languages | English and Spanish |
| Free trial | No permanently free plan | 7-day free trial |
| Annual discount | About 20% ($79/mo) | 2 months free |
| Zapier | Yes | Yes |
Where My AI Front Desk is stronger
You get more than call answering in one plan: SMS, a chatbot, an AI CRM, website forms, and follow-up sequences. If you'd otherwise pay for a separate texting or CRM tool, the $99 plan replaces some of that. Overage is clear: 25 credits ($0.25) per voice minute, with 1,000 overage credits included each month.
Where Rosie is stronger
It's cheaper to start and simpler. The $49 Professional plan already gives you more minutes (250) than My AI Front Desk's 200. Spanish is on every call, and there are native phone apps. The catch is that booking straight onto your calendar and live transfers to your crew start at Scale, $149/mo.
My take
- Mainly need someone to take messages and text back a booking link? Rosie Professional.
- Need the AI to book jobs and transfer hot calls? Compare Rosie Scale ($149) with My AI Front Desk ($99), and look at the minutes and features each includes.
- Want texting, chat, and follow-ups in one place? My AI Front Desk.
Run the trial or the first month on after-hours calls only, then read the transcripts. You'll know quickly whether callers are getting what they need.
See also: Best AI receptionist for contractors.