Quick answer: An AI receptionist in Ireland typically costs a fixed monthly fee from €200 per month plus a one-off setup from €400, with no long-term contract. The more useful question is not the price, it is the payback: for most local service businesses, a single job saved from a missed call covers the monthly fee several times over.
What does an AI receptionist actually cost?
Pricing for a well built AI receptionist is simple and fixed, unlike a per-minute answering service where a busy month means a bigger bill. Here is the structure we use:
Item
Typical cost
Notes
Monthly fee
From €200 per month
Answers, qualifies and books, 24/7
Setup
From €400 one-off
Configured around your services and hours
Contract
None
Monthly fee starts only when it goes live
That is the entry product. Businesses that want the AI receptionist plus a full CRM, follow-up automation and bookings in one place usually move up to The Manager, and those running ads on top of it move to the Full Growth System. The receptionist is the simplest place to start.
Does it actually pay for itself?
This is where the real number lives, and it is the missed-call maths. Work out roughly what one job is worth to you. For a tradesperson that might be a few hundred euro. For a clinic or a higher-value service, far more. Now think about how many calls ring out in a week when you are on a job, driving, or asleep.
We see this directly in our own client work. One Dublin maintenance company we run was missing close to 23% of its inbound calls before going live, nearly a quarter of every opportunity, gone. After the AI receptionist went on the front line, missed calls went to zero and the business saw around a 30% increase in calls converting into booked appointments.
The payback in plain terms
23% to 0% inbound calls missed, before and after
+30% calls converting to booked appointments
From €200/mo usually covered by a single recovered job
A Dublin maintenance company. Results vary by trade and call volume.
If you miss even one or two jobs a month to an unanswered phone, the fee is not really a cost. It is the cheapest insurance against the leads you have already paid to generate.
What is included for the price?
A natural-voiced receptionist that answers every call, day or night.
Qualifying and lead capture, so you know who called and why.
Appointment booking straight into your calendar.
Fast handover to you over WhatsApp when a human is needed, since SMS is unreliable for Irish mobiles.
Setup configured around your actual services, hours and booking rules.
The elephant in the room: is the cheapest option the best value?
There are cheaper bolt-on chatbots and there are pricier call centres. The value question is not the sticker price, it is what the thing actually books. A cheap tool that frustrates callers or a costly service that only takes messages can both work out far more expensive than a fixed monthly fee that books real jobs.
Your AI receptionist runs on the Glassfull Media software, which carries an abundance of AI maintained by a large team in the background, with constant updates and a high conviction in the technology. You are not paying for a static gadget that ages. You are paying for AI that gets better every week, configured for your business, at a price that a single recovered job tends to cover.
See exactly what it would cost you, and save you
We will work out your missed-call maths on a quick call and give you a clear, fixed price. No contract, fee starts only when it is live.
How much is an AI receptionist per month in Ireland?
Typically from €200 per month plus a one-off setup from €400, as a fixed fee with no long-term contract. The monthly fee starts only once the system is live and answering your calls.
Are there any per-call or per-minute charges?
No. Unlike a traditional answering service, the fee is fixed, so a busy month does not mean a bigger bill.
How quickly does it pay for itself?
For most local service businesses, recovering a single job that would otherwise have been a missed call covers the monthly fee, often several times over. The payback depends on what one job is worth to you.
Is there a contract?
No long-term contract, and the monthly fee only begins when the receptionist goes live. Book a free 20-minute strategy call on (01) 265 7999 to get a fixed quote for your business.
