Answering service cost UK: UK Answering Service Price Index
For monthly bundle, the median published figure in the UK Answering Service Price Index is 29.50 GBP across 26 figures from the sources' own pages (range 10 to 399 GBP), read 11 November 2026.
29.5 GBP Median for monthly bundle middle half 19.79 to 58.5 GBP
10 to 399 GBP Range a 389 GBP spread; quartiles 19.79 and 58.5
27 Published figures from 26 source pages, read 11 Nov 2026
26 of 61 Sources read that publish one 43% publish a figure at all
- 2610 to 107
- 1107 to 205
- 205 to 302
- 1302 to 399
- 399 to 497
- 1497 to 594
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 10 to 107 | 26 figures |
| 107 to 205 | 1 figure |
| 205 to 302 | 0 figures |
| 302 to 399 | 1 figure |
| 399 to 497 | 0 figures |
| 497 to 594 | 1 figure |
26 of the 61 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 11 November 2026.
By pricing unit
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing unit monthly bundle | 29.5 GBP | 10 to 399 GBP | 26 |
| pricing unit per call | 1.75 GBP (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posh UK receptionist pricing | 594 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| The Office Genie call handling | 399 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Britvex bilingual call handling | 129 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Hey Jodie UK pricing | 99 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Pocket Receptionist virtual receptionist | 75 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| While You Work pricing | 69 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-10-25 |
| Moneypenny message taking service | 55 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Posh UK receptionist pricing | 50 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Sayora pricing | 49 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Face For Business answering service pricing | 49 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Hey Jodie UK pricing | 49 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| AnswerConnect UK | 45 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| AnswerConnect UK plans | 45 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-10-23 |
| JAM virtual receptionist service | 35 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-10-23 |
| SB Network virtual receptionist | 30 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| CallChimps - AllDayPA vs CallChimps | 29 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Office Answers prices | 25 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| OfficeFront home | 25 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| OfficeFront services | 25 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Team-Connect virtual receptionist UK | 19.99 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Team-Connect - best call answering service UK 2026 | 19.99 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Answer4u virtual receptionist service | 19.99 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-10-23 |
| Message Direct 24/7 call answering | 19.2 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| ReceptionHQ pricing | 19 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| ReceptionHQ answering service signup | 15 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| ReceptionHQ pricing | 15 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Connect Communications virtual receptionist | 14.99 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Answer.co.uk pay as you go | 10 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| The VoIP Shop - best AI answering services UK | 10 GBP | monthly bundle | 2026-11-11 |
| Answer4u virtual receptionist service | 1.75 GBP | per call | 2026-10-23 |
The sentence each figure was read from (30)
- Posh UK receptionist pricing, read 2026-11-11:
£594.00/month plus £1.20/additional
- The Office Genie call handling, read 2026-11-11:
£399
- Britvex bilingual call handling, read 2026-11-11:
£129/mo
- Hey Jodie UK pricing, read 2026-11-11:
Our most popular plan for growing businesses £99
- Pocket Receptionist virtual receptionist, read 2026-11-11:
Plans start at £75 per month with a 7-day free trial.
- While You Work pricing, read 2026-10-25:
After that the price is £69.
- Moneypenny message taking service, read 2026-11-11:
£55 per month
- Posh UK receptionist pricing, read 2026-11-11:
£50.00/month
- Sayora pricing, read 2026-11-11:
£49/month
- Face For Business answering service pricing, read 2026-11-11:
From £49 p/m
- Hey Jodie UK pricing, read 2026-11-11:
£49
- AnswerConnect UK, read 2026-11-11:
2026 - Get started for only £45/month
- AnswerConnect UK plans, read 2026-10-23:
2026 - Get started for only £45/month
- JAM virtual receptionist service, read 2026-10-23:
Prices starting at £35 a month
- SB Network virtual receptionist, read 2026-11-11:
£30 monthly
- CallChimps - AllDayPA vs CallChimps, read 2026-11-11:
CallChimps - costs start at £29 per month for telephone answering and answering questions (includes 30 mins of call time), or £89 per month for more advanced service such as CRM integration (includes 90 minutes of call time), with £0.37 per minute beyond the inclusive call time.
- Office Answers prices, read 2026-11-11:
Subscription = £25 per month
- OfficeFront home, read 2026-11-11:
From just £25/month • No long-term contracts • Fast setup
- OfficeFront services, read 2026-11-11:
£ 25 Month + VAT
- Team-Connect virtual receptionist UK, read 2026-11-11:
£19.99/mo
- Team-Connect - best call answering service UK 2026, read 2026-11-11:
*Team-Connect's £9.99 Starter plan is a business number with call divert and voicemail; AI answering starts on the £19.99 Lite plan.
- Answer4u virtual receptionist service, read 2026-10-23:
£19.99 monthly subscription
- Message Direct 24/7 call answering, read 2026-11-11:
£19.20 / month.
- ReceptionHQ pricing, read 2026-11-11:
from £19
- ReceptionHQ answering service signup, read 2026-11-11:
Monthly Subscriptions From £15
- ReceptionHQ pricing, read 2026-11-11:
from £15
- Connect Communications virtual receptionist, read 2026-11-11:
Virtual Receptionist Service from just £14.99 per month
- Answer.co.uk pay as you go, read 2026-11-11:
Our AI Virtual Receptionist Service, Starts from just £10/month subscription with calls charged at £0.85.
- The VoIP Shop - best AI answering services UK, read 2026-11-11:
The VoIP Shop AI £10/mo UK Businesses British voices + GDPR + VoIP 7 Days Best Overall
- Answer4u virtual receptionist service, read 2026-10-23:
Pricing from £1.75 per call
Read in full, publishes no figure
35 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- The Answer Centre telephone answering prices, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Verbatim pricing transparency, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Message Direct telephone answering service, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Rapid Formations answering services, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- AnswerConnect UK call centre solution, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- AI Phone Calls virtual receptionist UK, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Verbatim call answering service, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Office Answers telephone answering service, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Answer.co.uk AI virtual receptionist, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CallChimps trades answering service, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Small Business Calls Answering - estate agents, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Face For Business - solicitor answering service cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Answer4u pay as you go, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- JAM, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- myallday PA, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Reception 24/7 UK pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Frontline UK call answering, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Lemon Contact Centre call answering, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Virtually There call answering, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Virtually There virtual receptionist, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Answer My Phone (Cardiff), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Moneypenny - per minute vs per call, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Moneypenny - call answering service cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Answer.co.uk - how much does a call answering service cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ReceptionHQ - 24/7 phone answering service cost UK 2026, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sayora - telephone answering service costs UK 2026, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Hey Jodie - best telephone answering service UK, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- AFJ Associates - call answering cost UK, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Your Office & PA - answering service costs, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Clutch virtual receptionist UK, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- GoodFirms answering services UK, read 2026-11-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- FreeIndex UK answering services directory, read 2026-11-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ReceptionHQ message taking (MessageExpress), read 2026-10-23: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Pocket Receptionist pricing, read 2026-10-23: every candidate on the page was refused
- Moneypenny virtual receptionist service, read 2026-10-23: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
26 of the 61 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 35 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 27 figures, never sentences; 445 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, minimum and maximum advertised entry price per month, per call and per minute across every UK provider that publishes one, with the count and share publishing versus quote-only; the true cost at 30, 100 and 300 calls a month computed for each published rate card (bundle plus overage plus transfer fee plus setup), which is the figure nobody publishes because every provider prices on a different unit; cheapest-at-volume per band; repriced-since the previous read
445 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (64)
- Face For Business answering service pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Answer Centre telephone answering prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Verbatim pricing transparency(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pocket Receptionist virtual receptionist(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Office Answers prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Message Direct telephone answering service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer.co.uk pay as you go(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Moneypenny message taking service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Connect Communications virtual receptionist(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Team-Connect virtual receptionist UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Posh UK receptionist pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rapid Formations answering services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- OfficeFront services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- OfficeFront home(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AnswerConnect UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AnswerConnect UK call centre solution(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ReceptionHQ answering service signup(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ReceptionHQ pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AI Phone Calls virtual receptionist UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SB Network virtual receptionist(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Office Genie call handling(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hey Jodie UK pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sayora pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Message Direct 24/7 call answering(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Verbatim call answering service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Office Answers telephone answering service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer.co.uk AI virtual receptionist(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CallChimps trades answering service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Britvex bilingual call handling(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Small Business Calls Answering - estate agents(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Face For Business - solicitor answering service cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer4u pay as you go(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- JAM(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- myallday PA(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Reception 24/7 UK pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Frontline UK call answering(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lemon Contact Centre call answering(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Virtually There call answering(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Virtually There virtual receptionist(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer My Phone (Cardiff)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AllDayPA pricing packages(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 9to5 Virtual Office telephone answering(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Moneypenny - per minute vs per call(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Moneypenny - call answering service cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer.co.uk - how much does a call answering service cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ReceptionHQ - 24/7 phone answering service cost UK 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sayora - telephone answering service costs UK 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Team-Connect - best call answering service UK 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hey Jodie - best telephone answering service UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CallChimps - AllDayPA vs CallChimps(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The VoIP Shop - best AI answering services UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AFJ Associates - call answering cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Your Office & PA - answering service costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Clutch virtual receptionist UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoodFirms answering services UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FreeIndex UK answering services directory(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ReceptionHQ message taking (MessageExpress)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Answer4u virtual receptionist service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- JAM virtual receptionist service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pocket Receptionist pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AnswerConnect UK plans(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Moneypenny virtual receptionist service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CallCare UK call handling(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- While You Work pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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For monthly bundle, the median published figure in the UK Answering Service Price Index is 29.50 GBP across 26 figures from the sources' own pages (range 10 to 399 GBP), read 11 November 2026.
26 of the 61 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 11 November 2026.
UK Answering Service Price Index, pricing unit monthly bundle: median 29.50 GBP across 26 sources, read 11 November 2026.
UK Answering Service Price Index, pricing unit per call: median 1.75 GBP across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.
Cite as: "answeringservicecompare.com UK Answering Service Price Index", updated 2026-11-11, https://answeringservicecompare.com/datasets/uk-answering-service-price-index/.
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Questions this data answers
What does a UK telephone answering service cost per month, per call and per minute, who is cheapest at my call volume, and who publishes a rate card at all?
For monthly bundle, the median published figure in the UK Answering Service Price Index is 29.50 GBP across 26 figures from the sources' own pages (range 10 to 399 GBP), read 11 November 2026.
What is the published figure for monthly bundle in the UK Answering Service Price Index?
For monthly bundle, the median published figure is £29.50 across 26 figures from the sources' own pages, from £10 to £399, read 11 Nov 2026.
Where do the figures in the UK Answering Service Price Index come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 11 Nov 2026). 61 named sources were read and 26 publish a figure; the 35 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.