What an AI receptionist costs in Quebec
Four different products share this name, and no two bill the same unit. Here is how to read a price grid before comparing it to another.
So what does it cost?
At Zenvox, from $29 to $69 a month depending on your industry, before tax. Every base includes 50 Standard calls and 1 local number, with no setup fee and no contract. Free trial: 7 days, 20 answered calls, no card.
By industry: Contractors & trades $39 · Clinics & home care $69 · Real estate $45 · Law & accounting firms $49 · Garages & auto repair $55 · Veterinary clinics $59 · Salons, gyms, classes & shops $29 · Restaurants & caterers $35. The table further down sets these figures beside the entry prices other vendors publish, on the date each was read.
To compare, this question has four answers, because one name covers four products: a standalone subscription, an add-on to management software you already pay for, an agent platform you configure yourself, and a human answering service billed monthly. Two figures cannot be compared until you know which of those four you are looking at.
Then comes a second trap: the unit being billed. One vendor counts unique callers, another counts credits, another separates an engaged call from a written session, another groups conversation into short sessions under its own rules. One monthly figure can therefore buy twice as much work in one place as in another.
Where you probably are
You have three tabs open, three monthly figures in front of you, and no way to tell which one is expensive. That is reasonable: two of those pages sell something the third does not, and none of them counts calls the same way.
Behind it sits a silent comparison: what a person on the phone would cost. A wage, payroll costs, vacation, a replacement on sick days, and a schedule that stops in the evening. That comparison is fair, yet it rests on yet another unit — hours of presence rather than calls answered.
Published entry prices, as surveyed on October 23, 2026
The same survey as on the pricing page: the Zenvox row comes from our price list, every other row from the vendor’s official page, read on the date shown. On a phone, scroll the table sideways.
| Provider | Entry price per month | Included volume | Setup fee | Free trial | French | Company country | Page read on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKAI Canadaokai.ca | $5* | 25 minutes | not stated | 3 days | not stated | Canada | , OKAI Canada pricing page |
| Zenvoxzenvox.caPublisher of this page | $29 to $698 industry plans, no contract | 50 Standard calls, whatever their length; 1 local number | none | 7 days, 20 answered calls, no card | yes | Canada | Pricingthe publisher’s own price list |
| Voxaravoxara.ca | $49 | 100 minutes | none | not mentioned | not stated | Canada | , Voxara pricing page |
| Ailloaillo.ca | $49 US | 150 minutes | not stated | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Aillo pricing page |
| RoehAIroehai.com | $49 US* | 120 minutes | not stated | 7 days | not stated | Canada | , RoehAI pricing page |
| Ariaheyaria.ca | $59 | 150 minutes | none | 7 days, no card | yes | Canada | , Aria pricing page |
| Allie (Allema)allie.allema.ca | $99* | 250 minutes | not stated | 14 days, no card | yes | Canada | , Allie (Allema) pricing page |
| Ask Bennyaskbenny.ca | $99 | 300 minutes | none | 7 days | yes | Canada | , Ask Benny pricing page |
| Clémentine (Allesi)allesi.ca | from $99* | volume not published | from $300* | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Clémentine (Allesi) pricing page |
| Virtual Assistant Canadavirtualassistantcanada.ca | $99 | 200 minutes | none | not mentioned | not stated | Canada | , Virtual Assistant Canada pricing page |
| Dialboxdialbox.ca | $129 | 100 calls | not stated | 7 days, card required | not stated | Canada | , Dialbox pricing page |
| Sofia (Nexia)nexia-ai.ca | $197* | 250 minutes | $499* | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Sofia (Nexia) pricing page |
| Agent IA Vocalagentiavocal.ca | $199 US | 60 minutes | $999 US | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Agent IA Vocal pricing page |
| Zenicallzenicall.ca | $200 | 120 minutes | $495 | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Zenicall pricing page |
| Allô Cliniqueallo-clinique.com | $299* | 300 calls (clinics) | $499*, refundable on conditions | 14 days | not stated | Canada | , Allô Clinique pricing page |
| Mihron AImihronai.ca | $299 | volume not published (fair use) | not stated | 14 days | yes | Canada | , Mihron AI pricing page |
| Nova Secrétariatnovasecretariat.ca | $299* | 500 minutes | $2,500* | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Nova Secrétariat pricing page |
| Voxifyvoxify.ca | $300 | no call cap advertised | none | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , Voxify pricing page |
| VocalOpsvocalops.ca | $400 | 500 minutes | none | not mentioned | not stated | Canada | , VocalOps pricing page |
| SYNAPSE.aitrysynapse.ca | $497* | no call cap advertised (restaurants) | not stated | 14 days, no card | yes | Canada | , SYNAPSE.ai pricing page |
| AutoScale AIautoscaleai.ca | $797 | 700 minutes | not stated | not mentioned | yes | Canada | , AutoScale AI pricing page |
* currency inferred from the vendor’s page: the page only writes “$”, and the currency shown is that of the company’s home country.
Published monthly prices, billed monthly, before tax, in Canadian dollars unless marked “US”. Currencies not converted.
“From”: the entry price is a floor, and the vendor does not detail what raises it.
“French”: “yes” when the page names French as a call language, “no” when it names other languages without it. Amounts billed beyond the included volume are not in this table.
The Zenvox row comes from the price list of Zenvox, which publishes this page. Every other row comes from the vendor’s official page, read on the date shown.
Four things sold under one name
A standalone subscription replaces your front desk: you point your line at it, it answers, it qualifies, it hands you the request. It is also the only one of the four that works if you run no management software at all.
An add-on to software you already pay for puts reception inside the tool where your customers and work orders already live. Its advertised figure sits on top of an eligible licence, and it sometimes requires a number issued by that vendor. Read alone, it looks cheaper than it is.
An agent platform sells raw material: you build a flow, wire up interfaces, and watch over it. Entry price is low; real cost depends on hours you or somebody else spend on it.
A human answering service bills hours, or calls handled by a person. It is a different delivery model with real merits; its price says nothing useful about software.
The billing unit changes the real price
Counting unique callers favours a business whose customers phone back often, and penalises one that mostly receives new prospects. Counting credits tied to eligible calls simply moves your question to how eligible is defined.
Splitting an engaged call from a written session reveals two meters where you assumed one. Grouping conversation into short sessions means a long call consumes several units, while a sales page keeps using a single friendly word for it.
Zenvox counts one answered conversation as one call, however long it runs. Simple, but far from universal: check that definition elsewhere before laying two grids side by side.
A short checklist before signing
Published currency, and where taxes get added. A figure published in US dollars is not a Quebec figure, and a monthly-equivalent price on an annual commitment is not a month-to-month subscription.
Prerequisite licences: does an add-on assume a specific plan of its host software, and is it the plan you pay for? Telephony transport: routing calls and messages is billed by a carrier, and it is not bundled everywhere.
Finally, what a subscription leaves out. A listed integration is not a qualified one: a partner logo or a link sent by text does not prove anything can be written into your calendar or your client file.
What Zenvox publishes, and why it is shaped that way
Eight industries, eight public starting prices. A clinic and a repair shop do not receive similar calls or need similar rules, so price follows industry rather than an invented volume tier.
A base includes 50 Standard calls, one local number, and no setup fee. Capabilities that reach further — booking into your calendar, chasing a quote you sent, an email inbox, written channels, Google review requests — are chosen one at a time, so a bundle you use a quarter of stays off your invoice.
A base price is the figure settled today. It is what a pricing page shows, industry by industry, without asking you to request a quote to learn it.
Check it yourself
Product pages carrying figures this article talks about.