How much does an AI receptionist cost for an accounting firm?

An AI receptionist for an accounting firm costs between about $29 and $100 a month for a plan with included minutes, and more when live receptionists sit behind the AI. Every tool below names accounting, CPA or tax firms on its own site; prices were read there in October 2026 and link to the listing in the Client Communication, Portals & AI Receptionists category.

Pure AI receptionists, priced by minutes

• Dialzara: $29/mo for 60 minutes. Screens new clients, books appointments, emails call summaries, and routes urgent matters such as IRS notices first. 50-plus voices; free trial.
• Integra AI Answering Service: $38/mo for 60 minutes (Lite), $98 for 204 minutes, $198 for 464. Fully managed — Integra writes the script, sets it up and maintains it — with a dedicated account manager.
• Rosie: $49/mo for 250 minutes. Answers FAQs, takes messages, screens callers, books or texts a booking link, and warm-transfers.
• Trillet: $49/mo for 150 minutes. Identifies new versus existing callers, screens by service and urgency, captures the tax situation and texts a booking link.
• My AI Front Desk: $99/mo ($79 on annual billing). Qualifies leads, books with SMS confirmation and has tax-season call screening built in.
• SchedulingKit: free plan for one team member and 50 bookings a month; Standard $12/seat/mo. The AI receptionist and voice agent book against your live calendar; the site is candid that it won't give tax advice.
• JustCall: a phone system at $29/user/mo (annual billing, two-user minimum) with an AI Voice Agent add-on from $0.99 a minute.

Human plus AI

• Abby Connect: $164/mo for 50 Abby Minutes, with AI minutes counting half; you set the human-to-AI mix per call.
• Posh: $65/mo pay-as-you-go with no minutes included, or plans with minutes from $130/mo for 50; the Posh AI receptionist answers, screens and routes, and transfers to live staff.
• Ruby: $250/mo for 50 minutes of US-based live receptionists, where AI assists the humans with answers, transcripts and spam filtering rather than answering calls itself.

What the price covers

Minutes are talk time, so a plan's 60 minutes is roughly 20 to 30 screened calls. Every tool above books appointments and sends a summary; the differences are whether it can transfer a live call to you, whether it texts the caller, and how it treats an urgent call about a notice. Overage rates and per-minute pricing are on each listing.

Quick answers

What is the cheapest AI receptionist for a CPA firm?

SchedulingKit has a free plan with an AI receptionist for one team member and 50 bookings a month. Among paid plans, Dialzara is $29/mo for 60 minutes and Integra AI Answering Service is $38/mo for 60 minutes, fully managed.

Which AI receptionists are built for tax season specifically?

Trillet captures the caller's tax situation and urgency, My AI Front Desk has tax-season call screening, and Dialzara routes IRS-notice calls as urgent.

Can I have a real person take over when the AI can't handle a call?

Abby Connect ($164/mo) and Posh (from $65/mo) mix live receptionists with AI; Ruby ($250/mo) is live receptionists with AI assisting them. Rosie and Dialzara can warm-transfer a live call to your own line.