Launches and price data that change what a small business in Canada or the U.S. pays for an AI receptionist or an AI employee. Every item is read against the same six checks, with its sources linked and our own product held to the same checks.
How we read a launch
Phone, web chat, email, messengers: which ones work today, and which are announced.
The AI on its own, or a person approving it, and when that changes.
What goes to a person — complaints, emergencies, legal or medical questions — and how you hear about it.
Whether the AI books into a calendar or records a request a person confirms.
A number on the page, a meter per minute or message, or “speak to an expert”.
How long you can test it before paying, and whether the bill comes in U.S. dollars.
The numbers every news item is weighed against. Only the pilot is a Unistaff price.
C$3,870
In-house receptionist in Ottawa, per month, before benefits
Job Bank Canada, NOC 14101: median $20/h plus CPP, EI and vacation pay
$29–800
AI receptionist plans for small business, per month, most with minute or call caps
Dialzara, Rosie, Goodcall and Smith.ai price pages, USD, checked 2026-10-31
$0
The Unistaff pilot, 30 days
One AI inbound sales manager, web chat and email, no card
A dated launch, price change or published data set that changes what a small business in Canada or the U.S. pays for an AI receptionist or an AI employee, or what it gets for that money. Each item links its primary sources.
On six checks: channels, who sends the reply, handover, booking, published price, and trial and currency. Only what each company publishes is used, and Unistaff.ai is held to the same six checks.
The in-house receptionist figure is Job Bank Canada, NOC 14101 (median $20 an hour plus CPP, EI and vacation pay, Ottawa). The AI receptionist range is the published price pages of Dialzara, Rosie, Goodcall and Smith.ai, checked in October 2026.
An AI inbound sales manager that answers web chat and email for a small business, quotes only from the approved price list and hands anything unusual to a person. The first 30 days are a free pilot; phone and SMS are planned.
The Unistaff pilot runs 30 days on your web chat and email, free and with no card. Every conversation it handled is in the cabinet for you to read.
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