Interactive Audit Tool

Receptionist 12-Month Total Spend Calculator

Enter your monthly call volume and average call duration. We evaluate published base fees, included quotas, overage rates, and mandatory activation fees using integer arithmetic.

Your Call Volume & Pattern

All calculations compute integer cents over a 12-month timeline using each plan's verified or observed rounding and billing rules.

Required for minute-billed services (Ruby, AnswerConnect, PATLive).

Leave blank if benchmarking without a current provider baseline.

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Cost Calculation Scope:

  • Zero calls still incurs the mandatory monthly base fee.
  • Taxes, migration setup, and local phone lines are excluded.
  • No speculative “missed-call ROI” or AI deflection claims.

Comparable 12-Month Service Cost

Estimated for 100 calls/month across evaluated US providers.

Billing Unit Discrepancy: Per-call services charge per inbound interaction regardless of duration. Per-minute services round every individual call up to the next full minute (e.g. 65 seconds = 2 minutes). Effective costs diverge dramatically depending on average call duration.

Audit Assumptions & Integrity Notice

Calculations strictly evaluate published, source-observed base tiers, included minute/call quotas, overage rates, and setup fees. Where overage rates or setup fees are not published on official pricing cards (such as Ruby overage or PATLive setup fees), the site explicitly marks total cost as Incomplete rather than assuming zero dollars.

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