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Moneypenny vs Vocenya

A long-running answering service that offers an AI receptionist billed per call alongside human receptionists billed per minute, with the AI able to hand calls to a Moneypenny receptionist or to your own team. Its US office is in Duluth, Georgia.

Facts last checked

The facts, as Moneypenny publishes them

Starting price

AI Answering, 25 calls a month, then $2.49 per extra call

Free trial
Not published
Languages
Not published

Spanish is published for its human receptionists; the AI receptionist’s languages are not published.

HIPAA / BAA
Not published

Its human medical answering page says its software is HIPAA compliant; a BAA is not published, and the AI receptionist page does not mention HIPAA.

Integrations
Transfers to a person

To a Moneypenny receptionist or your own team.

Two-way AI texting
Not published
Website chat

Website chat answered by its human agents.

“Not published” means we did not find it on Moneypenny’s own pages, not that the feature is missing.

Who it’s for

Businesses that want an established answering service with human receptionists available 24/7 behind the AI, and per-call pricing.

Worth knowing before you buy

  • The AI receptionist is billed per call: $69 for 25 calls, then $2.49 per extra call on that plan.source
  • Cancelling needs 30 days’ notice.source
  • The cost of AI calls escalated to a Moneypenny receptionist is not published on the pricing page.source

Moneypenny and Vocenya, side by side

Moneypenny’s column is what its own pages say, each fact linked to the page we read it on. Vocenya’s column is read from our live plans and settings. The two estimates use each company’s published prices for the same call volumes, at about three minutes a call, before tax.

FactMoneypennyVocenya Our product
How you pay
AI: monthly plan with calls included, then per call. Human receptionists: per minutesource for how you pay, checked Oct 5, 2026
Flat monthly plan with AI minutes included, then a published rate per extra minute
Included each month
AI: $69 for 25 calls, $99 for 50, $199 for 100, $435 for 250source for included each month, checked Oct 5, 2026
Value $49: 250 minutes; Starter $99: 300 minutes; Growth $249: 1,000 minutes; Pro $499: 2,500 minutes
Past the allowance
$1.89 to $2.49 per extra AI call, by plansource for past the allowance, checked Oct 5, 2026
$0.25 to $0.35 per extra minute, by plan; calls keep being answered past the allowance
Setup fee
Not published
None on any plan
Contract
No long-term contract; 30 days’ notice to cancelsource for contract, checked Oct 5, 2026
Month to month, cancel any time
Trying it first
Not published
14-day free trial with no card to start, plus a website demo that builds a receptionist from your site and calls your phone
Channels
Phone calls (AI and human) and website chat answered by peoplesource for channels, checked Oct 5, 2026
Live today: phone calls, website chat, WhatsApp, Shopify and outbound calls. Coming soon: texting and email.
WhatsApp
Not published
Yes, on its own plan or as an add-on
Shopify
Not published
Yes, answers from your live catalog and order status
Languages
Spanish published for human receptionists; AI languages not publishedsource for languages, checked Oct 5, 2026
English and Spanish on every plan; 89 languages on Studio voices
HIPAA / BAA
Not published
HIPAA mode with a Business Associate Agreement is built; it opens to new practices once our BAA is published
People behind the AI
Moneypenny receptionists 24/7, or your own team; escalation cost not publishedsource for people behind the ai, checked Oct 5, 2026
Warm transfers to your team from Growth up; GH Live, our staffed answering team, as an add-on quoted per business
Demo you can try nowCall our demo line at (732) 633-0055, or enter your website and it builds your receptionist and calls you
Estimate: 100 calls a month

Our calculation from the published prices.

About 300 minutes: $61.50 on Value (50 extra minutes at $0.25); $249 on Growth (within 1,000 included minutes) with booking and warm transfers
Estimate: 300 calls a month
300 calls: $529.50 on the 250-call AI plan ($435 plus 50 extra calls at $1.89)source for estimate: 300 calls a month, checked Oct 5, 2026

Our calculation from the published prices.

About 900 minutes: $211.50 on Value (650 extra minutes at $0.25); $249 on Growth (within 1,000 included minutes) with booking and warm transfers

“Not published” means we did not find it on Moneypenny’s own pages. See why Vocenya for how we decide what we claim.

Alternatives to Moneypenny

Full Moneypenny alternatives comparison
  • Small teams that want a business phone system and an AI receptionist on the same number, with CRM sync to HubSpot or Salesforce.

    $32/month per seat + $32/month AI Receptionist

  • Small businesses that want low-entry, minute-based AI call answering with optional SMS and chat agents.

    $29/month

  • Healthcare practices that want calls, texting and a booking chat widget from one healthcare-focused vendor, with a BAA on every plan.

    $299/month

  • Solo owners and small businesses that want minute-based AI call answering in English and Spanish with website chat included.

    $49/month

  • VocenyaOur product

    Local service businesses and practices in New Jersey and New York that want an AI receptionist with a staffed human team behind it, with a HIPAA mode for healthcare practices.Worth knowing: Calendar booking and warm transfers start on the $249/month Growth plan.

    $49/month

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Vocenya: an AI receptionist with people behind it

An AI receptionist that answers calls 24/7 in the business’s name, answers questions from its website and notes, books appointments and sends the owner a summary by app notification and email. Calls that need a person can be handed to GH Live, a staffed human answering team, for a per-business rate.

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Sources

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