Voxgard
vs PATLive.
PATLive is a live answering service, “a 100% human service” in its own words, with plans from $99 a month for 50 minutes and $2.29 for each extra minute, down to $1.49 a minute on its largest plan. It bills talk time only, includes English and Spanish at no extra cost, and offers a 14-day free trial. Voxgard is an AI receptionist: $249 a month for 300 minutes, then $0.55 a minute. Up to about 125 minutes a month PATLive costs less; above about 130 minutes Voxgard does, and the gap grows with volume: at 1,000 minutes PATLive’s cheapest plan is $1,499 and Voxgard’s is $549. What PATLive sells is a person on the line. Voxgard answers every call at once in 32 languages and books into your calendar, but it hands off to your team rather than to its own staff. Checked on both websites on 25 September 2026.
Updated September 2026Side by side.
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| Voxgard | PATLive | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI receptionist | Live human receptionists (“100% human service”) |
| Billed by | The minute: a monthly allowance, then a per-minute rate. No per-seat fees | Minutes of talk time; first minute in full, then 6-second increments |
| Entry plan | Basic: $249/month with 300 minutes, then $0.55/minute | $99/month for 50 minutes, then $2.29/minute (or $49/month pay as you go at $2.99/minute) |
| Other plans | Standard $549/month with 1,000 minutes, then $0.35/minute. Enterprise from $1,500/month | 100 min $189. 200 min $349. 300 min $479. 500 min $759. 1,000 min $1,499. Up to 5,000 min $6,899 |
| Setup | Configured by our engineers on your scripts during the pilot | Not listed; $50 once to turn on business texting |
| Trial | Free 5-day pilot on your real calls, no credit card | 14-day free trial |
| Contract | Month to month; 15% off when paid yearly | No contract; upgrade, downgrade or cancel anytime |
| Languages | 32 languages, switching mid-call | English and Spanish at no extra cost |
| Booking | Google Calendar and Calendly, while the caller is on the line | Scheduling included; Calendly, Google Calendar, MindBody, Setmore and others named |
| Integrations named | HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive (Standard and up); Zapier, Make, n8n | Salesforce, Freshsales, AgileCRM, AppFolio and others, several via Zapier |
| Texts callers | Two-way SMS and MMS, $0.05 and $0.15 per message | Business texting on its phone system, 100 texts a month included; receptionists texting callers not listed |
| Hand-off | To your managers, in the order you set, when the caller asks for a person | Call screening and transfers included |
Sources: PATLive pricing, PATLive FAQs, PATLive integrations. Voxgard: pricing.
What a month
costs.
Both bill by the minute, so the comparison is direct. PATLive says 50 minutes is about 20 calls.
| A month of | Voxgard | PATLive |
|---|---|---|
| 20 calls · 60 min | $249 Basic | $122 50 min |
| 40 calls · 120 min | $249 Basic | $231 100 min |
| 200 calls · 600 min | $414 Basic | $938 500 min |
| 400 calls · 1,200 min | $619 Standard | $1,837 1,000 min |
PATLive figures are the cheapest of its published plans at that many minutes, including overage. Voxgard figures are the cheaper of Basic and Standard. PATLive minutes are a person’s time.
Where PATLive
fits better.
PATLive is the better pick in these cases.
Very few calls
Up to about 125 minutes a month, PATLive’s smallest plans cost less than Voxgard Basic.
A person on every call
Trained receptionists handle callers who need a human, in English or Spanish.
A two-week trial
Fourteen days free on any plan, against Voxgard’s five-day pilot.
Where Voxgard
fits better.
Voxgard fits a business with steady call volume that needs every call answered at once.
Cost at volume
At 1,200 minutes a month Voxgard’s list price is $619; PATLive’s cheapest plan for the same minutes costs more than twice that.
Every call at once
Voxgard answers several calls at the same moment on larger plans, so nobody waits for a free operator.
32 languages
Voxgard answers in 32 languages and switches mid-call. PATLive offers English and Spanish.
Switching
over.
Nothing to install, and the old service can stay on until you are sure.
Keep your number
Forward your line to Voxgard, or port it later. Callers dial the number they already know.
Run both for a week
Forward only after-hours calls, or one location, during the pilot. Your current service keeps the rest.
Bring your scripts
Send us the greeting, questions and routing you use today. Our engineers set the operator up on them.
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Voxgard or PATLive?
PATLive starts at $49 a month pay as you go at $2.99 a minute, or $99 for 50 minutes then $2.29 a minute. 1,000 minutes cost $1,499.
Human. PATLive calls itself a 100% human service.
Up to about 125 minutes a month. Above that Voxgard’s list price is lower, and the difference grows with volume.
Yes. PATLive offers 14 days free; Voxgard offers a five-day pilot on your real calls, no card.
Try it on
your own calls.
Five days on your real line, free, no card. Keep PATLive running while you compare.