Rosie alternative: Daber AI vs Rosie
An AI answering service for small businesses, sold as monthly bundles of minutes. Daber AI's entry plan costs the same, so the difference is in what's included and what happens when you go over. Prices as of October 2026.
Short answer
Not at their entry plans: both are $49, and Rosie includes more minutes (250 vs 210). Daber AI costs less when you go a little over — at 300 minutes it is $70.00, while Rosie moves you to its $149 plan.
Rosie pricing (as of October 2026)
Rosie
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | $49 | 250 min | Moves you to the next plan |
| Scale | $149 | 1,000 min | Moves you to the next plan |
| Growth | $299 | 2,000 min | Moves you to the next plan |
- Setup fee: None stated
- Free trial: 7 days
- After an automatic upgrade the account stays on the higher plan unless you downgrade.
- Two months free with annual billing.
- Source (as of October 2026): heyrosie.com/pricing, heyrosie.com/legal/terms
Daber AI vs Rosie at the same volume
Daber AI: $3 for the first 14 days (a real number and 30 call minutes), then the plans below. Every plan includes the phone number, WhatsApp and website chat; there is no setup fee. See the plans.
| Call minutes / month | Rosie: cheapest published plan | Daber AI: plan that fits |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | $49.00 — Professional | $49.00 — Starter |
| 150 | $49.00 — Professional | $49.00 — Starter |
| 300 | $149.00 — Scale | $70.00 — Starter |
| 600 | $149.00 — Scale | $140.00 — Starter |
How this is computed: for each plan, price + (usage beyond what it includes × its published overage); the cheapest result is shown. A plan whose overage isn't published only counts if it covers the volume outright. Daber AI overage is billed per second.
Where Daber AI costs less
- Going a little over: at 300 minutes, Rosie moves you to its $149 Scale plan (and keeps you there unless you downgrade). Daber AI's Starter costs $70.00 — the extra minutes at $0.23 each, billed per second.
- Starting: $3 puts Daber AI on a real number for 14 days with 30 call minutes, and the launch plan pauses rather than bill you more.
Where Rosie is the better choice
- More minutes for the same price: Rosie's $49 Professional includes 250 minutes; Daber AI's $49 Starter includes 210. Between 210 and 250 minutes a month, Rosie costs less.
- At higher volume, Rosie's Scale plan ($149 for 1,000 minutes) works out to $0.149 a minute, below Daber AI's plans for a business that uses all of it.
- No overage charges at all, and a free trial (7 days).
Switching from Rosie in 3 steps
- Try it on your own website. Paste your website at daber.ai/try and, in about 20 seconds, talk in your browser to a receptionist drafted from it. Free, no sign-up.
- Sign up and copy your setup across. Building and testing your agent is free. Bring over what your Rosie setup already knows — greeting, common questions, transfer numbers, booking rules — and test it from your browser. You pay $3 when you put it on a real phone line.
- Forward (or port) your number. Keep your business number and set call forwarding with your carrier to your Daber AI number — forward only the calls you don't answer if you want your own phone to ring first — or take a new US or Canada number, ready right away. If Rosie gave you the number you use today, ask them how to forward or port it out before you cancel, and run both side by side for a week.
Hear it on your own business first
Paste your website and talk to the receptionist it drafts, free, in about 20 seconds. If you like it, building your own is free too — you pay $3 when it goes on a real phone line.
Questions
Is Daber AI cheaper than Rosie?
Not at their entry plans: both are $49, and Rosie includes more minutes (250 vs 210). Daber AI costs less when you go a little over — at 300 minutes it is $70.00, while Rosie moves you to its $149 plan.
Does Rosie charge overage?
No. Its terms say that going over your minutes moves you to the next plan, which stays in place unless you downgrade. Daber AI charges extra minutes at its plan's per-minute rate instead.
Prices checked 2026-10-02 on each vendor's own pages, linked above. If a price has changed, their page is right — tell us at hello@daber.ai. All services side by side: AI receptionist pricing compared · receptionist cost calculator.