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Missed-call check
Five quick questions. See roughly how many calls you miss each week, what they could be worth, and three ways to fix it, ranked by how well they cover your gap and then by cost. Nothing you type leaves this page.
About your phone
Optional: calls missed even when someone's free
Phones still ring out when you're on another call or away from the desk. Leave this at 0 to count only the hours nobody is free, or use a published average. CallRail, 28 July 2026 says 28% of business calls go unanswered across its customers (it doesn't publish the method or sample, and its customers are mostly US firms).
Virtual receptionist prices we checked
Ranked by the monthly price for 25 calls, from each provider's own published price list (prices plus VAT compared with VAT added). Your result above re-ranks them for your own number of calls. None of these providers pays SimSift.
| Provider | 25 calls a month | Published price and what's included | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReceptionHQMessageExpress (message-taking) | £25.00 plus VAT (£30.00 inc VAT) | From £15 a month plus £1.15 a call, or £25 a month for 25 calls (plus VAT).UK receptionists answer in your business name 24/7 and take messages, with no extra charge for evenings, weekends or bank holidays. 7-day free trial, no long-term contract. Call transfers are a separate plan (MyReceptionist, from £19 a month plus VAT). | receptionhq.co.uk/service/live-call-answering/message-taking11 November 2026 |
| Answer4uVirtual receptionist (message-taking) | £43.75 | £19.99 a month plus from £1.75 a call, or £43.75 a month for 25 calls.A 24/7 receptionist team answers in your company name, takes the caller's details and message and sends it to you. Message alerts cost 11p by email or 17p by text. Free 30-day trial, no contract. The page doesn't say whether VAT is added. | answer-4u.com/virtual-receptionist-service11 November 2026 |
| MoneypennyAI Receptionist | From £49.00 a month | From £49 a month.An AI receptionist answers 24/7, books appointments and passes complex or high-value calls to you or to Moneypenny's own receptionists. Moneypenny says the price is built around what you need, so the page doesn't say what £49 includes. Its people-answered service is price on request. | moneypenny.com/uk/ai-receptionist11 November 2026 |
| BT BusinessAI Receptionist | Price on request | Price on request.An AI assistant answers calls 24/7, captures enquiries and manages bookings. Sold in packages of minutes; BT's page shows no prices. Its offer: 50% off the 100 and 300-minute packages for six months, 2 October to 20 November 2026. | business.bt.com/calling-messaging-tools/contact-centres/ai-receptionist11 November 2026 |
Not checked: Face for Business (its website wouldn't open for our price check on 11 November 2026); AllDayPA (its website blocked our price check on 11 November 2026).
What the research says
- 67% of UK small and medium businesses say that on an average day they miss at least one call they believe loses them business. Survey of 1,500 decision makers, 23 to 28 September 2026 (BT Business with Censuswide, 1 October 2026).
- BT's model puts the average loss at £1,597 a year for firms with 1 to 9 staff, based on owners' own estimates. BT calls the figure indicative (BT Business with Censuswide, 1 October 2026).
- 75% of potential customers say they give a business three call attempts before giving up. Survey of 2,000 UK adults (BT Business with Censuswide, 1 October 2026).
- 28% of business calls go unanswered on average, from CallRail's own customer data; no sample or method published (CallRail, 28 July 2026).
- 69% of callers who reached voicemail hung up without leaving a message, from a survey of 300 micro businesses and call data from 10,000 businesses, published November 2016 (Moneypenny small business call report).
BT, CallRail and Moneypenny all sell call-answering products, so each has an interest in the answer. We use their figures for context only; your estimate above uses your own numbers.
Receptionist and cloud phone prices from each provider's own pricing page, checked 11 November 2026 and re-checked daily; a price we can no longer see on the provider's page is taken off. Where a provider doesn't publish a price, we say so. Links marked Ad may earn SimSift commission; it never changes the order, which is set by cost and how well each fix covers your gap. How we rank. The SimSift team, Helihex Network Ltd.