UK AI receptionists
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London AI receptionist with WhatsApp and UK/EU hosting.
Written by the Silux Voice team, so read it knowing that — which is why the section on where Ringmere is better is just as long as it needs to be. Competitor prices are as we found them and dated; check their site before you decide.
Silux Voice
from £24.99/mo
- Starter £24.99 — 250 minutes
- Growth £49.99 — 600 minutes
- Professional £99.99 — 1,400 minutes
- Overage 6p (Starter) / 5p a minute
- 14-day free trial, 30 minutes, no card · no setup fee, no contract
Same numerals in £, € and $ — never currency-converted.
Ringmere
from £49/mo
£49/mo for 150 minutes (about 33p a minute), then 25p a minute; WhatsApp and 30+ languages from £99 for 240 minutes.
Checked Sep 2026 on ringmere.com/pricing · prices in GBP
Trustpilot 3.8 from 2 reviews (Sep 2026)
Where Silux Voice is the better fit
- ✓250 minutes for £24.99 (about 10p a minute) against 150 minutes for £49 (about 33p)
- ✓Takes phone orders — anything not on your menu is noted as a special request for you to confirm, never refused and never promised
- ✓Takes repeat-prescription requests (medicines, name, date of birth) and passes every dosage or stock question to the pharmacist
- ✓Books patients straight into Dentally and Cliniko
- ✓Texts a confirmation with the customer’s own change-or-cancel link, sends reminders and offers cancelled slots to people waiting for one with its Open slot notifier
- ✓Learns your business from your website into knowledge categories you approve
Where Ringmere is the better fit
- ★A stated UK/EU hosting commitment
- ★A published list of 30+ languages (from their £99 plan), against our 23+
Where you’ll find them level
- ≈ Booking and transfer on the entry plan
- ≈ WhatsApp conversations
Feature by feature
“Not stated” means we couldn’t find it on Ringmere’s own pages — not that they can’t do it.
| Capability | Silux Voice | Ringmere |
|---|---|---|
| Takes phone orders on the call | Yes | Not stated |
| Items not on your menu taken as special requests for you to confirmNever refused, never promised — you confirm it. | Yes | Not stated |
| Repeat-prescription requests for pharmaciesMedicines, name and date of birth; never gives medical advice or confirms stock. | Yes | Not stated |
| Checks your Google or Outlook calendar live on the call, two-way | Yes | Not stated |
| Books into Calendly, Acuity, Cal.com, SimplyBook.me, Setmore, Microsoft Bookings | Yes | Not stated |
| Confirmation text with the customer’s own change-or-cancel link | Yes | Not stated |
| Open slot notifier — cancelled slots offered to people waiting for one | Yes | Not stated |
| Booking and live transfer on the entry-price planSilux Voice: from Starter. | Yes | Yes |
| Live call transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledge categories auto-trained from your websiteYou approve what it learns; weekly re-check on Growth and above. | Yes | Not stated |
| You choose what it says when it doesn’t know | Yes | Not stated |
| Advertises 20+ languagesSilux Voice: 23+ languages, 40+ natural voices. | Yes | Yes |
| Voice cloning — your own voice, or one you have written permission to useSilux Voice: Growth and above. | Yes | Not stated |
| Human receptionists as backupWe have none — this is a real reason to choose a hybrid service. | No | Not stated |
| Public developer API | Yes | Not stated |
| WhatsApp conversations and remindersSilux Voice: Growth and above; each message type switches on or off. | Yes | Yes |
| Prices published on the website | Yes | Yes |
| Rated 4.5+ on Trustpilot from 100+ reviews | No | No |
| States UK/EU data hosting | No | Yes |
Competitor information from their public pages, checked Sep 2026. Silux Voice rows are what we ship today. See the full matrix.
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