# Call answering services: what it costs and how to get quotes

Source: https://worklanded.com/find/answering-services (read 2026-11-13)

Across 23 firms that publish a price on their own pages, the middle is £35, half charge between £19.59 and £49.50, and the range is £1.75 to £399. Read October 2026, from 64 firms' pages, 41 of which publish no price.

## What happens to an enquiry sent here

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Typical cost | £35 middle price (£19.59 to £49.50 for half of 23 firms) |
| What that price is for | What does a UK telephone answering service cost per month, per call and per minute, who is cheapest at my call volume, and who publishes a rate card at all? |
| What you pay us | Nothing. Sending an enquiry is free and you agree prices with the firm. |
| Who gets your details | Up to three call answering services, chosen by Worklanded. They contact you directly. |
| You are told | Each firm's name, by email, as your details go to it, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them. |
| What firms pay us | £30 per enquiry in the UK, $40 per enquiry in the US, a fixed price published on our lead price index. Never a share of what you pay them. |
| What a firm sees before it pays | The job and the area, without your name or contact details. |
| Where it is offered | the UK, the US |

## Published prices (23 firms, read October 2026)

| Firm's page | Price |
| --- | --- |
| [answer-4u.com](https://www.answer-4u.com/virtual-receptionist-service) | £1.75 |
| [answer.co.uk](https://www.answer.co.uk/pay-as-you-go-call-answering-service/) | £10 |
| [connect-communications.co.uk](https://www.connect-communications.co.uk/virtual-receptionist/) | £14.99 |
| [receptionhq.co.uk](https://www.receptionhq.co.uk/answering-service-signup/) | £15 |
| [receptionhq.co.uk](https://www.receptionhq.co.uk/pricing/) | £15 |
| [message-direct.co.uk](https://www.message-direct.co.uk/24-7-call-answering-service/) | £19.20 |
| [team-connect.co.uk](https://team-connect.co.uk/virtual-receptionist-uk) | £19.99 |
| [office-answers.co.uk](https://www.office-answers.co.uk/prices) | £25 |
| [officefront.co.uk](https://officefront.co.uk/) | £25 |
| [officefront.co.uk](https://officefront.co.uk/services/) | £ 25 |
| [sbnetwork.co.uk](https://sbnetwork.co.uk/virtual-receptionist) | £30 |
| [jam.co.uk](https://www.jam.co.uk/call-handling-services/virtual-receptionist-service/) | £35 |

## What a firm will ask you

- What do you need covered? (All incoming calls / Overflow when we are busy / Out of hours only / Emergency call-outs / Appointment booking into our diary)
- Roughly how many calls a month? (Under 25 / 25 to 60 / 60 to 150 / 150 to 500 / More than 500)
- When do you need this? (As soon as possible / Within a month / In 1 to 3 months / Later than 3 months / Just getting prices for now)
- Business name

## What happens after you send it

1. Your enquiry is checked for spam and its contact details are checked so a firm can reach you.
2. Worklanded chooses up to three call answering services that cover the area. A firm sees the job and the area before it decides to take it.
3. As your details go to each firm, we email you its name, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them.
4. The firms contact you directly. You agree the price and the work with them; Worklanded takes no part of that.

Send an enquiry: https://worklanded.com/find/answering-services#get-quotes (free). An AI agent can send one with the submit_enquiry tool at https://worklanded.com/mcp; the person confirms it by email before it goes anywhere.