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Simple Phones

The one vendor here that publishes a full country list, including UK and Australian numbers.

In-person rate
Online rate
Monthly fee
Contract

Best for

UK and Australian businesses that want an AI receptionist with a local number and a local accent.

Pricing breakdown

All prices in GBPSourced from provider's published pricing

Every fee we track, grouped by where it applies.

In-person payments

In-person terminal and tap-to-pay transactions.

Setup fee
Not stated either way

Searched the pricing page, all 11 FAQ answers and the vendor's own live pricing feed, which carries no one-time line item.

Online payments

Online checkout and keyed-in card transactions.

Setup fee
Not stated either way

Searched the pricing page, all 11 FAQ answers and the vendor's own live pricing feed, which carries no one-time line item.

Strengths and trade-offs

Pros

  • Publishes its full country list, including the UK and Australia
  • British and Australian English accents supported explicitly
  • Booking, message taking and FAQ answering on every plan
  • The vendor covers the cost of the phone line

Cons

  • Exceeding your call allowance releases your phone numbers
  • No overage, so the plan must cover your busiest month
  • Priced in US dollars everywhere, whatever country you are in
  • Its own marketing copy quotes a different entry price from its checkout

About Simple Phones

Simple Phones publishes something almost nobody else in this category does: the complete list of countries it can provide a number in, which includes the United Kingdom and Australia, and it supports British and Australian English accents explicitly. Booking, message taking and answering questions are on every plan; the tier buys AI agents, languages and numbers rather than features.

There is no overage. Its own FAQ states that exceeding the call count for your tier releases your phone numbers, which is a hard cutoff and a service interruption rather than a charge, so the plan you pick has to cover your busiest month rather than your average one.

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How Simple Phones compares

Side-by-side with the closest alternatives by estimated cost.

Assumes £15,000/mo volume, £50 average transaction, 70% in-person and 30% online.

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