Cost of missed calls
Every missed call is a job that might have gone to a competitor. Enter your own numbers to see what it adds up to, then check whether Nextiva, Quo (formerly OpenPhone), RingCentral, Aircall, Answering Service Care, CallRail, Weave, Smith.ai would pay for itself.
What are your missed calls costing you?
These three numbers are examples, replace with yours: they are not verified figures, just a starting point to edit.
8.7 jobs you likely lose every month by not answering.
Lost per month$2,600
Lost per year$31,200
Would an answering service pay for itself?
Verified monthly prices for answering / phone tools below, and how many recovered jobs (at your average job value above) it would take to cover each one.
| Service | Price | Jobs to break even | Pays for itself? | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextivaVendor pricing page Verified Sep 27, 2026 | $15/user/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| Quo (formerly OpenPhone)Vendor pricing page Verified Sep 24, 2026 | $15/user/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| RingCentralVendor pricing page Verified Sep 24, 2026 | $20/user/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| AircallVendor pricing page Verified Sep 24, 2026 | $30/user/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| Answering Service CareVendor pricing page Verified Sep 24, 2026 | $40/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| CallRailVendor pricing page Verified Oct 5, 2026 | $50/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| WeaveVendor pricing page Verified Sep 26, 2026 | $199/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| Smith.aiVendor pricing page Verified Sep 27, 2026 | $300/mo | 1 | Yes | Visit |
| AT&T Business | Check price | — | — | Visit |
| CallHippo | Check price | — | — | Visit |
| Workiz | Check price | — | — | Visit |
How this calculator works
The lost-revenue estimate is a straightforward extrapolation: the missed calls per week you enter, times the share you believe would have become paying jobs, times your average job value, projected over 52 weeks a year (and divided by 12 for the monthly figure). None of those three inputs are verified statistics — they are examples pre-filled to show the shape of the calculation, and you should replace them with your own numbers.
The break-even table is different: it uses only prices Kitfinch has read and dated on each vendor's own pricing page. "Jobs to break even" divides that verified monthly price by your average job value; "Pays for itself?" compares that to the jobs you're projected to recover per month above.
This is a planning tool, not a lab test: we have not used these answering services ourselves. For the full picture on each one, see its product page.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the missed-call and conversion numbers come from?
How is the lost revenue calculated?
How is "jobs to break even" worked out for each service?
Why do some services show "Check price" instead of a number?
Sources we checked
Every price used in this calculator comes from these vendor pricing pages, each read and dated by Kitfinch, most recently Oct 5, 2026. See how we verify prices.
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Amine from KitFinch. “Cost of missed calls calculator.” Kitfinch, updated Oct 5, 2026. https://kitfinch.com/calculators/missed-calls