Honest comparisonBeyflo vs Ruby
Ruby is US-based live receptionists, from $250/mo for 50 receptionist minutes. Beyflo is an AI receptionist built for you, only for residential real estate, on one flat monthly rate. Here is the same set of questions asked of both, with Ruby’s numbers taken from its own pricing page on September 6, 2026.
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| Factor | Ruby | Beyflo |
|---|---|---|
| Who answers | Human receptionists, 24/7, US-based. Ruby describes optional AI enhancements but does not publish a standalone AI plan. | AI receptionist, voice only toward callers. Every caller's details reach you by text and email within seconds so you can call back yourself. |
| Pricing model | Per receptionist minute. Starter $250/mo for 50 minutes, Basic $395/mo for 100, $720/mo for 200, Professional $1,725/mo for 500. | One flat monthly rate with 300 receptionist minutes included and a published per-minute rate after that; the exact numbers are on the pilot page. $0 today, 14-day pilot that starts only when your receptionist is built and tested, cancel before it ends and pay nothing. |
| Overages | Not published on ruby.com; Ruby directs you to sales for overage rates. | A flat per-minute rate past 300 minutes, published up front on the pilot page. |
| Setup | No setup fee, month-to-month. You supply call-handling instructions; receptionists follow them for any industry. | Done for you. You answer five questions by email or a short form, Beyflo builds the greeting, qualification questions, and routing, tests it on real calls, and emails you the number. Target: live within two business days. |
| Real estate | Has a real estate page (showing updates from the app, scheduling). No real estate CRMs are named; integrations are described generically. | Built only for residential real estate: buyer inquiries, seller leads, showing requests, after-hours calls, each with its own questions. |
| Trial | 21-day full-refund guarantee within usage limits; no free trial. | 14-day pilot on your real calls, card on file, nothing charged until the pilot ends. |
Ruby figures are from its published pages as of September 6, 2026and can change; check Ruby pricing, Ruby FAQs (refund guarantee), Ruby real estate page. Beyflo’s current rate is on the pilot page.
What “done for you” means
No prompts to write, no scripts to maintain, no Zapier. Beyflo builds the greeting, the buyer and seller questions, and the routing, tests it on real calls, and emails you the number. If a call sounds off, you reply to that email and it is fixed the same day.
Reserve
Hear the demo, answer two questions, save a card. $0 today.
Brief
Five questions by email or a short form. About five minutes.
Build
We build and test the receptionist on real calls.
Live
You get the number and forward only your unanswered calls. The 14-day pilot starts now, not before.
Questions people ask
Still deciding between a human service and an AI receptionist in general? Read the full comparison guide.
Ruby's published plans are for live, US-based receptionists billed per minute. Ruby mentions optional AI enhancements at no extra cost but does not sell a standalone AI receptionist plan on its pricing page.
Ruby starts at $250 a month for 50 receptionist minutes and reaches $720 a month for 200 minutes; overage rates are not published. Beyflo is one flat monthly rate with 300 minutes included and a published per-minute overage, shown on the pilot page. For an agent who misses more than a couple of calls a day, it is usually the more predictable bill.
It depends on what you want callers to experience. Ruby gives them a person. Beyflo gives them an immediate, consistent answer built around your listings and questions, and gives you the caller's details by text so you can call back within minutes. Many agents care most about the second part.
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