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Plans

Pay as you go at no monthly fee, or Pro and Scale for included minutes, a lower rate and more of everything.

Every plan runs the same product — the same Builder, the same agents, the same call quality. A monthly fee buys a lower per-minute rate with minutes included, plus more numbers, more knowledge bases and longer call history.

The three plans

StarterProScale
Monthly fee£0 — pay as you go£45 + VAT (£54)£150 + VAT (£180)
Per-minute rate15p12.5p11p
Included minutes3601,300
Phone numbers1310
Knowledge bases1210
Call history90 days6 months1 year

Prices are net; VAT is added according to the account's billing location — see VAT below. The per-minute rate applies to the realtime models the Builder defaults to; pipeline models meter their parts separately, and the full rate card is in the dashboard. Pro and Scale also unlock Workspace integrations. The full feature-by-feature table is in Plans & limits.

How included minutes work

Each monthly renewal grants the month's calling credit into the credit balance — £45 on Pro, £150 on Scale, the full plan price in both cases. Calls draw the credit down in 6-second increments. There is no separate overage rate: once the month's credit is spent, calls continue at the same per-minute price from the topped-up balance. Unused credit rolls over, capped at one month's credit.

VAT

The billing country is set under Billing → VAT & billing location and decides what is charged, on the plan and on top-ups alike:

Billing locationWhat is charged
United KingdomNet price plus UK VAT at 20% — Pro £54, Scale £180
Outside the UK, VAT-registeredNet price only; the reverse charge applies and a field records the VAT number
Outside the UK, not VAT-registeredNet price only; the supply is outside the scope of UK VAT

Until a country is set, the account is treated as UK-based and charged UK VAT. Plan invoices are issued by Stripe, carry the VAT line, and can be downloaded from the Invoices tab on Billing; the Ledger tab records the VAT charged on each top-up.

Changing plan

Billing → Change plan presents the plans as cards. Upgrades take effect immediately — the new rate, allowances and monthly credit apply straight away. Moving down — including switching to pay as you go — takes effect at the end of the period already paid for; the paid plan's features, rate and credit remain until then. Payment is handled by Stripe and accepts cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Good to know

After a switch down, Billing keeps showing the current paid plan until the period ends. That is the paid period running its course — not a sign the change didn't take.

When the trial ends

New accounts usually start with a free month of Pro (see Choosing how you pay). At the end of the trial month, the saved payment method is charged for Pro — unless the plan was cancelled or switched first. Cancelling during the trial costs nothing: Pro stays live to the end of the trial month, any unused trial credit then lapses, and the account moves to pay as you go. One trial per organisation, ever.

What cancelling means

There is no minimum term. Cancelling a paid plan returns the account to pay as you go at the end of the paid period — agents, numbers, knowledge, call history and settings all stay intact, and calls keep working as long as there is credit. The lower plan's allowances apply from then on, so an account holding more numbers or knowledge bases than the new plan includes cannot add more until it is back within the allowance.

Last updated 2026-08-17