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Prices, regulation and setup: what we are learning as we build an AI phone agent for Swiss SMBs.
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The AI agent and bexio: every call logged on the right record
Connect bexio in one click: the agent recognises customers by name, every call is logged on the right record, and you approve any change to contact details yourself.
How does an AI phone agent work?
What happens between the first word on the line and the summary in your inbox, where the agent's answers come from, and what happens to your callers' data. No jargon.
AI phone agent in a medical practice: the essentials
Appointments, practical questions, messages: what an AI phone agent handles at a practice, where the line is drawn, and what a practice sorts out before going live.
2026 comparison: AI phone agents in Switzerland and their prices
Eight Swiss providers side by side: prices, minutes, features, languages and data, with the figures taken from each provider's own website.
CiaoSepp alternative: Voko and CiaoSepp compared (2026)
Prices, features available today and features announced, calendar, transfers and data side by side, with every figure read on CiaoSepp's own website.
CleverAI alternative: Voko and CleverAI compared (2026)
A flat rate or counted minutes: price, setup, calendar, transfers and data side by side, with every figure read on CleverAI's own website.
AWoice alternative: Voko and AWoice compared (2026)
Set up by the provider or by yourself: prices, setup fee, calendar, languages and data side by side, with every figure read on AWoice's own website.
Rednea (formerly Fonea) alternative: Voko and Rednea compared (2026)
Rednea used to be called Fonea. Prices, included minutes, features, calendars and data side by side, feature by feature, with every figure read on Rednea's own website.
Suisse Line alternative: Voko and Suisse Line compared (2026)
Price per minute, features, Swiss German and data side by side, feature by feature, with every Suisse Line figure read on its own website.
Linea alternative: Voko and Linea compared (2026)
Entry price, large plans, appointment booking, features and data side by side, feature by feature, with every figure read on Linea's own website.
Botts AI alternative: Voko and Botts AI compared (2026)
Phone only or a whole platform: prices, features, languages and data side by side, feature by feature, with every figure read on Botts AI's own website.
How much does an AI phone agent cost in Switzerland?
CHF 29 to 249 a month to start, but 50 to 500 minutes included, or no minutes counted at all. How to read the prices and the extra minutes, and what a person would cost instead.
How to set up an AI voice agent in your business
From call forwarding to the first call handled: the steps in order, and the two that really take time.
Data protection and AI voice: what Swiss law actually requires
Do you need the caller's consent? May you record? What the FADP requires, and five false claims in circulation.
What an AI voice assistant can do for your business, and what it cannot
Book an appointment, screen, transfer, summarise. And the four situations better left to a person.
AI agent or phone answering service: how to choose
Both pick up when you cannot. They do not cost the same, do not work the same hours and do not fail in the same ways.
Listen to the AI agent answer a call
Enter your website: in under a minute, an AI agent that knows your business answers you. No sign-up.