Forge Voice vs Abby Connect. Priced from their page, not our guess.
Abby Connect is an answering service with people, AI or both, billed in Abby Minutes. Abby Connect lets you mix people and AI on one plan. For a month of AI answering at this volume, our range comes in lower than its plan, and our team writes your script with you.
You will talk with an AI assistant. We record and transcribe the conversation.
7 day free trial. No contract. That number is Forge's own line, answered by our AI agent.
300 calls and 1,000 talk minutes.
Our rows show a range because we round each call up to the next full minute. Theirs use only what their own page says.
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Forge Voice Starter
$422 to $496.75
$297 a month with 500 minutes, then $0.25 a minute. Rounded up call by call, 1,000 talk minutes bill as 1,000 to 1,299 minutes.
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Forge Voice Pro
$497 to $571.75
$497 a month with 1,000 minutes, then $0.25 a minute. Rounded up call by call, 1,000 talk minutes bill as 1,000 to 1,299 minutes.
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Abby Connect, all AI
$1,380
$1,380 on Growth: 1,000 minutes of AI answering use its 500 Abby Minutes. The page does not say how partial minutes are counted. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
Competitor prices come from each company's public pricing page on September 26, 2026. Each row links to its source. Every row uses the same month: 300 calls and 1,000 talk minutes. Our row rounds each call up to the next full minute, the way we bill. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide.
How Abby Connect and Forge Voice work, in their words and ours.
| Topic | Abby Connect | Forge Voice |
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| Price | $165 a month for 50 Abby Minutes, $329 for 100, $599 for 200, $1,380 for 500. No setup fee. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026. | Starter is $297 a month with 500 minutes; Pro is $497 a month with 1,000 minutes; Scale is $897 a month with 2,500 minutes. |
| How it bills | Usage is counted in Abby Minutes. A minute answered by a person uses 1; a minute answered by AI uses half of one. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026. | By the minute, on a plan with minutes included. Each call counts as at least 1 minute. We round each call up to the next full minute. |
| Past the plan | Overage is billed at your plan's Abby Minute rate. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026. | Your agent keeps answering. Extra minutes cost $0.25 each on Starter and Pro, and $0.20 on Scale, on your next bill. |
| Who answers | Calls can be answered by people, by AI, or both. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026. | An AI agent. It tells every caller it is an AI assistant on a recorded line. |
Call ours. Then call theirs.
A price table cannot tell you how an agent sounds when a caller interrupts it. Ours answers Forge's own line, so ask it anything you would ask Abby Connect.
More comparisons, all priced the same way: every company on one scale.
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Same voice and instructions as the agent on our own line. It uses your microphone, or you can type. There is no form to fill in first.
You will talk with an AI assistant. We record and transcribe the conversation.
When you finish, you can start a free trial, ask for a call with our team, or have us email you the conversation.
What Abby Connect's page does not say. Ask them.
We only print what a company's own page states. These are the gaps we found, so you can ask for the same month in writing.
- The Abby Minute rate in dollars for minutes past your plan.
- How partial minutes are counted.
Pick Abby Connect if that is what you need. Here is when we fit better.
Abby Connect may fit better if
- You want people on some calls and AI on others, from one company.
- You want the option to move calls from AI to a person later.
Forge Voice may fit better if
- You want an AI agent for a lower monthly price on the same month.
- You want our team to write and tune the agent's script with you.
Questions about Abby Connect and Forge Voice.
Does Abby Connect use AI?
Yes. Its pricing page offers human answering, AI answering or both, and counts AI answering as half an Abby Minute.
How do the prices compare for 1,000 minutes?
On Abby's page, 1,000 minutes of AI answering uses 500 Abby Minutes, its Growth plan. Our math for the same month is on this page with each source.
Sources, checked September 26, 2026
- $1,380 on Growth: 1,000 minutes of AI answering use its 500 Abby Minutes. The page does not say how partial minutes are counted. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
- $165 a month for 50 Abby Minutes, $329 for 100, $599 for 200, $1,380 for 500. No setup fee. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
- Usage is counted in Abby Minutes. A minute answered by a person uses 1; a minute answered by AI uses half of one. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
- Overage is billed at your plan's Abby Minute rate. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
- Calls can be answered by people, by AI, or both. Source: Abby Connect pricing page, checked September 26, 2026.
Day or night, the line is covered.
Your agent takes the caller's name, number and what they need, notes an appointment request for your team to confirm, and sends you the call with a recording.