A Nexa alternative, compared from their own page.
Nexa is an answering service with people and AI, with prices on request. Nexa offers live receptionists and AI, and its plans page lists no prices. Ask Nexa for a quote on the month below and set it beside ours, which is published.
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.
No price for this month on their own page
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Nexa
Not published
Not published. Its plans page lists minutes but no prices. Source: Nexa plans 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 Nexa and Forge Voice work, in their words and ours.
| Topic | Nexa | Forge Voice |
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| Price | Plans are listed as 100, 300 and 500 voice minutes, with no prices on the page. Source: Nexa plans 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. |
| Past the plan | Minutes past your plan are charged at your base rate. Source: Nexa plans 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 | It describes its service as people-powered and AI call answering. Source: Nexa home 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 Nexa.
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 Nexa'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.
- A price for any plan.
- Its base rate per minute, which it uses for minutes past your plan.
- How partial minutes are counted.
Pick Nexa if that is what you need. Here is when we fit better.
Nexa may fit better if
- You want live receptionists, with AI as an option.
- You are happy to get a quote before you see a price.
Forge Voice may fit better if
- You want a published price before anyone calls you.
- An AI agent is fine for your callers, and you want to hear it before you buy.
Questions about Nexa and Forge Voice.
What does Nexa cost?
Its plans page lists plans of 100, 300 and 500 voice minutes without prices. Ask Nexa for a quote on the same month we use here.
Is Nexa people or AI?
Both. Nexa describes itself as people-powered and AI call answering. Forge Voice is an AI agent.
Sources, checked September 26, 2026
- Not published. Its plans page lists minutes but no prices. Source: Nexa plans page, checked September 26, 2026.
- Plans are listed as 100, 300 and 500 voice minutes, with no prices on the page. Source: Nexa plans page, checked September 26, 2026.
- Minutes past your plan are charged at your base rate. Source: Nexa plans page, checked September 26, 2026.
- It describes its service as people-powered and AI call answering. Source: Nexa home 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.