One platform replaces the pile of bills.
Phones, Microsoft Teams licenses, eFax, texting, scheduling, reviews, an after-hours answering service and more add up fast. See what a 10, 50 or 100-user office typically pays today, and what it pays with Talos Connect.
A 10-user office typically pays about $5,140 a month for the 11 tools and services Talos Connect replaces, including a front-desk receptionist whose calls the AI receptionist takes over. Talos Connect costs about $858 a month at list price, with 2,500 AI minutes, a saving of about $4,282 a month ($51,379 a year). A 50-user office saves about $8,627 a month and a 100-user office about $13,576. Counting software and services only, without the receptionist, the savings are $637, $1,167 and $2,072 a month.
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10 users · 1 location · 1 front-desk receptionist
11 bills, one platform.
What a typical office pays for each tool today, and how Talos Connect covers it. Prices were checked in October 2026 from vendors' published pricing, or third-party trackers where a vendor does not publish; sources are below.
The Talos number is list price, not a teaser.
Every user gets our top Premium seat: unlimited US and Canada calling, the mobile and desktop apps, business texting, visual voicemail, call recording, queues and Call Intelligence. Team chat, video meetings, scheduling, reminders, reviews, forms, payments and campaigns are part of the platform. We add the AI receptionist with enough minutes for your calls, the fax lines, call-tracking numbers and phone menus a real office needs.
One-time setup: carrier texting registration and number setup, about $55. Desk phones are optional (from $89 each); most teams use the free apps. Card processing rates still apply to payments, as they do with any processor.
| Talos Connect | Qty | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Premium seat$34.95 per user | 10 | $349.50 |
| AI Receptionist, 500 minutes$149.00 per account | 1 | $149.00 |
| Extra AI minutes, 500$75.00 per pack | 4 | $300.00 |
| Main phone number$3.00 per number | 1 | $3.00 |
| Business texting (10DLC)$10.00 per number | 1 | $10.00 |
| Call-tracking number$4.00 per number | 3 | $12.00 |
| eFax line$9.95 per line | 1 | $9.95 |
| Phone menu (auto attendant)$10.00 per menu | 1 | $10.00 |
| Call queue$15.00 per queue | 1 | $15.00 |
| Total per month | $858.45 | |
How these numbers were built
Office profiles
| 10 users | 50 users | 100 users | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users (phone and chat seats) | 10 | 50 | 100 |
| Locations | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Front-desk receptionists | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Front-desk call minutes a month (receptionist view) | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 |
| After-hours call minutes a month | 150 | 500 | 1,000 |
| AI minutes in the Talos package | 500 (2,500 with receptionist) | 1,000 (4,500) | 2,000 (7,000) |
| Marketing contacts | 2,500 | 7,500 | 15,000 |
| Fax lines | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Call-tracking numbers | 3 | 5 | 8 |
These profiles are typical of appointment-based local businesses such as medical and dental practices, home services and professional offices. Your mix will differ; on a demo call we build a line-by-line estimate from your current bills.
What is and isn't counted
- Software and service prices are vendors' published list prices for US small and mid-size businesses, checked in October 2026 and shown per month. Where a vendor sells annual plans, the annual price is used, except call tracking and online fax, which are shown at monthly billing.
- Where a vendor does not publish prices (8x8, Reputation.com, Birdeye, Podium), the figure comes from a third-party price tracker, marked in the sources.
- The receptionist view assumes the AI receptionist takes over the front desk's calls (about 2,000 minutes a month per receptionist) and the role is not refilled. The Talos total in that view adds enough AI minutes to answer those calls. The receptionist cost is the BLS median wage plus employer benefits for an office of that size. Switch it off to compare software and services only.
- The Microsoft Teams line is the standalone Teams Essentials license. Offices that get Teams inside a Microsoft 365 plan save less: moving to the same plan without Teams at renewal saves about $1.60 a user on Business Basic.
- Talos Connect is priced at list, with the top Premium seat for every user. Volume pricing can lower it.
- Not counted on either side: merchant account and card processing fees, taxes and regulatory fees, desk phones, internet service, and Microsoft 365 email or Office apps, which Talos Connect does not replace.
- One-time Talos setup (carrier texting registration and number setup) is shown with the package. Porting your existing numbers is free.
Sources (published prices, checked October 2026)
- Front-desk receptionist. BLS median receptionist wage of $38,010 a year (May 2025) plus employer benefits at the BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation rate for establishments of matching size (June 2026), with paid leave counted once: about $3,945 a month per receptionist at a small office. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Receptionists, median pay $38,010 a year; BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by establishment size, June 2026; Indeed: receptionist average $17.94 an hour (cross-check).
- After-hours answering service. Median monthly cost of live answering services that publish prices, using the cheapest plan (or plan plus overage) that covers each office's after-hours minutes. PATLive pricing; Ruby pricing; Smith.ai receptionist pricing; Abby Connect pricing.
- Business phone system. Average entry business plan of RingCentral, Nextiva, Dialpad, 8x8 and Microsoft Teams Phone with Calling Plan at annual-billing list prices: $18.20 per user for one site and $21.20 per user for multi-site plans. Month-to-month plans cost more. RingCentral RingEX plans and pricing; Nextiva pricing; Dialpad pricing; 8x8 X2, $24 a user (third-party tracker; 8x8 no longer publishes prices); Microsoft Teams Phone with Calling Plan, $17 a user (third-party summary).
- Microsoft Teams (per-user license). Microsoft Teams Essentials at $4 per user per month on an annual term, the cheapest standalone chat and meetings license. Offices that get Teams inside Microsoft 365 save less on this line (about $1.60 a user on Business Basic by moving to the no-Teams edition at renewal). Talos Connect replaces Teams chat, meetings and calling, not Outlook email or the Office apps. Microsoft Teams business plans; Zoom pricing; Slack pricing.
- Business texting platform. Average list price of SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly and Heymarket at about 1,000 messages a month: about $80 per location. SimpleTexting pricing; EZ Texting pricing; Textedly pricing; Heymarket pricing.
- Online scheduling and reminders. Square Appointments Plus at $49 per location, the published general-business plan with booking and reminders. Square Appointments plans (review); Acuity Scheduling pricing.
- Review management. Median of NiceJob, GatherUp (Grade.us for multi-location), Reputation.com, Birdeye and Podium at the office's location count: about $125 per location per month. Reputation.com, Birdeye and Podium do not publish prices, so their figures come from third-party trackers. NiceJob pricing; GatherUp pricing; Grade.us multi-location plans; Reputation.com, about $80 a location (third-party tracker); Birdeye pricing (third-party tracker); Podium pricing (third-party tracker).
- Digital forms and e-signature. Jotform Bronze at $34 per location plus 1, 3 or 5 DocuSign eSignature Standard seats at $30, at annual-billed rates. Jotform pricing; DocuSign eSignature plans.
- Email and text marketing. Average of Constant Contact Standard and Mailchimp Standard at the office's contact count, plus a text-message add-on. Constant Contact pricing (tracker, 2026); Mailchimp pricing.
- Online fax. Median of eFax, Fax.Plus, iFax, SRFax and Documo plans covering the office's fax lines at about 500 pages per line, monthly billing. Fax.Plus pricing; iFax pricing; SRFax healthcare plans; Documo pricing.
- Call tracking and AI call analytics. Average of CallRail Lead Conversion and CTM Marketing Pro at monthly-billing list prices, with numbers and minutes for 3, 5 and 8 tracking numbers. CallRail pricing; CTM plans and pricing.
Frequently asked questions
What does Talos Connect replace?
It replaces the phone work of a front-desk receptionist, an after-hours answering service, your business phone system, Microsoft Teams licenses, a business texting platform, online scheduling and reminders, review management, digital forms and e-signature, email marketing such as Constant Contact, online fax such as eFax and call tracking with one platform on our own business phone service. You keep your phone numbers.
How much does a 10-user office save with Talos Connect?
About $4,282 a month (83% less, $51,379 a year) when the AI receptionist takes over the front desk's calls, or about $637 a month on software and services alone. Today's stack costs about $5,140 a month; Talos Connect is about $858 at list price, including 2,500 AI minutes for those calls.
How much do 50 and 100-user offices save?
A 50-user office pays about $11,239 a month today versus $2,612 with Talos Connect, saving about $8,627 a month. A 100-user office pays about $18,419 versus $4,843, saving about $13,576 a month.
Does Talos Connect replace Microsoft Teams?
It replaces what Teams does for calling, chat and video meetings: the phone system, team chat and meetings with recordings, transcripts and notes are all built in. It does not replace Outlook email or the Office apps, so offices that need those keep a Microsoft 365 email plan. The calculator counts the standalone Teams Essentials license ($4 a user); offices that get Teams inside Microsoft 365 save less on that line, about $1.60 a user on Business Basic by moving to the no-Teams edition at renewal.
Can an AI receptionist replace a receptionist?
It can take over the phone side of the front desk: it answers every call around the clock, books and reschedules appointments, takes messages, answers questions from your knowledge base and flags emergencies. The receptionist view assumes the role is not refilled and adds AI minutes for the front desk's calls (about 2,000 minutes a month per receptionist). Offices that keep someone at the desk for check-in should use the software-only view, which saves $637 a month for a 10-user office.
What does an after-hours answering service cost compared with Talos Connect?
Live answering services typically charge by the minute; the office profiles here budget $360 to $1,685 a month. The Talos AI receptionist is $149 a month including 500 minutes, with more minutes at $75 per 500.
Do I still need a merchant account?
Yes, for now. Talos Connect sends payment requests and payment plans by text and tracks what has been paid, but card payments still settle through a card processor, so this page does not count merchant account fees as a saving.
Are these prices current?
Yes. Market prices were checked in October 2026 from vendors' published pricing pages or, where a vendor does not publish prices, from third-party price trackers. The receptionist cost uses BLS wage and employer-benefit data. Sources are linked on this page. Talos Connect prices are the list prices in our customer self-service store.
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