PATLive vs Synthflow AI
PATLive starts $2400/mo cheaper than Synthflow AI.
Both pages checked by August 19, 2026
- PATLiveHuman agents
- $100/mo
- Live Web Chat - Starter plan
- 24/7 live answering service staffed entirely by US-based human virtual receptionists who screen and transfer calls, take messages, capture leads, book appointments and handle web chat for small businesses.
- Synthflow AIAI only
- $2500/mo
- Enterprise plan
- Enterprise voice AI platform with in-house telephony for automating inbound and outbound calls, sold through sales-scoped contracts rather than published self-serve plans, with the agent designed, tested and launched by the customer in Synthflow's Flow Designer or Prompt Builder.
The differences that matter
- PATLive is human agents; Synthflow AI is ai only. That is the real decision here, not the price.
- PATLive can put a human on the line; Synthflow AI is bot-only.
Feature by feature
| Capability | PATLive | Synthflow AI |
|---|---|---|
| Live transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Books appointments | Yes | Yes |
| Text follow-up | Yes | Yes |
| Outbound calls | Yes | Yes |
| Spanish | Yes | Yes |
| Human backup | Yes | No |
| Call recordings | Yes | Yes |
| Transcripts | unstated | Yes |
| Spam screening | unstated | unstated |
| Custom voice | unstated | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
"unstated" means the vendor doesn't claim it in their own documentation. It is not the same as no — it means nobody will put it in writing.
PATLive plans
| Plan | Published price | Includes | Over that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Phone Answering - Basic | $75/mo | — | $2.60/min |
| Live Phone Answering - Starter | $250/mo | 75 min | $2.35/add'l min |
| Live Phone Answering - Standard | $460/mo | 200 min | $2.20/add'l min |
| Live Phone Answering - Premium | $720/mo | 350 min | $2.10/add'l min |
| Live Phone Answering - Pro | $1170/mo | 600 min | $2.00/add'l min |
| Outbound Calling | $460/mo | 40 calls | $12/additional contact |
| Live Web Chat - Starter | $100/mo | 10 calls | $10/add'l chat |
| Live Web Chat - Standard | $270/mo | 30 calls | $9/add'l chat |
| Live Web Chat - Premium | $400/mo | 50 calls | $8/add'l chat |
| Live Web Chat - Pro | $700/mo | 100 calls | $7/add'l chat |
Synthflow AI plans
| Plan | Published price | Includes | Over that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Enterprise contracts start at $30,000 annually(annual billing) | — | — |
PATLive sources
- Pricing page (all phone, chat and outbound tiers, included minutes, per-minute overage rates, $250 outbound setup fee, $20/mo bilingual and multi-script add-ons, no contracts)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- FAQ (6-second billing increments after a full first minute, 14-day trial, no contracts, free number porting in and out, $20/mo bilingual, call recording opt-in, business texting, API, 100% US-based receptionists)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Help center billing article (first minute billed in full then 6-second increments, 14-day trial with card required, billing cycles, minutes do not roll over, taxes/overages billed in arrears, cancel anytime)help.patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Terms of Use (legal name PATLive, Inc.; mailing address 18117 Biscayne Blvd., Suite #2635, Miami, FL 33160; "All receptionist minutes are billed in six-second increments, with a one-minute minimum"; month-to-month auto-renewal; messaging setup fee)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- How it works (forward, port, or take a new local/toll-free number; 14-day trial with no limitations; message delivery by email, text or app)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Live phone answering product page (call screening and transfers, appointment scheduling with confirmations, order handling, lead capture, bilingual receptionists, named integrations, human-not-AI positioning)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Integrations page (named calendar, CRM, ecommerce and property-management connectors, native plus Zapier)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Services overview (call screening and transfers, scheduling, lead collection, client intake, order management, after-hours, 24/7, bilingual, overflow)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Virtual receptionists page (US-based human receptionists, 120+ hours baseline training; checked for founding year, not published)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
- Homepage (positioning: "24/7/365 live US-based virtual receptionists"; checked footer for address and founding year, neither published)patlive.com · read August 19, 2026
Synthflow AI sources
- Pricing page (Enterprise-only; "Enterprise contracts start at $30,000 annually"; scoping variables and contract inclusions)synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Homepage (positioning, target industries, free-trial FAQ answer and PAYG statement)synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Billing Overview ("Synthflow uses sales-led pricing", legacy billing labels, do-not-quote-from-docs warning)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Usage and Billing (per-second measurement, minute aggregation with carryover, flat 5s for no-answer, call-state billing table, chat at 5 AI messages per minute, allowances and carryover)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Concurrency (concurrency vs CAPS, "Scoped with Synthflow", no published defaults)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Languages (transcribers Deepgram and Synthflow STT, full supported-language list)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Integrations overview (GoHighLevel, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Freshworks, Cal.com, Stripe, WhatsApp, ElevenLabs, Zapier, Make, Bubble, OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure BYOK, telephony)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Logs (call recordings and transcripts, live monitoring, CSV export, opt-out of saving recordings)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Getting started (BELL framework — the customer builds, evaluates and launches)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs: Custom pricing / reseller plans (Stripe reselling deprecated September 15, 2026; configurable subaccount plans, included minutes, concurrency caps, trials up to 200 minutes)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Docs index (call transfer TEL/SIP/dynamic, real-time booking, post-call SMS, in-call SMS/WhatsApp messaging, campaigns/batch calling, IVR handling, telephony and SIP integrations, Platform API)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026
- Imprint (operating entity AgentFlow AI GmbH, Kurfürstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin; HRB 255004 B)docs.synthflow.ai · read August 19, 2026