Ring Verity vs Down To Earth AI
Down To Earth AI is a founder-run Bournemouth business with a page for thirteen trades and the lowest monthly price on this list, £45. The site gives no company number. It ranks for more trade searches than anyone else we checked. Ring Verity is from £79 a month for 60 answered calls, a British voice trained on 62 trade scripts, booking into your real diary, transfers with a whisper and a text to both sides, and you can hear her in your browser before you spend anything. Everything in the Down To Earth AI column is from downtoearthai.co.uk on 4 October 2026; if it has changed, tell us.
| Ring Verity | Down To Earth AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From £79 a month, published | £45 a month |
| Included | 60, 80, 120 or 250 answered calls | 100 minutes |
| Over the allowance | 60p a call | 20p a minute |
| Setup fee | None on single-site plans; Groups have one-off onboarding | £299 one-off |
| Trial and contract | 7 days free, no card, 10 answered calls, on your own number; no contract, cancel any time | No trial; 30-day money-back; no contract or minimum term |
| Built for | UK trades and small service firms, 62 trade scripts | UK tradesmen: plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, gas engineers, drainage, glaziers, roofers, HVAC, alarm installers, pest control, garage doors, builders, appliance repair |
| Voice | British, trade vocabulary, UK postcodes read back letter by letter | Not stated |
| Books appointments | Yes, into your real free slots, never double-books | Not stated |
| Transfers to a person | Yes, to you with a whisper, only in your hours | "Human escalation" for urgent calls; live transfer not described |
| Texts the caller | Yes, texts the caller and you after every call | One text if a call disconnects; missed-call text-back is a £23-a-month add-on |
| Missed-call text-back and chat | Yes, missed-call text-back and web chat share one memory with the phone line | £23 a month add-on; web chat £23 a month add-on |
| Remembers returning callers | Yes, greets returning callers by name and picks up the job | Not stated |
| Safety lines for emergencies | Yes, gas, flood, electrics, lock-out | Not stated |
| Your number | Keep your number; divert on no answer; office phone systems supported | Not stated |
| Try it without signing up | Yes, in your browser on the home page, say your trade | Not stated |
| Data | UK data residency, GDPR pack on the site, recording off by default | "Registered in England and Wales"; no company number; hosting not stated |
| Right choice if | You want booking, transfers, text-back and chat included, and the legal entity and registered office published on the site | You want the lowest monthly price and can carry a £299 setup fee |
Where a cell says "Not stated", the feature is not described on downtoearthai.co.uk; it may exist. We only print what the page says. Prices ex VAT where the site says so.
Questions people ask
Is Ring Verity cheaper than Down To Earth AI?
Ring Verity starts at £79 a month for 60 answered calls, then £99 for 80, £149 for 120 and £249 for 250, with extra calls at 60p each. Down To Earth AI: £45 a month, with 100 minutes included. Which is cheaper depends on how many calls you take; the table on this page shows both so you can work it out for your own firm.
What does Ring Verity do that Down To Earth AI does not?
As stated on downtoearthai.co.uk on 4 October 2026: £299 setup; 100 minutes before 20p a minute, so 1,000 minutes is £225; booking into a diary not stated; missed-call text-back and chat are £23-a-month add-ons each; no company number on the site. Ring Verity has a British voice with trade vocabulary, books into your real free slots, transfers to you with a whisper, texts both sides, remembers returning callers and knows the safety line for your trade. If downtoearthai.co.uk has changed since, tell us and we will update this page.
When is Down To Earth AI the better choice?
You want the lowest monthly price and can carry a £299 setup fee. Ring Verity is the better choice if you want booking, transfers, text-back and chat included, and the legal entity and registered office published on the site.
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Hear the difference
Talk to Verity in your browser, tell her which business to be, and give her a job. Then read your trade’s page or get started.