Ring Verity vs Fasthosts AI Receptionist
Fasthosts is a UK hosting company that added an AI receptionist to its Spark range. It is cheap to start, backed by a big brand, and built for any small business rather than any one trade. 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 Fasthosts column is from fasthosts.co.uk on 4 October 2026; if it has changed, tell us.
| Ring Verity | Fasthosts AI Receptionist | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From £79 a month, published | Lite £39, Plus £69, Unlimited £99 a month, ex VAT |
| Included | 60, 80, 120 or 250 answered calls | 30 calls (Lite), 100 calls (Plus), unlimited (Unlimited) |
| Over the allowance | 60p a call | 49p a call (Lite), 39p a call (Plus) |
| Setup fee | None on single-site plans; Groups have one-off onboarding | Not shown; "ready in under 15 minutes" |
| Trial and contract | 7 days free, no card, 10 answered calls, on your own number; no contract, cancel any time | One month free on all plans; cancel online any time |
| Built for | UK trades and small service firms, 62 trade scripts | UK small business in general; plumbers and painters named as examples |
| Voice | British, trade vocabulary, UK postcodes read back letter by letter | English plus 30+ languages; British accent not stated |
| Books appointments | Yes, into your real free slots, never double-books | Yes, via Calendly only |
| Transfers to a person | Yes, to you with a whisper, only in your hours | Yes; warm transfer or whisper not stated |
| Texts the caller | Yes, texts the caller and you after every call | Not stated (email summary after each call) |
| Missed-call text-back and chat | Yes, missed-call text-back and web chat share one memory with the phone line | Not stated |
| 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 | Keep your number and forward |
| Try it without signing up | Yes, in your browser on the home page, say your trade | Yes, 0808 303 4796 |
| Data | UK data residency, GDPR pack on the site, recording off by default | GDPR, EU data centres, calls not recorded, no AI training on your data |
| Right choice if | You want a receptionist who knows your trade, books into your real diary and texts the customer | You already host with Fasthosts, take fewer than 30 calls a month and want the cheapest start |
Where a cell says "Not stated", the feature is not described on fasthosts.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 Fasthosts?
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. Fasthosts: Lite £39, Plus £69, Unlimited £99 a month, ex VAT, with 30 calls (lite), 100 calls (plus), unlimited (unlimited) 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 Fasthosts does not?
As stated on fasthosts.co.uk on 4 October 2026: Billing is per call, not per minute, so a busy firm on Lite or Plus pays 39–49p for every extra call; booking only works through Calendly; the 4.8 Trustpilot score with 21,000 reviews is for Fasthosts hosting, not the receptionist. 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 fasthosts.co.uk has changed since, tell us and we will update this page.
When is Fasthosts the better choice?
You already host with Fasthosts, take fewer than 30 calls a month and want the cheapest start. Ring Verity is the better choice if you want a receptionist who knows your trade, books into your real diary and texts the customer.
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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.