How does Voksha's pricing compare to a traditional per-minute answering service for a studio?

For Fitness Studios

Traditional live answering services typically bill per minute, commonly in the $1-$2 per minute range once you're past a small included bucket, and fitness-related calls, especially membership pricing explanations or trial-class questions with back-and-forth, routinely run 3-5 minutes. A studio getting 150 calls a month averaging 3 minutes each would be looking at 450 billable minutes, which at even a modest $1.25/minute rate is over $560/month, before accounting for setup fees or minimum monthly commitments many answering services require. Voksha's Premium plan covers 150 calls for $99/month flat, regardless of call length, with additional calls at $1 flat rather than per minute. That structural difference matters specifically for fitness because studio calls skew longer than a quick "what are your hours" call, explaining membership tiers, class formats, and trial policies takes real conversation time, which is exactly where per-minute answering services get expensive fast. There's also a quality dimension: traditional answering services generally can't complete an actual class booking against your real-time Mindbody or Zen Planner capacity, they take a message, meaning a studio is paying premium per-minute rates for a service that still doesn't close the loop on the transaction, leaving that work for staff to do later anyway. Voksha's flat, call-based pricing combined with the ability to actually complete the booking in that same call means studios generally get a lower total monthly cost and a more complete outcome per call compared to legacy answering services built around per-minute billing.