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Moneypenny stops the call being missed by having a person or its AI Receptionist answer it in your name. I build a system that answers with Voice AI, texts back any call that still slips through, books the job, follows up and asks for a review afterwards. Pick Moneypenny if your callers expect a human voice every time. Pick Vantage if you want the enquiry followed all the way to a booking and a review, at one published price.
By David Barroso, Founder, Vantage Growth Partners · Moneypenny facts checked
Who wrote this: me, the founder of one of the two options here. Every Moneypenny detail comes from its own website, checked on 6 October 2026, with prices quoted as published. Verify anything that matters before you buy.
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| Vantage Growth Partners | Moneypenny | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An installed lead-handling system, run for you by the founder | A UK telephone answering service with real PAs, plus an AI Receptionist |
| Who answers the call | Voice AI receptionist, then a text back on any missed call | A dedicated team of UK-based PAs or the AI Receptionist for routine calls |
| Missed call text back | Included | Not offered on its UK site as a product (checked 6 Oct 2026) |
| Follow-up after the call | Text and email follow-up, booking, reminders, review requests, past-customer reactivation | Messages passed to you, appointments booked, CRM updates |
| Price | Core £297 a month, published | Telephone answering is quote-based. AI Receptionist from £25 a month |
| Contract | Month to month | Three-month minimum on smaller answering schemes (150 minutes and below), then one month’s notice |
| Trial | Free 30-minute audit before you buy | Free trial on Telephone Answering and Live Chat |
| Track record | A one-person London firm, founder-run | Answering calls for UK businesses since 2000 |
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Moneypenny has answered calls for UK businesses since 2000. Its PAs work in small groups of five and answer as your business, 24 hours a day if you need it. It also sells an AI Receptionist, priced from £25 a month on its site, that handles routine calls, books appointments, takes messages and hands over to a live receptionist.
Telephone answering is priced by quote, based on your call volume and hours of cover. Smaller schemes carry a three-month minimum. It offers a free trial on Telephone Answering and Live Chat. It also sells business phone numbers from £10 a month and a small business phone system from £20 a month.
I build and run one system for owner-run UK local businesses. A Voice AI receptionist answers, any call that slips through gets a missed call text back. The conversation is then booked into your calendar. Behind it sit reminders, follow-up, review requests and past-customer reactivation. Core is £297 a month, month to month.
For the wider field, see six UK missed call text back services compared.
It depends on what you buy. Moneypenny’s AI Receptionist starts at £25 a month and its human answering is priced by quote. Vantage Core is £297 a month and covers the whole follow-up, not just the answer. If all you need is a call answered, Moneypenny can cost less. If you are paying for the answer and still losing the job afterwards, compare against what the follow-up is worth to you.
Yes. Some businesses should. A person answers during office hours while the system texts back, follows up and asks for reviews around it. Tell me what you already use on the audit call and I will say whether adding mine is worth it.
I could not find a missed call text back product on Moneypenny’s UK site when I checked on 6 October 2026. Its approach is to answer the call so it is not missed. Check with Moneypenny directly if that matters to you.
I did, David Barroso, founder of Vantage Growth Partners. I am one of the two options on this page, so read it with that in mind. Every Moneypenny fact links back to its own site, checked on 6 October 2026.
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