Talkify / Alternatives / Waboom / Head to head
AI virtual receptionist, NZ and AU · Read off their own pages · Checked August 2026

Why Talkify over Waboom.

A platform fee on every tier. We do not have one.

Per minute plus a fixed platform fee is a pricing shape that rewards a quiet month and punishes a busy one, which is the opposite of what most trades want. Work out where your own volume lands before choosing, and use the cost table rather than the headline rate.

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What each of us publishes.

Not what we think they do, and not what a salesperson said on a call. Their column is what Waboom states on their own website, read in August 2026. Where they do not publish something, the row says so instead of guessing, because "not published" is a fact about the website and everything else would be a guess about the company.

What to look atWaboomTalkify
The shape of the bill Per minute, with a monthly platform fee charged on every tier on top of the minutes. A flat monthly plan with the allowance published, and a published per-minute rate past it. No platform fee.
Where your call recordings and transcripts are held The nearest thing published points at an Australian option for buyers with data restrictions. In-region is not the same claim as in New Zealand. New Zealand data centres, stated in writing.
The accent callers hear A native Kiwi accent, advertised plainly, which is more than most of this market says. New Zealand and Australian voices with te reo Māori greetings. Ring the demo line and judge it in five seconds.
Track record Dated case studies with named clients and a published quantified record. Almost nobody else here does that. New Zealand customers since 2024, and a live demo line you can ring before you give anyone your details.
Who sells the phone line Not published as a phone service. Ask who holds the line and what happens to your number if you leave. We do. A real New Zealand number on our own carrier account, with the agent already on it.
Mobile apps Not published. iOS and Android apps on every plan, with transcripts, summaries and alerts.
What else runs on the same account An AI virtual receptionist covering New Zealand and Australia. Reception, plus outgoing campaigns, phone surveys, invoice chasing from your own Xero, wellness checks, an on-call roster, a front counter agent and a website chat widget.

Taken from Waboom's own public pages in August 2026, and from ours. Something changed, or we have described your product wrongly? Tell us and we will correct it. Costs are deliberately not in this table: they live on the comparison table, in one place, with a checked date against them.

The fair bit

Where Waboom is the better pick.

A business that wants pay-as-you-go with no commitment, and one of the few here that advertises a New Zealand accent explicitly rather than leaving you to guess. They are also a working agency with dated case studies and named clients rather than a landing page, and they publish a quantified track record, which almost nobody in this market does.

We would rather you bought the right thing than bought from us. If the paragraph above describes your situation, go and talk to them, and tell them we sent you.

Ask both of us the same things.

Three questions worth putting to Waboom before you sign anything. They are not gotchas and they are not accusations: they are the things about this kind of product that cost people money when they find out late.

Question 1.

The monthly platform fee, which applies on every tier on top of the minutes and is not part of the advertised per-minute rate.

Question 2.

What your real monthly volume costs once that fee is added in, which is the arithmetic our cost table does for you.

Question 3.

Where call data is stored. The nearest thing we could find published points at an Australian option for buyers with data restrictions, and in-region is not the same claim as in New Zealand.

Now turn them on us. Here are the answers.

A page telling you to interrogate everyone else and then going quiet about itself is worth nothing. So these are ours, written down, and we will put any of them in an email if you want them in writing.

How long have you been going? Talkify has answered New Zealand business calls since 2024. The studio behind it, D3V Services Limited in Christchurch, has been building software for over twelve years and was doing voice and telephony work before Talkify had a name.
Who answers when something is wrong? A New Zealand phone number, in your timezone, answered by the people who wrote the thing. Not a chat widget, and not a reply from another hemisphere in the morning.
Where are my call recordings held? New Zealand data centres. Audio, transcripts and call metadata, stated in writing on the privacy policy rather than implied by a claim about ownership or encryption.
Who sells the phone line? We do. We hold a direct commercial relationship with the New Zealand carrier our numbers ride on, so numbers are provisioned on our own account, the routing is ours to change, and the number stays yours if you leave.
Which integrations are real? All of the ones we name. We keep a hard internal rule that nothing is named on this website until the connector behind it exists and we can point you at it in code, which is why the list is shorter than some.
Is there an API? Yes, a documented REST API with webhooks and Zapier, so whatever we have not built a connector for, you or your developer can.
Is there an app? Yes, iOS and Android, on every plan. Transcripts, summaries and alerts in your pocket rather than in an email you re-read later.

Six things that are hard to see on a demo call.

None of them are features, and every one is something you can check rather than something we can claim. They are the reasons this comparison usually turns on something other than the voice.

Each of those is argued out, with what backs it, on the alternatives page, beside every other provider selling into New Zealand. The rest of the platform the fifth of those names, outgoing campaigns, phone surveys, invoice chasing from your own Xero, wellness checks, the on-call roster, the front counter agent and website chat, runs on the same account and the same bill.

And what ours costs.

One price, published, with the allowance and the rate past it published beside it. Waboom's pricing is not on this page on purpose: competitor prices live in one place on this website, under the date they were last checked, because a figure kept in two places drifts and one of the two starts lying.

Talkify, NZD, plus GST

$129 a month, founding rate.

200 minutes included, then 10c a minute, both published. No setup fee, no lock-in, and no platform fee bolted on top of the minutes. The founding rate holds for your first 3 months and the standard rate after it is $199, printed here rather than discovered on invoice four.

See the cost table → Our pricing →

The comparison table works out what 200 minutes of answered calls actually costs on every provider's published pricing, setup fees, monthly platform fees, GST treatment and per-minute overage included. For what Waboom sells, who it suits and the whole New Zealand market grouped by what each provider actually is, see the Waboom page and the alternatives.

Frequently asked.

The questions we hear most. If yours isn't here, ring our live demo agent on 03 242 1262, it'll either answer or queue a callback from a human.

What is the difference between Talkify and Waboom?
Per minute plus a fixed platform fee is a pricing shape that rewards a quiet month and punishes a busy one, which is the opposite of what most trades want. Work out where your own volume lands before choosing, and use the cost table rather than the headline rate.
When is Waboom the better choice?
A business that wants pay-as-you-go with no commitment, and one of the few here that advertises a New Zealand accent explicitly rather than leaving you to guess. They are also a working agency with dated case studies and named clients rather than a landing page, and they publish a quantified track record, which almost nobody in this market does.
What should I ask both of you?
The monthly platform fee, which applies on every tier on top of the minutes and is not part of the advertised per-minute rate. What your real monthly volume costs once that fee is added in, which is the arithmetic our cost table does for you. Where call data is stored. The nearest thing we could find published points at an Australian option for buyers with data restrictions, and in-region is not the same claim as in New Zealand. Ask us the same ones. Our answers are on this page and we will put any of them in writing.
Which is cheaper, Talkify or Waboom?
Competitor prices are not on this page, deliberately. They live on our comparison table with the date they were last checked against them, because a price kept in two places drifts and one of the two starts lying. That page works out what 200 minutes of answered calls costs on every provider's published pricing, with setup fees, monthly platform fees, GST treatment and per-minute overage included.
Where does this information about Waboom come from?
Their own public pages, read in August 2026. Where they do not publish something we say that rather than guessing, and nothing in the table is a claim about how they run their business. If we have got something wrong about your product, email [email protected] and we will fix it.
Can I hear Talkify before I decide?
Yes, and without handing over your details. Ring 03 242 1262 any time, day or night, and talk to a live Talkify agent in a real New Zealand voice. No form, no card, no follow-up call unless you ask for one. Try to do the same with everyone on your shortlist.
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