Weave alternative with published pricing: reviews $197 and missed-call texting from $99 a month, no annual contract (2026)

Ziwi publishes this page and lists its own prices first: reviews and reputation at $197 a month per location, Ziwi Engage lead answering at $99 or $299 a month, local SEO at $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, ads management at $297, $497 or $797 a month by total ad spend, and a $0 website build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, with reviews, Engage, SEO and ads month to month. Weave is a phone and messaging system for practices that your front desk runs, priced from $199 a month with reviews and scheduling sold as $149 bundles. Ziwi is not a phone system, so the overlap is narrow and this page keeps to it: review requests and missed-call texts, with Weave's published prices and terms beside Ziwi's, where Weave is still the better buy, and what a switch costs. Every Weave figure is labelled with its source and the month we checked it, October 2026.

What are alternatives to Weave for review requests and missed-call texts without a phone system?

Weave's plans page says it does not require long-term contracts and offers discounts on year-long ones, and its Terms of Service, updated October 2, 2026, renew a plan automatically unless you cancel at least 30 days before the next billing period, with annual orders owing their remaining balance and no refunds (checked October 2026). Reviews on Weave cost $199 plus $149, $348 a month before any phone hardware, against Ziwi's $197 run for you, so the question is whether you want the phone system too.

What does Weave cost, and what is the contract?

Weave's plans page prints a base plan from $199 a month, listing Call Pop, two-way texting, missed call texting, Text to Pay, a mobile app, team chat, call analytics and fax, with 2 phones or without phones (getweave.com, checked October 2026). Two bundles are printed at $149 a month each: Coordinate, with online scheduling, digital forms, reminders and recall texts, and Attract, with reviews, Text Connect, 10,000 emails and 5,000 bulk texts a month.

The Pro, Elite and Ultimate plans show a Get Pricing button and no number, and the AI Receptionist is listed as early access with no price. The Terms of Service allow price increases of up to 10% in any 12-month period and pass taxes, surcharges, the Universal Service Fund and a cost recovery fee to the customer without printing amounts, so a $199 plan with Attract is $348 a month before those lines.

• Base plan, from $199 a month. The phone system, texting, missed call texts, Text to Pay, team chat and call analytics. Your front desk runs it.
• Attract bundle, $149 a month. Reviews, Text Connect, email marketing and bulk texting, on top of the base plan.
• Coordinate bundle, $149 a month. Scheduling, digital forms, reminders, confirmations and recall.
• Pro, Elite, Ultimate and AI Receptionist. No price shown; Get Pricing buttons and an early-access label.

The terms say leased phones must go back within 10 business days or Weave can bill the full retail cost to replace them, and that cancelling does not take effect until every number on the account has been moved out. Before you compare, ask Weave for the plan you would actually be on, the phone cost, the surcharges on a sample invoice, and the cancel-by date in your order, in writing.

What does Ziwi charge instead of Weave?

Ziwi does: reviews and reputation at $197 a month per location, Ziwi Engage lead answering at $99 or $299 a month, local SEO at $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, and ads management at $297, $497 or $797 a month by total ad spend, one fee for Google, Facebook and Instagram, every price printed on the site before any call. SEO, ads, reviews and Engage run month to month with no notice period, and the website is a $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, otherwise $1,000 for a designed template or $2,500 custom.

The business owns the website, the domain, the Google listing and the ad accounts from day one, with hosting access through the Ziwi portal.

• Reviews. $197 a month per location: the same review request to everyone you invite, replies written, the profile kept clean.
• Lead answering. Ziwi Engage at $99 a month texts back every missed call and new lead within seconds; Engage Pro at $299 answers, qualifies and books; AI usage is billed at cost on both.
• Local SEO. Essentials at $297 a month per location covers the Google Business Profile, business listings, fixes to your own pages and two new pages or posts a month; $597 steps that up to two a week; $997 adds landing pages per service and area.
• Website. A $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, live in 3 days from kickoff, with no page cap; otherwise $1,000 for a designed template or $2,500 custom.
• Hosting and care. $99 a month for hosting and maintenance, or $299 a month per location for Ziwi Care with a new post every week and unlimited small edits, first month free, changes done within 24 hours.

Ziwi is not a phone system and does not process patient payments, so it does not replace Weave's phones. The reviews line is explained in what reputation management costs, Engage in what an answering service costs, and what standalone receptionists charge in AI receptionist cost.

When is Weave still the better buy?

Weave is still the better buy for a practice that wants its phones, texting, reviews, scheduling and payments in one system run by its own front desk, from $199 a month, because Ziwi does not sell phones or payments at all (getweave.com, checked October 2026). Weave's missed call texting is included in the base plan, so a practice already on Weave for the phones gets that job done without a second vendor.

Ziwi's lines suit an office that keeps its phone system and wants the review requests sent and the leads answered by someone else, at $197 and $99 a month, and the two can sit side by side, Weave on the phones and Ziwi on the marketing.

• You need the phones. Weave is a VoIP system first; Ziwi is a marketing service with no handsets.
• You want scheduling, forms and Text to Pay in the same inbox. Those are Weave bundles; Ziwi does not do them.
• Your front desk will run it. Weave's seats reward a busy desk; Ziwi Engage replies and books for you.

What does switching from Weave to Ziwi cost?

The main switching cost from Weave is the phone numbers, because the terms say cancelling takes effect only after every number has been moved out of Weave, so a practice that keeps Weave for the phones and moves only the reviews work to Ziwi has nothing to port (checked October 2026). If you are leaving Weave entirely, port the numbers to the next phone provider first, return any leased phones within 10 business days, and give notice at least 30 days before the next billing period, since the terms say there are no refunds and an annual order owes its remaining balance.

At Ziwi reviews at $197 and Engage at $99 a month start the same week with no setup fee, month to month, and the Google Business Profile the reviews land on stays in your name. If you also want a website, it is a $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, live in 3 days from kickoff, with the first month of that plan free.

1. 01

   Decide what stays. Keep Weave for the phones if you need them; move only the review requests and missed-call texts to Ziwi, or port the numbers first if you are leaving.

2. 02

   Export the history. Download contacts, review replies and any text threads you need to keep; after termination the terms give you 30 days to request your data in writing.

3. 03

   Check the order. Find the next billing date and give notice 30 days before it, note any annual term, and read the leased phone return rule in the terms.

4. 04

   Start the Ziwi lines. Reviews at $197 and Engage at $99 a month go live the same week, with the Google listing in your name.

How do I compare a Weave quote with Ziwi's published prices?

Put a Weave quote and Ziwi's price list side by side on 5 lines: the monthly fee by line, the ad spend kept separate, any setup or onboarding fee, the length of the initial term and how it renews, and who owns the website, the domain and the accounts. With Weave, add the bundles you need to the base price, ask for the phone hardware cost and a sample invoice with the surcharges, and confirm the cancel-by date and the number-porting rule in writing. Ziwi's answers to all five are printed on the pricing page, and SEO, ads, reviews and Engage stop at the end of any month you cancel, with no notice period.

• One bundled number. A single monthly price with no lines hides what each part costs and what you would keep if you left.
• Ad spend inside the fee. You cannot tell how much reached Google or Meta, so ask for the spend as its own line, paid from your own account.
• A term you only learn about in the agreement. A 6-month or 12-month initial term, or an auto-renewal, belongs on the price page, not in the fine print.
• A promised ranking or lead count. No company controls Google's results or who calls, and no Ziwi plan claims to.

Weave prints its base price and bundles and quotes the rest after a call; Ziwi prints $197 for reviews and $99 for missed-call texting, month to month, with no phones to lease. For what Weave itself publishes, read Weave pricing: plans and fees; for dental marketing line by line, see what dental marketing costs; and for the same side-by-side against other vendors, start at Ziwi compared with ten marketing vendors, including the Podium alternative.