Voicemail
$0/moFree, and the most expensive
Costs nothing per month and loses 30–60% of your inbound calls. Most callers never leave a message — they call the next result on Google.
AI Solutions
Every call answered, every appointment booked, every follow-up sent — 24/7, for a flat monthly fee. No per-minute billing, no overflow charges, no voicemail.
The Three Options
Voicemail
$0/moCosts nothing per month and loses 30–60% of your inbound calls. Most callers never leave a message — they call the next result on Google.
Human service
$1–3/minA real person picks up, usually billed per minute or per call. Quality is good; costs climb with volume, and after-hours or overflow minutes are billed at a premium.
AI receptionist
Flat feeA virtual receptionist that answers in your business voice, books straight into your calendar, and texts follow-ups — with no per-minute meter running. Flat monthly fee whether you take 20 calls or 2,000.
We are not going to pretend AI wins every time. A human service is still better for a genuinely difficult conversation. What AI wins on is everything routine — which is most of what your phone rings about.
What It Handles
Voice
01Picks up on the first ring, 24/7. Handles natural conversation — interruptions, accents, follow-up questions — and routes anything urgent to a real person.
Booking
02Checks real availability and confirms the appointment on the call. No callback, no phone tag, no double-booking.
SMS
03A2P-registered, TCPA-compliant follow-up. Confirms bookings, recovers no-shows, and re-engages callers who hung up.
CRM
04Every call, transcript, and outcome lands in your CRM automatically — so you can see what people actually ask for.
Pricing
Answering services bill per call or per minute, so a busy month costs you more precisely when you can least afford the distraction. Ours doesn't move.
Standalone
$249/mo
500 calls included
Standalone
$449/mo
1,500 calls included
With a retainer
+$127/mo
Unlimited · requires Momentum or Authority
There is no overage meter. A busy month costs you exactly what a quiet one does, and normal variation is on us. If you consistently run over your tier, we move you up in a conversation — not a surprise invoice. Setup is $497 one-time and covers scripting, voice tuning, A2P 10DLC registration, and calendar wiring.
Who It's For
Books consults from after-hours calls and recovers cancellations before the slot goes cold.
Captures the estimate request while you are on a roof, under a sink, or driving.
Handles reservations, hours, and private-event questions without pulling staff off the floor.
Qualifies intake, books the consult, and escalates only what genuinely needs you.
FAQ
A virtual receptionist answers your business calls without sitting in your office. Traditionally that meant an offsite human at an answering service, billed per minute. An AI virtual receptionist does the same job — answering, booking, taking messages, routing urgent calls — using a conversational voice agent, for a flat monthly fee regardless of call volume.
Standalone plans are $249/mo for 500 calls or $449/mo for 1,500 calls, plus a $497 one-time setup. There is no per-call or per-minute billing. For comparison, Ruby starts at $250/mo for 50 minutes, Smith.ai at $300/mo for 30 calls ($11.50 each after), and Gabbyville at $399/mo for 50 calls ($7.00 each after) — all verified from their own pricing pages on August 3, 2026. If you are already on a Momentum or Authority retainer, it is $127/mo with unlimited volume and no setup fee.
For volume, availability, and cost predictability, yes — it never queues, never sleeps, and does not bill by the minute. For genuine judgement calls, empathy in a difficult conversation, or anything unusual, a human is still better. That is why every setup we build routes those calls to a real person rather than pretending otherwise.
Most do not notice on a routine booking call. We disclose it when the business wants that, and we always tell you plainly what it can and cannot handle. We would rather set the expectation correctly than have a caller feel misled.
No. We forward your existing number, so the number on your signage, your Google Business Profile, and your cards all keep working exactly as they do now.
Yes — that is the point of the demo. Call the live line and hear a virtual receptionist tuned to a sample business handle a real conversation. No form required first.
Shopping Around
Every figure read from the vendor's own pricing page and dated, including what each one does better than us. If a human answering service is the right call for your business, these pages say so.
Further Reading
AI
The average small business misses 30 to 60 percent of inbound calls. Most of those callers never call back. Here's what a real AI receptionist does — voice, SMS, chat, and reputation — and what it actually costs.
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AI
Voicemail feels free until you price the missed leads. Here's the side-by-side comparison of what happens to a caller in each path — and what the cost math actually looks like.
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AI
Already have a human receptionist? Here's the honest operator's framework for what AI handles better, what humans still own, and how to build the hybrid model that wins.
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Hear It Yourself
Call the live demo line and listen to a virtual receptionist book an appointment, answer a question, and hand off to a human. Sixty seconds, no form first.
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