AI Receptionist and Phone Answering for Small Businesses
Stop losing customers to voicemail. An AI receptionist answers every call, books appointments into your calendar, takes detailed messages and transfers anything urgent to you.
Answers 24/7 · Books into your calendar · Transfers to a person when needed
Small businesses miss a lot of calls: during appointments, on job sites, at lunch and after hours. Many callers don't leave a message; they call the next business on the list. An AI receptionist answers every call in a natural voice, deals with the routine ones itself, and makes sure you hear about the rest.
There are good AI receptionist platforms, and some businesses need a custom voice agent instead. The hard part is choosing well and setting it up properly: your services and answers, your booking rules, your calendar and CRM, and exactly when it should hand a caller to a person. That's what we do.
What Your AI Receptionist Handles
Answers every call, 24/7
No more voicemail at lunch, during appointments or after hours. Calls are answered in your business's name.
Books appointments
Offers real availability from your calendar or booking system, books it, and sends a confirmation.
Answers common questions
Hours, location, services, pricing ranges and policies, answered the way you would.
Takes detailed messages
Name, number, reason for calling and urgency, sent to you by text or email straight away.
Transfers urgent calls
Emergencies, upset customers or anything it can't handle go straight to you or your team.
Works with your phone number
Set up with your existing number, as overflow when you're busy, after hours only, or for every call.
Off-the-Shelf Platform or a Custom Voice Agent?
For most small businesses, an established AI receptionist platform is the right choice: subscriptions typically run from about $30 to $300 a month, paid to the provider. We help you choose one, write the call flows, connect it to your calendar and CRM, and test it with real calls before it goes live.
A custom voice agent makes sense when calls need to look things up in your own systems, such as order status, job schedules or account details, or when a platform can't follow your process. We build those to a fixed quote.
Honest With Callers, Careful With Information
Your AI receptionist tells callers they're speaking with an AI assistant and offers a person whenever they want one. It only collects the details needed to help, and messages go to you through the channels you choose.
For clinics and health offices, it handles booking, rescheduling and general questions only. It doesn't give medical advice or take health information.
From First Message to Fixed
Step 1: Free consultation
Your call volume, common questions, booking rules and when calls must reach a person.
Step 2: Set up and test
Platform or custom agent configured, connected to your calendar, and tested with real call scenarios.
Step 3: Go live and tune
Start with overflow or after-hours if you prefer, review call summaries, and refine.
What It Costs
| First consultation | Free |
| AI receptionist setup on a platform | Fixed quote |
| Custom voice agent | Fixed quote after scoping |
| Ongoing tuning and support | Quoted monthly |
Platform subscriptions and phone usage are paid to the provider directly. Our setup is a fixed, quoted price. See full pricing.
AI Receptionist FAQs
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
Platform subscriptions typically run from about $30 to $300 a month depending on call volume and features, paid to the provider. Our setup and integration is quoted as a fixed price after a free consultation.
Will callers know it's an AI?
Yes. We set it to say it's an AI assistant and to offer a person at any time. Callers mainly care that they get a fast, accurate answer.
Can it book appointments into our calendar?
Yes, with Google Calendar, Microsoft 365 and many booking systems. It offers real availability and sends confirmations.
Can we keep our phone number?
Yes. Calls can be forwarded to the AI receptionist from your existing number, for every call, only when you don't answer, or only after hours.
Is it suitable for a clinic?
For booking, rescheduling and general questions, yes. We keep it away from medical advice and health information.
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