Incoming call → booked job
A customer calls about a broken dishwasher. Sarah checks the brand, quotes the service call fee, takes the details and books the visit.
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AI receptionist for small business · 24/7
AI Receptionist for Small Business Sarah 24/7 — answers every call, books every job
Sarah answers your phone in one ring, asks the questions you would ask, and puts the booking straight into your calendar — nights, weekends and holidays included. No hire, no rota, no voicemail.
Sarah calls you back live — hear her before you pay a dollar
From $350/month (one channel) + 15¢/min usage · No long-term contracts
The small-business problem
The phone rings while you are doing the actual work
In a small business the person best qualified to answer the phone is the person least able to pick it up. That gap is where the jobs go.
You are on the job, not at a desk
Under a sink, on a ladder, with a patient, driving to the next appointment. The call goes to voicemail and the caller dials the next result on Google.
Your best calls come after hours
Evenings and weekends are when people finally deal with the thing they have been putting off. A closed office turns that intent into someone else's booking.
A front-desk hire is a big step
Salary, taxes, training, holidays, sick days — and still only one call at a time, forty hours a week. For most small businesses the math never quite works.
Leads go cold in minutes
A web form or marketplace lead answered in five minutes is a conversation. The same lead answered tomorrow is a price comparison you are losing.
What Sarah does
What an AI receptionist does for a small business
Sarah is an AI virtual receptionist for small business owners who cannot be on the phone all day — a full front desk rather than a message-taker.
Answers every call, 24/7
First ring, every time, including several calls at once. No hold music, no “please leave a message after the tone”.
Qualifies with your questions
Your intake script, your service area, your pricing rules. Sarah finds out what the caller needs before anyone's time is spent.
Books into your calendar
The outcome is a booked job with notes attached — not a callback list. Housecall Pro, GoHighLevel, Google Calendar and more.
Texts back what she can't catch
Missed call or web lead, Sarah follows up by text in seconds — the small-business version of a phone answering service that never sleeps.
Routes and transfers by your rules
Emergencies, repeat customers, the calls you personally want — live transfer to your team, with fallback if nobody picks up.
Writes everything down
Every call recorded, transcribed and summarized, so you start the day reading outcomes instead of guessing what was said.
Why the setup matters
A generic phone bot is not an industry receptionist
A dental practice and a plumbing company both “answer the phone”, and almost nothing else about the call is the same. Different triage questions, different urgency, different words for the same thing, different calendars on the other end.
That is why Sarah ships per industry: a starting script built around how your trade actually books work, then tuned to your company during white-glove onboarding. You do not write prompts — you tell us how you run, and we build it.
Find your industry- Triage that fits the trade. No-heat emergency, burst pipe, new-patient intake, buyer versus seller — the first question is the right one.
- Your booking rules. Slot lengths, travel windows, which jobs need a callback instead of a slot.
- Your vocabulary. The services you sell, priced and described the way your customers ask for them.
- Your escalation path. Who gets woken up at 1 a.m., and for what.
By industry
AI receptionist for your industry
Start with the closest fit — each page covers the calls, the triage and the tools of that trade.
Dentists
New-patient calls answered while your front desk checks someone in — booked straight into your schedule.
Medical Clinics
Every patient call answered — scheduling, reschedules, and questions handled while your staff runs the front desk.
Law Firms
Missed calls retain the next firm on the list. Sarah answers 24/7, runs intake, and books the consultation.
Real Estate
Buyers call from the sign in the yard. Sarah answers instantly, captures the property and timeline, and books the showing.
Home Services (General)
Every call answered, every lead qualified, every job booked — whatever trade you run.
Veterinary Clinics
Worried pet owners reach a calm voice instantly — appointments booked, emergencies routed by your rules.
Hotels & Hospitality
Answers overflow and after-hours calls — reservations, event inquiries, and guest questions, every time.
Hair Salons
Books new clients and rebooks regulars while your stylists’ hands are in foils.
Med Spas
High-value consults answered on the first ring — discreetly booked while your injector is with a client.
Property Management
A burst pipe at 2 AM can’t wait for office hours. Sarah answers, triages, and escalates by your rules.
Accounting & Tax
In April your phone melts. Sarah answers every call, sorts new clients from status checks, and books the appointments.
Gyms & Fitness
Membership inquiries answered and tours booked — even when the front desk is out on the floor.
All 103 industries
Every trade Sarah already speaks
Home Services & Trades
HVACPlumbingElectricalAppliance RepairRoofingGarage DoorsCleaning ServicesPest ControlLandscaping & Lawn CareWater TreatmentLocksmithsHandyman ServicesHome Services (General)Auto RepairMoving CompaniesPool ServicesPainting ContractorsFlooringHome InspectorsSolar InstallersGeneral ContractorsConstructionCarpentryFurniture RepairRefinishingDamage RestorationJunk RemovalSeptic ServicesChimney ServicesWindow CleaningPressure WashingFencingGutter ServicesTree ServicesIrrigation & Sprinklers
Healthcare & Wellness
Beauty & Personal Care
Professional Services
Law FirmsFinancial AdvisorsLendersAccounting & TaxReal EstateProperty ManagementInsurance AgenciesMortgage BrokersIT Services & MSPsArchitecture FirmsInterior DesignPhotographersVideographersMarketing AgenciesSocial Media AgenciesPR FirmsStaffing AgenciesNotary ServicesPrint ShopsMedia & Entertainment
Events & Hospitality
Education & Childcare
Technology & E-commerce
Transportation & Logistics
Not on the list? If your business lives and dies by the phone, Sarah can almost certainly run it — tell us what you do.
Three real calls · nothing staged
Hear Sarah on the phone
Real recorded conversations with US customers — the word-by-word transcript of each one is on the home page. Names, numbers and the client's business name are beeped out — everything else is exactly as it happened.
Qualifying the job on the call
A rental property with a leaking fridge. Sarah works out what is actually happening before anyone is dispatched.
An honest answer, not a sales pitch
The caller wants a part, not a technician. Sarah checks, says plainly that we do not sell parts, and offers what she can.
Pricing
Small-business pricing, stated plainly
$350 / month
one channel included · + usage from 15¢ per minute · extra channels $100/mo
There is no free tier, and we would rather say so than bury it. What is free is the demo: leave your number, Sarah calls you back speaking your trade, and you decide after you have heard her.
White-glove setup includedNo long-term contractsCancel anytime
Integrations
Plays nicely with the tools you already run
No rip-and-replace. Sarah books into your calendar and writes into your CRM from day one.
Where this comes from
Built inside small service businesses
Sarah 24/7 grew out of a growth agency for home-service companies, and home services is where she answers live US phone lines today — HVAC, water treatment, appliance repair — booking real jobs into real dispatch boards. The recordings above are those calls, with personal details beeped out.
Our story- We build it, you approve it. Setup and later changes are done by us, not left to you in a builder.
- Live in days. Number and calendar connected, scripts tuned, then Sarah goes on the line.
- One AI, every channel. Calls, texts, web forms and marketplace leads land in the same place.
- English and Spanish. Sarah answers in the caller's language — see the bilingual AI receptionist.
FAQ
AI receptionist for small business: questions
What is an AI receptionist for a small business?+–
It is software that answers your business phone with a natural voice, asks the questions your team would ask, and books the job into your calendar. For a small business the practical difference is coverage: one AI receptionist picks up every call at once, at 2 p.m. and at 2 a.m., without a hire, a rota or a voicemail box that nobody listens to.
How much does an AI receptionist cost for a small business?+–
Sarah 24/7 starts at $350 a month, which includes one channel — your main phone line — plus usage from 15¢ per minute of conversation. Extra channels are $100 a month each. White-glove setup is included and there are no long-term contracts. Full breakdown on the pricing page.
Is there a free AI receptionist for small business?+–
Not from us, and we would be careful with anyone advertising one. What we do offer is a free callback demo: leave your number and Sarah calls you back, configured for your trade, so you hear her before you pay anything. Genuinely free tools tend to cap minutes, skip booking or drop after-hours coverage — the parts a small business actually needs.
Does Sarah work after hours and on weekends?+–
Yes — nights, weekends and holidays are standard, not an upgrade. For most small businesses that is where the missed money is: a customer with a problem at 8 p.m. calls down the list until somebody answers.
Do I have to change my phone number?+–
No. We port your existing number free of charge, or forward to Sarah if you prefer to keep your current carrier. You can also add local numbers for the other markets you serve.
Can Sarah transfer a call to me when it matters?+–
Yes. You set the rules — emergencies, big-ticket quotes, an existing customer asking for you by name — and Sarah transfers live to your team. If nobody picks up, she takes the call back and finishes it rather than dropping the caller into voicemail.
Get started
Hear Sarah answer for your business
Leave your number and tell us your industry — the callback demo will already be configured for it.
We’ll call you back with Sarah on the line — typically the same business day. No long-term contracts · Cancel anytime