Every call to your small business answered on the first ring, day or night, for one flat monthly price. No hold queues, no operators reading a script, and no setup fees.
Zoey, AI Receptionist
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Hear exactly what your callers would hear. Zoey answers for Virtual Reception, so try asking:
Free, uses your microphone, up to 3 minutes
24,000+
Calls answered
420+
Businesses served
1,800+
Messages taken
1,100+
Spam calls blocked
AI vs Traditional
Traditional answering services put a person on the line who reads your script. Here is how an AI answering service is different.
| Virtual Reception AI | Traditional answering service | |
|---|---|---|
| How fast it answers | Instantly, on the first ring | Often after a few rings or a hold queue |
| Hours | 24/7, holidays included | Often extra for nights and weekends |
| How it's priced | Flat monthly plan from $49 | Usually per call or per minute |
| Knowledge of your business | Learns from your website and FAQs | Follows a script you write |
| Books appointments | Yes, directly into your calendar | Sometimes, often at extra cost |
| Several calls at once | Yes, no busy signal | Depends on staffing |
| Setup time | About 5 minutes | Often days of onboarding |
| Languages | English, Spanish, French and more | Usually English, others at extra cost |
Traditional answering service terms vary by provider.
The Caller's Side
A good AI phone answering service should feel better for the caller than voicemail or hold music, not worse.
Every caller is answered right away, even during your busiest hour.
It knows your prices, hours and services, so most questions get answered on the spot.
Appointments booked, links texted and urgent calls transferred while the caller is still on the line.
Callers can get a text with their booking or the link they asked for.
Only need cover when you're closed? See our after-hours answering service.
Set Up in About 5 Minutes
Enter your Google Business Profile or website, and we build your receptionist's knowledge of your services, hours and FAQs automatically.
Call your free dedicated number to hear it in action, then forward your business line. Keep your existing number.
You get an email and text summary after each call. Transcripts and recordings are saved for you to review anytime.
Simple Pricing
Try it free for 7 days. Full access to every feature, no credit card required, and cancel anytime.
For solopreneurs
Billed as $490 per year
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For growing businesses
Billed as $1,490 per year
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For scaling teams
Billed as $2,990 per year
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Custom solutions
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An AI answering service answers your business calls with artificial intelligence instead of a room of live operators. It picks up instantly, has a natural conversation with the caller, answers questions about your business, books appointments and takes messages, 24 hours a day.
Ours starts at $49 per month for up to 250 minutes, with no setup fees or contracts. Traditional live answering services usually bill per call or per minute, so the cost rises with every busy month.
For most small businesses it is faster, cheaper and available around the clock, and it knows your business better because it learns from your website. A live service can still make sense for highly sensitive or complex calls, and our AI can transfer those calls to you.
It is usually the best fit. A small business rarely has someone free to answer every call, and a full-time receptionist or live call answering service costs far more than $49 a month. An AI answering service covers every call, including the ones that come in while you're with a customer, for less than a single missed job.
Yes. You choose how calls reach it: forward every call, only the calls you don't pick up, or only calls outside business hours.
Yes. Several callers can reach it at the same moment and nobody hears a busy signal or hold music.
Yes. Set up your AI answering service, test it with the free number we give you, then point your call forwarding at it instead of your old service. Your customers keep calling the same number.
Join 420+ businesses that never miss a call. Get set up in about 5 minutes with no setup fees.