AI Receptionist for Local Service Businesses
What an AI receptionist actually is
An AI receptionist, sometimes called an AI front desk, is a software agent that takes over the job of the person who answers your phone, except it never sleeps, never takes lunch, and never lets a call ring out. It greets the caller in a natural voice, listens for what they need, captures the essentials, and books the work or sends it to you. It is not a phone tree that makes people press buttons, and not a clumsy chatbot that frustrates them into hanging up. It is a capable front-desk teammate that works 24/7.
How it answers your phone and your website
The same agent runs on both channels with one shared knowledge base about your business. On the phone it picks up missed, after-hours, and overflow calls, or every call if you want it to. On your website it answers in a chat box for the late-night visitor comparing three companies. Because it is one brain in both places, a customer gets the same answers whether they call or type. When a homeowner with a burst pipe calls at 9pm, it answers instead of sending them to the next name on the list.
What it does with a lead once it answers
Answering is only half the value. The agent captures the caller's name, number, and the job, reading the phone number and address back to confirm so the details are right. It triages urgency, flagging a true emergency from a routine question. Then it books the appointment, offers a time or a booking link, or routes an urgent job to you immediately. You get a clean email alert with everything you need to act before the lead goes cold. Nothing sits forgotten in a voicemail box.
How it sounds and what languages it handles
It answers in a warm, natural voice built to make the caller feel taken care of, not processed. Most callers do not realize they are speaking with AI, and the ones who do still get their problem handled. It speaks English, Spanish, and Polish, with more available on request, so it answers each customer in their own language. You control exactly how it speaks for your business: its greeting, its tone, what it can and cannot say, and when it hands off to a human.
What an AI receptionist costs
Pricing is honest and built to scale with you. Aim High's AI Front Desk starts at $99 a month for missed-call and starter lead capture with email alerts and starter voice minutes included. Plus, from $199 a month, answers every call 24/7, handles FAQs, and books or routes qualified leads with more minutes. AI Web Chat for your site is $1,500 setup plus $300 a month, and the phone-plus-web bundle is $4,000 setup plus $700 a month. Included minutes keep costs predictable.
How setup works
We install and run the whole thing, so you do not need to be technical. We learn your services, hours, service area, pricing rules, and how you take work, then build the agent's knowledge base and voice around it. We connect it to your phone number and your website, configure how it books and where alerts go, and test it before it goes live. Once it is running we tune it as your business changes. The Starter front desk can go live quickly; a deeper setup takes a little longer.
AI receptionists for local service businesses
Frequently asked questions
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
Aim High's AI Front Desk starts at $99 a month for missed-call and starter lead capture. Plus is from $199 a month for full 24/7 answering and booking, AI Web Chat is $1,500 setup plus $300 a month, and the phone-plus-web bundle is $4,000 setup plus $700 a month. Included minutes keep it predictable.
Will my customers know it is AI?
It answers in a warm, natural voice and is built to make the caller feel taken care of, so most callers do not realize they are speaking with AI. The ones who do still get their problem handled, booked, or routed to you, which is what they actually wanted.
Can an AI receptionist book appointments?
Yes. It collects the details it needs, offers times or a booking link, confirms with the caller, and hands the appointment to your team or your process. For urgent jobs it can skip ahead and alert you immediately instead of waiting to book.
What languages does it speak?
It speaks English, Spanish, and Polish out of the box, with more available on request. One agent answers each customer in their own language, on the phone and on your website, so you do not lose work to a language barrier.
Does it replace my staff?
No. It handles the calls and messages your team cannot get to: after hours, during jobs, and when several come in at once. It captures and books or routes those leads to you, so your people spend time on the work that needs them instead of a ringing phone.
What happens to a call it cannot handle?
You decide the handoff rules. The agent can route an urgent or complex call straight to you or your team, capture the details and promise a callback, or take a message and send a clean email alert. It never simply drops the caller into a dead end.
How fast can it go live?
The Starter AI Front Desk for missed-call and after-hours capture can go live quickly once we have your business details. A deeper setup with full 24/7 answering, booking, and website chat takes a little longer. We give you a clear timeline before any work starts.