Pick your trade
Who answers your phone
One receptionist per industry, trained on what your callers usually need.
Answers like someone who works for you, tells callers what you do and when you are open, and takes a message. From $49 a month.
Call (727) 235-7324 — the front desk answers. Ask anything you would ask a receptionist, then check the message that gets taken.
When you are under a sink or on a roof, the phone rings out, the caller tries the next name on Google, and you never know it happened.
| A human receptionist | Voicemail | The Front Desk Company Starter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours covered | Business hours, minus breaks, sick days and holidays | 24/7, but most callers hang up | 24/7, every call, no hold |
| Cost per month | A part-time wage plus payroll, training and the time to manage them | Free — and it costs you the caller | $49 a month, 250 minutes |
| What it does | Answers, screens, books, handles the walk-in | Records, if they stay on | Answers your listing's questions, takes name, number and reason, emails you |
| What it does not do | Work nights and weekends | Answer anything | Book, quote, text, transfer |
Dial a short code on your phone or set it in your phone system. Always, or only when you don't pick up.
Warm, brief, exact: name, callback number, what they need — in your trade's words. The number is read back, and your call is promised.
The caller is in your CRM, the call is one line on their record, and the same line is in your inbox.
Your receptionist answers the phone the way a good one at the counter would. Callers get the things they would look up on your Google listing: your business name, where you are, when you are open, what you do and do not do, and your website. Then comes their name, a callback number and what they need — in your trade's words — reads the number back, and tells them you will call. You get one email per call with that one line, and the caller is in your CRM. That is the whole job. No appointments booked, no prices quoted, no texts sent, no calls transferred. You call back; you were told to.
One receptionist per industry, trained on what your callers usually need.
Need recordings, texting or booking? See the AI Front Desk plans →
From $49 a month for 250 minutes of answered calls. Most calls run two or three minutes, so that is roughly 80 to 120 calls. Bigger plans are $149 for 1,000 minutes and $299 for 2,500.
Real. For 7 days your receptionist answers your actual calls. You enter a card to start; nothing is charged until day 8. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
No. Your receptionist tells callers what you do, where you are and when you are open, and takes a message. Booking, quoting and texting are on the AI Front Desk plan ($397).
Yes. You forward your existing line to the number we give you — always, or only when you do not pick up. Nothing is ported.
Answering stops for the rest of the month, unless you set an overage cap. We never move you to a higher plan without asking.
No recording is made and no transcript is kept on the Starter plans. The call becomes one sentence. If you want to hear the calls, that is the AI Front Desk plan.
Card saved today, nothing charged until day eight. Real calls from the first minute. Cancel before then and nothing is charged.
Call (727) 235-7324 — the front desk answers. Ask anything you would ask a receptionist, then check the message that gets taken.
