Your business, answered 24/7 — and you own it.

AI Front Desk is a done-for-you assistant for local service businesses: it answers your website visitors around the clock, replies to your Google reviews, and texts back anyone whose call you miss — so every lead lands on your phone. Live in 48 hours, one flat price, no per-minute bills.

See your business's assistant before you pay — free mock-up Get my AI front desk

The free mock-up is built with your actual services and pricing — the same assistant you'd get, shown to you before you spend a cent. No strings.

Every missed lead is a job for the next guy

A homeowner with a burst pipe at 9 PM doesn't leave a voicemail and wait — they message the next company on Google. A caller whose call rings out does the same. And a five-star Google review that sits unanswered tells the next customer you're not paying attention. AI Front Desk covers all three: your website answers instantly, your missed calls get a text back, and your reviews get a reply — while you're on the tools, on another job, or asleep.

Missed a call? It texts back — instantly.

You're on a ladder, under a house, or elbow-deep in a job — the phone rings out. With a regular setup, that caller hangs up and dials the next company. With missed-call text-back, the second a call goes unanswered, the caller gets a friendly text from your business: "Hi, sorry we missed your call — how can we help?"

The conversation continues right there by text. The assistant answers their questions, captures their name, number, and what they need — and sends the lead straight to your phone. It works with your existing business number, and setup takes about 10 minutes; we'll walk you through it.

How it works

  1. We train it on your business. You answer 10 quick questions about your services, pricing, and hours. That's all we need from you.
  2. We build it for you. Your chat assistant is trained on your answers, review responses are set up, and text-back is switched on for your number. Installing the assistant on your website is one small snippet — we'll walk you or your web person through pasting it.
  3. It works around the clock. It answers visitors 24/7, texts you every lead instantly, replies to your Google reviews, and texts back your missed calls. You just follow up and do the work.

AI Front Desk — pricing

$299 one-time setup + $49/mo

First payment $348 ($299 setup + first month), then $49/mo. No contract, cancel anytime.

For comparison: human-staffed chat services charge about $143/mo for just 10 chats a month. Ours answers unlimited chats — and handles your Google reviews too — for $49/mo.

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How we compare — honestly

We checked the top alternatives against what we actually sell. Where a competitor does something we don't, it says so — we'd rather you see it here than find out after paying.

Feature AI Front Desk (us) Smith.ai Goodcall Rosie AI Ruby Signpost
Starting price $49/mo (after $299 setup) Free tier; Pro $150/mo $79/mo $49/mo $250/mo $199/mo
Setup fee $299 $0 $0 $0 $0 $199
Website chat ✓ Included — the core product Available as a separate product No — voice only ✓ Free on all plans Yes — live humans, $143/mo for 10 chats —
Missed-call handling Caller gets an instant text-back; conversation continues by text AI answers your calls 24/7 AI answers your calls 24/7 AI answers your calls 24/7 Live humans answer 24/7 AI answers your calls
Phone voice answering Text-back instead of live voice ✓ AI voice ✓ AI voice ✓ AI voice ✓ Live humans ✓ AI voice
Google review responses ✓ Included in $49/mo No No No No ✓ Core feature (from $199/mo)
Calendar booking In development (Pro tier) — today we capture the lead and text you instantly ✓ All tiers ✓ Direct booking from $149/mo; booking link on $49/mo ✓ Booking link at $199/mo; scheduling from $399/mo
Per-minute / per-use charges None — flat price Per call — $2.00/call on Pro Per unique caller — 79¢ each over 100 Minutes metered; overage rate not published Per minute — overage about $3.30–$5.40/min $0.40 per AI minute over
Free trial / first step Free mock-up of your own assistant Free tier — 25 calls/mo Free demo agent 7-day free trial 21-day money-back guarantee Free plan
Cancel / you own it Cancel anytime — the setup stays yours No — stops when you cancel No — stops when you cancel No — stops when you cancel No — stops when you cancel No — stops when you cancel

Prices from each provider's own website, checked Oct 22, 2026. Basis: Smith.ai AI Receptionist Pro; Goodcall Starter (billed per unique caller); Rosie AI Professional; Ruby live-receptionist plan (their chat-only plan is $143/mo for 10 chats); Signpost Standard (setup fee per Signpost's own pricing FAQ). "—" means we couldn't verify it from their public pages.

Our guarantee: if it doesn't capture a single lead in your first 30 days, we refund the $299 setup. No questions asked.

AI Front Desk Pro Coming soon

~$149/mo. Everything in AI Front Desk, plus calendar booking — your assistant books the job straight into your calendar — and quote follow-up texts that automatically check in on estimates you've sent (at 24 hours, 3, 5, and 10 days), so good quotes stop dying quietly.

Join the Pro waitlist and we'll email you the day it opens.

No website yet? We'll build you one.

A clean, one-page website with your AI front desk built in — your services, your hours, your service area, and a chat assistant answering from day one. +$99 one-time, and your domain is included for the first year.

It's available today and fully done-for-you: after checkout you fill in one short questionnaire, and we handle the rest — copy, build, and launch. No website means no snippet to install, either; the front desk is part of the site from the start.

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FAQ

What does it cost after the setup?
$49/mo, flat. Your first payment is $348 — the $299 setup plus your first month — then $49/mo after that. No contract, and you can cancel anytime.
Are there per-minute or per-chat charges?
None, ever. No per-minute, per-call, or per-chat fees, and junk or spam conversations never cost you anything — there's no meter running. One flat price is the whole point.
What happens if I cancel? Do I lose everything?
No. The monthly service stops, but the setup stays yours — the assistant we built for you doesn't vanish the day you cancel, the way rented answering services do. You paid for the build; you own it.
Do I need any tech skills?
No. We build everything for you. The only hands-on step is pasting one small snippet into your website, and we give you plain-English instructions (or walk your web person through it in a few minutes).
Which website platforms does it work with?
Any website that lets you paste a small snippet of code: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Weebly, and custom-built sites. If your site can take a snippet, it works.
What if I don't have a website?
Then we'll build you one. For +$99 one-time (your domain included for the first year), we create a clean one-page site with your AI front desk built in — you answer one questionnaire after checkout and we handle the rest. Choose "Not yet" on the get-started page and we'll take it from there.
How fast does it go live?
Within 48 hours of you answering the 10 setup questions we send after signup. Most of the clock is us building and testing — you just answer the questions.
What if the AI can't answer a question?
It never guesses or makes up prices. It takes the customer's name, phone number, and question, and texts you immediately so you can follow up personally. Nothing falls through the cracks.
How do the Google review responses work?
We watch your Google reviews and write replies in your voice. You choose how: replies can post automatically, or we send you each draft to approve first. Thank-yous for happy customers, calm and professional replies to unhappy ones.
How does missed-call text-back work?
When a call to your business number goes unanswered, the caller instantly gets a friendly text from your business and can carry on the conversation by text. You get the lead — their name, number, and what they need — on your phone. It works with your existing number; we set up the missed-call forwarding together, which takes about 10 minutes.
What's the guarantee?
If your assistant doesn't capture a single lead in your first 30 days, we refund the $299 setup. No questions asked.

Still deciding? Get the free mock-up and see your own assistant in action first.

Contact: support@localaifrontdesk.com