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AI phone agent for local businesses that answers calls, takes bookings and messages, and bills per unique caller.
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AI receptionist with human backup that answers calls, qualifies leads, books appointments and syncs to your CRM.
Overview
Smith.ai provides phone answering for small businesses, with an AI receptionist tier that handles calls autonomously and human-staffed tiers where North American receptionists answer in your business name. The AI receptionist greets callers, answers questions from your knowledge, screens and qualifies leads with intake questions, books appointments on your calendar, transfers to staff and sends call summaries by email, text or into the CRM. It is widely used by law firms, home services, medical and professional services that cannot afford missed calls. A typical setup is forwarding calls to Smith.ai during busy periods or after hours, with the AI handling the first conversation and escalation rules for urgent matters. It integrates with Clio, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, Calendly, Google Calendar, Slack and Lawmatics. A real caveat is that billing is per call rather than per minute, and extras such as appointment booking and call recording can carry per-call fees, so review the rate card before forwarding your main line.
AI customer service agents
Answering and qualifying inbound calls with the option to escalate to a live receptionist.
4-8 weeks to value · High effort · High risk · low
Sales outreach
Capturing and qualifying new inquiries so leads get a response even when the team is busy.
2-3 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low
CRM update automation
Logging every call, caller details and outcome directly into the CRM.
2-5 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low
Verdict
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AI phone agent for local businesses that answers calls, takes bookings and messages, and bills per unique caller.
Platform for building AI voice agents that answer and make phone calls, billed per minute with no monthly minimum.
AI phone answering for small businesses that takes messages, books appointments and texts callers, from $49 a month.
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