How it works and what it costs
Everything behind the home page, in the order most people want it: how setup works, what your missed calls are worth, how this compares to your other options, and the questions we get asked most.
From signup to live in 48 hours.
No developers. No long onboarding calls. Here is exactly what happens, and what we need from you at each step.
Choose your plan
Pick the plan that fits your call volume. Checkout takes two minutes, and the only things we need are your business name, a contact name, your phone and your email.
We configure your AI
We take your hours, your services and how you want calls handled, and set the receptionist up around your business specifically. Anything you skipped at checkout, we ask you for here.
We test it, then you go live
We call it ourselves and listen to how it handles real questions before it ever touches a customer. Then your number connects — usually inside 24 to 48 hours. You keep your existing number.
Your team gets their time back
Calls get answered, appointments land in your calendar, and your staff stay with the customers in front of them. You get a summary of every call.
What is your unanswered phone actually costing you?
Move the sliders to match your business. Everything here is an estimate built from the numbers you enter — an illustration, not a promise of results.
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These are estimates based on the figures you entered — not a guarantee. Adjust the sliders to match your actual numbers.
You already have a way of handling calls. Here's how it stacks up.
Doing nothing is a choice too. This is an honest look at every option, including the places where the other ones genuinely beat us.
| Voicemail | Answering service | Hiring someone | AutoElevate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers at 9pm & weekends | Takes a message | Often costs extra | No | Always |
| Actually books the appointment | No | Sometimes | Yes | Yes |
| Knows your services & prices | No | Generic script | After training | Trained on your business |
| Handles two calls at once | Technically | If staffed | No | Unlimited |
| Calls in sick / quits | Never | Staff turnover | Yes | Never |
| Typical monthly cost | $0 | $200–$1,500 | $3,500+ loaded | $350–$600 |
| What it costs you in lost work | Every after-hours caller | Callers who wanted a booking | 40 of the week's 168 hours | Nothing — it answers all of them |
Cost ranges reflect commonly published U.S. pricing for answering services and fully-loaded receptionist compensation. Your figures will differ.
Built for businesses that live on the phone.
Restaurants
Reservations and takeout calls answered, so your host can seat the people at the door.
HVAC & Home Services
Emergency calls booked instantly, even at 2 AM.
Salons & Spas
Appointments booked while your stylists stay with their clients.
Dental & Medical
Patient scheduling that never puts a caller on hold.
Auto Repair
Service bookings and status updates, hands-free.
Professional Services
Consultations booked while you're with a client.
Everything else, answered.
Still curious? Call the demo line, or send the free-audit form on the home page and we'll reply personally.
Elevate normally costs $600 a month. If you're one of the first 100 businesses, your first month is half price — $300 — using code FOUNDING100 at checkout. After that first month it's $600, and that rate is locked for as long as you stay a customer, even if prices rise later. The discount is capped at 100 uses and applies to the first billing cycle only.
No. It's built to take the phone off your team's plate when they're busy with customers in person — not to take their job. Your staff keep every customer who walks in, every complaint, and anything that needs judgment. The AI takes the calls that would otherwise ring out or pull someone away from the person in front of them, and it hands anything sensitive straight back to a human.
Most businesses are live within 24 to 48 hours. After you buy, we use your business details to configure your hours, services, greeting, and call-routing rules, then connect the AI to your existing business phone number — you keep your number.
It replies in about 1.2 seconds with natural pacing, which lands close to the pause you'd get from a real person. Some callers notice, some don't. You control how it introduces itself, and if a caller asks for a human, it transfers them immediately.
Yes. It books, reschedules and confirms appointments directly into your calendar and can send reminders, so your schedule stays in one place instead of spread across sticky notes and voicemails. Prime and Elevate include calendar and CRM integrations.
We can't promise that, and you should be suspicious of anyone who does. What AutoElevate does is make sure calls get answered instead of going to voicemail. Whether that turns into revenue depends on how many calls you actually miss, what a customer is worth to you, and how you follow up. If it doesn't pay off for you, the 14-day refund exists for exactly that reason.
Prime and Elevate are monthly subscriptions, billed every month until you cancel. Signal is currently sold as a single one-time payment rather than a recurring plan — if you want ongoing monthly service on Signal, email us and we'll set it up directly. The Custom Website is always a one-time charge.
Fair question. We're early, so we don't have years of reviews. What we do have: a live demo number you can call right now, a 14-day full refund, no long-term contract, and every setup built and checked by hand. If it doesn't work for you, you leave and you're out nothing.
It's trained to recognize when something is outside its scope — a complaint, a request for a manager, anything it isn't confident about — and transfers the call live or logs it for a callback. You also get an instant text and email alert.
No. We connect to your existing business number using call forwarding, so there's nothing to install. If you don't have a dedicated business line yet, we can provision one during setup.
Your business name, a contact name, your business phone and email are required at checkout. Your hours, services, greeting and transfer number are optional there — anything you skip, we'll ask you directly before going live.
Yes to both. Monthly plans run month-to-month with no long-term contract, and every plan has a 14-day guarantee. If you're a founding customer, your locked rate carries over when you switch plans.
Checkout and payment data is processed through Shopify's PCI-compliant, encrypted infrastructure — we never see or store your payment details. Call transcripts and business details are used only to operate your receptionist, and you can request an export or deletion at any time.
Yes, and it's the fastest way to decide. Call the demo number in the header and you'll talk to a real, working AI receptionist.