Every call answered. Every caller helped. 24/7.
An AI phone agent built on your business knowledge that answers every call, helps every caller, and hands your team warm, qualified leads — so the people in your business can do the work only people can do.
Answers every call, 24/7 — nights, weekends, and peak-season surges
Answers real questions from your business knowledge base
Sends booking links by email or text while the caller is on the line
Qualifies callers and captures name and contact info
Routes callers to your team the moment they ask for a person
Screens out spam and robocalls before they waste anyone's time
The Research
You can't manage what you can't see. Here's what the research says happens to phone calls at businesses like yours.
of calls to small businesses go unanswered — only 37.8% of calls are answered by a live person.
of callers who reach voicemail never call back. They call the next name on the list.
of callers who hit voicemail hang up without leaving a message. From your side, the call never happened.
of your calls arrive after hours — evenings and Saturday mornings lead the pack.
more likely to connect with a lead when you respond in 5 minutes instead of 30.
higher conversion for phone leads vs. web-form leads. Callers are your highest-intent prospects.
missed-call rate for home-service businesses — 27% average, spiking to 62% at peak times.
of plumbing emergencies happen between 6pm and 8am — exactly when nobody's answering.
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Pick your business. The numbers are from published industry research — not our imagination.
average value of a single HVAC emergency call
Industry benchmark
Your season is won or lost in one spring window. Every missed call in April isn't one job — it's often a season-long contract. And 85% of callers who hit voicemail never call back.
Crews are in the field all day — nobody can pick up. The same quote and service-area questions ring out over and over.
Hiring seasonal phone help for a 3-month spike is hard to justify — and even great help can't take three calls at once in April.
of your entire year's calls land in March–May
Industry seasonality data
Your season is won or lost in one spring window. Every missed call in April isn't one job — it's often a season-long contract. And 85% of callers who hit voicemail never call back.
Crews are in the field all day — nobody can pick up. The same quote and service-area questions ring out over and over.
Hiring seasonal phone help for a 3-month spike is hard to justify — and even great help can't take three calls at once in April.
of weekend calls go unanswered at typical service businesses
Industry benchmark
Reservations and catering inquiries call during service — when nobody can step away. 85% of callers who hit voicemail book somewhere else instead.
Hosts and servers break away mid-service for hours, menu, and reservation questions the phone could answer itself.
Your busiest phone hours are your busiest floor hours. Your team should be with the guests in front of them — not choosing between the dining room and the phone.
lost annually to missed calls at a typical mid-size shop
CallJolt / Invoca
At 40–100 inbound calls a day, a 27% miss rate means dozens of lost leads every single week — each one now calling your competitor.
Your front office spends hours a day on repetitive FAQs instead of the work you actually hired them to do.
One phone line, business hours only, one conversation at a time. Your front office deserves backup when three calls hit at once.
what missed calls cost a typical plumber every year
Industry research
The average service call is worth $275 — and 48% of plumbing emergencies happen between 6pm and 8am, precisely when no one's answering.
You're under a sink with wrenches in hand. The phone rings out. That caller is dialing the next plumber before you're back at the truck.
Office help covers business hours — but 48% of plumbing emergencies (and emergency pricing) live in the nights and weekends nobody's staffed for.
of callers who hit your voicemail never call back
Industry benchmark
Emergency and panel jobs go to whoever answers first — you're 100× more likely to win the lead responding in 5 minutes than 30.
Between service calls you're returning voicemails and answering the same licensing, availability, and quote questions all day.
Between service calls you're returning voicemails from a truck. The 25–40% of calls arriving evenings and weekends deserve better than a callback tomorrow.
See how we helped Logan Clutch implement
AI-driven automation to streamline customer communication, reduce manual tasks, and improve overall efficiency. This freed their team to focus on growth and service.
No software to learn. No prompts to write.
No AI expertise required on your side.
Tell us what you do, where you do it, what callers ask, and where calls should go. We turn it into your agent's knowledge base — your services, your service area, your hours, your location, your tone.
We provision a dedicated phone number for your agent — local to your area code or toll-free, your choice — then configure routing and booking flows, test against real scenarios, and take it live. You decide how to use the number: forward your existing line to it, put it on every business card, or list it as your after-hours line.
Callers get instant answers, information/links via email or SMS upon request and forward to a human when appropriate. Your team gets qualified leads with contact info captured on completed calls. Don't have a CRM to catch them? As a HubSpot Solutions Partner, we can set one up that you own outright (separate fees apply) — so every lead your agent captures has a permanent home.
Most plans include ongoing reporting and optimization. We review how your agent performs on real calls, respond to any reported support issues, tweak your agents knowledge base, and tune it as your business changes.
Investment
Four plans sized to how your phone actually rings. Every plan includes full setup by our team — you never touch the technology.
| Starter For solo operators who need after-hours and on-the-job coverage. $499/mo Get Started | Most Popular Growth For growing teams whose phones ring more than they can answer. $1299/mo Get Started | Scale For established shops that want every call handled and every lead in the CRM. $2999/mo Get Started | Enterprise Custom-scoped to your call volume, integrations, and support needs. Contact Us Get Started | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes of calls included each month | 500 | 1,400 | 3,800 | Starting @ 13,000 |
| Customers handled at once | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20+ |
| Custom Phone Number Included (Local or Toll Free) | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| AI Answers 24/7 — nights, weekends, holidays - 365 | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Built on your general business knowledge | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Call routing destinations | 1 destination | 3 destinations | 5 destinations | Unlimited destinations |
| Booking link sent by Email | — Not included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Booking link sent by SMS Text Message | — Not included | — Not included | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Transcript Retention | 1 Month | 1 Month | 3 Months | 6 Months |
| Customer Support Access | Support Form | Support Form | Customer Portal | Customer Portal, Weekly meeting |
| Voice Options | Default voice - Male or Female | Full voice library - 100+ Options | Full voice library - 100+ Options | Premium custom voices |
| Knowledge base | Core business info + 5 FAQs | Core business info + 15 FAQs, 3 service/product detail areas | Core business info + 40 FAQs, 10 service/product detail areas | Core business info + 60+ FAQs, 25+ service/product detail areas |
| CRM Integration | — Not included | HubSpot CRM | HubSpot CRM + Salesforce | HubSpot, Salesforce & any other CRM with an open REST API |
| Reporting | — Not included | Monthly Summary | Monthly Summary + full call transcripts upon request (Max 12 per mo.) | Monthly reporting + full transcripts + review call |
| Support Response Time SLA | — Not included | 72 hours | 24 hours | 4 hours - faster SLA upon request |
| Live Appointments Booked - Calendar Sync | — Not included | — Not included | — Not included | TBD - Upon Request |
| 24/7 White Glove Support | — Not included | — Not included | — Not included | Available as add-on ONLY |
| One-time $499 setup — fully configured and live. Cancel Anytime | One-time $1,499 setup — fully configured and live. Cancel Anytime | One-time $4,499 setup — fully configured and live. 12-month term with better pricing in exchange | Custom setup depending on requirements. 12-month term with better pricing in exchange |
For solo operators who need after-hours and on-the-job coverage.
$499/mo
One-time $499 setup — fully configured and live.
Cancel Anytime
Get StartedFor growing teams whose phones ring more than they can answer.
$1299/mo
One-time $1,499 setup — fully configured and live.
Cancel Anytime
Get StartedFor established shops that want every call handled and every lead in the CRM.
$2999/mo
One-time $4,499 setup — fully configured and live.
12-month term with better pricing in exchange
Get StartedCustom-scoped to your call volume, integrations, and support needs.
Contact Us
Custom setup depending on requirements.
12-month term with better pricing in exchange
Get StartedCancel-anytime on Starter and Growth. 12-month commitment on Scale and Enterprise — with better pricing in exchange. Need help choosing? Talk to a consultant →
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We don't hide it — and callers don't mind, because the agent actually helps. It answers instantly, speaks naturally, answers real questions about your business, and never puts anyone through a "press 1" phone tree. Most callers care about one thing: getting an answer right now.
The agent routes them to your team immediately — that's a core feature on every plan. And when your team picks up, they're getting a caller who's already been helped, qualified, and captured. Your AI agent's job is to make your people better at the phone, not to keep callers away from them.
It depends on what your phone role actually is. If someone's entire job is answering the same questions and forwarding calls, an AI agent can genuinely do that job — around the clock, on multiple calls at once. But for most businesses, that's not the situation. The agent works as a front line for your team: it takes the overflow when everyone's on a line, covers nights and weekends, screens out spam, and handles the repetitive questions — so your receptionist handles the conversations that need judgment, and the employee who's been answering phones on top of another job gets that job back. Our philosophy is AI that helps people, not replaces them — in practice, that means your people spend their phone time where they're irreplaceable.
It never guesses or makes things up. If a question falls outside your knowledge base, the agent captures the caller's info and routes the call or arranges follow-up from your team — so the lead is saved either way, and we add the answer to the knowledge base so it's covered next time.
It answers questions from a knowledge base built on your business — services, service area, hours, common questions — qualifies the caller, and captures their name and contact info. On Growth plans and up, it sends a booking link by email (or by text message on Scale and Enterprise) while the caller is still on the line. If the call needs a human, it routes to your team.
No. We provide your agent with its own dedicated number — local to your area code or toll-free, your choice — and you decide how to use it. Forward your existing line to it after a few rings, after hours, or full-time. Or advertise it directly: put it on every business card, or list it as your dedicated after-hours line. You own how it fits your business.
Very little on your side. You share your business knowledge in a guided intake, and our team handles the entire build, testing, and launch — that's what the one-time setup fee covers. Most clients go from kickoff to live in a matter of weeks, not months.
In short - your agent will still answer the phone! We have a established overage rates that vary based on what tier you are on. The higher your tier, the more cost-effective the overage rate for minutes beyond your monthly allotment. Please contact sales for details.
BeginBound's AI voice agents run from $499/month for solo operators up to custom Enterprise plans with large budgets, plus a one-time setup fee. We can't give a specific number (yet) for Enterprise because we don't know the requirements of your systems, call centers, CRM, routing rules, etc. That said, we can easily get closer to number with one consultation call with key stakeholders at your company.
Every plan includes full setup, launch, and ongoing optimization by our team — pricing scales with your call volume, how many customers your agent handles at once, and how deeply it connects to your systems.
HEAR IT YOURSELF
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