AI Receptionist for Small Business

Frontdesk is built for small business owners who cannot justify a full-time front desk. It answers calls instantly, qualifies leads in natural language, books appointments live on Google Calendar / Outlook / Calendly, and pushes every conversation to your CRM. 7-day free trial, paid plans from $99/month, no contract, no hardware.

Plans that answer phone calls start at $99 per month, or $79 per month billed annually, with 200 voice minutes included. Business-in-a-Box starts with a 7-day free trial and has no contract. Most small businesses cover the cost from the first lead they would have otherwise missed to voicemail.

Yes. Solo operators, freelancers, single-truck contractors, and independent practitioners are some of our best-fit customers. You get a 24/7 receptionist for less than the cost of a single answering-service hour per day, and no front-desk hire.

Under 5 minutes for most small businesses. Forward your existing business number with *72 on any carrier, train the AI on your services and FAQs in a guided wizard, and you are taking calls. No hardware, no new number, no carrier migration.

Yes. Native integrations with Google Calendar, Outlook, and Calendly. The AI checks real-time availability during the call, offers open slots, books the appointment, and sends an SMS confirmation before the caller hangs up.

No. Frontdesk uses neural voices that are indistinguishable from a human receptionist on the phone. You can pick voice, accent, and tone, and even brand the greeting with your business name. Most callers do not realize they are speaking to AI.

Yes. The AI auto-detects the caller’s language and responds natively in 20+ languages, including Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Mandarin. No scripts, no awkward translation delays, no lost bilingual leads.

You set the fallback. The AI can take a detailed message, send the caller a follow-up SMS, or live-transfer the call to your cell phone or a team member based on rules you define (intent, keyword, urgency, time of day).

Yes. Native integrations push contact details, full transcripts, AI summaries, and structured fields like intent, service area, timeline, and outcome straight into HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, GoHighLevel, or your own CRM via webhooks.

Yes. Forward your existing business number using *72 (or your carrier’s equivalent) and Frontdesk answers it for you. Your number stays exactly the same — only the answering changes.

No. Frontdesk is month-to-month. Start with the free trial, upgrade when you are ready, downgrade or cancel any time from your dashboard. No setup fees, no minimum term, no per-minute gotcha pricing.

A traditional small-business answering service runs $300–$1,500 per month, picks up in 30–60 seconds, and produces message slips. Frontdesk costs from $99/month, picks up instantly, books appointments live, and pushes structured data to your CRM. Most small businesses replace their answering service entirely.

Treat Frontdesk like any vendor that touches customer data: review the current security documentation in the trust center before you deploy. Formal compliance certifications are in progress rather than complete, so if you operate in a regulated setting, ask for the current status and configure call recording, retention and transfers to match your own policies.