Per-minute billing punishes volume
Human answering services bill by the minute, so the busier you get, the more you pay. AI answering uses flat pricing, so cost stays predictable even during leasing-season spikes.
Operations fact sheet
Property management answering service pricing
Traditional human answering services for property management cost $1 to $2 per minute or $300 to $1,500+ per month, while AI answering services deliver 24/7 coverage starting free with no per-minute charges.
What human services charge versus what AI front desks cost.
By the numbers
$1-2
per minute for human answering services
Industry pricing data
$300-1,500
typical monthly human service bill
Industry pricing data
Free
starting monthly cost for AI answering
Frontdesk pricing, 2026
90%+
cost reduction versus human services
Frontdesk model, 2026
Never miss another tenant call
Frontdesk answers every call, text, and chat 24/7. It qualifies prospects, books tours, triages maintenance, and logs everything to your CRM. Built for property management.
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Contact supportFor property management, AI answers instantly, never holds, books tours, and triages maintenance from a trained knowledge base. It escalates genuinely complex calls to staff.