More than message-taking
A human service takes a message and charges per minute. AI runs full intake, answers insurance and cost questions, and books the first session at a flat monthly rate, so handling more inquiries does not raise the bill.
Practice Operations fact sheet
Therapy answering service cost
Traditional answering services for therapy practices charge by the minute or several hundred dollars a month and mostly take messages, while AI answering provides 24/7 intake, scheduling, and billing answers starting free.
Per-minute messages versus flat-rate intake.
By the numbers
$1-2/min
human service rate
Industry data
Free
AI answering starting cost
Frontdesk pricing, 2026
24/7
intake and scheduling
Never miss another client inquiry
Frontdesk answers every call, text, and web inquiry 24/7. It runs new-client intake, answers insurance and cost questions, books sessions, and routes clinical matters to you. Built for therapists and group practices.
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AI for practices is built to handle protected information securely and route clinical matters to the therapist.