A front desk that never costs a salary.
An answering service built for small businesses: an AI receptionist answers every call in under a second, qualifies the caller, and books the appointment into your calendar — 24/7, from $49/month flat. No per-minute meter, no missed jobs.
Enterprise phone coverage, sized for your team
Built for teams of 1–20
No enterprise onboarding, no IT project. Forward your existing number, connect your calendar, and you're answering like a Fortune 500 front desk in about 20 minutes.
Answers when you can't
On a job, with a customer, or closed for the night — every call still gets a real conversation in under a second, never a voicemail greeting.
Books, not just messages
The agent qualifies the caller and writes the appointment straight into your calendar. You open the day with booked work, not a callback list.
Small-business pricing
Flat $49–$997/month with a $0.10/min overage. No setup fees, no contracts, no per-minute meter running while a customer explains their problem.
Hiring vs. traditional service vs. AI
AI answering service AutomateNexus Voice | Traditional service Per-minute operators | Hiring a receptionist In-house | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | From $49 flat | $200–$600+ metered | $3,000+ + benefits |
| Coverage | 24/7/365 | Surcharged after hours | 40 hrs/week |
| Answer speed | Under 1 second | Hold queues | When available |
| Books appointments | Live, in your calendar | Takes a message | Yes, during shifts |
| Simultaneous calls | Unlimited | Operator-limited | One at a time |
| Sick days & turnover | Never | Varies by shift | Your problem |
Small-business answering, answered
The best answering service for a small business answers instantly, books appointments rather than taking messages, covers nights and weekends without surcharges, and doesn't bill by the minute. Traditional live-operator services average $1–$2 per minute; AutomateNexus Voice does all of the above with an AI receptionist for a flat $49–$997/month.
Traditional services typically run $200–$600+ per month at moderate volume on per-minute billing, plus after-hours premiums. AutomateNexus Voice is flat-rate: plans start at $49/month with 500 minutes included and a flat $0.10/min overage — no setup fees, no contract.
For the calls small businesses actually get — scheduling, pricing questions, service requests, after-hours emergencies — yes, and it's faster: it answers in under a second, never puts callers on hold, and handles unlimited simultaneous calls. When a caller genuinely needs a person, it warm-transfers to you on your rules.
Yes. You keep your number and simply forward it — all the time, after hours only, or just when you can't pick up. You can also get a new local number in about a minute.
Dental and medical offices, law firms, HVAC and plumbing companies, real-estate teams, property managers, fitness studios, auto shops, and agencies — with a pre-built script template for each, tuned to how that industry's calls actually go.
The answering service your small business can actually afford
Join 500+ businesses capturing every lead with an AI receptionist that's live in under 20 minutes.