An AI receptionist that answers every call, even the ones you can’t

She checks your calendar for open times, reads the day and time back, and books only after the caller says yes. Callers can only change appointments booked with the number they’re calling from. When your bookings need an email, she offers to text the caller your booking link so they type it themselves.

Sarah is $99 a month on Self Serve, or $79 a month billed annually, with phone answering, website chat, texting, the CRM and follow-ups. Managed is $249 a month, or $200 billed annually, set up for you with an account manager. Most voice-only AI receptionists list $49 to $199 a month; a receptionist on payroll costs $3,000 a month or more.

It answers your business calls, works out what the caller wants, answers their questions, books the appointment on the call, takes the message, and transfers the call to a person when the caller asks. After every call you get an email with the summary, transcript and action items, plus the recording if you turn recording on.

If calls go to voicemail while you’re on a job or after hours, yes. 38% of a sample of 7,159 website conversations Sarah handled arrived after hours. An AI answering service costs a fraction of a receptionist and answers while you sleep.

The one that handles your real calls well and tells you what happened. Call each demo line, look at what arrives after a call, and compare what the price includes. Sarah’s demo line is (646) 759-1090, and every plan includes the phone, the website chat and texting.

What she finishes on the call, and what arrives after it. Sarah books the appointment while the caller is on the line, emails you the summary, transcript and action items, adds the caller to your CRM, and can start a follow-up workflow that emails or texts them. The same Sarah answers your website chat, so one setup covers the phone, texting and the site.

Not one that answers a real business line reliably. Free tiers cap minutes or calls. Sarah has no free phone plan: the 7-day free trial covers the website chat, and the phone unlocks when you subscribe at $99 a month.

Voice-only tools start at $49 a month and sell minutes: Rosie’s $49 plan includes 250 a month, and pay-as-you-go platforms charge by the minute. Live answering services bill by the minute or the call. Sarah is $99 a month with the phone, website chat, texting, CRM and follow-ups, 100 answered calls included, then $0.75 an answered call.

Sarah answers in your company’s name, in a natural voice you choose during setup. Judge it yourself: call (646) 759-1090 and ask what your customers ask you.

Yes. Sarah answers in many languages, Spanish included, in the voice you chose. The booking-link text she offers is in English.

She takes the message, as an AI phone answering assistant should, and the question lands in your summary email as an action item. If transfer is on and the caller asks for a person, she transfers the call to you instead.

Yes. Sarah books, reschedules and cancels appointments in your Google or Outlook calendar during the call, and reads each one back before she books it. Turn on phone booking on the Calendar Booking page. If the calendar doesn’t answer, she offers to text your booking link instead. On your website, she books, reschedules and cancels in the chat.

Yes. Forward your existing number to Sarah, all the time or only when you don’t pick up, or take a new local number. There’s nothing to install on your phones.

Yes, when transfer is on. If a caller asks to speak with a person, Sarah transfers the call to the number you set. It rings for up to 30 seconds and shows your business number, so you know it’s a customer.

If you turn recording on. Every call then opens with a notice that it may be recorded, and the recording comes with your summary. Check the consent rules for your province or state; our guide covers Canada.

No. Sarah is not set up for HIPAA-regulated medical offices. She fits trades, property management, legal intake, insurance agencies and other small businesses.

Yes, through a workflow or Zapier. When a call ends, a workflow’s HTTP request step can send the summary, transcript and contact to any tool with a public API, and seven Zapier triggers start your Zaps. Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect directly for bookings in the chat and on calls. Sarah’s own CRM comes with every plan.

Either build one on a voice-agent platform with prompts and a phone integration, and maintain it yourself, or paste your website into Sarah. She sets herself up in about 60 seconds, and on Managed our team runs her for you.

About 60 seconds for Sarah to read your website and set herself up. Then forward your calls to her number, or take a new local one, and choose her voice and transfer settings in the app.

Yes. Use her as an overflow call answering service for small business: forward your number to Sarah all the time, or only the calls you don’t pick up. There’s nothing to install on your phones either way.

Sarah still answers them, flags likely spam from the keywords you set, and skips the summary email. Spam calls don’t count toward your answered calls.

Yes. Self Serve is billed monthly or annually and you can cancel any time. You can move to Managed from your account whenever you like.