Short answer: Only a few AI receptionist vendors for the trades publish prices. On Nov 2, 2026, Jobber listed its Receptionist at $29/month as an add-on and Roofr listed its AI Receptionist at $99/month ($85/month billed yearly). WaveSales publishes credit-based plan sizes but shares prices on a call. Avoca, Hatch, ServiceTitan and Probook don't publish prices on the pages we checked. Every price below links to its source.
This page lists only prices we read on each vendor's own site, with the date we checked. If a vendor doesn't publish a price, we say so instead of guessing. We haven't tested these products, and prices change, so confirm with the vendor before you sign.
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Ruby, a live virtual receptionist service that lists home services among the industries it serves, sizes its plans by receptionist minutes per month (50, 100, 200 and 500-minute tiers) and says it has no extra fees for activation, onboarding or setup. Its pricing page showed $1,725 for the largest listed tier when we checked on Nov 2, 2026; check the page for the tier that fits your volume.
What a missed call costs you (do the math with your numbers)
We won't quote an industry average. Use your own numbers:
Monthly cost of missed calls = missed calls per month × share of those that were real jobs × your close rate × your average ticket.
Example with made-up numbers, only to show the math: 40 missed calls × 50% real jobs × 40% close rate × $500 average ticket = $4,000 a month in jobs at risk. If that figure is bigger than the quote you get, an AI receptionist (or any answering option) is worth a trial. Pull missed-call counts from your phone system's call log.
Contractor stories that mention results
These entries link to their public sources. Results are reported by the vendor or the contractor, not audited by us.
Brothers had call abandon rates near 30%, and callbacks could take 10+ hours. The team set up ServiceTitan's AI Virtual Agent around its real capacity, zones, technician skill sets and job types so it only books what the business can deliver. ServiceTitan reports 600+ jobs booked by the agent, $1.33M in attributed revenue and a 67% drop in the abandon rate (to about 5%). "Since November, we've recovered over a million dollars worth of revenue," says lead systems administrator Tyler Frydenlund.
High Ground (about 150 employees across NJ, NH and ME) started with AI only on overflow and after-hours calls in place of voicemail. It then moved AI to the front line one day a week, then two, then all five, with warm transfers to CSRs for escalations. The company reports AI now handles 75% of inbound calls, the abandon rate fell from 10% to 2%, AI books 81% of bookable calls, $250K-$300K a year in CSR costs were avoided without layoffs, and outbound SMS campaigns bring in $100K-$250K a month.
Hatch, ServiceTitanVendor case studyHatch · Dec 2025
My Plumber Plus, a large residential plumbing and HVAC company (about $129M revenue and 356 employees per the case study), used to push overflow calls to a third-party service with long holds. It now routes overflow to Avoca's AI Responder, which picks up within seconds and books jobs. Avoca reports zero hold time for overflow callers, 1,000+ calls handled since launch, and a 17% higher booking rate than the old overflow process.
Homer Home Service, a multi-brand HVAC, plumbing and electrical platform in the Southeast (brands include Comfort Dynamics, McKeon and Ebens), used to take two days to a week in peak summer to call back leads from its national retail partners. Between November 2025 and January 2026 it expanded Avoca from after-hours calls to a full deployment across its brands: an AI agent named Beatrice ('Bea') answers first, texts leads who don't pick up, books simple appointments end to end, and sends follow-up 'happy call' texts, while CSRs take the escalated calls. Avoca reports time to first contact fell to about 30 seconds, booking rates rose 25-30% across brands, and Bea handles 200 to 500 extra customer interactions a day. Vendor-reported figures.
Owner-operator Frank Galvin of Frankie's Plumbing in San Diego can't answer emergency calls mid-job, so Jobber's AI Receptionist picks up, takes the caller's details and leaves him a clear message to return between jobs. "The AI takes a message. It jots down the information very well... we're able to get their business, and we don't lose any money," he says. The case study also credits Jobber's quoting, scheduling and payment tools as the company grew from about $100K to an estimated $800K a year.
How much does an AI receptionist cost for a contractor?
Of the vendors we checked on Nov 2, 2026, Jobber lists its Receptionist as a $29/month add-on (included in its Plus plan) and Roofr lists its AI Receptionist at $99/month or $85/month billed yearly. Most other AI receptionist vendors for the trades don't publish dollar prices.
Is an AI receptionist cheaper than a live answering service?
It depends on your call volume and the plan. Live services such as Ruby publish plans sized by receptionist minutes per month. Compare the cost of the minutes you actually use against the AI tool’s quote, and against what missed calls cost you.
Why don’t most vendors publish prices?
Many price on call volume, number of locations or credits, and quote after a sales call. WaveSales, for example, publishes plan sizes in credits but says prices are shared on a call, sized to your volume.
Are there setup fees?
WaveSales says its plans have no setup, integration, per-seat or telephony charges. For other vendors, ask for setup fees and contract length in writing.
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