Answering calls, 24/7

Stop missing
calls.

A done-for-you AI receptionist that answers your calls, books appointments, and texts the customer back, around the clock. You set up nothing, and it's answering your calls in minutes.

Or call the founder now: (361) 306-9553
7-day free trial, cancel anytimeThe founder sets it upAnswering in minutes

Answering starts in minutes. Full two-way texting turns on within a day or two, once the one-time carrier registration clears.

Built for the businesses that live and die by the phone
~1s
Near-instant pickup
24/7
Always answering
From $99
Flat monthly price
Minutes
From signup to answering
The difference

The same call, two endings.

An 11:42 PM call goes one of two ways. One dies on voicemail. The other gets answered, booked, and confirmed before the caller hangs up.

And the customer gets a text.

Every booking is confirmed by text. They can confirm or reschedule with a one-letter reply, no app, no callback.

In short: First AI Employee is a done-for-you AI receptionist that answers your calls 24/7, books jobs, and texts customers back, built and tuned for you, answering in minutes, flat from $99 a month.

Everything a great receptionist does. Built not to drop the details.

Trained on your business and working every hour you don't, so the calls that used to hit voicemail get answered and leads stop slipping away.

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Answers your calls

No voicemail. No hold music. Designed to pick up on the first ring, day or night.

Never a busy signal

When several people call at once, they can all be answered at the same time instead of one at a time, because your line runs on our network, not a single wire. A rush stops turning callers away.

Books the job

Checks real-time availability, finds the right slot, books it, and sends a confirmation.

Sends you the job, with photos

Job Briefs: it texts the caller for photos and details of the problem, so you get a ready-to-quote brief and know the job before you drive out.

Texts your customers back

Confirms the booking, follows up on the calls you miss, and answers texts, so a lead never goes cold while you are on a job.

Answers the questions callers ask

Hours, pricing, services, directions, intake: answered naturally, trained on your business.

Routes emergencies

Urgent calls go straight to you or your on-call staff. Routine vs. critical, handled automatically.

Screens spam & robocalls

Junk is filtered out before it reaches you, so the calls you get are the ones that matter.

These describe how your AI receptionist is set up to work. Real-world results depend on your plan, your configuration, and the service being active. See our terms for details.

How it works

Live in three steps. You do almost none of them.

Tell us about your business

A short onboarding call. We learn your services, hours, pricing, FAQs, and how you want calls handled.

We build & tune your AI

Answering your calls in minutes, then dialed in to your business within a day. You set up nothing.

It answers your calls

Books appointments, answers questions, routes emergencies, and sends you transcripts, 24/7.

Is it a fit?

Who it's for, and who it isn't.

Best for

  • Small US businesses that live and die by the phone: trades, law, accounting, real estate, consulting
  • Owners who want it built and tuned for them, not a DIY platform to wire up
  • Anyone who needs after-hours, overflow, or simultaneous-call coverage
  • Businesses that book appointments and want the job captured on the call

Not for

  • Healthcare, or anyone handling protected health information: we are not HIPAA-compliant and do not sign BAAs
  • Businesses that need an integration we do not support yet (tell us what you run and we will say plainly)
  • Buyers looking for the cheapest self-serve tool to configure and run themselves
From the founder
I called fourteen law firms to hand one of them my money. Nine never picked up; and to this day, none of them know they lost me. I built First AI Employee so your business is never the one that misses the call.
Roscoe Morgan
Founder, First AI Employee
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What this could save you.

An example, not a quote. Drag the slider to what you'd pay a front-desk hire; your costs will vary.

Drag to match what you'd pay a receptionist
Part-time / entry · $2,500/moFull-time / experienced · $5,000/mo
A human receptionist
$3,100
per month
≈ $18/hr · $37,200/yr
Based on the U.S. BLS median receptionist wage (~$3,100/mo); your cost will vary.
Your AI receptionist
$499
per month (Standard plan)
$0.20 per included minute, answering 24/7
Plans start at $99/mo; this compares the $499 Standard plan.
Example saving
$2,601
less a month, in this example
$31,212per year
about 84% less than this hire. Your costs will vary.

Transparent pricing. No surprises.

One flat monthly price per plan: no per-call charges, no surprise overages, no setup fee, no contract. Every price is right here on the page, the same for every customer, with no “contact sales” to find out what it costs.

Free
7-day free trial. Capped at 300 minutes. A card starts it, and it converts to Essential when the trial ends unless you cancel first; the 7 days start right away.
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Essential
$99/mo
Per month · 300 minutes
$0.33/min
  • Custom-trained on your business
  • Make It Yours: name + voice
  • 24/7 answering, call routing, and booking
  • Answers in English & Spanish
  • Call transcripts & summaries
  • Spam & robocall filtering
  • Answering in minutes
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Most popular
Basic
$249/mo
Per month · 1,000 minutes
$0.25/min
  • Everything in Essential
  • Job Briefs, Client Intake & SMS Agent
  • Emergency Dispatch & No-Show Shield
  • 1,000 outbound SMS/mo
  • Unlimited inbound SMS
  • Priority support
  • Transcripts by text & email
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Standard
$499/mo
Per month · 2,500 minutes
$0.20/min
  • Everything in Basic
  • Call Intelligence: daily call insights
  • Team Access: logins for your team
  • Two premium add-ons free
  • 5,000 outbound SMS/mo
  • Delivery via Slack, WhatsApp, or Teams
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Enterprise
$999/mo
Per month · 6,000 minutes
$0.167/min
  • Everything in Standard
  • 10,000 outbound SMS/mo
  • Multiple locations
  • 2 extra phone numbers (+$5/mo each)
  • Custom integrations & SLA
  • Opt-in overflow: $0.10/min, $0.05/SMS segment
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Basic and Standard include outbound SMS plus unlimited inbound. Need more outbound? Add 500 SMS for $25, one-time or monthly, on top of your plan (Basic or higher).

Quick answers

The questions people ask first.

What exactly is an AI receptionist?

It's a fully trained voice assistant that answers your phone and handles your front desk the way a great receptionist would: around the clock, on the first ring, in a natural conversation. It greets callers, answers questions about your business, books appointments, takes messages, and transfers or routes calls when needed. Unlike voicemail or a phone menu, it actually talks with the caller, understands what they need, and takes care of it, so you stop losing business to missed calls. (And on our Standard plan, it does considerably more than answer the phone; see below.)

How does pricing work?

One flat monthly price per plan: Essential $99, Basic $249, and Standard $499, with an Enterprise plan at $999 for higher call volume. No per-minute billing by default, no per-call charges, and no surprise overages. If you'd rather not be capped during a busy stretch, you can opt in to overage at $0.25/min; it's off by default. We'll also reach out during a billing period if there's something about your usage worth flagging.

Is First AI Employee available right now?

We're launching soon. Reach out on the Get Started page or call the founder, Roscoe, and he'll set you up personally when we go live. You get the full experience, including the 7-day free trial, and you're answering calls within minutes of going live, fully dialed in within about a day. The sooner you get in touch, the sooner your missed calls stop going to whoever picks up instead.

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Hire your unfair advantage.

Put it on your phone. Tell us about your business and we'll build and set up your AI receptionist, answering your calls in minutes.

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Prefer to talk? Call the founder directly: (361) 306-9553