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AI receptionist, website chat, and messaging

The AI front desk
that answers every call.

An AI receptionist picks up day and night, answers from your business knowledge, and books appointments on your calendar. The same assistant replies to website chat, SMS, email, and WhatsApp, and brings your team in whenever a conversation needs a person.

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Plans from $98 per month · 7-day free trial

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Calls, messages, and customer details in one shared inbox.

InsertChat is an AI front desk for small businesses. Its AI receptionist answers phone calls around the clock, and the same assistant replies to website chat, email, SMS, and WhatsApp from your business knowledge. It books appointments, captures leads, and hands conversations to your team in one shared inbox.

BY THE NUMBERS

What your AI front desk handles.

Every figure is a setting or plan limit.

When it answers, how it sounds, which languages it speaks, where it books, and what it costs. Check the details before you sign up, then test them on the free trial.

A LITTLE LESS BACK-AND-FORTH

Answer customers across five channels.

Keep the next step in one place.

A call during a job. A question after closing. An email buried in the inbox. Answer from your business knowledge, capture the request, and keep the details ready for your team.

Shared inbox

Bring website chat, calls, email, SMS, and WhatsApp into one workspace. Your AI answers first, and your team sees exactly what needs a person.

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AI receptionist

InsertChat answers your business calls from your own services, hours, and prices. It books appointments on your calendar and brings in your team, full transcript attached, when a person should follow up.

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Website chat

Add an AI assistant to the site you already have. It answers visitors from your pages and documents, saves leads, books appointments, and hands the chat to a person when it needs one.

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AI email responder

Connect Gmail or Outlook. Your assistant drafts or sends replies, and anything sensitive waits for your team in the shared inbox.

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Scheduling

Your front desk offers open times, books the one the customer picks, and moves or cancels it later, on calls, website chat, and texts. Every booking stays linked to the customer and the conversation.

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Contacts

Your AI assistant saves each customer’s details from calls, chats, texts, and emails. Your team sees the history, open tasks, and next appointment in one record.

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AI RECEPTIONIST

Stop sending callers to voicemail.

Pick the setup that fits your phones.

Let the AI answer every call, only after hours, or only when your team is busy. Keep your number in the US and Canada, and read every call as a transcript the moment it ends.

AI receptionist

Answers every call from your knowledge, books appointments, and hands your team a transcript and summary.

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After-hours answering

Your team answers while you’re open; the AI takes nights, weekends, holidays, and missed calls.

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AI virtual receptionist

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Keep your number

Forward your US or Canadian number with step-by-step guides for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and more.

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ONE SHARED INBOX

Customer context, ready for your team.

Pick up where the conversation left off.

See what was said, who needs help, and what happens next. Your team can step in with the customer’s context already there.

BUILT AROUND YOUR BUSINESS

Set up your AI front desk.

Start with your knowledge and one channel.

01

Teach it your business

Add your website, documents, and FAQs. Your front desk answers from your own services, prices, hours, and policies.

02

Make it sound like you

Pick a voice and tone, set your booking rules, and choose the moments when your team should step in.

03

Connect your channels

Forward your phone, add chat to your website, and connect email, SMS, or WhatsApp. Test it, then go live.

Plans from $98 per month · 7-day free trial ·Compare the cost with a receptionist

WORKS WITH YOUR TOOLS

Connect your calendar, email, and CRM.

Connect supported apps, choose the actions your assistant can use, and keep approval where you need it.

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DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. SAME BUSY DAYS.

AI front desk use cases for your industry.

Automotive

Book service, catch sales leads, and triage breakdowns while your bays stay busy.

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Hospitality & events

Answer guests, couples, and event planners while your team looks after the people in front of them.

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Pet services

Book grooms, evaluations, and stays, answer pet store questions, and send hurt or sick pets to staff.

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Frequently asked questions

About your AI front desk

InsertChat is an AI front desk for small businesses: an AI receptionist that answers your calls, and the same assistant on website chat, SMS, email, and WhatsApp. It answers from your business knowledge, books appointments, captures leads, and hands conversations to your team in one shared inbox.

Both. One assistant answers phone calls as an AI receptionist and replies to website chat, email, SMS, and WhatsApp as a chatbot, using the same knowledge and handoff rules. Every conversation lands in the same shared inbox and contact record.

Yes. Set the AI receptionist to answer every call, only outside your opening hours, or only when your team doesn’t pick up within 5 to 60 seconds. Nights, weekends, and holidays are covered by the same plan, and every call lands in the inbox with a transcript and summary.

Yes. Use the built-in calendar or connect Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, or Cal.com, set your booking rules, and the assistant books, moves, and cancels appointments on calls, chats, and texts. Customers can get reminders 72 and 24 hours before.

You can add website pages, documents, FAQs, audio and video files, product information, and other supported sources. Test the answers in the app and refresh the sources when your business changes.

Yes. Your team can manage conversations in the shared inbox, leave internal notes, and take over when a customer needs a person. You can also configure the topics and situations that should trigger a handoff.

You choose the tools and permissions available to your assistant. Supported actions can run automatically or wait for review, depending on your configuration. You can review action outcomes in the app.

The chat widget installs on your existing website. In the US and Canada, keep your business number and forward calls to InsertChat. Elsewhere, use a local or toll-free InsertChat number where one is available. Number porting is not offered. Place a test call before routing customer calls.

For answering calls, almost always. Pro is $98 a month for calls, website chat, texts, and email. The pricing page compares that with a full-time receptionist’s median wage and the published prices of human answering services, with sources and the math for a 3-minute call.

Yes. Customize the assistant’s identity, logo, colors, and tone. Paid plans include branding controls; custom-domain and workspace options depend on the plan.

Yes. New customers can try Pro free for 7 days with 500 credits to test calls, chat, and booking. A card is required at checkout, and Pro starts when the trial ends unless you cancel.

Paid plans start at $98 per month for Pro. Growth is $198, Scale is $498, and Enterprise starts at $998 per month. Plans include credits and usage limits; model, phone, and connected-service usage can consume credits or carry additional costs.

Build your AI front desk.

Start with the questions you answer every day.

Add your business information, test the answers, and connect your first customer channel.