Calls answered. Jobs booked.
An after hours answering service takes calls when your office is closed, books available visits and routes urgent requests. Front Desk starts at $697 a month.
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Count your calls and their length before choosing a plan. A minute allowance and a flat monthly bill cover different needs.
| Service | Published monthly cost | What to count |
|---|---|---|
| My AI Front Desk Business-in-a-Box | $99 monthly, or $79 a month billed yearly | 200 voice minutes included. Extra voice usage uses credits at $0.25 a minute; a shared 1,000-credit overage pool is included. |
| FlowChainLabs Front Desk | From $697 a month | Set up and run for you. No per-minute bills. Calendar booking and missed-call text back included. |
The cheaper starting plan can suit a small call load you manage yourself. Compare setup, ongoing changes and usage charges as well as the subscription.
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Pricing checked October 20, 2026. Published prices can change.
Forward after-hours calls to Front Desk. It answers in your name, captures the request and offers available appointments. Routine bookings wait for your normal calendar. On Pro, urgent calls can transfer to the on-call person you set.
You do. Define the urgent problems, who can accept them and what to say if nobody is available. The front desk does not give medical advice, dispatch a truck without permission or promise an unconfirmed arrival.
In SmartCallService's 2026 vendor survey of 1,000 US adults who recently called local service businesses, 9% said they usually or always leave voicemail. That is a vendor-reported survey, not a measure of your callers. Use your own missed-call records in the calculator below.
Those inputs put about $3,248 in potential bookings at stake each month.
Missed calls per week × 4.33 weeks × average value × the share that would book. Booking value is not profit or a promise of recovered sales.
That's more than Core costs. Core is $697 a month. See the plans
Three plans, month to month. Every plan answers every call, texts back missed calls and books on your calendar. See every plan
| Included | Core$697a month | Plus$997a month | Pro$1,497a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calls answered day and night | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Missed-call text back | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Booking on your calendar | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| A text on every booking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited changes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instant follow-up on every new lead | No | Yes | Yes |
| No‑show follow-up | No | Yes | Yes |
| Review requests after every job | No | Yes | Yes |
| Website chat and Facebook and Instagram messages answered and booked | No | Yes | Yes |
| Win-back texts to past customers | No | No | Yes |
| Live transfer to your team | No | No | Yes |
| A connection to the software you already run | No | No | Yes |
Yearly billing is two months free: Core $6,970, Plus $9,970, Pro $14,970 a year.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Forward only after closing, on weekends or when your office cannot take the call. Keep your existing daytime answering arrangement.
FlowChainLabs Front Desk has three plans: Core $697, Plus $997 and Pro $1,497 a month. Each added location is $397 a month. No contract, no per-minute bills, unlimited changes. See every plan at https://flowchainlabs.com/front-desk.
Yes. Keep the number customers already call and forward the calls you want Front Desk to answer.
It books available times on your connected calendar, using your service area and booking rules. We check the connection to your scheduling software before promising a direct booking there.
It takes the caller's name, callback number and reason for calling. Pro adds live transfer to your team using your handoff rules. A person decides what needs a visit or a specialist.
There are no per-minute bills. Pick the plan for the work you need handled, rather than a minute allowance.
We do. Send the new hours, service area or booking instructions and we update the front desk for you.
From $697 a month. No contract. Unlimited changes.
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