Calls answered. Jobs booked.
Answering service cost depends on the monthly fee, included calls or minutes, and overages. FlowChainLabs Front Desk starts at $697 a month with no per-minute bills.
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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.
Some sell a block of minutes. Others charge for each call or offer a flat monthly price. Ask whether time on hold, transfers, spam and calls rounded up to the next minute count toward your bill.
Enter your call count, average call length and quoted rate. The result is the usage charge alone. Add any base fee, setup, taxes and add-ons from the quote. If a bundle includes minutes, subtract those minutes before pricing the overage.
A small allowance can suit a business with few calls and time to maintain its own answers. A managed service fits when calls need to become bookings and someone needs to keep the answers, calendar and follow-up working.
A per-minute service bills about $450 a month for that.
Calls × minutes per call × price per minute. Add any base fee, setup, taxes and add-ons; subtract included minutes when comparing a bundle.
Core is $697 a month for every call, with no per-minute bills. 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
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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