An answering service for contractors that books the estimate
On a ladder? Your phone’s still answered.
Most calls to a contractor come while your hands are full: on a roof, under a deck, running a saw. Your AI receptionist answers in your company’s name, books estimate visits on your calendar, puts real emergencies through to you and texts you a summary of every call, so new work doesn’t go to whoever picks up first.
$79/moIn Get booked: up to 100 missed calls a month answered · Get regulars, $299/mo, answers every call you miss, any hour · your number stays the same
The same estimate request, two ways.
A homeowner calls three contractors about a remodel. The first to answer usually gets the visit.
Voicemail sends new work to the next contractor
Homeowners call a few contractors at once. The ones who answer get the estimate visits.
Every call answered, estimates booked
Your assistant answers while you work, books estimate visits and texts you what each caller wants.
How it works
About 1 to 2 weeks, including the phone carriers’ approval for the summary texts.
- A 30-minute hello. We look at your phone, how you book estimates and what happens today when a call comes in after hours.
- We write down what counts as urgent for you, who is on call and when, your estimate policy and “from” prices, and what it must never promise. You approve every line.
- We forward your number to the assistant (only after hours, only when you don’t pick up, or always) so people keep calling the number on your truck, your yard signs and your Google listing.
- We test it with you from another phone: an estimate request, a current client with a leak, a job you don’t take on, and someone who wants a person.
- Every call is checked automatically. Any that look wrong we listen to and fix, and we update it when your hours, prices or on-call rota change.
Made for your business
Contractors who lose calls while they work: a remodeler on a job site, a small crew with nobody in the office, or an owner who does the estimates and the work. We set it up for small businesses anywhere in the US, by video and phone, with the same people looking after it every month.
Works with the apps you already use
Jobs land on the calendar you already use, and the same assistant can answer your Facebook and Instagram messages.
What it costs
$79/mo
In Get booked: $79 a month for ohelloo Work for your whole team, with the AI receptionist on up to 100 missed calls a month, a simple website, your Google listing and one inbox. Get regulars ($299 a month) answers every call you miss, any hour. No setup fee, cancel anytime.
- Every call answeredIn your company’s name, after hours or whenever you can’t pick up. It says it’s your assistant, and puts anyone who asks for a person through to you.
- Urgent calls put throughWater coming in after a storm, a safety problem on site, a current client who needs you today: whatever you define goes straight to your phone.
- Estimates bookedEstimate visits, small repairs and questions about what you do go on your calendar in the next open slot.
- The details before you goName, address, what they want done, roughly how big the job is, their timeline and how they heard about you.
- Your prices, your wayWhether estimates are free and your “from” prices as you approve them, never a price on a job it hasn’t seen.
- A summary within a minuteA text after every call with the recording, and the caller added to your customer list.
Or Get regulars, $299 a month. The AI receptionist with 1,500 AI credits, plus booking and payments on your website, reminders and your customer list. See Get regulars
About 1 to 2 weeks, including the phone carriers’ approval for the summary texts.
Get regulars ($299 a month) answers every call you can’t pick up, any hour, with 1,500 AI credits (about 150 minutes). A busy phone can add 1,000 more AI credits for $20 a month. A minute of calls takes 10 credits, and we tell you before a busy month goes over. Your number and your phone company stay the same.
How it compares
The other ways contractors get their phones answered, side by side with ours.
| AI receptionist appslike Rosie, Goodcall or Dialzara | Answering services with peoplelike Ruby | AI inside your job softwarelike Jobber or Housecall Pro | ohelloo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs to start | About $29 to $95 a month, with a cap on minutes or calls | About $250 a month for 50 minutes | A paid add-on on top of your plan | In Get booked, $79 a month, with your website, Google listing and the whole app |
| Who sets it up | You do: write its answers, connect your calendar and test it | They do, from a form you fill in | You do, inside the app | We do, after a 30-minute call. You approve every line |
| Urgent calls | A transfer you set up yourself | An operator takes a message or puts the call through | Whatever the app’s settings allow | Your rules: water coming in or a problem on a current job goes straight to whoever is on call |
| When it gets something wrong | You find out and fix it yourself | You tell their support team | You tell their support team | Every call is checked automatically, and we listen to the ones that look wrong and fix the answer |
| If you switch job software | Keeps working | Keeps working | You lose it: it only works inside that app | Keeps working: jobs land on your Google or Outlook calendar, and we can connect Jobber or Housecall Pro |
An app wins when
You like setting things up yourself, have the evenings to test it, and want the lowest price.
People win when
Every caller must reach a human, and the budget allows several hundred dollars a month.
Job-software AI wins when
You already pay for that software’s bigger plans and run everything inside it.
ohelloo wins when
You want it set up and looked after for you, with urgent calls handled your way, without learning another app.
Starting prices as listed in these sources, checked October 2026. Plans change, so check before you buy: Dupple, best AI receptionists 2026, Ruby pricing, CloudTalk 2026, Jobber pricing, Housecall Pro pricing.
Questions
How is this different from a regular answering service for contractors?
A traditional answering service has people take a message and pass it on, usually billed by the minute or by the call. Yours answers every call at once, day or night, books routine jobs straight onto your calendar, puts urgent calls through to your on-call phone, and texts you a summary with the recording. Nobody is put on hold because the operators are busy.
What happens with an urgent call from a current job?
You decide what counts as urgent (for most contractors that’s water coming in, a safety problem, or a current client who needs you today) and whose phone those calls ring. The assistant asks what’s happening, gets the address and puts the call through. If nobody picks up, it tells the caller when to expect a call back and texts you the details.
What if they ask for a job I don’t do?
You tell us what you take on, what you don’t, and how far you travel. It says so politely and doesn’t book it, so you don’t drive out to an estimate you’d turn down.
Can it ask about the job before booking an estimate?
Yes, with the questions you choose: what they want done, roughly how big, when they want it, and their budget if you like to ask. You see the answers in the summary before you go.
Will it give prices?
Only the ones you approve, like whether estimates are free, your trip charge or “bathroom remodels from $X”. It won’t quote a remodel or repair it hasn’t seen; it books the visit instead.
Does it work with Jobber or Housecall Pro?
Jobs land on the calendar you already use, like Google or Outlook. We can also connect it so a new caller is added to Jobber or Housecall Pro as a customer, and your job software stays the master copy for quotes and invoices.
Do I need a new phone number?
No. Calls forward from the number on your truck, your yard signs and your Google listing: only when you don’t pick up, after hours, or always. Calls you answer ring through exactly as they do now.
How much does an answering service for contractors cost?
In Get booked, $79 a month with no setup fee: AI answers up to 100 missed calls a month, plus your website, Google listing, one inbox and the whole ohelloo Work app for your team. Get regulars, $299 a month, answers every call you can’t pick up, any hour, with 1,500 AI credits (about 150 minutes), plus a full website with booking built in. A busy phone can add 1,000 more credits for $20 a month. We tell you before a busy month goes over. To see what missed calls cost you now, try the missed call calculator.
What do you take care of, and what do I?
We take care of:
- Setting up the assistant and keeping it working
- Writing and updating what it says, with your sign-off
- The call forwarding and the summary texts
- Listening to any call that looks wrong, and fixing the answer
You take care of:
- Telling us your services, prices, on-call rota and what counts as urgent
- Answering the urgent calls it puts through, and doing the jobs it books
- Your phone company account and your number
Everything is set up in your name, and your customer list is yours. If you ever leave, you keep it all.
What isn’t included?
Dispatching someone for you, or calling people who didn’t call you first: it answers calls, sends urgent ones to whoever you say, and books the rest. It never takes card numbers over the phone either; it texts a secure payment link instead.
Often set up together
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