Des Moines calls,
through every January.
Voxgard is an AI receptionist for Des Moines businesses that answers each call in about 0.3 seconds, 24 hours a day, and books appointments into your own calendar while the caller is still on the line. Across Polk County and the suburbs, from Ankeny and Johnston to Urbandale, Clive and West Des Moines, it answers the 515 numbers you forward to it on Central Time. Iowa winters mean furnace and burst-pipe calls at night, and a plumber on another job cannot pick up; the assistant can. Insurance agencies and accounting offices downtown use it to take policy and appointment calls without putting anyone on hold. It is trained on your scripts, hours and prices and says so when a question is outside them. It handles 32 languages, including Spanish. Recordings, transcripts and summaries sit in your dashboard. Plans start at $249 a month, and the free five-day pilot runs on your real calls with no credit card.
Updated September 2026Des Moines:
the facts.
Des Moines:
the numbers.
People living in the city (Des Moines city, Iowa · ACS 5-year estimates 2019-2023)
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023Residents who speak a language other than English at home (Des Moines city, Iowa · ACS 5-year estimates 2019-2023 · age 5 and over)
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023Residents who speak English less than "very well" (Des Moines city, Iowa · ACS 5-year estimates 2019-2023 · age 5 and over)
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023Businesses with employees in the metro area (Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area · County Business Patterns 2022)
U.S. Census Bureau, CBP 2022Each figure is copied from the public source it links to, last checked 2026-09-23. They describe the market, not Voxgard’s results. More in Languages spoken at home, by state.
What Des Moines means
for your phone line.
Deep-freeze nights
A cold snap brings no-heat and frozen-pipe calls at two in the morning, and the shop that answers first usually gets the job.
An insurance town
Downtown and West Des Moines hold plenty of insurance and finance offices, where callers expect a quick, polite answer and a booked appointment rather than voicemail.
State Fair August
The Iowa State Fair brings a crowd every August, and caterers, cleaners and short-stay hosts see their phones fill up around it.
Des Moines:
a sample call.
An example of the flow, shortened. The business is fictional.
VoxgardGood evening, Prairie Pipe Plumbing. How can I help?
CallerThe kitchen sink pipe froze and now there’s water under the cabinet.
VoxgardI’ll get that to the team. First, what’s your ZIP code?
Caller50310. We’re in Beaverdale.
VoxgardWe cover Beaverdale. What’s the house number and street?
Caller3104 Beaver Avenue. Can I talk to whoever is on call?
VoxgardOf course. I’m ringing the on-call plumber now, and I’ve noted the leak and address as urgent in case the call drops.
Trades that ring
the most here.
- PlumbersBurst pipes and clogs answered, jobs booked, on-call plumber rung.
- HVACNo-cool and no-heat calls answered, tune-ups booked, urgent jobs flagged.
- Insurance agenciesQuote requests taken, claim details logged, no premiums guessed.
- LandscapingLawn and landscape calls answered, estimates booked, yard photos by text.
- Voxgard in Kansas CityAnother city page nearby.
- Voxgard in ChicagoAnother city page nearby.
- Voxgard in IowaTime zones, languages and the state’s call-recording rule.
What it
costs.
Billed on minutes used. The same operator on every plan.
Basic · $249/month
300 call minutes included, then $0.55 a minute. One assistant, one call at a time. Recordings, transcripts, summaries, two-way SMS and MMS.
Standard · $549/month
1,000 call minutes included, then $0.35 a minute. Up to three assistants and three simultaneous calls, CRM integration, automated SMS follow-ups.
Enterprise · from $1,500
A custom minute pool, unlimited concurrency, custom integrations and a dedicated account manager.
SMS $0.05 and MMS $0.15 per message, never from your minutes. Month to month, 15% off yearly, and every plan starts with a free five-day pilot, no card. Full pricing and billing examples.
Des Moines:
questions and answers.
Yes, when the caller asks for a person it rings your on-call people in the order you set. It does not decide on its own that a call is an emergency, but it marks the problem urgent in the summary.
It answers from the information you load, books meetings into Google Calendar or Calendly and syncs with HubSpot, Salesforce and other supported CRMs on Standard. It does not give financial or tax advice.
No. Forward your current number or port it. If you want an extra number, Voxgard can provide one.
Yes. Two-way SMS and MMS come with every plan, so a caller can send a picture of the leak or the damaged gutter before you quote.
Forward your number or port it; nothing to install. Every plan starts with a free five-day pilot on your real calls, no credit card. How the pilot works.
No call
goes unanswered.Starting this week.
Five days on your real calls, free, no card. Our engineers set it up on your scripts and your number.