Every estimate call, picked up.
An AI receptionist for painting contractors answers calls from homeowners and property managers who want a room, a house or a cabinet job painted, and books the estimate. Painters are on ladders with wet brushes when the phone rings. The assistant answers in about 0.3 seconds, day and night, asks for the ZIP and address, and checks the job is inside your service area. It asks what you want to know: interior or exterior, number of rooms, ceilings, trim, cabinets, and whether the home was built before 1978 if you include that. Callers can text photos of the rooms by MMS. Ranges come only from your rates, and walk-throughs are booked into Google Calendar or Calendly. It speaks 32 languages on calls. Plans start at $249 a month, and the five-day pilot is free with no credit card.
Updated September 2026Painters:
the numbers.
U.S. businesses with employees in this industry (NAICS 238320 · Painting and wall covering contractors · United States · County Business Patterns 2022)
U.S. Census Bureau, CBP 2022People they employ (NAICS 238320 · Painting and wall covering contractors · United States · County Business Patterns 2022)
U.S. Census Bureau, CBP 2022Median yearly pay for construction and Maintenance Painters (United States, 2025, occupation: Construction and Maintenance Painters)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook HandbookNumber of construction and maintenance painter jobs in the U.S. (United States, 2025, occupation: Construction and Maintenance Painters)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook HandbookEach figure is copied from the public source it links to, last checked 2026-09-23. They describe the market, not Voxgard’s results.
What your callers
ring about.
Interior rooms
Bedrooms, living rooms and ceilings, and how long a job takes.
Exterior painting
Siding, trim and decks before the weather turns.
Cabinets
Kitchen cabinet refinishing and color questions.
Rental turnovers
Property managers who need a unit painted between tenants.
How the call sounds.
An example of the flow, shortened. The business is fictional.
VoxgardThanks for calling Truecoat Painting. How can I help?
CallerI want the outside of my house painted before fall.
VoxgardWe can help. What’s your ZIP and street address?
Caller97202, 3400 Southeast Milwaukie.
VoxgardYou’re in our area. Is it one story or two, and could you text a couple of photos of the front and sides?
CallerTwo stories. I’ll send them now.
VoxgardThanks. I have Monday at 4 p.m. for the estimate. Shall I book it?
What it does
for you.
Room photos by text
Callers send pictures by MMS so your estimator sees the job before the walk-through.
Scope questions
Asks the questions you set, such as rooms, ceilings, trim or cabinets, and puts the answers in the summary.
Walk-throughs booked
Checks the service area and books the estimate into Google Calendar or Calendly.
It will not give a firm price or pick colors; it quotes ranges from your rates, takes photos and books the walk-through.
Close to
your trade.
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.
Painters:
questions and answers.
Yes, as a range from the rates you loaded. The estimator sets the final price.
Yes. It takes each address and the details you ask for, and the summary lists them all.
On Standard it sends automated SMS follow-ups after calls, in the wording you approve.
Only from what you load, such as the products you use. It says so when it does not know.
It does the job of both: it answers your business calls, takes messages and books appointments. A virtual receptionist is usually a person working remotely, and an answering service usually takes messages. Voxgard is AI: it picks up in about 0.3 seconds, day and night, and books straight into your calendar.
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.
Put down the brush,
not the lead.Calls get answered.
Try a free five-day pilot on your painting calls.