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We’ve got the phone.
An AI receptionist for tradesmen is an answering service for plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, roofers, carpenters and handymen who run the business and do the work themselves. The phone rings when your hands are in a wall or under a sink. The assistant answers in about 0.3 seconds, day and night, with your business name and your script. It checks the ZIP and street against where you work, gives a price range only from the rates you set, and books the job into Google Calendar or Calendly. Customers can text photos of the leak, the panel or the broken hinge. If a caller asks to talk to you, it rings your cell; if you are busy, you get a text with the number, a summary and the recording. It speaks 32 languages. Plans start at $249 a month, and the five-day pilot is free with no credit card.
Updated September 2026What your callers
ring about.
Can you come out?
A homeowner with a problem wants to know if you work in their area and when.
What will it cost?
Callers want a ballpark before they book a visit.
Something is wrong right now
A leak, a tripped breaker that will not reset, or no heat.
Following up
A past customer checking on a quote, a part, or a second visit.
How the call sounds.
An example of the flow, shortened. The business is fictional.
VoxgardHank’s Plumbing, this is the office. How can I help?
CallerMy kitchen sink is draining really slow and now the dishwasher backs up.
VoxgardLet’s get Hank out. What’s your ZIP, then the house number and street?
Caller46032, 512 Carriage Lane.
VoxgardThat’s in the area. A drain clearing usually runs $150 to $250.
CallerFine. Tomorrow morning?
VoxgardI have 8 a.m. tomorrow. I’ll text you a confirmation from this number.
What it does
for you.
Jobs booked without you
Books into Google Calendar or Calendly around the free and busy time already there, and reads the details back.
Rings you only when asked
A caller who asks for you gets put through to your phone; if you miss it, you get a text with the summary and recording link.
Every call on record
Recording, transcript and short summary of each call in the dashboard, so you can check at lunch what came in.
It will not diagnose a problem or take a card payment on the call; it takes the details and photos, marks urgent jobs in the summary and books you in.
Close to
your trade.
- PlumbersBurst pipes and clogs answered, jobs booked, on-call plumber rung.
- ElectriciansOutage and panel calls answered, estimates booked, photos by text.
- HVACNo-cool and no-heat calls answered, tune-ups booked, urgent jobs flagged.
- RoofersLeak and storm calls answered, inspections booked, photos by text.
- HandymanOdd-job calls sorted, photos by text, visits booked on your calendar.
- ContractorsService area checked, the address taken, the job booked or handed over.
- PaintersPainting estimates booked, room photos by text, ranges from your rates.
- FlooringFlooring measures booked, photos by text, ranges from your price sheet.
- All industriesEvery trade with a page of its own.
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.
Tradesmen:
questions and answers.
Basic takes one call at a time with 300 minutes a month. If calls overlap often, Standard takes three at once.
Yes. Forward your existing number or port it. There is nothing to install.
It says what your script says. You decide the wording and the business hours when it answers.
Yes. You load your own services, rates and area, so a plumber and a roofer get different answers.
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.
Stay on the job.
Keep the calls.Nothing missed.
Start a free five-day pilot on your real calls, set up by our engineers.