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About Nextiva XBert is Nextiva's AI employee for customer conversations, an AI-powered answering service, receptionist, and support agent that handles calls, texts, chats, and emails 24/7. It greets callers, answers questions, books and reschedules appointments, captures lead details, and resolves routine issues without human intervention, escalating only when a situation is too complex or sensitive for AI to handle alone. XBert trains itself on your business by pulling in your website, services, hours, and FAQs, then keeps improving from every real interaction. It unifies voice, text, and chat into one conversation thread, so context carries across channels. Built on Nextiva's enterprise-grade platform, it offers PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance, full call recording/transcription, and customizable guardrails for what it can and can't do. Pricing starts around $99/month for a set number of AI conversations, with setup available in minutes, no coding required.	About Penelope is a secure, natural-sounding AI receptionist built to answer calls instantly, qualify every caller, and book the ones worth a business’s time, 24/7. It is set up around each company’s tone, greetings, call flows, qualification criteria, and booking logic, so every caller receives a consistent experience that reflects the business. Penelope answers on the first ring, asks only the questions the business needs answered, then books a meeting or takes a detailed message. It can check real-time calendar availability, confirm appointments, and avoid double-booking or lost instructions. When a conversation needs a real person, Penelope can transfer the caller directly to the appropriate team member; if no one is available, it records a detailed message, sends it immediately, and tells the caller when to expect a response. Built-in guardrails keep conversations within approved boundaries, so the AI does not improvise, speculate, or provide information the business has not authorized.
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Audience Home services (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping) — techs are out in the field and can't answer calls, but customers calling about a broken AC unit rarely leave a voicemail; they call the next company. XBert answers, books the job, and keeps the pipeline full. Medical, dental, and other appointment-based practices — front desk staff get slammed during business hours and can't cover after-hours or lunch. XBert schedules, reschedules, and answers routine patient questions, with HIPAA compliance built in. Restaurants — handles reservation calls, menu questions, and hours inquiries without pulling staff off the floor during a rush. Real estate teams and agents — captures lead details and qualifies interest on inbound calls/texts about listings, even when an agent is mid-showing. Small businesses and solo operators generally — anyone running a business on one phone number who can't afford (or doesn't need) a full-time receptionist but still loses revenue every time a call goes unanswered. Growing businesses layering AI onto an existing setup — companies already on Nextiva's phone/contact center platform that want AI handling routine volume so human agents can focus on higher-value or more sensitive conversations.	Audience Professional services firms and small businesses in need of a tool to answer calls, qualify leads, schedule appointments, and escalate important enquiries
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Company Information Nextiva XBert Founded: 2025 United States www.nextiva.com/products/ai-receptionist	Company Information Penelope United States callpenelope.ai/
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Categories AI Phone Answering Agents Supported AI Receptionists Supported AI Voice Agents Supported	Categories AI Phone Answering Agents Supported AI Receptionists Supported

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