Cedri
Cedri is an AI receptionist for Canadian small businesses. It answers your business line 24 hours a day, in English and French on the same call, and books the job while the caller is still on the phone instead of taking a message.
You get a local Canadian phone number. Callers can book, move or cancel an appointment, ask about your services, hours and prices, and be transferred to a person when they need one. You and the customer both get a text confirmation, and returning callers are recognized.
Cedri is set up for your trade, with templates for more than 100 kinds of business, from plumbers and dental clinics to salons and restaurants. It uses the words your customers use.
Every call gets a summary and a full transcript in the iPhone and Android apps and on the web. Bookings sync with Google Calendar and Outlook (beta). Bookings and call transcripts are stored in Canada.
One plan: CA$18.99 a month with 30 answered calls included. No per-minute charges, no contract.
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Safigo Reception
Safigo Reception is a done-for-you AI voice receptionist for Canadian small businesses. When a customer calls and the owner cannot pick up, Safigo answers in two rings, qualifies the call, books the appointment, and texts the owner the details. Built on OpenAI gpt-realtime with Twilio for telephony and LiveKit for audio routing. Speaks 11 languages out of the box: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Tagalog, French, and Arabic. Designed for traditional service trades that do not want another app or dashboard to learn: plumbers, electricians, HVAC, dental, real estate, hair salons, accountants, lawyers, restaurants. Three CAD monthly tiers: Plug & Play (100 setup + 500/mo) for pre-built verticals, Built for you (1,000 + 500/mo) for any other single-phone business, Built for you Multi (2,000 + 1,000/mo) for multi-phone or multi-location. Setup fully managed by Safigo. 60-day ROI guarantee. Canadian-built, headquartered in Port Moody, BC.
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Callara
Callara is an AI-powered virtual receptionist built specifically for small and medium businesses in Canada — trades, clinics, law offices, salons, and solo operators — that lose revenue every time a call goes unanswered.
How it works: When a customer calls, Callara answers instantly, 24/7, in either English or French, and handles the conversation naturally using conversational AI (no robotic phone tree menus). It's trained to represent your business specifically — greeting callers by your business name, answering common questions, and handling the call the way a trained front-desk employee would.
Core functionality:
Call answering, 24/7 — every call gets picked up, day or night, weekends and holidays included, so no lead goes to voicemail.
Lead qualification — Callara asks the right questions to understand what the caller needs before passing along or booking, so you're not chasing unqualified calls.
Appointment booking — integrates directly with your calendar.
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VeraDial
VeraDial is an AI receptionist and verified business phone for small businesses in the US and Canada. Vera answers calls 24/7, answers business questions, takes messages and connects callers through, with transcripts and summaries. Includes a business number, voicemail transcription, recording, forwarding and SMS subject to fair use and carrier eligibility. Plus adds outbound AI calling, live translation, Google Calendar booking, document/website training, native Zapier integration and signed webhooks into Make, n8n or custom tools. ChatGPT and Claude connect through read-only OAuth MCP access. USD account plans: Lite $14.99/mo (50 receptionist and 150 calling minutes); Plus $29.99/mo (unlimited receptionist answering under fair use, 300 calling minutes); Business $59.99/mo (3 lines, 900 calling minutes); Custom from $199/mo. Annual plans available. Lite/Plus offer a 7-day trial. Business starts without a trial. Pools are account-wide; extra-line eligibility and fees depend on plan.
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