Reception.ai
Reception by ElevenAgents is an AI receptionist service that answers calls 24/7, handles inquiries, books appointments, and manages schedules with natural, human-like voice conversations. Businesses can paste in their website URL, receive a phone number, and go live in minutes with an AI receptionist that understands their business. It can answer calls and chats, book directly onto calendars, and let teams choose when staff should answer first, stepping in when no one picks up or after hours. Reception adapts to different business workflows, including screening and routing legal inquiries, qualifying real estate prospects, scheduling property viewings, booking home service jobs, managing personal care appointments, and answering hotel or restaurant questions. Businesses can customize the greeting, personality, and rules to match their brand.
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Nextiva XBert
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.
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Clero
Clero is an AI receptionist platform for dental practices and healthcare clinics in the UK and Ireland. It answers inbound and overflow calls, provides out-of-hours coverage, qualifies enquiries, books or updates appointments in supported practice systems, and routes urgent or complex calls to staff. Clero can also place outbound calls for lead follow-up, appointment confirmations, recalls, and wait-list filling. The service supports practice-specific call flows, payments, and patient messages. It is designed to supplement reception teams rather than replace clinical judgment or emergency services.
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Cira
Cira by Crafted Labs is an AI-powered receptionist built for small and home service businesses that depend on inbound calls to win new jobs. Acting as a smart virtual receptionist, Cira answers calls 24/7 with a natural, professional voice, captures lead details, answers common questions, and books appointments so no opportunity slips through — even after hours or when crews are busy in the field. It’s especially effective for plumbers, HVAC companies, electricians, cleaners, contractors, and other local service businesses where missed calls mean lost revenue. Setup takes just minutes: connect your business details and Cira learns your services, hours, service area, and scheduling links automatically. Features include warm call transfers, SMS follow-ups, appointment booking, CRM and Zapier integrations, and detailed call summaries for easy follow-up. As a modern AI answering service, Cira replaces missed calls and expensive call centers with automation that feels human.
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