Calls come in when you're coding features, fixing bugs, or running product demos. Your AI Receptionist captures leads, schedules demos, handles support requests, and logs details instantly in your systems. With our AI-first service backed by human support for escalations, high-value prospects and urgent support needs never hit voicemail.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai becomes a part of your software company, greeting every caller professionally and capturing essential information through structured intake questions. By collecting company size, software needs, budget range, and implementation timeline upfront, your AI Receptionist identifies and prioritizes qualified leads based on your product offerings and ideal customer profile.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai combines cutting-edge AI technology with optional human support to deliver unmatched call handling capabilities. Unlike competitors who offer basic subscription services, we provide white-glove implementation and ongoing support to ensure your success.
What sets Smith.ai apart:
Make better business decisions with real-time call data powered by AI, visualized in your Smith.ai dashboard. Every call summary includes actions completed, caller disposition, priority, call recording and transcription. Track lead quality, conversion patterns, and support trends to predict growth metrics, customer lifetime value, and ROI with superior accuracy.
While our AI Receptionist with human support delivers exceptional results for most businesses, we understand that some situations require dedicated human coverage. That’s why Smith.ai also offers comprehensive virtual receptionist plans with 100% live, North America-based agents answering your calls 24/7.
Our virtual receptionist plans provide dedicated human agents trained specifically on your business and industry.
Improve customer experiences with 24/7 AI-powered engagement built specifically for your business. Unlike basic AI competitors that offer one-size-fits-all solutions, Smith.ai delivers infinite customization with white-glove implementation tailored to your exact needs and goals.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai transforms how SaaS companies handle customer communications, offering advantages no traditional receptionist can match. While a human receptionist works 9-to-5 and handles one call at a time, your AI Receptionist operates 24/7, managing multiple simultaneous calls without breaking a sweat — crucial when you launch a new feature and support calls surge, or when customers in different time zones need assistance.
Cost-wise, the difference is dramatic. Traditional receptionists cost around $77,000 annually with salary and benefits, plus equipment and office space. The AI Receptionist starts at just $97.50 per month, saving you $30,000 to $40,000 yearly, money you can invest in product development or customer acquisition. But this isn't just about cost cutting. Your AI Receptionist integrates with over 7,000 business tools, automatically logging every interaction in your CRM, updating support tickets, and triggering workflows. No more manual data entry or missed follow-ups.
Your team focuses on building and improving your product while your AI Receptionist handles routine inquiries with consistency. When complex situations arise or customers request human assistance, our North America-based receptionists provide professional support. You get enterprise-level capabilities at subscription pricing, fitting for a SaaS company that understands the value of scalable technology.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai becomes a seamless part of your SaaS company's tech stack, connecting with over 7,000 business tools through APIs and custom integrations. When a prospect calls about your software, every detail — company size, use case, budget, timeline — flows directly into Salesforce, HubSpot, or whatever CRM you're using. Support inquiries automatically create tickets in Zendesk or Intercom. Trial requests trigger onboarding sequences in your marketing automation platform.
Our solutions team creates custom workflows using Zapier, Make, or N8N to match your exact processes. High-value enterprise lead? Your sales team gets an instant Slack notification with all the context. Customer calling about a bug? The engineering team sees it in Jira immediately. This real-time synchronization means no more toggling between systems or updating multiple platforms manually.
Your AI Receptionist enriches every interaction with metadata, including call duration, sentiment, urgency level, and conversation topics, giving you actionable insights about customer needs and patterns. You see which features generate the most questions, when customers typically need support, and how quickly issues get resolved. This isn't just connecting tools; it's creating an intelligent nervous system for your entire customer operation that scales effortlessly as your SaaS grows.
Your SaaS company has unique terminology, specific workflows, and particular customer needs, and the AI Receptionist from Smith.ai adapts to all of it with infinite customization. Unlike competitors who offer one-size-fits-all solutions or drop you in the ocean after signup, Smith.ai provides white-glove implementation with subscription-level pricing but enterprise-level customization.
Our onboarding specialists start with understanding your product, your customers, and your processes. We create custom AI prompts that speak your language, whether that's "monthly recurring revenue," "API limits," "enterprise deployment," or whatever specific terms define your business.
The customization runs deep. Different protocols for trial users versus paying customers? Built in. Specific qualifying questions for enterprise leads? Configured exactly to your specs. Technical support escalation paths based on issue severity? Programmed precisely how you want them. Your dedicated account management team continuously refines these customizations based on real call data and your feedback.
As you launch new features, enter new markets, or adjust your pricing model, your AI Receptionist evolves with you. This isn't a rigid script that sounds robotic — it's flexible, intelligent AI communication that maintains your brand voice while handling diverse scenarios. The system even recognizes customer tiers and applies appropriate handling, ensuring enterprise clients get VIP treatment while efficiently managing free trial inquiries.
Let's break down the real economics for your SaaS company. An in-house receptionist costs around $77,000 annually, and that's before considering recruitment costs, training time, sick days, and the disruption when they leave and you start over. For a SaaS company watching burn rate and runway, that's a massive fixed cost for someone who can only handle one customer at a time.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai starts at just $97.50 per month for 30 calls. Even our AI-enhanced virtual receptionist plans with dedicated human agents start at just $292.50 per month. If you exceed your call volume, such as during a product launch or when TechCrunch features you, you only pay for additional calls and are not forced into a higher tier. No setup fees, no cancellation fees, complete flexibility as you scale.
Most SaaS companies save enough to hire another developer or extend runway by months. Plus, your AI Receptionist provides 24/7 global coverage essential for SaaS, as your customers expect instant response whether they're in San Francisco or Singapore. You get advanced analytics showing customer interaction patterns, helping optimize everything from support documentation to product roadmap decisions. This isn't just replacing a receptionist; it's adding intelligent automation that grows with your SaaS without growing your overhead.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai combines sophisticated AI technology with strategic human support to handle the full spectrum of SaaS customer interactions. When a customer calls about a critical system outage or data security concern, your AI Receptionist immediately recognizes urgency markers and applies your emergency protocols. It captures all essential details, including account information, issue description, and impact level, while simultaneously escalating to appropriate channels.
For complex technical discussions or emotionally charged situations (like a customer threatening to cancel), our North America-based receptionists step in. They're trained professionals who excel at de-escalation and information gathering, though they won't provide technical support or make promises about product capabilities — that's your team's expertise. The handoff includes complete context, so customers never repeat themselves.
Advanced call intelligence provides enriched metadata for every interaction — sentiment analysis, topic categorization, urgency scoring — helping you understand not just what customers are saying, but what they really need. This hybrid approach ensures routine queries get handled efficiently by AI while complex situations receive appropriate human assistance. Your support team gets freed from repetitive questions to focus on actually solving customer problems, while every interaction maintains the professional standard your SaaS brand requires.