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AI agents for small businesses

AI agents

Agents that answer, follow up, and book the work.

What it is

Updated

An AI agent is software that handles routine customer work for you. It answers calls, texts, and website chats, collects job details, follows up with leads, drafts quotes for your review, and books appointments. It follows rules you approve, logs every action, and hands urgent or sensitive conversations to a person.

What it costs
From $15,000 setup + $1,500 / mo. Setup covers mapping how work moves today, building the agent, and connecting it to your tools. The monthly retainer covers support after launch. Scope and price are fixed in writing first.
All pricing
How long it takes
It depends on what the agent does and what it connects to. You get a written timeline with the proposal and see a working demo every week while we build. Larger custom platforms take 12 to 24 weeks.
Who it is for
Busy teams that miss calls, lose leads to slow follow-up, or retype the same details.
What you get
  • Discovery: how calls, leads, and jobs move through your business today
  • Written rules on what the agent may do alone and what goes to a person
  • An agent that answers calls, texts, and chats and collects the details
  • Follow-up by text or email, in your voice
  • Quote drafts for your review, and booking into your calendar
  • Connections to the calendar, CRM, phone, and accounting tools you already use
  • A log of every action, a pause switch, and training for your team

Representative interface
A representative text thread: after a missed call an agent texts the customer, the customer replies, and the agent books a visit for Thursday at 2pm. An overnight log lists missed call answered, quote sent, follow-up sent, and job booked.

Texting

Texts back when you miss a call.

Texts back when you miss a call. Concept.
Concept design

Workflow

Every step written down and checked.

Every step written down and checked. Concept.
Concept design

Dashboard

See what the agent did today.

See what the agent did today. Concept.
Concept design

Generative AI

Content and images, on brand.

Content and images, on brand. Concept.
Concept design

  1. 01

    Calls, texts, and chats answered

    An agent picks up after hours and on busy days, collects the basics, and flags anything urgent to you.

  2. 02

    Follow-up that happens

    Leads who go quiet get a polite, timely nudge by text or email, written in your voice.

  3. 03

    Quotes and booking

    The agent drafts a quote from the job details for your review, then books a time that works.

  4. 04

    Generative AI tools

    Content, image, and writing tools set up for your business, with your brand rules built in.

  5. 05

    Fits your tools

    Connected to the calendar, CRM, and accounting software you already use, instead of replacing them.

  6. 06

    You stay in charge

    Clear rules on what the agent may do alone, a log of every action, and a pause switch.

Pricing

Fixed scope and price before work starts.

What can an AI agent actually do for us?

Answer calls, texts, and website chats, collect job details, follow up with leads, draft quotes for your review, and book appointments. You decide which of those it does on its own.

What does an AI agent cost?

From $15,000 setup + $1,500 / mo. Setup covers mapping how work moves today, building the agent, and connecting it to your tools. The monthly retainer covers support after launch. Scope and price are fixed in writing first.

Can we keep our current software?

Yes. We connect to what you already use, like your calendar, CRM, phone system, or accounting software, instead of asking you to switch.

What happens with an emergency or an unhappy customer?

The agent follows rules you approve. Urgent or sensitive conversations go straight to a person, with a summary so nobody has to start over.

What does generative AI mean here?

Tools that draft content, posts, product descriptions, or images for your business, set up with your brand voice, with a person reviewing before anything goes out.

Do we own what you build?

Yes. It runs in accounts you own, it is documented, and you can take it in house at any time.

What if the agent gets something wrong?

It works inside rules you approve, every action is logged, and there is a pause switch. Quotes are drafted for a person to review before they go out.

How is this different from an answering service?

An answering service puts a person on the line to take messages. An agent can also look things up, book the job, and follow up later, and it hands anything urgent or sensitive to your team. Our comparison page covers when each one fits.