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Best AI receptionist for home services & trades
12 of the 34 tools we track name home services & trades among their best-fit verticals on their own sites. By vendor pages, 10 say they can book appointments, 6 say they do a warm transfer to a person, and 7 mention a free trial or free plan. For trades, the calls that matter come in while you are on a job or after hours. Check whether a tool books straight into your field-service software and can hand urgent calls to a person.
| Tool | Pricing (as published) | Free trial | Booking | Warm transfer | Key integrations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlie AI AI receptionist (SMB) |
Basic $49/mo (250 min, then $0.35/min); Standard $99/mo (500 min, $0.35); Pro $199/mo (1,000 min, $0.30); Premium $399/mo (2,000 min, $0.25); Enterprise custom. | 14-day free trial | yes | partial | Google Calendar, Calendly, Jobber, Housecall Pro, HubSpot, Square, Shopify (checkout links), OpenPhone, Slack, 8,000+… |
| Newo.ai AI receptionist (SMB) |
Pay As You Go $0/mo (50 free units once, then $1.75/unit); AI Receptionist $299/mo (200 units/mo, then $1.50/unit); Enterprise custom. 1 unit ≈ one 30s–3 min… | 50 free units, no payment method needed | — | — | Integrations included on all plans (see newo.ai/integrations) |
| NextPhone AI receptionist (SMB) |
Pro $199/mo; Growth $299/mo; Scale $599/mo. Unlimited inbound calls; no per-minute or overage fees. 7-day Pro trial. | 7-day free trial | yes | yes | Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Cal.com, OnceHub, Clio, MyCase, HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Jobber, Zapier, Make |
| Reception AI (ElevenLabs) AI receptionist (SMB) |
Free trial $0 (14 days, 30 phone min); Basic $29/mo (75 min, $0.45/min overage); Plus $79/mo (275 min, $0.38/min); Premium $199/mo (1,000 min, $0.30/min);… | 14-day free trial (30 phone min) | yes | partial | Google Calendar, Calendly, Cal.com, HubSpot, Zapier, Webhooks, MCP servers, Twilio / SIP trunking (bring your own) |
| Rosie AI receptionist (SMB) |
Professional $49/mo (250 min); Scale $149/mo (1,000 min); Growth $299/mo (2,000 min). 7-day free trial. | 7-day free trial | partial | yes | Zapier, Google Calendar (direct booking on Scale+), website chat (included) |
| Housecall Pro CSR AI Phone system / software add-on |
Not published | Housecall Pro free trial | yes | — | Housecall Pro (built in: jobs, price book, schedule) |
| Jobber Receptionist Phone system / software add-on |
Add-on to a Jobber subscription; add-on dollar price not shown on the pricing page during research. | Jobber free trial, no credit card required | yes | — | Jobber (built in: client CRM, schedule, online booking, work requests) |
| RingCentral AI Receptionist Phone system / software add-on |
Standalone from $49/mo (100 min included); add-on to RingEX from $39/mo + $30/mo RingEX Core (100 min included). Overage $0.50/min, billed in 30-second… | 14-day free trial (standalone or RingEX add-on) | yes | yes | Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Google/Outlook calendars, RingEX |
| Avoca AI Industry-specific |
Not published | — | yes | yes | ServiceTitan, Google Local Services Ads |
| Sameday AI Industry-specific |
Launch from $449/mo (500 min, 3 locations); Scale from $789/mo (1,000 min, unlimited locations); Enterprise custom. Minute slider up to 10,000+. | — | yes | — | ServiceTitan (certified app), Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan Phones Pro, calendars |
| Ruby Receptionists Human or hybrid |
Live receptionist plans: $250/mo (50 min); $395/mo (100 min); $720/mo (200 min); $1,725/mo (500 min). Chat-only: $143 / $335 / $520 for 10 / 30 / 50 chats;… | — | yes | yes | Clio, 8am MyCase, Filevine, Lawmatics, Law Ruler, Rocket Matter, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Keap, Follow Up Boss,… |
| Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists (Human-first) Human or hybrid |
Human-first: Starter $300/mo (30 calls, $11.50 overage); Basic $810/mo (90 calls, $10.50); Pro $2,100/mo (300 calls, $8.50); Enterprise custom. Appointment… | No trial; 30-day money-back guarantee | yes | yes | HubSpot, Salesforce, Clio, Zapier, Calendly, Acuity |
How we pick
Order: by tool type (AI receptionists for SMBs first, then phone-system add-ons, industry-specific tools, human or hybrid services, and developer platforms), then alphabetically by name. This is not a ranking or a score; we have not published call-test results yet.
Every value comes from the vendor's own website (see each tool page for source URLs, last checked 2026-10-21). A dash or "Not published" means we could not confirm it there. Pricing changes, so verify on the vendor site. Full methodology.