Every call answered, even when you're busy doing the work.
STANDBY Local's AI receptionist answers your business line when you can't: after hours, at lunch, or while you're with a customer. It answers common questions with the answers you approve, takes the caller's details, books where you allow it, and hands anything urgent or tricky to a real person.
It's built in-house by STANDBY, not resold from another platform, and set up around how your business actually runs.
$1,800 setup + $450/monthIncluded minutes and any overage rate are set in writing before you startPricing details
Hear it answer a real call.
Call the demo line and ask about hours, booking or pricing the way a customer would. You'll hear how it answers, takes your details and knows when to pass you to a person.
It takes about a minute, and there's no sales pitch on the line.
- Ask about hours or pricing
- Try to book an appointment
- Ask something tricky and see how it hands off
Three jobs, done the same way every time.
Answers
Hours, location, services, how booking works, whatever routine questions you approve.
Takes the details
Name, number, what they need and how soon, sent to you right away so you can call back fast.
Hands off
Urgent, upset or complicated callers go to you or your team, using rules you set.
Is it a good fit?
Yes if calls come in while you're on a job, with a client or closed, and some of those callers never try again.
What do you set up with us?
Your approved answers, the questions to ask new callers, booking rules, who gets which calls, and exactly when a person takes over.
How do we test it?
We run real call scenarios, including messy ones and failed hand-offs, before it answers a customer. After launch we review calls and fix gaps.
$1,800 setup, then $450 a month.
No separate third-party platform subscription on top. Your written proposal spells out included minutes and any overage rate, so you see the full monthly cost before you sign.
- Let it answer questions you haven't approved
- Pretend AI should handle every conversation
- Launch without testing real call scenarios
- Leave missed or failed calls unreviewed
What could unanswered calls be worth?
Plug in your own numbers to see whether better call coverage is worth a closer look.
$750 potential monthly gross revenue
20 unanswered new-inquiry calls × 25% assumed booking rate × $150 average first booking = $750.
Illustrative assumptions, not STANDBY client results or a forecast. This is gross revenue before costs, cancellations and other expenses. Some callers will call back on their own, and no system recovers every call. Your entries stay in this browser.
Talk through your callsMore on missed calls.
Customers Say They Called but You Missed It?
Count your missed calls, fix your greeting, add a text-back, and know when AI reception helps.
Read the answer →Charlottesville Missed-Call Study
We're calling local businesses at lunch and after hours to see who picks up. Method and results as they come in.
See the study →Tell me when your calls slip through and I'll show you how it would handle them.
Want to hear it first? Call the demo line at (434) 533-7641. To talk with Drew, call (434) 872-1893.