AI spam call screening
handlo answers and screens every call, so robocalls and spam never interrupt you — and the real customers always get through and get captured.
A growing share of business calls are spam, robocalls, and time-wasters. Answering them yourself burns hours; ignoring the phone loses real customers. handlo screens every incoming call, deals with the noise, and surfaces only genuine callers — capturing their details and texting you a brief so you spend time only on leads that matter.
Screen out the noise
handlo answers and evaluates every call, so robocalls and obvious spam never reach you or your team.
Real customers always get through
Genuine callers are handled, qualified, and captured — handlo texts you a brief with who called and what they need.
Screening carries no separate charge
Robocalls have to be answered to be identified, so they do use minutes — but the filtering itself is never billed on top.
How screening works
- Every call is answered, including the spam ones. That is how handlo can tell them apart — the judgement comes from the conversation, not from the number.
- handlo has the opening exchange, works out whether there is a real customer on the line, and closes out the ones that are not without involving you.
- Genuine callers are qualified with your questions and captured. You get a brief for those and not for the robocalls.
- Every call is classified in your dashboard, so you can see what was screened instead of taking it on trust.
What it does not do
handlo is not a blocklist and does not work at the carrier level. It cannot stop a number from dialling you — it answers the call and absorbs it, which is a different mechanism with a different trade-off.
And because the classification is a judgement rather than a lookup, it will occasionally be wrong in both directions. That is why every call is listed and playable in the dashboard, rather than silently discarded.
What screening costs
- Solo
- $49/mo month-to-month ($470 billed yearly) — 300 included minutes
- Growth
- $109/mo — 800 included minutes
- Business
- $279/mo — 1,800 included minutes
- Overage
- Off unless you switch it on — $0.29/min on Solo, with a spending cap you set
- Extra phone number
- $8/mo on the same subscription
- Free trial
- 14 days
Screened calls do use minutes, because handlo has to answer them to screen them — they end quickly, but they are not free. There is no separate charge for screening on top of the plan: 300 included minutes on the $49 Solo plan is about 75 four-minute customer calls a month, plus the short ones that never reach you.
Frequently asked questions
How does handlo screen spam calls?
Will it ever block a real customer?
What does spam screening cost?
Don’t let the next call reach voicemail.
If you don’t capture a missed call in the first 48 hours, just cancel — we’d be surprised.