AI virtual receptionist service
All the coverage of a receptionist, none of the hiring. handlo answers every call, greets callers in your business’s voice, qualifies them, and sends you the details.
A virtual receptionist answers your calls so you don’t have to — but human services bill by the minute and a hire is a salary. handlo is an AI virtual receptionist: it answers every call 24/7 in your business’s voice, handles questions, qualifies callers, and texts you a brief, all on flat monthly pricing.
Coverage without a hire
handlo answers every call 24/7 — no salary, no per-minute answering-service retainer, no missed calls when you’re busy.
Speaks in your business’s voice
Tell handlo about your business, hours, and services; it greets and answers callers the way you would.
A subscription, not an hourly rate
Nothing to recruit, no holiday cover to arrange, no per-minute retainer — and the quiet hours when nobody rings cost you nothing.
How it compares to hiring one
- A receptionist covers the hours you pay for. handlo covers all of them, including the ones nobody wants to work.
- A receptionist takes one call at a time. handlo takes many calls at once, so nobody hears a busy signal.
- A receptionist learns your business over weeks. handlo is told about it during setup, and does not forget, take holiday, or leave.
- A receptionist exercises judgement handlo does not have. When that is what a call needs, handlo transfers it live to a number you nominate.
Where a person is still better
This is the honest limit of the comparison. A trained receptionist can read a difficult caller, improvise, and take responsibility for a decision. handlo cannot do any of those things, and no amount of setup will make it.
What it can do is answer every call, ask the same questions every time, and never be at lunch. If your calls are mostly enquiries, bookings and intake, that trade is usually worth making. If they are mostly delicate conversations, it is not.
What a virtual receptionist costs here
- 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
Compare on the total cost of coverage rather than an hourly rate. handlo is $49/mo month-to-month with 300 included minutes — about 75 four-minute calls — and $109 or $279 for the larger allowances. There is no recruitment, no holiday cover, and nothing charged for the hours when the phone does not ring.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI virtual receptionist?
Is it cheaper than a human receptionist?
Does it work 24/7?
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.