Honest comparison
AI receptionist vs. hiring a front desk: $3,500 a month vs. $30 a booking.
A good front-desk hire is worth every penny — when there's front-desk work to do in person. For phone coverage alone, the math is brutal.
Free for 2 weeks — no card — then $30 per booking you confirm. No contract.
Cost · Front-desk hire
$3,000–4,000/mo in wages, before taxes and benefits
DispatchAnswer
$0/mo — $30 per booking you confirm
Coverage · Front-desk hire
40 hours a week, minus lunch, PTO, and sick days
DispatchAnswer
24/7/365 — nights, weekends, holidays, flu season
Ramp-up · Front-desk hire
Weeks of hiring plus weeks of training
DispatchAnswer
Live on your line after one 30-minute setup call
The busy moment · Front-desk hire
One call at a time — the second line rings out
DispatchAnswer
Every call answered at once; it can't be double-booked
Turnover · Front-desk hire
Front-desk roles turn over — then you hire and train again
DispatchAnswer
Never quits, never no-shows, never has a bad Monday
To be fair
When you should hire the human anyway
If your counter handles walk-ins, paperwork, payments, and the hundred in-person things a real front desk does, hire the person — no phone agent replaces that. Plenty of shops end up with both: the human runs the counter nine to five, and DispatchAnswer catches overflow, lunch, nights, and weekends. It's not a replacement for your people; it's coverage for the hours and moments they can't be on the phone.
You hold the leash
The Confirm Text, on by default.
Every call is recorded, transcribed, and texted to you. Nothing lands on your calendar until you confirm it from one text — and nothing ever bills except bookings you confirmed.
Straight answers
Common questions
Keep digging
The three pages owners read before saying yes
Settle it with your own ears
Hear the demo, run the free pilot, read the Confirm Texts.
Two weeks free, $30 per booking you confirm, cancel with an email. The comparison that matters is the one on your own calendar.
Free for 2 weeks — no card — then $30 per booking you confirm. No contract.