Three guides, written to answer the questions we actually get asked on the phone — what this costs, what missed-call text-back is, and whether an AI receptionist beats a human answering service. No gated PDFs, no filler, and we say where each approach doesn’t work.
Most small-business AI automation projects in Canada fall between a few hundred dollars for a single narrow automation and a few thousand for a connected system across several tools, plus a monthly running cost for the services it uses. The build is usually the smaller number over two years — what people underestimate is the ongoing cost and who maintains it.
Read the guide 7 min · updatedMissed-call text-back is an automation that sends a text message to anyone whose call to your business went unanswered, usually within thirty seconds. It works because a caller who receives "Sorry we missed you — what can we help with?" will often reply by text instead of dialling the next business on their list.
Read the guide 5 min · updatedAn AI receptionist answers instantly, handles unlimited simultaneous calls, books appointments directly into your calendar, and costs less per call than a human service — but it can only handle situations you've defined in advance. A human answering service handles anything, including distressed or unusual callers, but queues calls, costs more per minute, and usually can't do more than take a message.
Read the guide 6 min · updatedThirty minutes, no obligation. We go through where your time is going and where enquiries are leaking, and you leave with three specific things you could automate — whether or not you work with us.
30 minutes. No obligation. You leave with three things you can automate.