AI Answering Service for Small Business
Dooza answers your calls when you can’t, takes the caller’s message and emails it to you with the transcript. $149 a month for up to 500 minutes, then $0.30 a minute. Month to month.
Paid up front, no contract. Cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund. We confirm your go-live date at intake.
What you get, and what you don’t
Included
- Answers when you can’t pick up
- Asks the questions you give it
- Takes the caller’s message
- Emails you each message with the call transcript and a link to the recording (callers hear that the call is recorded)
- Up to 500 minutes a month; $0.30/min after
Not included
- Calendar booking
- Text messages
- CRM integrations
- Two calls at once (the second caller is asked to call back)
How it works
- Pay the first month ($149) with the link above.
- Intake: you give us your business details and the questions callers should be asked. We confirm your go-live date.
- Calls answered: when you can’t pick up, it answers, and each message lands in your email with the transcript.
What 500 minutes a month costs elsewhere
500 minutes is about 166 calls of 3 minutes. Here is what each service in our comparison of 20 answering services would charge for that, at public list prices checked October 6–14, 2026 (cheapest plan that covers the usage, plus published overage). We sell one of these, so check the linked pricing pages yourself.
| Service | Type | Plan | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooza (ours) | AI | Monthly | $149 |
| Marlie | AI | Standard | $99 |
| Quo (OpenPhone) Sona | AI | Tier 3 | $106.90 |
| Goodcall | AI | Starter | $112 |
| OnCrew | AI | Starter | $114.34 |
| Trillet | AI | AI Receptionist | $118.60 |
| Phonely | AI | Starter | $124.50 |
| Upfirst | AI | Premium | $135.95 |
| Rosie | AI | Pro | $149 |
| Nextiva XBert | AI | XBert | $164.34 |
| My AI Front Desk | AI | Business-in-a-Box | $173.50 |
| Dialzara | AI | Plan 3 | $199 |
| NextPhone | AI | Pro (unlimited calls) | $199 |
| RingCentral AIR (standalone) | AI | Standalone | $248 |
| Ringly.io | AI | Pay per conversation | $329.84 |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | AI | Pro | $377.50 |
| MAP Communications (human answering) | Human | Premium | $649 |
| PATLive (human answering) | Human | 300 minutes | $853.22 |
| Abby Connect (human answering) | Human | Growth | $1,380 |
| Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists | Human | Basic | $1,608 |
Services that publish no price at this volume are left out. Try your own numbers in the AI receptionist cost calculator. Trade-specific prices: HVAC, plumbing and garage door answering services.
Frequently asked questions
Entry plans run from about $25 to $200 a month; human answering services start at about $49 (pay as you go) to $350 a month (public prices checked October 6–14, 2026). Dooza’s AI answering service is $149 a month for up to 500 minutes, then $0.30 a minute, month to month.
It covers the message-taking part of a virtual receptionist with AI instead of a person: it answers when you can’t, asks the caller your questions and emails you the message with the transcript and a link to the recording. It does not book appointments or send texts, which some human virtual receptionist services do.
It answers your calls when you can’t, asks the caller the questions you give it, takes the message, and emails it to you with the call transcript.
No. It does not book onto calendars, send texts or sync to a CRM. It does record calls (callers hear that the call is recorded) and emails you the transcript and a link to the recording. If you need calendar booking, pick a booking-capable vendor from our comparison of 20 services.
It takes one call at a time. A second caller at the same moment is asked to call back.
No contract: it is month to month, and you pay the first month up front. There is no free trial, but you can cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund. If you want to ask questions first, book a free call.
We confirm your go-live date at intake, once we have your business details and the questions you want callers asked.
Stop sending callers to voicemail
$149/month for up to 500 minutes. Month to month. Cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund.