AI Receptionist for Window Tint Shops: What It Costs, AI vs Human
For a window tint shop taking 80 calls a month at about 2 minutes each, an AI answering service costs $49 to $199 a month and a human answering service costs $224.50 to $810, at public list prices. The full table is below. Dooza’s AI answering service is $149 a month for up to 500 minutes: it answers the calls you miss and emails you each message with the transcript.
Month to month. Cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund.
The calls a tint shop loses to voicemail
- The price shopper. “How much for ceramic on a 2022 Camry?” goes to the next shop on the map if nobody picks up.
- The call that comes in while you are installing. Your hands are on film and a heat gun, and the phone keeps ringing.
- The home or office window film quote, a bigger job that often calls after hours or on a Sunday.
An answering service, AI or human, gets the vehicle or the building, the film and the timing, so you call back with a quote instead of “sorry I missed you.”
Window tint shop answering service prices: 80 calls a month
80 calls at about 2 minutes each is 160 minutes (our example assumes mostly short price-check calls: vehicle, film, when). At that length Dooza’s 500 included minutes cover about 250 calls a month. Each row is the cheapest published plan that covers that usage plus published overage, from the vendor’s own pricing page (linked), checked October 6–14, 2026. We sell one of these, so check the pricing pages yourself. Change the numbers in the cost calculator. Other trades: HVAC, plumbing and garage door answering service prices.
| Service | Type | Plan | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooza (ours) | AI | Monthly | $149 |
| OnCrew | AI | Starter | $49 |
| Marlie | AI | Basic | $49 |
| Rosie | AI | Professional | $49 |
| Phonely | AI | Starter | $50 |
| Trillet | AI | AI Receptionist | $51 |
| Upfirst | AI | Premium | $59.95 |
| Quo (OpenPhone) Sona | AI | Starter + credits Tier 3 | $68 |
| Dialzara | AI | Business Lite | $77 |
| Goodcall | AI | Starter | $79 |
| RingCentral AIR (standalone) | AI | Standalone | $79 |
| Nextiva XBert | AI | XBert | $99 |
| My AI Front Desk | AI | Business-in-a-Box | $99 |
| Ringly.io | AI | Pay per conversation | $158.70 |
| Smith.ai AI Receptionist | AI | Pro | $162.50 |
| NextPhone | AI | Pro (unlimited calls) | $199 |
| MAP Communications (human answering) | Human | Business | $224.50 |
| PATLive (human answering) | Human | 100 minutes | $314.40 |
| AnswerConnect (human answering) | Human | Entry | $350 |
| Abby Connect (human answering) | Human | Professional | $599 |
| Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists | Human | Basic | $810 |
Services that publish no price at this volume are left out. For a full feature-by-feature list see the 20 AI answering services compared.
What Dooza’s AI receptionist does for a tint shop, and doesn’t
Included
- Answers the calls you miss
- Asks your questions: vehicle, windows, film type, when they want it done
- Emails you each message with the call transcript and a link to the recording (callers hear that the call is recorded)
- $149/month for up to 500 minutes; $0.30/min after
Not included
- Booking onto your calendar or shop software (it takes the request, you confirm the time)
- Text messages
- Two calls at once (the second caller is asked to call back)
Hear a demo call (HVAC example; a tint quote call works the same way).
Frequently asked questions
For an example window tint shop taking 80 calls a month at about 2 minutes each (160 minutes), AI answering services cost $49 to $199 a month and human answering services cost $224.50 to $810 a month at list prices checked October 6–14, 2026. Dooza’s AI answering service is $149 a month for up to 500 minutes.
A human service handles judgment calls and upset customers better and costs several times more per minute. An AI service is cheaper and picks up nights and weekends without per-minute human rates. One setup: AI for overflow and after hours, a person for the office day.
It answers the calls you miss, asks the questions you give it (vehicle year, make and model, which windows, film type, when they want it done), takes the message and emails it to you with the call transcript. It does not book onto your calendar or dispatch software, does not send texts, and takes one call at a time.
For a car: year, make and model, which windows (full car, front two, windshield strip), the film they want (dyed, carbon, ceramic) or a price range, and when they can drop the car off. For a home or office: residential or commercial, roughly how many windows or square feet, and what they want fixed (heat, glare, privacy, UV). Plus a callback number. Questions about legal tint darkness in their state go to you on the callback, since the rules differ by state.
No. $149 a month for up to 500 minutes, then $0.30 a minute, month to month, paid up front. Cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund.
It works with any line that can forward calls: you forward your business line or your cell when you can’t answer. We confirm your go-live date at intake.
Stop losing tint quotes to voicemail
$149/month for up to 500 minutes. Month to month. Cancel within 14 days of your first charge for a full refund.