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Every call answered.
Even when you can’t.

An AI receptionist that answers questions, books appointments, and puts callers through to your team. Set up around your business, and tested with you before it takes a single call.

  • No long-term contract
  • Works with your existing number
  • A person is always one step away

Example calls

Watch it
take a call.

Pick a business like yours. Each example plays like a live call, then shows what lands with your team.

Ringing

Wag & Willow Grooming

Answers a vaccine question and books a groom.

Tuesday, 2:14 PM

  1. Receptionist: Thanks for calling Wag & Willow Grooming. How can I help you today?
  2. Caller: Hi! I’d like to book a full groom for my goldendoodle, Bella.
  3. Receptionist: We’d love to see Bella. Is she up to date on her rabies vaccine? We’ll need a copy at her first visit.
  4. Caller: She is. Do you have anything Thursday morning?
  5. Checking the calendar: 2 open times on Thursday.
  6. Receptionist: I have Thursday at 9:00 or 10:30 in the morning. Which works better?
  7. Caller: 10:30, please.
  8. Booking Thursday, 10:30 AM: Calendar confirmed.
  9. Receptionist: You’re booked for Thursday at 10:30 AM for Bella’s full groom. Please bring her vaccine record. Anything else I can help with?
  10. Caller: That’s everything. Thank you!

What your team gets

  • Booked in your calendarThu 10:30 AM · Bella · Full groom
  • Call summary emailedNew client. Reminded to bring a vaccine record.

Example calls, written to show how calls are handled. Your receptionist is set up with your own business information.

Built to be trusted

Trusted with
your phone.

Clear rules, agreed with you before launch, so you always know what your receptionist will and won’t do.

  • Answers from your information only.

    If it doesn’t know, it says so and takes a message. It never invents prices, availability, or policies.

  • Bookings confirmed only when your calendar confirms.

    Without a connected calendar, your team gets a request to confirm instead.

  • A person is always one step away.

    It transfers callers to your team or takes a message. When every line is busy, callers reach your agreed fallback.

  • Honest about being an AI.

    If a caller asks, it says so.

  • Your records, your rules.

    Recording stays off unless you choose it. Transcripts and summaries are kept for 30 days, and you can ask for an export at any time.

  • Available at setup

    Prefer to keep the AI on your own computer?

    We can run the AI model on your computer, or one we supply, with our cloud as a backup. Calls still connect through our phone partner.

How setup works

Set up around
your business.

Every receptionist is configured once you’re on board: your services, your calendar, your team, and your rules.

  1. We learn how your calls go.

    Your services, hours, common questions, and who handles what.

  2. We build your receptionist.

    Greeting, answers, booking, transfers, and messages, shaped to how you work.

  3. You hear it before your callers do.

    We test common and tricky calls with you before launch.

  4. We keep it sharp.

    A monthly review of sample calls, and up to 30 minutes of updates each month.

Before you sign up

Questions
owners ask.

Straight answers about setup, your calls, and your records. Billing questions are with the plans below.

Getting started

How long until it’s answering my calls?

Usually one to two weeks. In that time we learn how your calls go, build your receptionist, and test it with you. It takes its first real call only once you’re happy with how it sounds.

What do I need to give you?

What you’d tell a new receptionist on their first day: your services and prices, your hours, the questions you hear most, your policies, and who should take which calls. Your website or a price list, plus one short call, is usually enough.

Can I keep my phone number?

Yes. Your number stays with your phone provider, and calls forward to your receptionist. Depending on your provider, you can forward every call, or only the ones your team doesn’t pick up.

If we supply a number instead and you want to keep it when you leave, tell us before you cancel. We’ll confirm first whether it can transfer and what that costs.

Does it speak Spanish?

It answers in English as standard. Spanish or another language can be added, and we’ll quote it at setup.

On your calls

Will callers know they’re talking to an AI?

It never pretends to be a person. If a caller asks, it says it’s an AI. If you’d like callers told from the first hello, we can put it in your greeting.

What if a caller asks something it doesn’t know?

It says so instead of guessing, then takes a message or puts the caller through to your team. It never makes up prices, availability, or policies. If nobody picks up a transfer, it takes a message. AI can still make mistakes, so we test it with you before launch and review sample calls every month.

Can it book appointments?

Yes, if your schedule is in Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCloud. We connect it through Cal.com. It checks open times, books the caller in, and says they’re booked only after your calendar confirms. If you book through software we can’t connect to, it takes booking requests for your team to confirm. We’ll tell you which applies before you sign up.

What if every line is busy, or something goes wrong?

It answers two calls at once. A third caller goes to the backup number you choose at setup, such as your mobile. If the receptionist is ever unavailable, calls go to that backup instead.

After the call

How do I find out what happened on a call?

Your team gets an email after each call with a short summary. Messages and callback requests arrive the same way, with the caller’s name and number. Transcripts are kept for 30 days, and you can ask us for them at any time.

Can I change what it says?

Yes. Send us a new service, a price change, or holiday hours, and we’ll update it. Up to 30 minutes of updates a month are included. We also review a sample of calls each month to catch anything it could handle better.

Are calls recorded?

Not unless you choose to. If you turn recording on, callers hear a short notice at the start of the call. Transcripts, summaries, and any recordings are kept for 30 days, then deleted. You can ask for an export at any time, including in the 30 days after service ends. Records still delete on schedule, so ask before you cancel if you want a complete copy.

Can the AI run on my own computer?

Yes. If you’d prefer the AI model on your own hardware, it can run on your computer or one we supply. Our cloud takes over whenever that computer is off or slow. Calls still connect through our phone partner. You’ll need a recent Mac with Apple silicon, or a PC with a modern NVIDIA graphics card, left on and awake. We’ll check your setup and quote any hardware first.

Let’s set up your receptionist.

Voice AI pricing

A helpful first answer
for your callers.

An AI receptionist that answers business questions, helps with bookings, and passes callers to your team when they need a person.

Monthly plansEvery plan includes the same core call handling. Each plan also requires a $499 one-time setup.

How a call is handledAgreed during setup

A call comes in. Your AI receptionist answers.Up to two callers at once for one location

  1. Answers the questionFrom the business information you provide.
  2. Books the appointmentThrough a supported calendar, confirmed only after the calendar confirms.
  3. Takes a booking requestWhen your system cannot connect, your team confirms it.
  4. Transfers to your teamThe AI leaves the call. US transfer time is $0.05/min.

If nobody answers, the assistant is unavailable, or a limit is reachedA message or your agreed fallback

Monthly plans

Every plan includes the same core call handling. Choose the monthly call allowance that fits your business.

Includes 300 minutesAI call minutes each month Then $0.30 per extra minute

Essential

Monthly plan

$199/month

One-time setup
$499
AI call minutes
300 a month
Extra minutes
$0.30 each

For a business with a regular stream of enquiries.

Includes 1,000 minutesAI call minutes each month Then $0.30 per extra minute

Growing

Monthly plan

$349/month

One-time setup
$499
AI call minutes
1,000 a month
Extra minutes
$0.30 each

More room for calls throughout the working week.

Includes 2,000 minutesAI call minutes each month Then $0.30 per extra minute

Busy

Monthly plan

$599/month

One-time setup
$499
AI call minutes
2,000 a month
Extra minutes
$0.30 each

For teams with a busy phone line.

Included with every plan.

  • Answers based on the business information you provide
  • Booking through one supported connected calendar
  • Messages and transfers to your team
  • Call summaries and agreed handoff notifications
  • Two simultaneous AI calls for one business location; additional callers use the agreed fallback
  • Pre-launch conversation tests, a monthly sample review, and up to 30 minutes of information or call-flow updates each month

We agree how calls should be handled, connect the supported tools in scope, and test bookings, messages, and transfers before launch.

One call,
measured fairly.

Included minutes cover the time the AI is on a call. If a caller needs your team, the transfer is measured separately, so nothing is charged twice.

AI on the call
Counted to the second across your billing month, including silence and hold time. Included minutes first, then $0.30 a minute.
Transfer connects
The AI leaves and its charge stops. No call is rounded up to a whole minute.
Your team on the line
Connected US domestic transfer time at $0.05 a minute, never overlapping AI time.
Setup and testing calls are excluded. Included minutes reset each month and do not roll over.

A few useful details.

Is there a contract?

No. After the one-time $499 setup, plans run month to month. Cancel by email before your next renewal, and service continues to the end of the month you’ve paid for.

What other charges should I expect?

Additional AI time is $0.30/minute. After the AI leaves a connected transfer, US domestic transfer time is $0.05/minute. Extra numbers, text messages, and subscriptions for your connected tools are separate and agreed in advance. Your existing phone plan still applies if you forward your number.

How are minutes measured?

We add up connected AI time to the second across your billing month, including silence and hold time while the assistant is connected. We do not round each call up to a whole minute. Connected transfer time is measured separately at its published rate, with no overlapping AI and transfer charge. Setup and testing calls are excluded. Included minutes reset each month and do not roll over.

Is there a cap on extra usage?

There’s no cap, and no automatic plan changes. Extra AI time is $0.30/minute and connected US transfer time is $0.05/minute, both itemized on your monthly bill. We never move you to a higher-priced plan automatically. If your calls grow, we can help you compare plans.

Does this include a human receptionist?

These plans use an AI assistant and can transfer calls to your own team. A separately staffed answering service is not included.

Payments, changes, and supportHow quotes, billing, fixes, and ownership work
Project and setup payments
50% when you accept the written scope, and 50% when the agreed deliverables are approved and ready for launch or final handover. Monthly billing begins when the ongoing service starts. Your quote states milestone values, dependencies, and delivery dates before any payment.
Cancelling a project
You pay for completed work and any previously approved third-party costs that cannot be recovered. Any remaining prepaid balance is returned, calculated from the milestone values in your quote.
Monthly services
Billed in advance on your monthly service anniversary, with no minimum term or annual commitment. Cancel by email before the next renewal and service continues to the end of the paid period. There are no partial-month or unused-allowance refunds, and incurred usage remains payable. If we end a service early, we refund the undelivered portion.
Plan changes
Upgrades and downgrades normally begin at the next renewal; an earlier change needs agreement on its price and allowance. We never move you to a higher-priced plan automatically. Extra project work needs a written quote and your approval.
Fixes and revisions
The included correction period is 30 calendar days after launch for live systems, or after final delivery for design and creative work. It covers defects against the written scope, not new requirements or later changes by you or third parties. An issue reported within the period stays covered until it is corrected. Corrections do not use revision rounds or paid support time. A revision round is one collected set of feedback within the agreed direction.
Ownership
Your data and the accounts you own stay yours throughout. Accepted custom deliverables transfer to you after full payment, with the agreed editable or source files, documentation, access, and available exports. We identify third-party licenses, hosted-platform restrictions, and reusable components before you commit, including the rights you need to use them. Unused concepts and underlying third-party platforms do not transfer.
Support hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Eastern, excluding US federal holidays. During a paid service or the included correction period, we aim to give an initial response within two business days, or one business day if the delivered system’s core function is unavailable. These are response targets, not guaranteed repair times or continuous monitoring. Additional work is scoped and priced before it starts.
Allowances
Time and usage allowances reset at renewal and do not roll over. Changes are defined before work begins. Where review and repair allowances are listed separately, each stays available on its own. Delivery failures caused by a provider are handled as service issues, not counted against your allowance.

Your brief

Tell us what you’d like to make better.

Have a package in mind, or still working out what you need? Tell us about your business and we’ll help you choose a useful starting point.

Monthly plan
When would you like to start?

Your brief

To contact@collarmatic.com
Monthly plan
Help me choose
Timing
Not decided

Starting point

We’ll suggest one

Extra AI minutes are $0.30 each. Connected US transfer time is $0.05/minute.

Start a conversation

Opens an email draft. Every project starts with an agreed scope and written quote.

All prices are in USD. Applicable taxes are additional. The package lists the starting scope; additional work and any separate service fees are shown in your quote before you commit.