AI receptionist for small business
An AI receptionist for small business that answers every call.
Every caller gets an answer 24/7 in your brand voice, with appointments booked and follow-up texts sent, fully managed for $179 a month.
- $179/mo, fully managed
- Cancel anytime
- Live in days
- Call answeredDay, night or weekend, in your brand voice
- Lead qualifiedWith the questions you would ask
- Appointment bookedThursday at 2 PM, straight into your calendar
- Confirmation text sentTo the caller, right after the call
- Recording and transcript savedSo your team has the full story
$179/movs. $3,500+/mo for a human receptionistNo contracts. Cancel anytime.
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Businesses
we’ve worked with
Businesses we’ve worked with
- Willard Power Vac
- Sarkinen Plumbing
- Robinson Restoration
- Town & Country Glass
- Dixie Glass
- Byers Septic Service
- F&W Fence Co.
- Drake’s 7 Dees
- Rickabaugh Construction
- Hillsview Building
- Dozer Dave
- Mt. Hood Pro Painting
- On-Target Landscape
- Atiyeh Bros Carpet
- Lovett
- Westmore Construction
- Northwest New Homes
- Porter Sealcoating & Paving
- RescueHero Restoration
- Panda Plumbing
- Biermann Plumbing & Heating
- Ballistic Junk Removal
- Smart Doors LLC
- Peak Performance Roofing
- Deluxe Heating & Cooling
- Lifetime Exteriors
- Bruce Johnson Construction
- Madrone Painting
- Smart Tree Service
- Premier Gutter Cover
- NW Pacific Electric
- Universal HVAC
- Lenny Martin Painting
- Next Level Decks & Exteriors
- Prodan Construction
- Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
- Lovett Restoration
- Greenlight Titles
- G.W. Hartley IV
- Advanced Coatings
- Thomson Equipment
- MyADU
Why calls go to voicemail
The phone rings when nobody can answer it.
A missed call is rarely carelessness. In a service business, the people who answer the phone are the same people doing the work, and customers call when they need help, not when you are free.
On a job with your hands full
You are under a sink, up a ladder or driving to the next appointment when the phone rings. A caller with a leak or a stuck garage door wants an answer now, and the next company on the list is one tap away.
After hours, weekends and holidays
Emergencies keep their own schedule, and nobody is at the desk at night. Before Lithium built one plumbing company a custom AI phone system, 60% of its after-hours emergency calls had gone to voicemail.
Calls arrive in waves
A storm, a Monday morning or a busy ad campaign brings several calls at once. One person can take one call, and everyone else hears a ring, a busy signal or a voicemail greeting.
The same questions, all day
Do you serve my area? What does it cost? When can you come out? Each answer pulls your office away from the work only your team can do.
A text back after a missed call beats silence, and a human receptionist runs $3,500 or more a month. Lithium’s AI receptionist answers the call itself, 24/7, for $179 a month.
What it does on every call
It answers, qualifies, books and follows up.
Lithium’s AI receptionist is an AI phone answering service that picks up every call 24/7 in your brand voice and handles the routine work of the call, so your team steps in for the job itself.
- coverage, every day of the year
- 24/7
- coverage, every day of the year
- natural AI voices to choose from
- 30
- natural AI voices to choose from
- setup fee
- $0
- setup fee
- sick days
- 0
- sick days
Answers every call, 24/7
Nights, weekends and holidays included, in whichever of 30 natural AI voices you pick. Unlimited concurrent calls mean a busy hour never becomes a busy signal.
Qualifies the lead
It asks the questions you would ask, based on your criteria, such as the type of job, the address and how soon the caller needs you.
Books the appointment
It schedules straight into your calendar, confirms the time with the caller and passes the lead details to your CRM. No phone tag, no missed slots.
Answers common questions
Services, service area, hours, pricing and availability, answered from a custom knowledge base built on your business, not a generic script.
Sends follow-up texts
A confirmation or follow-up text goes out after the call, and SMS and MMS handling covers picture messages too. Think missed call text back, except the call was never missed.
Captures every detail
Contact info, the reason for the call, a recording and a full transcript, so whoever follows up has the whole story.
Live demo line
Don’t take our word for it. Call it.
Lithium’s own phone line is answered by the AI receptionist 24/7. Call it the way a customer would, try booking a time, and decide whether your callers would be happy talking to it.
Ask it about services, pricing and availability. Try it right now.
- 30 natural AI voices
- Custom knowledge base
- SMS & MMS handling
- CRM & calendar hooks
- Call recording & transcripts
- Unlimited concurrent calls
$179/mo
Fully managed AI receptionist
vs. $3,500+/mo for a human receptionist. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
How setup works
Live in days, and you never touch the setup.
The AI receptionist is fully managed. You answer our questions about your business and review it before launch; Lithium configures, tests and tunes everything else.
- 1Your input
Tell us how your phones should work
A short intake covers your services, service area, hours, pricing and the questions every caller should be asked. That is most of your part.
- 2Brand voice
Voice, greeting and tone
You pick from 30 natural AI voices. Lithium writes the greeting and script so the AI receptionist sounds like your company.
- 3Knowledge base
Your knowledge base
We build a custom knowledge base from your services, prices and FAQs, so callers get specific answers about your business.
- 4Call rules
Call rules
We set what it asks to qualify a lead, when it books, what it captures and which follow-up texts go out, all based on your criteria.
- 5Integrations
Calendar and CRM, then testing
We connect your calendar and CRM, test calls end to end, and you review the AI receptionist before it answers a live customer.
- 6Ongoing
Go live and keep tuning
Your AI receptionist starts answering in days, not months. We monitor performance and tune the script and logic as your business changes.
By trade
An AI answering service for trades that live on the phone.
Plumbers, contractors, home service and restoration companies share one problem: the best calls come in while everyone is working. Lithium’s AI answering service for small business picks those calls up, and each trade page shows how it works for that kind of business.
Proof
Already answering calls for service businesses.
Smart Doors LLC, a garage door company in Southwest Washington, runs Lithium’s AI receptionist on its phones. For a plumbing company with a bigger after-hours problem, Lithium built a custom AI phone system.
Custom AI automation project
60%
of a plumbing company’s emergency calls after hours had gone to voicemail
Custom project result
3x
more leads for the plumbing company
AI vs a traditional answering service
An answering service that can actually book the job.
Who answers
- Traditional answering service
- Human operators
- Lithium AI receptionist
- Conversational AI, in one of 30 natural voices
Caller questions
- Traditional answering service
- Answered from a script
- Lithium AI receptionist
- Answered from your custom knowledge base
Qualifies leads
- Traditional answering service
- Can’t qualify leads
- Lithium AI receptionist
- Qualifies every caller against your criteria
Books appointments
- Traditional answering service
- Can’t book into your calendar
- Lithium AI receptionist
- Books straight into your calendar
Pricing
- Traditional answering service
- Charged per minute
- Lithium AI receptionist
- $179/mo, fully managed, no contract (a human receptionist runs $3,500+/mo)
Pricing
One published price: $179 a month.
Lithium publishes the price, because “what does it cost?” should not take a sales call. The AI receptionist is fully managed, so there is no software for you to configure.
$179
per month, fully managed
A human receptionist runs $3,500+/mo. Lithium’s AI receptionist answers 24/7, goes live in days and comes with no contract, so you can cancel anytime. The voice, knowledge base, call rules and calendar and CRM hooks are all set up by Lithium.
FAQ
AI receptionist, straight answers.
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
Lithium’s AI receptionist costs $179 a month, fully managed, compared with $3,500 or more a month for a human receptionist. Lithium manages it for you: the voice, the knowledge base about your business, the call rules and the calendar and CRM hooks. There is no contract, and you can cancel anytime.
How fast can an AI receptionist go live?
In days, not months. Lithium handles discovery, the build, testing and launch. Your part is answering our questions about your business, choosing a voice and reviewing the AI receptionist before it takes live calls.
Does an AI receptionist sound robotic?
No. It uses natural AI voices (you choose from 30), and Lithium tailors the script and tone to your brand. Call (503) 766-5964 to judge for yourself, because Lithium’s own line is answered by its AI receptionist 24/7. The goal is fast, helpful answers for your callers, not hiding that it is AI.
Can it book appointments into my calendar?
Yes. It schedules directly into your calendar, confirms the time with the caller and sends a confirmation text, so there is no back-and-forth and no phone tag. Lithium connects your calendar during setup and tests the booking flow before launch.
Does it work with my CRM?
Yes. CRM and calendar hooks are part of every Lithium AI receptionist, so lead details from each call reach the tools you already use instead of a separate inbox. If your workflow needs more than that, Lithium builds custom integrations as AI automation projects, scoped after a free discovery call.
Does it work as an after-hours answering service?
Yes. The AI receptionist works 24/7, including nights, weekends and holidays, so after-hours and emergency calls get answered instead of going to voicemail. It qualifies the caller with your questions, captures the details, books the job when it can and texts a follow-up. If you need urgent calls triaged and the on-call tech dispatched by text, Lithium builds that as a custom AI phone system: for one plumbing company that had been sending 60% of its after-hours emergency calls to voicemail, it brought in 3x more leads.
Is there a contract?
No. The AI receptionist has no contract, and you can cancel anytime. It is $179 a month for as long as it earns its place on your phones.
Can it text my callers?
Yes. It sends follow-up texts after calls, such as a booking confirmation, and it handles SMS and MMS, so text and picture messages are covered. It works like missed call text back, except the caller already got a real answer on the phone.
How is an AI receptionist different from an answering service?
A traditional answering service has operators reading a script, can’t qualify leads or book into your calendar, and charges by the minute. Lithium’s AI receptionist answers from your own knowledge base, qualifies leads against your criteria and books straight into your calendar, 24/7, with unlimited concurrent calls, for $179 a month, fully managed and with no contract.
How does the AI receptionist learn my business?
Through a custom knowledge base that Lithium builds from your services, service area, hours, pricing and common questions. We test it with the questions your callers ask before launch, then keep tuning the script and logic as your services and prices change.
Free action plan
Ready to answer every call, day or night?
Let’s have a real conversation about your business. No fluff, no high-pressure sales pitch. In a 1:1 strategy call, we’ll review your goals, your website, and your current marketing efforts. You’ll leave with a prioritized plan outlining quick wins and a clear path toward long-term, sustainable growth.
What we’ll cover
- What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
- Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
- Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
- Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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