AI Receptionist

Small Business 24/7 Virtual Receptionist

A 24/7 AI receptionist answers every call, books appointments, answers common questions from your own business information, routes or takes messages, and texts follow-ups.

Best for: Small Business (multi-industry)
The Challenge

Small businesses lose work every time a call goes unanswered. The owner or the one person at the front is already juggling customers, jobs, and errands, so calls hit voicemail during busy stretches, lunch, and every hour the doors are closed. Most callers do not leave a message, they simply call the next business on the list. Hiring a full-time receptionist is expensive and still leaves nights and weekends uncovered, and a generic answering service does not know your hours, services, or how to book into your calendar.

How We Build It

A voice agent built on Retell or VAPI answers every inbound call around the clock with your business name and a greeting you approve. It is loaded with your real business information, hours, location, services, common policies, and pricing ranges you choose to share, so it answers the routine questions callers actually ask instead of just taking a message. When it does not know something, it says so and offers to take a message or transfer rather than guessing.

When a caller wants an appointment, the agent reads live availability from your Google Calendar, Outlook, or scheduler and books the slot during the call, then writes the booking and caller details to your CRM through an n8n or Make workflow. For callers who need a person, it routes the call to your mobile or the right team member; if no one is available, it captures a structured message, name, number, and reason, and logs it so nothing is lost.

Every call ends with a Twilio SMS follow-up: a confirmation with date and time for bookings, or a text with your details and a link for callers who left a message. Obsivara does not just hand over a bot and walk away, it runs the system, monitors calls, and tunes the scripts and FAQ answers over time as it learns which questions come up most.

Sample Workflow

24/7 Inbound Reception

Trigger

Inbound call to the business phone number at any hour

  1. 1

    Answer and greet

    Retell / VAPI + Twilio

    Agent answers instantly with the business name and asks how it can help, day or night.

  2. 2

    Understand the request

    Retell / VAPI

    Agent determines whether the caller wants to book, ask a question, reach a person, or leave a message.

  3. 3

    Answer from business info

    Retell / VAPI

    Agent answers hours, location, services, and common questions from the approved business information; if unsure, it offers a message or transfer.

  4. 4

    Book or route

    Google Calendar / Outlook + CRM

    Agent reads live availability and books the appointment, or routes the call to the right person or line.

  5. 5

    Capture message if unavailable

    n8n / Make + CRM

    If no one is available, agent takes a structured message, name, number, reason, and logs it to the CRM.

  6. 6

    Send SMS follow-up

    Twilio

    Caller receives a confirmation text for bookings or a follow-up text with the business details and a link.

Result

Every call is answered and handled, appointment booked, question answered, or message captured, with an SMS follow-up, at any hour and with no missed voicemail.

Built With
RetellTwilioGoogle CalendarHubSpotMake

What You Get

  • Every call is answered around the clock instead of going to voicemail, including nights and weekends.
  • Callers get appointments booked and common questions answered from your own business information, not just a message taken.
  • Messages and bookings are logged to the CRM and confirmed by text so nothing is lost between calls.
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on your call volume and what you want it to do, answering questions and taking messages is a lighter build than one that books into your calendar and syncs to a CRM. Integrations, the number of lines, and after-hours coverage all factor in, so there is no single published price. Obsivara scopes your setup and expected volume and gives you a quote for exactly that; reach out and we will put together an estimate.

For most small businesses the value comes from calls you are currently missing. If callers hit voicemail during busy hours or after you close, and many hang up rather than leave a message, those are jobs and appointments going to competitors. An AI receptionist answers every call 24/7 for a fraction of a full-time hire and never takes a day off. Whether it is worth it depends on your call volume, which is exactly what Obsivara helps you assess before building anything.

Yes. The agent is loaded with your real business information, hours, location, services, policies, and any pricing ranges you choose to share, so it answers the routine questions callers actually ask. When it hits something it does not know, it says so and offers to take a message or transfer to you, rather than making something up. Obsivara tunes those answers over time based on the questions that come up most.

It books during the call. The agent reads live availability from your Google Calendar, Outlook, or scheduler and confirms the slot, then writes the booking and caller details to your CRM through an n8n or Make workflow and texts a confirmation through Twilio. If you would rather it only take messages for certain call types, that is configurable too.

You decide the routing. The agent can transfer live calls to your mobile or a team member, and if no one picks up it captures a structured message, name, number, and reason, and logs it to your CRM plus texts you a summary. You can set which requests always go to a person and which the agent handles on its own, so urgent calls reach you and routine ones are handled without interrupting you.

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