AI answering service for your business
Every call answered, even when you can’t. Memobell is an AI answering service that picks up your business calls, day or night. It answers from your Google listing and website, takes messages, texts callers the link they asked for and books appointments. You get a one-line summary after each call. Plans start at $49 a month for 75 calls, with 7 days free.
Hear it answer as your business
Find your business and call it from your phone or browser in about a minute.
Harbor Street PlumbingExample
(503) 555-0142 · answered by Memobell
Thanks for calling Harbor Street Plumbing, you’ve reached the virtual assistant. How can I help?
What you get straight after
Dana has a clogged kitchen sink and wants someone today. Call back at (503) 555-0123. Price list texted.
Live in an afternoon
No scripts to write. It learns your business from what’s already online, and you fix the rest.
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Find your business
Search for your Google listing. We read it and your website to learn your hours, services and prices.
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Check what it knows
Fill in what isn’t online, like prices or holiday hours, and give it a test call.
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Send it your calls
Forward your existing number when you’re busy, or use the new number we give you.
See who needs you, at a glance
Callbacks wait at the top with the number ready to tap. Everything it handled on its own sits underneath, each call readable like a text conversation.
- Answers questions about your hours, prices and services
- Takes messages and emails you a summary after every call
- Texts callers the link they asked for, like your price list
- Books appointments in the hours you choose
- Puts the caller through to you when they need a person
InboxExample
Today
Calls today
14
Waiting on you
2
Booked
3
- Dana W.9:42 AMUrgent: Clogged kitchen sink, wants someone today
- Marcus R.9:10 AMQuote for a water heater replacement
- Grace O.8:55 AMBooked Friday at 3:30 PM
- Website visitor8:31 AMAsked about weekend hours
- (503) 555-01018:02 AMRobocall. Your receptionist hung up.
No business number yet?
Pick a local area code and we’ll give you one. It answers from day one.
Your website and texts too
The same receptionist answers a chat on your website and replies to text messages.
Teach it in seconds
Upload a menu or price list, or add a notice like “closed Monday for the holiday”.
Priced in calls, not minutes
You know roughly how many calls you get, so that’s what plans count. 7 days free, with no surprise charges if you go over.
Solo
$49a month
75 calls, about 3 a day. More calls from $0.60 a call in packs.
- Website chat, plus 150 texts a month
- Booking, reminders and a customers list
- Puts callers through to you
Team
$129a month
300 calls, about 12 a day. More calls from $0.60 a call in packs.
- Website chat, plus 600 texts a month
- Booking, reminders and a customers list
- Transfer rules, with backup numbers
- Google review requests after appointments
- Calls back chat and text leads
Busy
$249a month
800 calls, about 30 a day. More calls from $0.60 a call in packs.
- Website chat, plus 1,600 texts a month
- Booking, reminders and a customers list
- Transfer rules, with backup numbers
- Google review requests after appointments
- Calls back chat and text leads
- We set it up with you
Robocalls it hangs up on, blocked numbers, hang-ups and your own test calls are never counted. Full pricing details
An AI call answering service, not a voicemail box
A caller who gets voicemail may hang up and try the next business. A telephone answering service helps, but staff work from a script and many services bill by the minute.
- Answers from your real details
- Hours, prices, services and notices like holiday closures, from your Google listing, website and you.
- Does the job on the call
- Books the appointment, texts the price list or booking link, and puts urgent callers through.
- Tells you only what matters
- A one-line summary after each call, and a list of who needs a callback with the number ready to tap.
- Easy to correct
- Change what it knows in plain words and the next caller gets the new answer.
How to choose an AI answering service
Four things to check before you forward your calls to one.
Does it fit how you already work?
It should learn from your Google listing and website, book around your calendar and take calls forwarded from the number you already have. Memobell does all three, and connects to Google Calendar so it won’t book over your other plans.
What does it do on a messy call?
Ask what happens when a caller asks something it hasn’t been told. Memobell takes a message instead of guessing, and the question waits at the top of your inbox.
Does it sound natural, and is it honest?
Make a test call before it answers real customers. With Memobell you pick the name, voice and greeting, it says it’s a virtual assistant, and it can speak Spanish.
Can it handle every kind of call?
Most days bring a mix of questions, messages, bookings, urgent calls and robocalls. Memobell handles the first three, puts urgent callers through to you and hangs up on robocalls.
Questions
What is an AI answering service?
An AI answering service picks up your business calls with a natural voice, any hour of the day. It answers questions from what it knows about your business, takes messages, texts callers what they ask for and books appointments, then tells you what happened. Memobell learns your business from your Google listing and website, so there’s no script to write.
How is it different from a telephone answering service?
A traditional telephone answering service has people at a call center reading from a script you give them, often billed by the minute. Memobell answers right away, day and night, from your own hours, prices and services. It books into your calendar, texts links while the caller is still on the line, and sends you a one-line summary after every call.
What makes a good AI answering service for a small business?
It should answer only from facts you’ve checked, tell you clearly when someone needs a callback, put urgent callers through to a person, and be easy to correct when it gets something wrong. It also helps when pricing is in calls you can count, not minutes you have to estimate.
Will callers know they’re talking to AI?
Yes. The standard greeting says it’s a virtual assistant, and it says so honestly if anyone asks. You can choose its name, voice and greeting, and it can speak Spanish as well as English.
Do I still need a voicemail greeting?
Not for the calls it answers. Instead of a voicemail message greeting asking people to leave their name and number, callers get their question answered or an appointment booked on the spot. You can set a different greeting for when you’re closed.
Can I keep my business number?
Yes. Forward your existing number to it when you’re busy or don’t answer, or take a new local number from us. Either way, the calls you pick up yourself still ring you first.
How much does it cost?
Plans start at $49 a month for 75 calls, with 7 days free. Robocalls, hang-ups and your own test calls don’t count, and every plan includes website chats and texts.