Most trades businesses miss 25–40% of inbound calls during working hours. Slide your real numbers in and see what's walking out the door.
This is an estimate based on your inputs, not a guarantee. Actual results depend on your close rate, market and how you follow up.
Estimated revenue lost per year
$112,320
That's about $9,360/month — vs. $497/mo for Pro.
Comparison
SingleDesk vs. the alternatives.
SingleDesk AI
Per-Minute AI Services
Live Answering Service
In-House Receptionist
Monthly cost
$297 – $997
$49 base + overages
$250 – $500+
$3,000 – $4,500
How you're billed
✓ Per call
✗ Per minute
✗ Per minute
Salary
Hours covered
24/7/365
24/7
24/7
~40 hrs/week
Answers during a rush
✓ Unlimited at once
✓
✗ Hold queue
✗ One at a time
Books into your dispatch
✓ Direct
Varies
✗ Takes messages
✓
Knows your trade
✓ Trades-trained
✗ Generic
✗ Script only
✓
Emergency escalation
✓ Auto-detect
Varies
Manual
✓
Bilingual (EN/ES)
✓ Included free
Paid add-on
Paid add-on
✗ If hired
Calls in sick / quits
✓ Never
✓ Never
✓ Never
✗ Happens
Time to go live
2 – 3 days
Hours to days
1 – 2 weeks
4 – 8 weeks
Competitor figures are general category ranges based on publicly listed pricing and vary by provider and usage. Verify current pricing directly with any provider before comparing.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Most don't. The voice is natural, it handles interruptions, and it understands context instead of reading a script. That said, we don't recommend hiding it — if a caller asks directly, it tells them it's an assistant and offers to connect them to a person. Callers care far more about getting a fast answer than who gave it.
No. You keep your existing business number and forward it to SingleDesk — takes about two minutes with your carrier. You can forward all calls, or only the ones you don't pick up within a few rings. We can also provide a new local number if you'd rather test it side by side first.
It does one of three things depending on how you set it up: transfers the caller to you or a team member with the context already relayed, takes a detailed message and texts it to you immediately, or books a callback slot on your calendar. It never leaves a caller stuck or guesses at an answer it doesn't have.
Two to three business days from signup to live. We scan your website and Google Business profile to pre-load your services, hours and service area, you review and correct it, record or pick a greeting, and forward your line. Dispatch and calendar integrations can add a day. Command plan customers get a dedicated onboarding manager who runs it with you.
Any inbound call the AI actually answers and handles. Spam and robocalls that get filtered out don't count against you. Call length doesn't matter — a 30-second question and a 6-minute booking both count as one call. That's the point of counting calls instead of minutes: a long conversation never costs you more than a short one.
On Starter and Pro, we don't cut your calls off or bill you automatically. We flag it in your dashboard and reach out about moving you to the right tier. On Command, the first 1,200 calls are included and anything beyond that bills at $0.79 per call, shown in your dashboard in real time. No tier ever stops answering your phone mid-month.
Yes, on Pro and Command. You define what counts as an emergency for your trade — burst pipe, gas smell, no heat with an infant in the house, lockout. When the AI detects those conditions it escalates immediately: rings your on-call cell, sends an urgent SMS, and stays with the caller until someone picks up.
No contract and no setup fee on Starter or Pro. Month to month, cancel whenever. Command includes white-glove onboarding at no extra charge. We'd rather earn the next month than lock you into twelve.
If you're a solo operator getting under 35 calls a week, start on Starter. If you have a crew, run dispatch software, or take emergency calls, Pro is the right fit — it's what most trades businesses land on. Command is for multi-location operations or anyone above 500 calls a month. Start the free trial on whichever looks close; we'll tell you if you're on the wrong one.
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No credit card. No contract. Cancel with one click if it isn't booking you jobs.