Your AI receptionist. Calls answered 24/7, appointments booked.
Picks up every call, day or night. Answers from your own services, prices and hours. No voicemail, no hold music.
One receptionist, every channel. Phone calls, website visitors, email and WhatsApp. On your website, customers can also talk to it face to face.
Books it and hands off. Books into your calendar while the customer is still there, and passes anything else to your team with a summary.
- $249/month, phone answering included
- Phone, website, email and WhatsApp
- 7-day free trial
Nia· Lifelike AI receptionist
One AI receptionist on every channel. Every inquiry gets a next step.
Example: Oakline Plumbing · live loop- Caller with a slow-draining sinkPhone · Nia is on the call
- Visitor asking about a new boilerWebsite · Browsing your site
- "Do you work Saturdays?"Email · In your inbox
- "Can we move tomorrow's visit to 3?"WhatsApp · New message
“Thanks for calling Oakline Plumbing, this is Nia. How can I help?”
What your team sees
- Waiting
Drain repair booked
Phone call
- Waiting
Boiler estimate scheduled
Website
- Waiting
Saturday hours answered
Email
- Waiting
Visit rescheduled
WhatsApp
Every inquiry gets a next step: booked, answered, moved or handed to you
Every missed call is a customer calling someone else.
You can't pick up mid-job
You're with a customer, on a job or in a meeting. The phone rings out and the caller tries the next business on the list.
After hours goes to voicemail
Evenings and weekends are when many people finally call. Plenty hang up instead of leaving a message.
Your team answers the same questions
Hours, prices, availability, directions. Every interruption pulls someone off the work that pays.
A receptionist costs $30,000+ a year
And still covers business hours only, one call at a time.
Lifelike AI receptionist
Meet your AI receptionist. Ready whenever your customers are.
Customers have a natural conversation with Dapto's lifelike receptionist. It answers from your own information, asks the right questions and books the appointment. The channel changes. The result doesn't.
Forward your business line and the same receptionist picks up, day or night.
Example: Nia answering for Oakline Plumbing, a made-up plumbing company that uses Dapto.
Nia AI RECEPTIONIST
Answering for Oakline Plumbing · 9:42 PM, after hours
- 00:00NiaThanks for calling Oakline Plumbing, this is Nia. How can I help?
Turn every inquiry into a booked appointment. Not just a message taken.
Dapto finds out what the customer needs, checks it's something you do, books the time and gives your team the full picture. Nobody calls back to ask the same questions again.
Oakline Plumbing · from first call to booked job
IllustrativeThe customer's call
A job you can take
- Problem
- Urgency
- Location
- Time
Ready to book on the call
Why: a routine job you do, inside your service area, at a time that suits them.
Urgent, like a burst pipe? It goes straight to your team with a summary, by the rules you set.
Ready for your team
Job booked
ConfirmedDrain repair · Tomorrow, 8-10 AM
48 Elm Street, Riverside
Summary for your team
Kitchen sink draining slowly, no other drains affected, no flooding. Customer asked for the earliest visit.
Call saved
Transcript and summary saved next to your chats and emails.
Your plumber arrives knowing the problem, the address and the time.
Illustrative example. Assumes your calendar, services and service area are set up.
Start on your website today. Add your phone line with our help.
Today, on your own
About 10 minutesA lifelike receptionist on your website
- 1Start your 7-day free trial.
- 2Paste your website address. It learns your services, prices and hours.
- 3Add one line of code to your site.
- 4Visitors chat, or tap Talk and speak to your receptionist face to face.
Your phone line, with our team
We do it with youKeep your number. We handle the setup.
- 1Book a setup call with our team.
- 2We connect your business number and set what it can book and when to bring in a person.
- 3We test real calls with you.
- 4Switch it on. Every call gets answered, day and night.
Every call answered, for less than a part-time hire.
Full-time receptionist
$30,000+ a year
- Business hours only
- One call at a time
- Sick days, holidays, turnover
Answering service
Per minute or per call
- Usually takes a message
- You still call everyone back
- Cost grows with every call
Dapto AI receptionist
$249 a month
- Answers every call, 24/7
- Books appointments on the call
- Phone, website chat, email and WhatsApp
The Business plan includes 3,000 AI replies a month across every channel. See the full cost comparison.
Built for small businesses that live on the phone
- Dental and medical clinics
- Plumbers
- HVAC
- Home services and trades
- Salons and spas
- Law firms
- Real estate
- Property management
- Agencies and consultancies
Questions, answered.
Something else? Ask our team
Can I start without connecting my phone?
Yes. Start your free trial and your lifelike receptionist goes live on your website in minutes. Visitors chat, or tap Talk and speak to it face to face. When you're ready for phone calls, our team sets up your number with you.
How does the phone setup work?
Book a setup call. We connect your business number, set what the receptionist can book and when it should bring in a person, and test real calls with you before it goes live. You keep your existing number.
Does it sound robotic?
No. It uses natural voices and short spoken sentences, stops the moment someone interrupts, and keeps talking while it checks your calendar, so callers never sit in silence.
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
The Business plan is $249 a month. It includes the phone receptionist, the lifelike agent on your website, website chat, email and WhatsApp, with 3,000 AI replies a month. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
What happens when a caller needs a real person?
You set the rules. Anything the receptionist shouldn't handle goes to your team with a summary of the call, so nobody has to start over.
Does it work after hours and on weekends?
Yes. It answers every call 24/7, so evening and weekend callers get an answer and a booking instead of voicemail.
Is this an AI virtual receptionist, AI receptionist software or an AI appointment setter?
All three. It's AI receptionist software that works as a virtual receptionist on your phone line and website, answering every call, and as an appointment setter that books straight into your calendar.
How is an AI receptionist different from an answering service?
An answering service usually takes a message for you to return. An AI receptionist answers the question, books the appointment and takes the caller's details on the spot, from your own information, at a fixed monthly price instead of per-minute fees.
Stop sending customers to voicemail.
Put a lifelike receptionist on your website today. We'll set up your phone line with you, and every call, chat, email and WhatsApp message gets an answer.