AI receptionist for small businesses
Every call answered,
while you do what you do best.
Vigoris picks up in your business name, books the job, and texts you and your staff a summary, so the calls your marketing pays for turn into work on the calendar.
It tells callers it's an AI by default. Your number stays yours.
Real results
Real results at Danny's Automotive, Midland, Texas
Our AI receptionist, Lauren, answers the phones at Danny's Automotive. Hear it from the people who work with her every day.
Rates are estimates from Angel Villarreal, general manager. Automotive average: 45% of phone leads convert on the call (Invoca, 2026).
Angel Villarreal, the general manager, says the shop went from “maybe a 30 to 35% closing rate” to “more than 50%” within a couple of weeks, and it’s now “pushing 70.” Solicitor calls went “from that number to zero with Lauren.” His service advisors stay with the customers in front of them instead of getting pulled to the phone, and customers have told the shop it's the best answering service they've ever heard.
“Lauren doesn't sound robotic. She sounds like a real person. I've even had customers say, ‘You helped me book my appointment.’”
Charlie Westbrook, Shop Manager / Service Advisor
“It was like having a new employee that you didn't have to train. She was ready to go out of the box.”
Angel Villarreal, General Manager
The pain
Every call you miss is money going to the business down the street.
You know the drill.
You're under a truck, on a roof or mid-haircut
The phone rings. You can't pick up. They call the next name on Google.
There's a customer at the counter
Ignore the phone or ignore the person in front of you? Either way, somebody gets bad service.
It's 7 PM, Saturday or Christmas Eve
That's when people finally have time to call. Nobody answers.
Your front-desk person is out
Sick, on vacation, or quit last month. The phone doesn't care.
Half your calls go nowhere
Price shoppers, “just a quick question” and sales pitches. You stop work for every one.
By the numbers
of callers to a missed business line left a voicemail
Quo, millions of missed calls · sourceof missed calls got no callback within 48 hours
Quo · sourceof calls booked by shops with under 5 technicians, and just 9% after 6 PM
ServiceTitan, 3,000+ trade businesses · sourcereceptionist openings a year, all from people leaving the job. Hiring never ends.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · sourceIn one study of 85 small businesses, 62% of calls went unanswered (411 Locals, 2016).
Count the calls you missed last week. Now picture each one as a job on your schedule.
Protect your ad spend
You pay to make the phone ring. Don't pay for calls nobody answers.
Your ads, your Google listing, your truck wraps: all of it exists to make the phone ring. Then the call comes in while everyone's busy, or it reaches someone having a rough day who rushes it and never offers to book. The money's already spent.
If a caller stays on the line more than 20 seconds during your business hours and active ad schedule, a missed call or voicemail can be billed as a Google Local Services lead.
Google Local Services Helpof calls to home services and automotive businesses actually reach a person
Invoca, 70M+ calls · sourceIllustration · not a typical result
Where an HVAC shop’s ad budget goes
Assumed budget and answer rate. Invoca’s 48% covers all inbound calls, including short calls and misdials, not only paid leads. Cost per lead from The Media Captain (agency data); answer rate from Invoca.
With Vigoris Inbound, every call you paid for is answered, and every caller gets a friendly answer and an offer to book, even on your busiest day.
Go deeperSee how it protects your ad spendHear it yourself
Don't take our word for it. Call it.
Our receptionist is on the line right now, day or night. Call it the way your customers would.
- Ask about hours, prices or what's included
- Try to book an appointment
- Throw it a curveball and see how it handles it
Want to hear it set up for a business like yours? Book a demo.
How it works
Live in 3 to 14 days. You barely lift a finger.
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Book a call
About 30 minutes with Christopher, by phone or video. Tell him how your phone works today and what you want handled.
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We build it for you
You fill out a short questionnaire. Christopher builds your receptionist, sets up your local number, connects your calendar, and updates your website and Google listing.
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Go live, and it keeps improving
Calls get answered and jobs get booked. For your first 30 days, we review and tune it every 100 calls.
Timing depends on how complex your business is and which systems we connect. Some custom integrations take longer because we work with outside vendors.
Everything you get
Everything a front desk does. None of the hiring.
Every plan comes fully set up. Here's what that covers, in four parts.
Answers every call
- 24/7 in your business name, up to 10 calls at once
- Your own local number, never shared
- An offer to book on every call
- Spam and time-wasters screened out
Books the job
- Appointments booked on the call, into your calendar
- Reminder texts to cut no-shows
- Hot and urgent calls put through to you
- Website chat and a Book Now link (every plan except Starter)
Keeps you in the loop
- Text and email alerts for every booking and message
- A dashboard with every recording, transcript and summary
- An on/off switch you control
Set up and protected
- Done for you by Christopher, personally
- Your phone service stays; calls fall back to you if anything fails
- Website and Google Business Profile updated
- Optional: your receptionist in your own voice
Compare that with what you're dealing with now: missed jobs every week, or hiring, training and keeping a front-desk person. A week has 168 hours. One full-time hire covers 40 of them. Covering every hour takes roughly 4 full-time people, plus payroll taxes, benefits, and someone to cover their sick days.
Who it's for
For the shops, crews and offices that can't stop to answer.
If your business runs on phone calls and appointments, the problem is the same: the phone rings while you're doing the work that pays.
Illustrative photos, not clients.
Per ServiceTitan data from 3,000+ trade businesses, shops with under 5 technicians booked 24% of their calls.
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Why not just a DIY app?
DIY apps hand you the tools and leave you to set them up, and there's often no one to call when something breaks. With Vigoris Inbound, Christopher sets everything up for you: no prompts to write, no settings to fiddle with. It's built from your business and website, connected to your real calendar, falls back to your phone if anything fails, and you have a real person to call.
01Is an AI answering service actually worth it for a small business?
Vigoris Inbound is worth it when missed calls cost you jobs. ServiceTitan's vendor data shows shops with under five technicians book only 24% of calls. Inbound answers in your business name, books into your calendar, and forwards to you if anything fails. At Danny's Automotive in Midland, Texas, our receptionist has answered 7,000+ calls and saves about 90 hours of office time a month. The shop's closing rate on calls went from about 30–35% to more than 50% within weeks, and it's now about 70%, well above the 45% automotive average. Value depends on your call volume.
02Will my customers hate talking to an AI?
Some callers will, so Vigoris Inbound is built to avoid the dead end they hate. By default it introduces itself as an AI, answers questions, books the job, and transfers urgent calls to you if you choose. Reddit owners report that loops and no way out cause most anger.
03Does an AI receptionist sound robotic?
Vigoris Inbound uses natural-sounding voices, so most calls feel like a normal conversation, but it never pretends to be human, and it tells any caller who asks that it's an AI. You can test it on your own phone during onboarding before it goes live. Natural sound is a positioning claim, not a guarantee.
04Isn't a good voicemail just as good as an AI?
Usually not. Vigoris Inbound replaces the beep with a conversation that books the job. In Quo's analysis of 16.7 million missed calls, only 15% of callers left a voicemail and 69% got no callback within 48 hours (vendor data). Inbound answers and texts you and your staff about every message.
05Will an AI receptionist lose me jobs to competitors?
Vigoris Inbound is designed to keep callers from dialing the next business. It answers right away, books on the call, and transfers urgent calls to you if you choose. If it ever fails, the call is forwarded to your phone.
06Does it work for HVAC and plumbing emergencies after hours?
Yes. Vigoris Inbound answers 24/7, captures the address and problem, and transfers emergencies to your phone if you set that up. ServiceTitan data shows small shops book just 9% of calls after 6 PM (vendor data). Routine jobs get booked into your calendar.
07Is it good for auto repair shops?
Yes. Vigoris Inbound answers while you're in the bay or at the counter, collects the vehicle and service needed, and books drop-offs into your calendar. You and your staff get a text alert and an email summary of every call. At Danny's Automotive in Midland, Texas, it has answered over 7,000 calls, and the shop's closing rate on calls went from about 30–35% to more than 50% within weeks. It's now about 70%. It's English only today.
08What if it can't answer something?
It takes a detailed message and sends it to you and your staff by text alert and email right away, or transfers the call to you if you've set that up. It won't make things up.
09Will it work with my calendar?
Google Calendar connects today. We can also connect any calendar or business software with a public API or MCP connection. If yours is private, we'll contact the vendor on your behalf and request an integration.
10Do I have to set it up myself?
No. You fill out a questionnaire, and Christopher does the rest. Most businesses are live in 3 to 14 days.
11What if it goes down, or gets slammed with calls?
It answers up to 10 callers at once, with no busy signals. If anything fails, calls fall back to your phone automatically, so you're never worse off than today.
12Can it book the wrong thing?
It only books the services and times you allow, and you see every booking the moment it's made.
Your phone is ringing right now.
Who's answering it?
Every call that hits voicemail is a job that might go to someone else. Book a free fit call (about 30 minutes) and Christopher will show you exactly how it would work for your business.
Call our receptionist right now: (877) 550-6707