AI phone answering, built for small business.
A 24/7 AI phone answering agent picks up on the first ring, answers common questions, qualifies callers, routes the urgent ones, and books appointments live — so every call becomes an opportunity instead of a voicemail no one calls back.
- AI voice agent · answers, qualifies, books
- From $97 a month · 15-day free trial
- Phone +1 (307) 284-5523
How it works
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Answers on the first ring
A voice agent picks up instantly — no hold music, no queue, no caller sent to voicemail.
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Qualifies and routes the caller
It asks the questions you wrote, captures the details, and routes urgent or high-value calls to the right person.
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Books the appointment live
The agent checks your calendar and schedules the appointment while the caller is still on the line.
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Hands off when it should
Anything outside its script goes to a person, with the transcript attached — the agent never guesses.
The problem
A ringing phone no one can answer.
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A missed call is missed revenue
Every unanswered call is a potential customer who calls a competitor next. Voicemail rarely gets a callback.
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You can't staff the phone around the clock
After hours, lunch breaks, and busy periods leave the line ringing — exactly when a new lead tries to reach you.
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Booking by phone tag is slow
Back-and-forth to schedule an appointment frustrates callers and eats your team's time.
How it compares
An AI receptionist, next to the alternatives.
Every business already has a phone-answering method — it just isn't always a good one. Here is how an AI voice agent stacks up against a live answering service and against voicemail.
| Method | Coverage | Speed to answer | Booking | Priced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsimony AI voice agent | 24/7, every call | First ring | Books live on your calendar | From $97 a month, 15-day trial |
| Live answering service | Business hours, or overflow, on shared staff | Depends on the queue | Takes a message or transfers the call | Typically per minute or per call |
| Voicemail | Whenever no one picks up | After the beep | None — the caller has to call back | Free, and it shows |
Operator's note
Not a bot you configure yourself.
A voice agent is in every Parsimony Chat package: upload what it should know, set the routing rules, forward your line, and hear it take a call during the 15-day free trial. When a business wants the script written from its real calls and tuned with it, Parsimony scopes that as a larger deployment.
That is why the packages are on the page and custom deployments are scoped separately: the script, the routing rules, and the calendar it books into are different for every business. See what's public and what's scoped on the pricing page.
FAQ
Common questions.
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Does the agent replace my front desk, or work alongside it?
Alongside it. The agent answers, qualifies, and books what it can, and routes anything outside its script to a person with the transcript attached.
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What happens when the agent can't answer a question?
It hands the call to your team instead of guessing. Escalation rules — who gets urgent calls, and when — are part of the build.
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How is this priced, compared to a live answering service?
A live answering service is typically billed per minute or per call. Parsimony's voice agent is included in every Parsimony Chat package — $97 / $197 / $497 a month with a 15-day free trial and 10 / 20 / 50 free voice minutes; additional minutes bill inside the app. Custom phone-system integrations are scoped separately.
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Does it work with my existing phone number and calendar?
Yes. Forward your existing line to the agent and connect your calendar, and bookings land where your team already looks for them. Custom phone-system integrations are scoped separately.
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How long does setup take?
Self-serve, the same day you sign up: upload what the agent should know, set the routing rules, connect the calendar, and forward the line — all inside the 15-day trial. A scoped deployment is planned on the first call.
Pricing
Automate and Parsimony Chat are self-serve.
Cloud ERP is quoted.
Parsimony Chat, the AI chat and voice agents, is $97 / $197 / $497 a month with a 15-day free trial — see the Chat packages. Parsimony Automate is $57 / $199 / $497 a month with a free trial on every plan (30 days on Startup, 7 on Professional and Premium) — see the Automate plans. Cloud ERP is quoted to the job: call or send the form and we put a package together.
- 01Quoted
Cloud ERP
Managed ERPNext on Frappe Cloud. Quoted to the job; the $999 operations analysis is the fixed-price first step.
- 02$97 / $197 / $497 a month · self-serve
Parsimony Chat — AI chat and voice agents
Chat on your site, voice on your phone line, trained on what you upload. 15-day free trial. No credit card required.
- 03$57 / $199 / $497 a month · self-serve
Automate
CRM, funnels, two-way text, workflows, and websites on one login.