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AI Receptionist

It answers like someone who works for you.

SubCall picks up every call in under 3 seconds. Warm, natural, trade-aware. It never sounds like a bot reading a script, because it isn’t reading one.

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Live in under 5 minutes · Works with your existing number · No hardware · $349/mo

AI receptionist

Active

Calls handled today7
Avg duration2m 35s

Recent calls

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LO

Linda Ortiz

Water heater leak

3:42 PM4m 12s
urgent
TB

Tom Becker

Drain cleaning quote

3:20 PM2m 05s
normal
PN

Priya Nair

AC not cooling

2:58 PM6m 41s
normal
MW

Marcus Webb

Furnace inspection

1:30 PM3m 18s
normal

The real leak

Your callers don’t leave voicemails. They call the next guy.

You’re on the roof. The phone rings in the truck and you can’t get to it. Hands full, ladder’s not climbing itself. By lunch you’ve got two missed calls and zero voicemails. A new customer calls once. If nobody picks up, they don’t wait and they don’t leave a message. They call the next number on the list, and you never know the job existed.

80%

of callers who hit voicemail hang up without leaving a message. They call a competitor instead.

How it works

How it runs a call, start to finish.

Step 01

The call forwards. Nothing changes for the caller.

Your existing business line forwards to SubCall. No app to install, no hardware, no new number. Callers dial the number they’ve always dialed.

Call forwarding
Your number→SubCall

No app · No hardware · Same number

Step 02

It picks up in under 3 seconds.

SubCall answers with your business name. Warm, conversational, human. “Thanks for calling Mike’s Plumbing, how can I help?” Not a robot. Not a phone tree.

On a call0:03

Mike’s Plumbing

“Thanks for calling, how can I help?”

Step 03

It asks the questions that matter.

Trade-specific intake, not a generic script. For a plumber: what’s the issue, is it leaking now, what fixture. For HVAC: heating or cooling, how old is the unit.

Intake · Plumbing
What’s the issue? Is it leaking right now? What type of fixture?

Step 04

The caller hangs up sure it was handled.

Before the call ends, the job is heard and logged, and the caller gets a confirmation text. No wondering whether a voicemail will ever get checked.

Handled

Job logged · #4827

Confirmation text sent to caller

In the wild

How a real call actually sounds.

Caller

“Hi, I need someone to look at my water heater. It’s not heating up.”

SubCall

“I can help with that. Is it gas or electric? And is there any water on the floor around it?”

Caller

“It’s gas. No water on the floor.”

SubCall

“Got it. Gas water heater, no leak. I’ll get a plumber scheduled. What day works?”

It runs the front desk

A message taker takes a message. This runs your front desk.

An answering service writes down a name. A receptionist answers the phone. SubCall does both and more: it answers every call, asks the trade questions, logs the job, texts the crew, and confirms with the caller. One conversation, under three minutes. It knows “water coming through the ceiling” isn’t “quote me a new faucet,” because it’s trained for your trade. Not for law firms.

SubCallVoicemailHuman answering service
Answers every callUnder 3 sec, 24/7Caller hangs upBusiness hours only
Sounds naturalConversational, trade-awareRobotic greetingGeneric script
Trade-specific questionsBuilt in, per tradeNoGeneric intake
Cost$349/moFree (costs you jobs)$400–900/mo
Set-up timeUnder 5 minutesAlready there3–5 days

Frequently asked

A few questions, answered.

No. The voice is natural and conversational. Callers regularly don’t realize it’s AI — it sounds like someone who works at your shop.

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Every call, answered — starting tomorrow.

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