What is an AI receptionist and how much does it cost?
Published on August 27, 2026
What is an AI receptionist?
An AI receptionist is a virtual assistant that answers your customers' questions automatically, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Unlike a generic chatbot, a good AI receptionist is trained with your business's real information: your services, prices, opening hours, frequently asked questions and policies.
That means when a customer asks "do you open on Saturdays?" or "how much is a haircut?", the answer comes from the information you provided — not from an invention.
How does it work?
With RecepAI the process has three steps:
- You create your Business Brain. A structured profile with your description, services, prices, hours, FAQs and policies. No website needed.
- You create your receptionist. You give it a name, a tone of voice and the channels where it will answer.
- You publish it. You get a public page and a QR code you can share anywhere: on your shop window, your Google profile, your social media or your WhatsApp status.
From that moment on, every customer question is answered instantly using only your verified information.
What can it answer?
- Opening hours, including split shifts and holidays
- Services and prices
- Location and how to get there
- Frequently asked questions you define
- Booking or contact instructions, according to your policies
And what it should never do: invent data. If it doesn't know something, it says so and offers the contact channel you choose.
How much does it cost?
A human receptionist costs a full salary. An AI receptionist costs a flat monthly fee:
- Starter — €29/month: web chat and public page with QR
- Pro — €79/month: adds telephone voice answering and WhatsApp
- Business — €199/month: adds social media channels and multiple numbers
All plans include the Business Brain, the test chat and conversation history.
Who is it for?
Any small business that loses customers because it can't answer in time: clinics, hair salons, restaurants, repair shops, academies, agencies. If your customers ask the same questions every day, an AI receptionist answers them while you work.
Create yours in a few minutes from the RecepAI home page.