An answering service that costs less than minimum wage, never sleeps, never takes a sick day, and knows your business by name. Sophia is the AI operator that answers every call — yours and the ones that come at 2am.
Ruby. Smith.ai. Davinci. MAP. They charge $200–$400/mo for 100 minutes. They take a message. They hand it back to you. You call the customer back two hours later — and they’ve already booked with your competitor. That’s $50,000 a year in missed revenue (BIA Advisory), just on a different invoice.
A 24/7 answering service shouldn’t be a glorified message-taker. It should close the job before the customer hangs up.
Sophia isn’t a call center. She’s an operator who happens to live in the cloud.
She works 168 hours a week. She charges from $5 an hour.
Same role. Different operator. Different invoice.
| Answering service | Sophia | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $200–$400/mo + overage | $1,597/mo, all-in |
| What they actually do | Take a message | Book the appointment |
| After-hours | Often extra | Included, 24/7 |
| Effective rate | $1–$3 per call | From $5/hour |
+47%
leads captured
<30s
average response time
12 hr/wk
owner time back
Average across JOOLT operators in their first 90 days.
From $5/hour. Flat tiers, no per-call surprises.
Pay-As-You-Win
$99
+ $35/booking
Starter
$497
/month
Pro ⭐
$1,597
/month
Scale
$3,997
/month
Enterprise
$9,997+
/month
Built for HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, auto repair, handyman, landscaping, cleaning, salon, med spa, dental, veterinary, real estate, restaurant, legal, tax/insurance — and pre-trained on the 50 questions your customers ask.
See your industryTraditional answering services (Ruby, MAP, Smith.ai, Davinci) charge $1-3 per call or $200-400/mo for 100 minutes — and they only take a message. Sophia answers, qualifies, books the appointment, and confirms it by text. No callback queue. No overflow fees. No per-minute meter running while she helps your customer.
They’ll know they’re talking to your business. Sophia answers in your business name with your voice, your hours, your services. Most callers think they’re talking to a polished front-desk hire. The few who ask get a straight answer; she warm-transfers to you or takes a message — your call on the policy.
Yes. She’s the only operator on your line at 2am. Burst pipe at 3am. Locked-out client at 11pm. After-hours emergency for a vet or HVAC. She picks up, qualifies the urgency, books the slot if it’s a real one, and pages you only if it’s the kind of call you said you’d wake up for.
From $5/hour. The Pro tier is $1,597/mo for 24/7 coverage, which is cheaper than a part-time receptionist at $1,440/mo who only works 20 hours a week. Other tiers: Pay-As-You-Win at $99/mo + $35/booking, Starter at $497/mo, Scale at $3,997/mo, Enterprise at $9,997+/mo.
Yes. We forward your business line to Sophia. No number change, no carrier ticket, no porting. You keep your number, your caller ID, your toll-free routing — Sophia just picks up the calls you can’t.
Sophia is live in 10 minutes. She answers the 2am calls, the lunch-rush calls, the Sunday calls. From $5/hour.