It’s the first question every business owner asks, so let’s answer it straight: at Bautista Enterprise, an AI receptionist costs a flat monthly rate — $149 a month for message-taking, or $199 a month with appointment booking. No hourly billing, no surprise per-call charges, no contract, and it answers your phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Both plans start with a 7-day free trial.
To see why that number matters, look at what the alternatives actually cost.
A person answering around the clock. Covering a phone 24/7 means covering 168 hours every week. Even at the Texas minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, that’s roughly $5,300 a month in wages alone — before payroll taxes, benefits, training, sick days, and turnover. Almost no small business can justify that, so what really happens is simpler: after 5 PM, on weekends, and whenever you’re on a job, your calls roll to voicemail. And a customer who gets voicemail usually doesn’t leave a message — they just call the next name on Google.
A traditional answering service. These typically bill by the minute, which means your cost floats. A busy month, one long-winded caller, or a storm that knocks out power across town and sends every customer calling at once — all of it lands on your bill. The service works, but you never know what the month costs until the invoice shows up.
An AI receptionist. The price is a flat subscription, and the phone gets answered every single time — nights, weekends, holidays, and while you’re under a house, on a roof, or elbow-deep in an engine. Here’s how our two plans break down:
- AI Receptionist — $149/month: your calls answered 24/7, messages and job details taken and texted to you right away.
- AI Receptionist + Booking — $199/month: everything above, plus appointments booked straight onto your calendar.
Both plans include the same core service: your calls answered in English or Spanish, and your customers’ names, numbers, and job details taken down and texted to you instantly. Both start with a 7-day free trial, and there’s no contract.
Right now there’s also a charter rate for this rollout: $99/month instead of $149, or $149/month instead of $199 with booking, locked for your first year — 10 charter spots, and enrollment closes December 31, 2026, whichever comes first. To claim a charter spot, call or text 281-335-6279 and say “charter.”
So which plan fits? Simple: if you just need every call answered and the message in your hand, it’s the $149. If you want the appointment on your calendar too, it’s the $199. That’s the whole decision.
The real comparison isn’t $149 against zero. It’s $149 against the job that went to a competitor because nobody picked up. For most small businesses across Texas and nationwide, one saved job pays for months of coverage.
Want to hear exactly what your customers would hear? Visit Bautista Enterprise and listen to a live sample, or call or text 281-335-6279 for a free demo. We’ll set it up, you keep working the jobs — we answer the phone.