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# 10 Best Bilingual AI Receptionists and Answering Services (English + Spanish) in 2026

_Published: October 22, 2026_  
_Author: Komal Gurbani_  

![10 Best Bilingual AI Receptionists and Answering Services in 2026](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/best-bilingual-answering-service-featured-image-1024x538.webp)

> 10 bilingual AI receptionists and answering services compared on Spanish calls, urgent-call handling, other languages and what Spanish costs. Checked Oct 2026.

At 9:40 p.m. in July, a homeowner calls an HVAC company because the air has stopped cooling and her mother is at home. She speaks Spanish. The first company’s line answers in English and she hangs up; the second plays a menu she can’t follow; the third answers in Spanish, asks whether anyone in the house is at risk from the heat, takes the address and puts the call through to the on-call tech. This list compares ten bilingual AI receptionists and answering services for home service companies, AI, live and hybrid, on that call: how each one handles Spanish, what it does with an urgent call, and what Spanish adds to the bill. For how a [bilingual answering service](/answering-service/bilingual/) works with FieldCamp, start with our guide.

## What is a bilingual AI receptionist?

**A bilingual AI receptionist is an AI voice agent that answers a business’s calls in two languages, usually English and Spanish, takes the caller’s details, follows the company’s rules on urgent calls and books or passes on the job, at any hour.** Live bilingual answering services do the same job with Spanish-speaking operators, billed by the minute or by the call.

1. [**FieldCamp AI Receptionist**](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-each-language-should-get-its-own-line-and-one-schedule) (AI): best when each language should get its own line, your own emergency wording and bookings in one schedule
2. [**Ambs Call Center**](#2-ambs-call-center-best-live-bilingual-operators-with-spanish-included) (live): best live bilingual operators with Spanish included in every plan
3. [**Rosie**](#3-rosie-best-lowcost-ai-on-one-english-and-spanish-number) (AI): best low-cost AI that answers English and Spanish on the same number
4. [**Smith.ai**](#4-smithai-best-for-a-dedicated-spanish-line-billed-per-call) (live, AI-first option): best for a dedicated Spanish line staffed by fluent agents, billed per call
5. [**AnswerForce**](#5-answerforce-best-live-english-and-spanish-receptionists-with-home-service-scripts) (live): best live English and Spanish receptionists with home service scripts
6. [**Specialty Answering Service**](#6-specialty-answering-service-best-persecond-billing-for-live-spanish-answering) (live): best per-second billing for live Spanish-speaking operators
7. [**Upfirst**](#7-upfirst-best-when-callers-speak-more-than-english-and-spanish) (AI): best when callers speak more than English and Spanish
8. [**Moneypenny**](#8-moneypenny-best-us-receptionists-with-bilingual-answering-on-every-plan) (live): best US receptionists with bilingual answering on every plan
9. [**Posh**](#9-posh-best-low-base-fee-for-live-bilingual-answering) (live): best low base fee for live bilingual answering
10. [**Skipcalls**](#10-skipcalls-best-flat-yearly-price-for-english-and-spanish) (AI): best flat yearly price for English and Spanish answering

One question sorts them fastest: *when a caller starts in Spanish at 10 p.m. with water on the floor, who answers in Spanish, who decided it was urgent, and can the person who calls back tomorrow read what was said?*

[Jump to FieldCamp ↓](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-each-language-should-get-its-own-line-and-one-schedule)

## Quick comparison: 10 bilingual AI receptionists and answering services

Every price below was read on the vendor’s own page on 15 October 2026. “Quote only” means the rate sits behind a form or a sales call. Confirm on the vendor’s page before you sign.

| Service | Who answers | How Spanish works | Other languages | Entry plan (checked 15 Oct 2026) | Past the allowance | Spanish costs extra? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **FieldCamp AI Receptionist** | AI | A separate Spanish agent on its own number | French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic, Thai, each on its own line | Quoted on a demo | Quoted on a demo | Quoted on a demo |
| **Ambs Call Center** | Live | Bilingual operators on your number | Not stated | $149/mo for 100 min | $1.29/min | No, included in the plan |
| **Rosie** | AI | English and Spanish on every call, same number | Not stated | $49/mo for 250 min | Not shown on plan cards | No, on every plan |
| **Smith.ai** | Live (AI-first plans on request) | Dedicated Spanish line with fluent agents | Not stated | Receptionists $300/mo for 30 calls | $11.50/call | Yes, $1.00 a call |
| **AnswerForce** | Live | English and Spanish receptionists on your number | Not stated | Quote only, billed per minute | Quote only | Quote only |
| **Specialty Answering Service** | Live | Spanish-speaking operators on your number | Not stated | $44/mo + $1.54/min | $1.44/min from the 100-min plan | No surcharge listed |
| **Upfirst** | AI | Switches language automatically on one number | 35+ languages; transcript translated into yours | $24.95/mo for 30 calls | $1.50/call on Starter | No, on every plan |
| **Moneypenny** | Live | Bilingual answering on your number | Not stated | $165/mo for 50 min | $2.28/min | No, listed on every plan |
| **Posh** | Live | Bilingual receptionists, optional | Not stated | $65/mo + $2.30/min; 50 min for $130 | Per minute | Not stated; ask |
| **Skipcalls** | AI | Detects the caller’s language and switches, same number | English and Spanish | $19.99/mo or $199/yr | None (fair-use policy) | No, included |

Free script kit

### The Spanish your line needs, written out before the first caller hears it

A four-page Spanish call script kit for HVAC, plumbing and electrical lines: sixteen call lines in English and Spanish, four Spanish texts, emergency wording for gas, flooding and sparks, the trade words callers really use, and five test calls to score any service.

## Three ways a service handles Spanish, and what each one means for you

Every service on this list answers in Spanish. What differs is how a caller reaches Spanish, and what your office gets back. We found three patterns:

**A bilingual person on your number**Live services such as Ambs, AnswerForce, Specialty Answering Service, Moneypenny and Posh put a Spanish-speaking operator on the call. A human voice, billed by the minute or per call.

**An AI that switches on one number**Rosie, Upfirst and Skipcalls answer English and Spanish on the same number. One number to publish; check how the switch sounds and what language the summary comes back in.

**A separate line per language**FieldCamp gives each language its own AI agent and number, with the greeting, questions and emergency wording written in that language. Two numbers to publish, and every line books into one schedule.

**Ask every service the same question:** *a caller starts in Spanish, says the water heater is leaking and won’t stop, and my on-call tech doesn’t pick up. What does she hear, in which language, and what do I read when I wake up?* Then place that exact call on a test line.

![Infographic of one Spanish-speaking caller and three ways a service gets them to Spanish: a bilingual person answers your one number; an AI on one number hears Spanish and switches; or Spanish gets its own AI agent and number, with the strength and the thing to test for each](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-three-ways-spanish-handled.webp)One caller, three setups. Test the one you are paying for.

## What Spanish adds to the bill

Most services here include Spanish in the plan. The difference is in how the plan bills, because Spanish calls are often longer: the caller describes the problem, spells a street name and confirms a callback number in a second language. Services on this list bill in four ways:

- **Per minute, Spanish included** (Ambs, Specialty Answering Service, Moneypenny, Posh): a longer Spanish call costs more minutes, but no extra rate. Ambs and Moneypenny list bilingual answering on every plan.
- **Per call, with a Spanish surcharge** (Smith.ai): the dedicated Spanish line adds $1.00 a call on top of the per-call price, so 100 Spanish calls a month add $100.
- **AI plans, Spanish included** (Rosie by minutes, Upfirst by calls, Skipcalls flat): the language doesn’t change the price; the allowance does.
- **Behind a quote** (AnswerForce, FieldCamp): ask for the Spanish terms and the rate past the allowance in writing.

Our [answering service cost guide](/answering-service/cost/) works through per-minute, per-call and flat plans on real call volumes, if you want to price a busy month before you choose.

## Live bilingual operators or a bilingual AI receptionist

A live bilingual answering service puts a Spanish-speaking operator on the line and usually ends the call as a message, a slot in your calendar or a patch to your on-call tech. A bilingual AI receptionist answers in your company’s name, costs less per call, and follows rules you write and can test in both languages.

- **Choose live** when callers are often upset or elderly and want a person, when a commercial account expects a named receptionist, or when your volume is low enough that per-minute billing is cheaper.
- **Choose AI** when Spanish calls arrive after hours or in bursts, when you want the call to end as a booked visit, and when you want the same emergency rules on every call in both languages.
- **Choose hybrid** when you want AI on routine calls and a bilingual person on the hard ones, and you are willing to pay two rates.

For how a general [answering service](/answering-service/) compares with an AI receptionist across trades, see our overview.

## How we judged them

1. **How a caller reaches Spanish.** A bilingual person, an AI that switches on one number, or a separate Spanish line.
2. **The urgent call in Spanish.** Who decides it is urgent, and does it end as a message, a text to your on-call tech, or a live handoff?
3. **What the office reads.** Whether the summary, transcript and fields come back in a language the person who calls back can read.
4. **Texts and follow-ups.** Whether confirmations and replies go out in the caller’s language.
5. **What Spanish costs.** Included, a surcharge, or behind a quote, and the rate past the allowance.
6. **Languages beyond Spanish.** Which ones, and whether each needs its own number.

## The 10 best bilingual AI receptionists and answering services

### 1. FieldCamp AI Receptionist: best when each language should get its own line and one schedule

**Type:** AI · **Pricing:** quoted on a demo · **Spanish:** a separate agent and number

[FieldCamp AI Receptionist](/ai-receptionist/) runs on [FieldCamp Voice](/voice/), FieldCamp’s proprietary voice AI platform, built for field operations. For a bilingual line, FieldCamp works differently from most services here: you build one agent per language and connect each to its own phone number. The Spanish line is a full agent, not a translation layer, with its own greeting, intake questions and emergency wording written in Spanish. A phone agent listens and speaks in the language you set for its line, and it does not switch languages mid-call, which is why each language gets its own number.

- **The urgent call.** Each line follows the emergency rule you write in its language. An urgent call is warm-transferred to your on-call tech, who first hears a short private message you write, then presses 1. If nobody answers, the call follows the transfer-failed path you planned.
- **The routine call.** The details the agent collects land as fields your office can read in English, whatever language the call was in. With [FieldCamp AI Dispatcher](/ai-dispatcher/) connected, every language line books into one schedule, with the technician and window AI Dispatcher suggests, once the caller agrees.
- **Texts, WhatsApp and chat.** Customers who write in their language get replies in it, with no second line needed.
- **Languages.** On FieldCamp Voice, the language options shown today are English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic and Thai.

![FieldCamp Voice agent settings, Language: what your callers speak, the language the agent listens for, with the list open showing English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic and Thai](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fieldcamp-voice-caller-language-setting-sample-data.webp)Each FieldCamp agent is set to the language its callers speak. A Spanish line is its own agent with its own number.Every call is recorded and transcribed, and the call summary goes out by email.

![FieldCamp Voice call detail for a Spanish call to a demo HVAC business: the full transcript in Spanish, where the agent asks whether anyone at home is at risk from the heat and takes the details, with the recording above it](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fieldcamp-voice-spanish-call-transcript-sample-data-scaled.webp)A Spanish call on FieldCamp, shown with sample data for a demo business: recording and full transcript.**Worth checking:** two numbers to publish instead of one. Put the Spanish number where Spanish-speaking customers find you: a Spanish web page, ads, trucks and invoices, or a “para español” option on your phone menu. If you need one number that switches language mid-call, FieldCamp doesn’t do that today.

### 2. Ambs Call Center: best live bilingual operators with Spanish included

**Type:** live · **Pricing:** from $149/mo for 100 minutes, $1.29 a minute past it · **Spanish:** included in the plan

[Ambs Call Center’s bilingual service](https://www.ambscallcenter.com/solutions/bilingual-answering-services) answers in English and Spanish with live agents 24/7 and says Spanish is included in the plan, with no extra charge. Its agents take messages, capture leads and book appointments, and it runs an HVAC answering service as well. Plans step up from 250 minutes for $330 a month to 2,500 minutes for $2,945, with the per-minute rate falling as the plan grows.

**Worth checking:** its [pricing page](https://www.ambscallcenter.com/answering-service-pricing) also lists AI and “real people + AI” plans; ask which ones include Spanish, and which other languages, if any, it covers.

### 3. Rosie: best low-cost AI on one English and Spanish number

**Type:** AI · **Pricing:** $49/mo for 250 minutes, $149 for 1,000, $299 for 2,000 · **Spanish:** on every call, same number

![Rosie mobile app: one inbox of calls and texts, and a call record with an AI summary of what the caller wanted and the recording](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-rosie-app-calls-texts-ai-summary.webp)Rosie’s app keeps calls and texts in one inbox, each with an AI summary. Source: Rosie app listing[Rosie’s bilingual answering](https://heyrosie.com/solutions/bilingual-answering-service) speaks English and Spanish on every call, on the same number. It answers questions, books appointments and texts you the details of each call, and every call is summarized, transcribed and recorded.

**Worth checking:** its [plan cards](https://heyrosie.com/pricing) don’t show the rate past the minute allowance, and they don’t say which language the summary comes back in. Ask both before a busy month.

### 4. Smith.ai: best for a dedicated Spanish line, billed per call

**Type:** live, with AI-first plans on request · **Pricing:** receptionists $300/mo for 30 calls, $11.50 a call past it · **Spanish:** $1.00 a call

![Smith.ai call dashboard with receptionist calls split into new leads, existing clients and spam or blocked calls, and a monthly chart](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-smith-ai-call-dashboard-leads-clients-spam.webp)Smith.ai sorts every answered call into new leads, existing clients and spam. Source: smith.ai[Smith.ai’s receptionist plans](https://smith.ai/pricing/receptionists) offer a dedicated Spanish line as an add-on: every call is answered in Spanish by a fluent Spanish-speaking agent, or routed to a fully bilingual receptionist. Larger plans are $810 for 90 calls and $2,100 for 300, and add-ons such as booking appointments and call recording are priced per call.

**Worth checking:** its [AI receptionist pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) sits behind a form; ask whether the AI plans answer in Spanish, and add up the per-call add-ons you would use.

### 5. AnswerForce: best live English and Spanish receptionists with home service scripts

**Type:** live · **Pricing:** quote only, billed per minute · **Spanish:** English and Spanish receptionists

![AnswerForce app on desktop and phone: the Inbound list of messages taken by its receptionists, with the caller, call type and notes for one message](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-answerforce-app-inbound-messages.webp)AnswerForce’s app shows every message its receptionists take, on desktop and phone. Source: answerforce.com[AnswerForce’s bilingual answering](https://www.answerforce.com/answering-services/bilingual-answering) offers 24/7 English and Spanish receptionists, and its [HVAC answering service](https://www.answerforce.com/hvac-answering-service) says bilingual answering is available for HVAC businesses. You get a summary of every call or chat, and plans are charged by the minute.

**Worth checking:** prices aren’t published; ask for the per-minute rate, whether Spanish changes it, and which language the call summary is written in.

### 6. Specialty Answering Service: best per-second billing for live Spanish answering

**Type:** live · **Pricing:** $44/mo + $1.54 a minute; 100 minutes for $159 · **Spanish:** no surcharge listed

![Specialty Answering Service mobile app: the call log of completed calls, and one call’s details with the message taken and the recording](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-sas-app-call-log-call-details.webp)Specialty Answering Service’s app: call log, then the message and recording for each call. Source: SAS app listing[Specialty Answering Service’s bilingual service](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/answering-services/international/bilingual-answering-service/) puts Spanish-speaking staff on your calls 24/7 to take messages, schedule appointments and answer questions. Its [pricing page](https://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/pricing/) bills by the second rather than rounding to the minute, and service is month to month with no contract.

**Worth checking:** confirm how urgent Spanish calls reach your on-call tech, and whether holiday fees apply to Spanish calls on a holiday.

### 7. Upfirst: best when callers speak more than English and Spanish

**Type:** AI · **Pricing:** $24.95/mo for 30 calls, $59.95 for 90, $159.95 for 300, $299 for 600 · **Spanish:** on every plan

![Upfirst dashboard: a list of calls tagged lead, high-value lead or current customer, and one call open with its summary, scheduled event and transcript](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-upfirst-calls-summary-transcript.webp)Upfirst’s call list, with a summary and transcript for each call. Source: upfirst.ai[Upfirst’s plans](https://upfirst.ai/pricing) list 35+ languages: the agent switches language automatically on the same number, then translates the transcript into yours. It bills per call, with $1.50 a call past the allowance on Starter, falling on larger plans.

**Worth checking:** test the switch with a caller who mixes English and Spanish, and confirm how an urgent call reaches your on-call tech.

### 8. Moneypenny: best US receptionists with bilingual answering on every plan

**Type:** live · **Pricing:** $165/mo for 50 minutes, $2.28 a minute past it · **Spanish:** listed on every plan

[Moneypenny’s US plans](https://www.moneypenny.com/us/pricing) list bilingual answering, 24/7 service, CRM integrations and a mobile app on every plan, with no contract. Plans run from 50 minutes for $165 to 500 minutes for $985, with the overage rate falling to $1.67 a minute.

**Worth checking:** per-minute plans with 50 or 100 minutes run out fast on longer Spanish calls; price your busiest month, and see its [US site](https://www.moneypenny.com/us/) for its AI answering option.

### 9. Posh: best low base fee for live bilingual answering

**Type:** live · **Pricing:** $65/mo + $2.30 a minute; 50 minutes for $130 · **Spanish:** optional

![Posh mobile app: a text conversation with a caller, and an activity record with the caller’s message, call status, start and end time and the receptionist who answered](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-posh-app-messages-activity-record.webp)Posh’s app: texts with callers and a record of each call its receptionists answer. Source: posh.com[Posh’s plans](https://posh.com/pricing/) bill on receptionist minutes, from a $65 plan with no minutes included up to 1,000 minutes for $1,900, and list bilingual receptionists who speak English and Spanish fluently as an available feature. It integrates with your software for scheduling and lead intake.

**Worth checking:** bilingual service is marked optional on its [site](https://posh.com/); ask whether it changes the rate, and who answers Spanish calls at night.

### 10. Skipcalls: best flat yearly price for English and Spanish

**Type:** AI · **Pricing:** $19.99/mo or $199/yr · **Spanish:** included, same number

![Skipcalls app: a water heater repair call with its summary, suggested next step and transcript, and a home screen listing three booked jobs for water heater, AC and electrical repair](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-skipcalls-call-summary-booked-jobs.webp)Skipcalls shows each call’s summary and transcript, and the jobs it booked. Source: Skipcalls app listing[Skipcalls’ multilingual answering](https://skipcalls.com/use-cases/multilingual-answering) detects the caller’s language in the first few seconds and answers in English or Spanish on the same number, then sends you an English transcript and summary of the Spanish call. Its [pricing](https://skipcalls.com/pricing) includes unlimited minutes under a fair-use policy, booking, transcriptions and SMS replies.

**Worth checking:** read the fair-use policy before a busy season, and test how it handles an urgent call that needs a person now.

## Bilingual calls by trade: what to test

The words change by trade, so test each service with the call your Spanish-speaking customers actually make:

- **HVAC:** “El aire no enfría y mi mamá está en casa.” Does a no-cooling call with an older person at home follow your urgent rule?
- **Plumbing:** “El calentador está goteando y no para.” Does a leak that won’t stop get your shut-off wording, then a transfer?
- **Electrical:** “Huele a quemado en el panel.” Does the agent read your safety wording first, in Spanish?
- **Pest control and landscaping:** routine calls should end as a booked visit or a quote request, with the address read back in Spanish.

Trade guides: the [HVAC answering service](/hvac-software/answering-service/) and the [plumbing answering service](/plumbing-software/answering-service/) pages show the urgent rules in English; the same rules are written once per language on a bilingual line.

![Five Spanish test calls to make on every demo, each with what to say and the pass line: no AC same day, a Spanglish tripped breaker, a gas smell, an address mixing English and Spanish, and a price question](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bilingual-answering-five-spanish-test-calls.webp)Five Spanish calls to make on every demo, with the pass line for each.

## Questions to ask before you choose a bilingual service

1. **How does a caller reach Spanish**: on the first sentence, after a menu, or on a separate number?
2. **Who answers in Spanish at 2 a.m.** and on holidays?
3. **Do my emergency rules work in Spanish**, word for word, and who wrote them?
4. **What language is the summary in**, and can the person who calls back read it?
5. **Do texts and confirmations go out in Spanish** when the caller writes in Spanish?
6. **What does Spanish add to the bill**: included, a surcharge, or a different plan?
7. **Can I place test calls in Spanish** before I sign?

Angle · Script kit

### Put every service through the same Spanish calls

The Spanish call script kit goes further than these seven questions: the wording to load into whichever service you pick, the emergency lines for gas, flooding and sparks, and five test calls with a pass line for each. Run them on your current service first, then on the one you are considering.

### See a Spanish line run on your rules

Leave your work email and pick a time. On the demo you’ll see a Spanish agent on its own number in FieldCamp Voice: the greeting and emergency wording in Spanish, a warm transfer to your on-call tech, and the fields your office reads in English.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is the best bilingual AI receptionist?**

It depends on how you want Spanish handled. For AI that switches language on one number, Rosie, Upfirst or Skipcalls. For live bilingual operators, Ambs, AnswerForce, Specialty Answering Service, Moneypenny or Posh, or Smith.ai’s dedicated Spanish line. For a separate Spanish line with your own emergency wording and bookings in one schedule, FieldCamp AI Receptionist.

**How much does a Spanish-speaking answering service cost?**

On vendor pages read on 15 October 2026, AI plans start at $19.99 a month (Skipcalls), $24.95 for 30 calls (Upfirst) and $49 for 250 minutes (Rosie). Live plans start at $44 plus $1.54 a minute (Specialty Answering Service), $149 for 100 minutes (Ambs) and $165 for 50 minutes (Moneypenny). Smith.ai adds $1.00 a call for its Spanish line.

**Can one phone number answer in both English and Spanish?**

With some services, yes: Rosie, Upfirst and Skipcalls switch language on the same number, and live services put a bilingual operator on your line. FieldCamp works differently: each language gets its own AI agent and phone number, so the Spanish line has its own greeting, questions and emergency wording, and every line books into one schedule.

**Does a bilingual answering service cost extra?**

Usually not. Ambs, Moneypenny, Rosie, Upfirst and Skipcalls include Spanish in the plan, and Specialty Answering Service lists no surcharge. Smith.ai charges $1.00 a call for its dedicated Spanish line, and Posh marks bilingual service as optional. Spanish calls can run longer, so on per-minute plans the bill grows with call length, not the language.

**Will my office understand calls taken in Spanish?**

Ask each service which language the summary and transcript come back in. Upfirst translates the transcript into your language, and Skipcalls sends an English transcript and summary. In FieldCamp, the details the agent collects land as fields your office can read in English, whatever language the call was in, and every call is recorded and transcribed.

**Which languages besides Spanish can an AI receptionist answer in?**

It varies. Upfirst lists 35 or more languages and switches automatically. On FieldCamp Voice, the options shown today are English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic and Thai, each on its own line. Most live services on this list advertise English and Spanish only, so ask before you sign if you need another language.

**Do home service companies need a bilingual answering service?**

If you serve areas where many households speak Spanish at home, an English-only line loses calls you never hear about: the caller hangs up and dials the next company. Start with the hours when nobody bilingual is in the office, put a Spanish number where those customers find you, and test real calls in Spanish before it goes live.

## How we checked

We read each vendor’s own pricing and bilingual or Spanish pages on 15 October 2026, and listed only services that state English and Spanish answering on their own site. Prices are the published entry plans; “quote only” means the rate wasn’t published. We didn’t place paid test calls with every vendor, so confirm the Spanish experience on a test line before you sign. FieldCamp makes FieldCamp AI Receptionist, and it is described here from FieldCamp’s own documentation.

### The Spanish call script kit

Sixteen call lines in English and Spanish, four Spanish texts, emergency wording by trade, the words callers really use and five test calls. It arrives in your inbox as a PDF.

### A Spanish line that follows your rules

FieldCamp AI Receptionist gives each language its own agent and number, reads your emergency wording in that language, hands urgent calls to your on-call tech with a short private message first, and books visits through AI Dispatcher into one schedule once the caller agrees. Every call is recorded and transcribed.

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