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# 10 Best AI Receptionists for Construction Companies in 2026

_Published: October 21, 2026_  
_Author: Komal Gurbani_  

![10 Best AI Receptionists for Construction Companies in 2026](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/best-for-construction-companies-featured-image-1024x538.webp)

> 10 AI receptionists for construction companies compared on remodel leads, client and sub calls, job-site problems, estimate booking and price. Checked Oct 2026.

Ten AI receptionists, judged on the calls a construction company gets while the crew is on a roof or in a crawl space: a homeowner who wants to open up a kitchen wall, a client asking why nobody showed up today, a drywall sub running a day late, a tarp that blew off in the rain, and someone asking what a two-story addition costs. Weighing a live operator against AI as well? Start with what a [construction answering service](/construction-software/answering-service/) does.

## What is an AI receptionist for construction companies?

An AI receptionist for construction companies and contractors is software that answers your business line in a natural voice when you and your crew can’t: it asks what the caller needs, runs your intake questions (project type, scope, timeline, budget range and address), puts urgent job-site problems through to a person, books estimate visits on your calendar and sends you the details.

## What is the best AI receptionist for construction companies?

The best one tells a new project lead from a client, a sub or a supplier, asks the intake questions you wrote, books an estimate only when a real window exists, and never quotes a price, a start date or a permit answer you didn’t give it.

1. [**FieldCamp AI Receptionist**](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-you-want-your-own-rules-for-leads-clients-subs-and-jobsite-problems): best when you want your own rules for leads, clients, subs and job-site problems, tested before you switch it on
2. [**AgentZap**](#2-agentzap-best-for-remodel-and-generalcontractor-lead-intake-with-onsite-estimate-booking): best for remodel and general-contractor lead intake with on-site estimate booking
3. [**Smith.ai**](#3-smithai-best-if-you-want-ai-first-with-human-receptionists-from-the-same-company): best if you want AI first, with human receptionists from the same company
4. [**Hearth (Harper)**](#4-hearth-harper-best-for-home-improvement-contractors-who-also-sell-jobs-with-customer-financing): best for home improvement contractors who also sell jobs with customer financing
5. [**Jobber Receptionist**](#5-jobber-receptionist-best-if-your-business-already-runs-on-jobber): best if your business already runs on Jobber
6. [**Dapta**](#6-dapta-best-if-you-want-to-build-voice-agents-and-workflows-yourself-on-a-general-ai-platform): best if you want to build voice agents and workflows yourself on a general AI platform
7. [**My AI Front Desk**](#7-my-ai-front-desk-best-if-you-want-calls-web-chat-texts-and-a-simple-crm-in-one-lowcost-plan): best if you want calls, web chat, texts and a simple CRM in one low-cost plan
8. [**Goodcall**](#8-goodcall-best-if-you-want-a-bill-based-on-how-many-different-people-call-not-minutes): best if you want a bill based on how many different people call, not minutes
9. [**Rosie**](#9-rosie-best-lowcost-start-with-english-and-spanish-on-every-plan): best low-cost start with English and Spanish on every plan
10. [**Upfirst**](#10-upfirst-best-percall-plans-with-a-low-entry-price): best per-call plans with a low entry price

One question separates them faster than any feature list: *when a caller says “we’re thinking about taking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room, what would that run?” at 10 a.m. while you’re on another site, what does the AI say, who wrote those words, and what lands on your calendar?*

[Jump to FieldCamp ↓](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-you-want-your-own-rules-for-leads-clients-subs-and-jobsite-problems)

## Quick comparison: 10 AI receptionists for construction companies

Prices checked on each vendor’s own pricing or product page on 15 October 2026. “Not stated” means we could not find it on the vendor’s own site, not that the feature is missing.

| Product | Best for | New project lead | Job-site problem | Price and permit questions | Books into | Entry price (checked 15 Oct 2026) | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **FieldCamp AI Receptionist** | Your own rules per caller type, tested before go-live | Your intake fields; estimate visit offered from the window your schedule check returns | Your rule; warm transfer to your on-call superintendent with a planned fallback | Answers only from what you wrote; otherwise notes it for your project manager | FieldCamp schedule and AI Dispatcher | Quoted on a demo | No Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan booking; not a human service |
| **AgentZap** | Remodel and GC lead intake | Project type, scope, budget range, timeline, decision-maker | Flags storm damage, water intrusion, structural concerns with alerts | Up to 50 custom Q&A pairs | Google, Outlook, Calendly; Buildertrend named on its contractor page | $109/mo (150 minutes) + $499 setup | Setup fee on monthly plans; per-minute overage |
| **Smith.ai** | AI first, humans from the same vendor | Lead qualification and routing | Call routing you configure | Not stated for contractors | Calendly and other schedulers | $0 (25 calls), then $150/mo (75 calls) | Billed per call; human receptionists priced separately |
| **Hearth (Harper)** | Home improvement sales with financing | Job details, photos from the homeowner | Flags urgent calls | Presents financing options on the call | Your calendar | Not published (Pro + Harper plan) | Sold with Hearth’s financing platform |
| **Jobber Receptionist** | Shops already on Jobber | Collects contact and property details, books or creates a request | Transfers or texts you on keywords you mark urgent | Answers from your Jobber account details | Your Jobber schedule | $29/mo add-on to a Jobber plan | Needs Jobber |
| **Dapta** | Build-it-yourself AI platform | Qualifies and books on your calendar | Routes emergencies to on-call (its own guide) | Not stated | Your calendar and CRM | $99/mo (100k credits) | Credit cost per call minute not on the pricing page |
| **My AI Front Desk** | Calls, chat, texts and CRM in one plan | Qualifies the caller and books the appointment | Call transfer as an agent action | Answers from a knowledge base you write | Your calendar; its own AI CRM; Zapier | $99/mo (200 voice minutes), $79 billed annually | Two of each agent action on the Business plan |
| **Goodcall** | Billing by unique callers | Questions you set in plain language | Transfers to the people you choose | Not stated | Google Calendar and connected tools | $79/mo (100 unique customers) | Tool connections capped per plan |
| **Rosie** | Low-cost start, English and Spanish | Custom message taking | Warm and live transfers from Scale | Custom FAQ answers | Booking links on Professional; your calendar from Scale | $49/mo (250 minutes) | Calendar booking and transfers start at $149 |
| **Upfirst** | Per-call plans | Takes messages, books appointments | Screens for emergencies and forwards them | Not stated | Appointment scheduling, Zapier | $24.95/mo (30 calls) | Small call allowance on the entry plan |

Free scorecard

### Ten vendors. Score them on the same six calls

A one-page demo scorecard: what every AI receptionist vendor has to show you on a live call, from a remodel lead to a tarp off in the rain, scored 0, 1 or 2 for up to three vendors side by side.

## Who calls a contractor, and what each caller needs from the AI

Most AI receptionist pages show one caller: a homeowner who wants a quote. A contractor’s line carries four kinds of caller on a normal Tuesday, and an AI that treats them all as leads clogs your calendar and loses your subs’ messages.

- **A new project lead.** Needs your intake questions (project type, property, timeline, budget range, plans or drawings) and an estimate visit only when a project manager can actually go.
- **A client on an active job.** Doesn’t need qualifying. Needs a message that reaches the project manager on that job: “when is the tile going in?”, “we want to add a window to the change order”.
- **A sub or a supplier.** Needs a short message to the right person: the drywall crew is a day late, the lumber drop moved to Thursday.
- **A problem on a job site.** A tarp off in the rain, a break-in at the trailer, damage to a neighbor’s fence. Needs your line, the job address and a person on the phone now.

![Infographic of one construction company phone line and the four kinds of caller on it, with the question “who am I speaking with?” asked first: a new project lead wanting to redo the kitchen gets the company’s intake questions and an estimate visit only on a real window; a client on an active job saying nobody showed up gets a message to that job’s project manager; a drywall sub running a day late gets a short message to the right person; and a tarp blown off in the rain gets the company’s line, the job address and a warm transfer to the on-call superintendent from any point in the call](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/construction-ai-receptionist-four-callers-one-line.webp)One line, four kinds of caller. Ask who is calling first, then send each one to its own ending.Ask every vendor to show you all four on one demo line. AgentZap’s contractor page says it recognizes returning clients and captures change-order requests; most other pages in this list show only the new-lead call.

## Six contractor calls to run on every demo

Put the same six calls to every vendor and score each 0, 1 or 2: missed, partly handled, handled. They work the same whether you are shopping for an AI receptionist or a virtual receptionist for contractors with people behind it. For what an unanswered call costs, see [missed calls and the AI receptionist that books](/ai-receptionist/missed-calls/).

1. **“We want to redo the kitchen and maybe take out a wall.”** Pass: your intake questions one at a time, the budget range asked once, and an estimate visit only in a window your schedule has.
2. **“Is that wall load-bearing?”** Pass: no answer from the AI. It notes the question for the project manager’s visit.
3. **“What would a two-story addition cost?”** Pass: no number unless you wrote one down, and an offer to book the estimate visit.
4. **“Nobody showed up at our house today.”** Pass: the caller is treated as an active client, not a new lead, and the message reaches that job’s project manager.
5. **“Drywall crew is running a day late on Clayton.”** Pass: a short message to the right person, with no sales questions.
6. **“The tarp blew off and it’s raining into the addition.”** Pass: your rule matches from any point in the call, the caller hears your line, and the call goes to your on-call superintendent with a fallback if nobody answers.

![Clipboard scorecard of six construction calls to run on every AI receptionist demo, each scored 0, 1 or 2: a kitchen remodel lead, “is that wall load-bearing?”, the cost of a two-story addition, a client whose crew didn’t show up, a drywall sub running late and a tarp blown off in the rain, each with the pass line the vendor has to meet](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/construction-ai-receptionist-six-calls-demo-scorecard.webp)Six construction calls to put to every vendor on a live demo, scored 0, 1 or 2.

## The 10 best AI receptionists for construction companies

### 1. FieldCamp AI Receptionist: best when you want your own rules for leads, clients, subs and job-site problems

**Pricing:** quoted on a demo · **Books into:** FieldCamp schedule and AI Dispatcher · **Contractor software:** no Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan booking

[FieldCamp AI Receptionist](/ai-receptionist/) is an AI voice agent for field service businesses, built on [FieldCamp Voice](/voice/), FieldCamp’s proprietary voice AI platform built for field operations. Each call is drawn as steps on a canvas, and each step follows rules your company writes, so a remodel lead, a client on an active job, a sub and a job-site problem each take their own path.

#### What it does on a contractor call

- **Who is calling, asked first.** A Logic Split sends a new project lead to your intake questions, a client or a sub to a message for the right project manager, and a ZIP outside the areas you build in to the line you wrote.
- **Lead intake in the caller’s words.** Extract Variables captures the fields you define, such as project type, property type, start timeline, budget range, plans or drawings and the job address. Your project manager reads them before the site visit.
- **Estimate visits on a real window.** The agent runs a schedule check, offers the project manager and window it returns, and says “booked” only after the caller agrees. Without a free window, it takes a complete request for your office.
- **Your job-site rule, caught at any point in the call.** You write what counts as a problem that can’t wait: water getting in, a break-in, damage to a neighbor’s property. Global routing jumps to that step the moment a caller says it, reads your line word for word (for example, “if anyone is hurt or you smell gas, hang up and call 911 first”) and goes back if it turns out to be a schedule question.
- **Warm transfer to the on-call superintendent, with a planned fallback.** Your super hears a short private message you write before the caller is put through (warm transfer on Twilio; cold transfer also on Plivo and Asterisk). You set the timeout (5 to 120 seconds) and what the caller hears if nobody picks up.
- **Questions only you can answer stay with you.** The agent never states a price, a start date, a permit answer or whether a wall is load-bearing unless your Business Knowledge holds it. It notes the question for your project manager and offers the estimate visit.
- **Overflow or after hours, your choice.** Your phone rings first; the agent picks up when the line is busy or not answered, and a separate after-hours agent can take the evening.

![FieldCamp Voice Agent Builder, Edit Agent Node panel for the New Project? (Lead Intake) step of a demo construction call flow, showing the Variables to Extract list: caller_type with the hint new project lead, active client, subcontractor, supplier, inspector or other; project_type with the hint remodel, addition, new build, deck, basement, roof or other in the caller’s words; and start_timeline with the hint when the caller hopes to start](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fieldcamp-voice-construction-lead-intake-variables-sample-data.webp)The lead intake step in FieldCamp Voice, shown with sample data for a demo business, Pinecrest Builders: the company names each field the agent captures and writes the hint for it in plain words, starting with who is calling.Every call gets a recording and transcript, and an email alert fires when a call ends without a booking. Before you switch it on, you run simulated tests (an AI plays a homeowner asking about a load-bearing wall, or a client whose tarp blew off, and grades the call, using no call minutes), then a real “Call my phone” test of the transfer. Spanish-speaking callers get their own agent on its own number, and the same goes for French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic and Thai. See how a [bilingual answering service](/answering-service/bilingual/) is set up. It runs on your own phone provider: Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage, Plivo, Vobiz, Cloudonix or Asterisk.

#### Where it is not the right fit

If your schedule lives in Jobber, Housecall Pro or ServiceTitan and you want the AI booking straight into it, FieldCamp is the wrong pick: it does not book into them. If your policy is a human voice on every caller, pick a live service. And if you want one number that switches language mid-call, FieldCamp isn’t built that way: each language is its own agent and number.

### Run your own Tuesday through it on a demo

Write your intake questions and your job-site rule into FieldCamp AI Receptionist, run a remodel lead and a tarp-off-in-the-rain call as simulated tests, and see where each ends: an estimate visit, a message for the project manager, or a warm transfer to your on-call super.

[Book a demo](https://calendly.com/jeel-fieldcamp/30min)

### 2. AgentZap: best for remodel and general-contractor lead intake with on-site estimate booking

**Pricing:** Starter $109/mo (150 minutes, $0.85/min after), Professional $295/mo (450 minutes, $0.75/min), Business $899/mo (1,500 minutes, $0.70/min), each plus a $499 one-time training and setup fee (waived on a 6-month Professional term); Managed $899/mo on a 6-month term with setup and integrations included; 30-day money-back guarantee · **Bills by:** minute bundle

![AgentZap sample project inquiry call for a construction company: the AI answers for Summit Construction, the caller asks for a quote on a kitchen remodel and a master bathroom, the AI asks whether it is their primary residence and how old the home is, the caller gives 1995 and 2,400 square feet, and the AI offers Saturday at 10 AM or Tuesday at 2 PM for a 60-minute consultation](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-agentzap-kitchen-remodel-call.webp)AgentZap’s sample project inquiry call for a remodel lead. Source: agentzap.aiAgentZap’s contractor page is written for general contractors and remodelers. Its sample call is a kitchen remodel and bathroom addition: the AI asks whether it is the caller’s home, how old it is and the square footage, then offers two consultation slots. It captures project type, scope, budget range, timeline, property details and the decision-maker, handles residential and commercial tenant-improvement leads on separate routes, recognizes returning clients calling about active projects, and flags storm damage, water intrusion, structural concerns and failed inspections with an alert.

**Worth checking:** the [pricing page](https://agentzap.ai/pricing) adds the $499 setup fee to every monthly plan and notes that some software integrations (it names ServiceTitan) need extra setup that isn’t included outside the Managed plan. Its [contractor page](https://agentzap.ai/industries/contractors) says it integrates with Buildertrend; ask what is written into Buildertrend and what stays in a text summary.

### 3. Smith.ai: best if you want AI first, with human receptionists from the same company

**Pricing:** AI Receptionist Free $0 (25 calls a month, $3.00 a call after), Pro $150/mo (75 calls, $2.00 a call), Enterprise $500/mo (300 calls, $1.67 a call); month-to-month · **Bills by:** call

![Smith.ai AI receptionist sample: a completed 2-minute call marked consultation scheduled, the live transcript of the greeting and the caller’s request, and a Quality Studio scenario score showing how the call counts toward the booking-rate goal](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-smith-ai-call-transcript-scenario-score.webp)Smith.ai’s sample call view: transcript, outcome and a scenario score from its testing tool. Source: smith.aiSmith.ai sells an AI receptionist and a human receptionist service from the same account, and its pricing page lets you pick AI-first or human-first handling. The AI plans include 24/7 answering, lead qualification and call routing, scheduling through Calendly and similar tools, recordings, transcripts and summaries, and a “Quality Studio” for testing the agent before it goes live. Its [contractor page](https://smith.ai/industries/home-office-contractors-answering-service) describes AI receptionists screening project leads and scheduling estimates, with live receptionists taking complex scope conversations and emergencies.

**Worth checking:** every call counts against the plan, so a busy week of subs and suppliers calling costs the same as leads. Ask which calls the AI hands to a person and how those are billed; human receptionist prices sit behind a form. AI plans are on its [AI receptionist pricing page](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist).

### 4. Hearth (Harper): best for home improvement contractors who also sell jobs with customer financing

**Pricing:** not published; Harper comes in the “Pro + Harper” plan on top of Hearth Pro (book a demo) · **Bills by:** not stated

![Hearth mobile app Financing screen listing homeowner clients, each marked pre-qualified with the amount they are pre-qualified for, from about $11,000 to $20,000](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-hearth-app-financing-prequalified-clients.webp)Hearth’s app shows which clients are pre-qualified for financing and for how much. Source: gethearth.comHearth is a sales and financing app for home improvement contractors, and Harper is its AI assistant. Harper answers calls 24/7, collects the caller’s name, number and job details, texts you a summary, books appointments on your calendar, asks the homeowner for photos of the project so you can look before driving out, flags urgent calls, and can present financing options during the conversation. It also follows up on estimates you send and on loan applications homeowners started.

**Worth checking:** Harper isn’t sold on its own; it is part of Hearth’s financing platform, priced on a demo (see the [Hearth pricing page](https://gethearth.com/pricing/)). If you don’t offer financing, you pay for a platform you won’t use. Ask what Harper says when a homeowner asks what a remodel will cost, and how it handles a sub or a client on an active job.

### 5. Jobber Receptionist: best if your business already runs on Jobber

**Pricing:** $29/mo add-on to a Jobber plan; Jobber Core from $29/mo billed annually ($49 monthly), Connect $99/mo ($139 monthly), Grow $149/mo ($199 monthly), each for 1 user, extra users $29/mo each · **Bills by:** add-on to your Jobber plan

![Jobber Receptionist recent conversations log with each call tagged job scheduled, request created, took a message, general inquiry or spam, with a recording to listen to, and a phone notification that a customer booked a job](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-jobber-receptionist-conversation-log.webp)Jobber Receptionist tags every call and adds bookings straight into Jobber. Source: getjobber.com[Jobber Receptionist](https://www.getjobber.com/features/ai-receptionist/) answers calls and texts 24/7, asks about the job, collects contact and property details, and then books a visit with your online booking settings, creates a work request or takes a message, filing everything in Jobber. You choose the keywords that mean urgent, and it puts that caller through to you or sends a text alert.

**Worth checking:** it needs a Jobber plan, and the add-on sits on top of it on the [Jobber pricing page](https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/) (the Grow plan card also lists the Receptionist, so confirm what your plan includes). Its sample calls are service visits; run a remodel lead with a budget question on the demo line yourself.

### 6. Dapta: best if you want to build voice agents and workflows yourself on a general AI platform

**Pricing:** Pro $99/mo (100k credits, 5 users), Scale Up $499/mo (500k credits, assisted onboarding), Prime $1,499/mo (1.5M credits, dedicated account manager), Custom on request · **Bills by:** credits

![Dapta agent builder asking how can I help, with options to create a voice agent, text agent or flow, a typed request to create a voice agent that calls and qualifies leads, and progress steps for voice selected and prompt written](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-dapta-create-voice-agent.webp)In Dapta you describe the agent you want and it builds the voice, script and flow. Source: dapta.aiDapta is a no-code platform for AI voice agents, text and WhatsApp agents and workflow automation, used across sales and service. Its own contractor guide says its voice agent answers 24/7 in English or Spanish, qualifies the caller, books on your calendar, routes emergencies to your on-call crew and syncs to your CRM. Its assistant, Dapti, builds agents and workflows from plain-language instructions.

**Worth checking:** the [pricing page](https://dapta.ai/pricing/) sells credits, not minutes or calls, and doesn’t say how many credits a call minute uses; ask for that in writing before a busy season. Dapta isn’t built only for contractors, so the intake questions and urgent rules are yours to build.

### 7. My AI Front Desk: best if you want calls, web chat, texts and a simple CRM in one low-cost plan

**Pricing:** Business-in-a-Box $99/mo, or $79/mo billed annually (200 voice minutes, 100 chat conversations, 400 texts, 1,000 overage credits a month); extra voice at 25 credits a minute, with credits at $10 per 1,000; Partner / Enterprise custom; 7-day trial · **Bills by:** plan plus credits

![My AI Front Desk customer reengagement workflow: a new lead triggers AI lead scoring, then a branch sends high-scoring leads to an AI outbound call and the rest to an email](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-my-ai-front-desk-reengagement-workflow.webp)My AI Front Desk’s follow-up workflows decide whether a lead gets a call back or an email. Source: myaifrontdesk.comMy AI Front Desk puts an AI receptionist, website chat, two-way texting, an AI CRM and follow-up sequences in one plan. The receptionist answers calls, qualifies the caller, books appointments, answers from a knowledge base you write, and can transfer a call, send a text or push the details to another app through Zapier. It lists more than 20 languages and has pages for painting, concrete and home addition contractors.

**Worth checking:** the Business plan allows two of each agent action (for example two transfer destinations) and three people who get notifications, so map your client, sub and job-site paths against that. At 25 credits a minute, the 1,000 overage credits cover about 40 extra minutes; plans are on its [pricing page](https://www.myaifrontdesk.com/pricing).

### 8. Goodcall: best if you want a bill based on how many different people call, not minutes

**Pricing:** Starter $79/mo (100 unique customers, then 79¢ each), Growth $129/mo (500, then 26¢), Scale $299/mo (2,000, then 15¢), Enterprise custom · **Bills by:** unique customer

![Goodcall setup chat with its builder agent Gabi for an example plumbing company: the owner asks it to get the caller’s name, the problem and the address and book an estimate for big jobs, and Gabi reads the business details from the Google listing](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-goodcall-gabi-builds-agent.webp)Goodcall sets up the phone agent from a plain-English chat (Goodcall’s own example business). Source: goodcall.comGoodcall counts the different people its AI phone agent helps each month, not minutes or calls, so a client who calls three times about the same job counts once. You describe your business to Gabi, Goodcall’s builder agent, in plain words (“get their name, what’s going on and the address; book an estimate for anything big”), and it sets up the agent, reads your Google listing and connects tools such as Google Calendar.

**Worth checking:** plans cap the number of external tools (1 on Starter, 5 on Growth) and the call history kept (30 days on Starter). Its [pricing page](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) says you can start free with a demo agent before adding a number.

### 9. Rosie: best low-cost start with English and Spanish on every plan

**Pricing:** Professional $49/mo (250 minutes), Scale $149/mo (1,000 minutes), Growth $299/mo (2,000 minutes); two months free on annual; 7-day trial · **Bills by:** monthly minute allowance

![Rosie call record for a kitchen remodel lead: the summary, the full conversation where Rosie offers on-site quote times, takes the caller’s name and number and books Thursday at 10 AM, and the appointment created in Calendly](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-rosie-kitchen-remodel-call-booked.webp)Rosie’s sample kitchen remodel call, from first question to a booked on-site quote. Source: heyrosie.comRosie trains itself from your Google profile and website, answers 24/7, takes custom messages and blocks spam on every plan, and every plan includes English and Spanish. Scale adds booking straight onto your calendar, warm transfers where Rosie briefs your team first, and texts to callers during the call; Growth adds waterfall transfers that try several numbers until someone answers.

**Worth checking:** on Professional, Rosie texts a booking link rather than booking the estimate itself. Ask how many message scenarios you need (2 on Professional, 5 on Scale) to separate leads, clients and subs. Plans are on its [pricing page](https://heyrosie.com/pricing).

### 10. Upfirst: best per-call plans with a low entry price

**Pricing:** Starter $24.95/mo (30 calls, $1.50 per extra call), Premium $59.95/mo (90, $1), Pro $159.95/mo (300, $0.75), Scale $299/mo (600, $0.70), Custom above 600; 20% off annual · **Bills by:** call

![Upfirst set up through an AI assistant: the owner asks it to text new callers a booking link and send emergencies to a named cell, and Upfirst confirms emergencies transfer to that cell and take a message if nobody picks up](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-construction-upfirst-setup-emergency-transfer.webp)Upfirst’s emergency rule: transfer to the owner’s cell, take a message if nobody answers. Source: upfirst.aiUpfirst answers 24/7, sends instant call summaries, records and transcribes calls, transfers calls, schedules appointments and texts callers during the call, with more than 35 languages listed on every plan. Its contractor page says it screens calls for emergencies to forward and takes messages for the rest, and that you can turn it on only after hours, on weekends or when your team is busy.

**Worth checking:** its [pricing page](https://upfirst.ai/pricing) says spam, robocalls and calls under 15 seconds aren’t billed. The 30-call Starter plan fills fast if every sub and supplier call counts, so compare the per-call rate at your real volume.

## What should an AI receptionist say when a caller asks what the job will cost?

“Ballpark, what does a kitchen remodel run?” is the most common question on a contractor’s line, and the answer the AI gives sets the client’s expectations before you have seen the house. The vendors here handle it three ways:

**It answers from what it learned**The AI learns your business from your website, Google profile or uploaded documents and answers from that. Whatever price those sources mention is what the caller hears, with no site visit behind it.

**It asks the budget and books**The AI asks for the caller’s budget range and timeline, writes them down and offers an estimate visit. The number is the caller’s, not yours.

**Only what you wrote down**The AI gives a price, a start date or a permit answer only if you put it in its knowledge. Everything else becomes a note for the project manager and an offer to book the visit.

FieldCamp AI Receptionist runs on the third rule, and asks the budget range once, the second way, so your project manager arrives knowing what the client expects to spend.

**Ask every vendor:** *when your AI tells my caller a price or a start date, where did it come from, and can I stop it?*

## What a busy season costs on each plan

Spring is when remodel and deck leads, client check-ins and sub messages all land at once, and the billing unit decides what that month costs. From each vendor’s own pricing page on 15 October 2026:

- **Per call:** Smith.ai ($2.00 on Pro, $1.67 on Enterprise) and Upfirst ($1.50 down to $0.70). Every sub and supplier call counts the same as a lead.
- **Per minute:** AgentZap ($0.85 to $0.70 past the bundle), Rosie (250 to 2,000 minutes a month) and My AI Front Desk (200 minutes, then about $0.25 a minute in credits). Long remodel intake calls drain these fastest.
- **Per unique customer:** Goodcall. A client who calls three times counts once.
- **Credits:** Dapta, with no published credits-per-minute rate.
- **Bundled:** Jobber Receptionist at $29 on top of a Jobber plan, and Hearth’s Harper inside its financing platform, priced on a demo.
- **Setup fees:** AgentZap charges $499 once on its monthly plans.

Ask each vendor how many calls it takes at the same time on your plan, in writing, and ring the demo line from two phones at once.

## When an AI receptionist is the wrong call for a contractor

- **Your clients expect a person.** On a six-figure build, some clients want a human voice every time. Keep a person on the main line and use AI only where no one answers.
- **“A person on every call” is your policy.** Keep your office staff, and put the AI on [CSR overflow](/ai-receptionist/csr-overflow/) and [after-hours calls](/answering-service/after-hours/) only.
- **You can’t write down your rules yet.** Any AI receptionist follows the rules it is given. If your team hasn’t agreed which ZIPs you build in, which jobs you quote on the phone and who is on call for job sites, the AI can’t either.

Angle · Setup

### Write your caller paths before the first demo

Every vendor asks the same setup questions: which ZIPs you build in, what you ask a new lead, where client and sub messages go, what counts as a job-site problem that can’t wait, and which questions the AI must never answer. Page 2 of the contractor demo scorecard has space for those answers, next to your scores.

### Bring your intake questions and your six calls to the demo

Leave your work email and pick a time. On the demo you watch your calls run through FieldCamp AI Receptionist on a simulated test: your intake questions, your service area, your job-site rule and your on-call path.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is the best AI receptionist for construction companies?**

It depends on what your calls need. For remodel and general-contractor lead intake, AgentZap; for AI with human receptionists behind it, Smith.ai; for contractors who sell with financing, Hearth’s Harper; for shops on Jobber, Jobber Receptionist; for calls, chat and texts in one plan, My AI Front Desk; for English and Spanish on a budget, Rosie. FieldCamp AI Receptionist fits when you want your own rules for leads, clients, subs and job-site problems, tested before you switch it on.

**How much does an AI receptionist for contractors cost?**

On 15 October 2026, vendor pages showed Upfirst from $24.95/mo for 30 calls, Jobber Receptionist at $29/mo on top of a Jobber plan, Rosie from $49/mo, Goodcall from $79/mo, Dapta from $99/mo in credits, My AI Front Desk from $99/mo ($79 billed annually), AgentZap from $109/mo plus a $499 setup fee, and Smith.ai free for 25 calls, then $150/mo for 75. Hearth publishes no price. Check how each bills (calls, minutes, unique customers or credits) against your busiest month. FieldCamp is quoted on a demo.

**What is the difference between an AI receptionist and a virtual receptionist for contractors?**

A virtual receptionist is usually a person working remotely who answers your line, takes messages and transfers calls, billed by the minute or call. An AI receptionist is software that answers in a natural voice, asks your intake questions and can book estimate visits on its own. Some vendors, such as Smith.ai, sell both from one account.

**Can an AI receptionist tell a new lead from a client, a sub or a supplier?**

Only if you set it up to ask. Have it ask who is calling first, send new leads to your intake questions, and send clients, subs and suppliers to a message for the right project manager without sales questions. Test all four on the demo line before you sign.

**Should an AI receptionist give prices or permit answers to callers?**

Only answers you wrote down. A price for a remodel or an addition depends on the site, and permit and load-bearing questions need someone to see the house. Put the few answers you’re happy to give in the AI’s knowledge, and have it take a note and book the estimate visit for everything else.

**Can an AI receptionist for construction companies take calls in Spanish?**

Yes, with most vendors here, but in different ways. Rosie lists English and Spanish on every plan, Upfirst lists more than 35 languages, My AI Front Desk more than 20, and Dapta says its agent answers in English or Spanish. FieldCamp runs one agent per language, each on its own phone number, with the same questions and rules.

**Is an AI receptionist a good idea for a contractor?**

Yes, when the phone rings while you’re on a site and you can write down who you work for, what you ask a new lead and what counts as a job-site problem. Start with overflow and after-hours calls, give callers a clear way to reach a person, and run the six calls in this guide on each demo before you sign.

## Methods, sources and disclosure

**How we chose:** we read each vendor’s own product, industry and pricing pages on 15 October 2026 and kept AI receptionists that serve [construction and contracting businesses](/construction-software/) and publish what they do. Not carded here: live answering services such as Posh, Ruby and AnswerHero (people, not AI), Whippy (a texting platform where voice AI sits on a custom plan) and Avoca (built around ServiceTitan service companies, no public price). Each AI receptionist was judged on the six contractor calls above.

**Prices and features:** read on each vendor’s own pricing, product or industry page on 15 October 2026: agentzap.ai/pricing and its contractor page, smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist, gethearth.com/pricing and its Harper page, getjobber.com/pricing, dapta.ai/pricing, myaifrontdesk.com/pricing, goodcall.com/pricing, heyrosie.com/pricing and upfirst.ai/pricing. Where a vendor doesn’t publish a price, we say so.

**Disclosure:** FieldCamp makes one of the products on this list. We ranked it first and say where it is not the right fit.

### The construction AI receptionist demo scorecard

Twelve tests to run on every vendor demo, from a remodel lead and a client on an active job to a sub’s message, a tarp off in the rain and the “is that wall load-bearing?” question, scored 0, 1 or 2 for up to three vendors side by side. Two pages, in your inbox as a PDF.

### Your intake questions, your job-site rule, tested before you switch it on

FieldCamp AI Receptionist sorts contractor calls on the rules you write, asks new leads your intake questions, books estimate visits only on a window your schedule has, sends client and sub messages to the right project manager, and warm-transfers job-site problems to your on-call super with a planned fallback. Every call is recorded and transcribed.

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