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# 10 Best AI Receptionists for Landscaping and Lawn Care Companies in 2026

_Published: October 17, 2026_  
_Author: Komal Gurbani_  

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> 10 AI receptionists for landscaping and lawn care compared on spring-rush calls, irrigation floods, rain-day changes and price. Vendor prices checked Oct 2026.

Ten AI receptionists, judged on the calls a landscaping or lawn care company gets in one spring week: a new homeowner who wants weekly mowing and a price per cut, a sprinkler line flooding a driveway at 9 p.m., a limb down across a driveway after a storm, and a regular customer asking whether the crew is still coming in the rain. Still weighing live operators against AI? Start with what a [landscaping answering service](/landscaping-software/answering-service/) does.

## What is the best AI receptionist for landscaping?

The best one runs on your rules, not its own. It puts an irrigation flood through to your on-call person and takes a regular customer’s skip or rain-day question down as a request for your office. It never quotes a price per cut or promises a crew day you didn’t give it.

1. [**FieldCamp AI Receptionist**](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-you-want-to-write-your-own-urgentcall-and-customerchange-rules): best when you want to write your own urgent-call and customer-change rules, test them before spring, and book estimate visits through AI Dispatcher
2. [**Tinylawn**](#2-tinylawn-best-lowcost-receptionist-built-only-for-outdoor-service-trades): best low-cost receptionist built only for outdoor service trades
3. [**Smith.ai**](#3-smithai-best-when-a-live-person-must-be-able-to-take-over-a-designbuild-caller-or-an-upset-customer): best when a live person must be able to take over a design-build caller or an upset customer
4. [**ServiceAgent**](#4-serviceagent-best-if-you-want-answering-booking-deposits-and-marketing-on-one-credit-balance): best if you want answering, booking, deposits and marketing on one credit balance
5. [**Arkanis**](#5-arkanis-best-for-a-carolinas-designbuild-or-hardscape-contractor-who-wants-phones-followups-and-proposals-from-one-ai-vendor): best for a Carolinas design-build or hardscape contractor who wants phones, follow-ups and proposals from one AI vendor
6. [**AgentZap**](#6-agentzap-best-if-you-want-the-vendor-to-set-it-up-and-connect-your-landscaping-software-for-you): best if you want the vendor to set it up and connect your landscaping software for you
7. [**Jobber Receptionist**](#7-jobber-receptionist-best-if-jobber-already-runs-your-schedule-quotes-and-clients): best if Jobber already runs your schedule, quotes and clients
8. [**LeadTruffle**](#8-leadtruffle-best-for-landscapingspecific-intake-that-sorts-design-maintenance-and-irrigation-leads): best for landscaping-specific intake that sorts design, maintenance and irrigation leads
9. [**Rosie**](#9-rosie-best-low-entry-price-with-english-and-spanish-on-every-plan): best low entry price with English and Spanish on every plan
10. [**QuoteIQ Virtual Call Team**](#10-quoteiq-virtual-call-team-best-if-you-also-want-a-lowcost-crm-with-inbound-and-outbound-ai-calls): best if you also want a low-cost CRM with inbound and outbound AI calls

One question separates them faster than any feature list: *when a caller asks “how much per cut?” or “is the crew still coming in this rain?”, what does the AI say, who wrote those words, and where does the call go next?*

[Jump to FieldCamp ↓](#1-fieldcamp-ai-receptionist-best-when-you-want-to-write-your-own-urgentcall-and-customerchange-rules)

## Quick comparison: 10 AI receptionists for landscaping and lawn care companies

Prices checked on each vendor’s own pricing or product page in 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 | Irrigation and storm calls | Regular customers’ changes | Books into | Entry price (checked Oct 2026) | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **FieldCamp AI Receptionist** | Your own urgent-call and change rules, tested before go-live | Your rules; warm transfer to your on-call person (Twilio) with a planned transfer-failed path | Skip, pause, rain-day and add-on calls taken as a request for your office | AI Dispatcher (booked once the caller agrees to the suggested estimator) | Quoted on a demo | No LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot or Yardbook booking; not a human service |
| **Tinylawn** | Outdoor trades only, low entry price | Takes a detailed message for urgent requests; live transfer from Growth | Can book, reschedule or cancel on your rules (its page) | Its own calendar and booking forms; your software through Zapier | Pro $49/mo (25 calls, $2.00 per extra call) | No live transfer on Pro; per-call billing in spring |
| **Smith.ai** | AI first, a person as backup | Human receptionists take escalated calls | Handles existing customers’ scheduling changes (its page) | Calendar and CRM (7,000+ integrations) | AI: free for 25 calls; Pro $150/mo (75 calls) | Per-call cost climbs in a spring rush |
| **ServiceAgent** | One credit balance for calls, booking, deposits and ads | Not stated on its pricing page | Not stated | Its calendar; Jobber or Housecall Pro (its guide) | Core $39/mo billed yearly (2,000 credits, about 133 AI voice minutes) | Site says it “launches soon”, with a waitlist |
| **Arkanis** | Carolinas design-build and hardscape contractors | Serious leads routed by text in under 60 seconds (its claim) | Callers can reschedule themselves | Google Calendar or Jobber | From $500/mo (its landscaping FAQ); higher tiers scoped on a call | Demo line in private beta; serves North and South Carolina |
| **AgentZap** | Setup and integrations done by the vendor | Says it takes 100+ calls at once in the spring rush | Handles service frequency changes (its page) | Jobber, LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot, Yardbook (its claim) | $109/mo (150 min) + $499 one-time setup | Setup fee; its sample call quotes a weekly price |
| **Jobber Receptionist** | Shops already on Jobber | Keywords you choose trigger a transfer or a text alert | Returning callers can reschedule or cancel (its demo) | Your Jobber schedule, work requests and tasks | $29/mo add-on on a Jobber plan | Only works inside Jobber |
| **LeadTruffle** | Landscaping intake into your CRM | Irrigation problems get a diagnostic visit “with urgency” | Not stated | Jobber, LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot (its claim) | Custom package: see vendor | No public price |
| **Rosie** | Low entry price, English and Spanish | You set the urgent criteria; it flags them by text or email | Not stated | Your calendar from Scale; booking links by text on Professional | Professional $49/mo (250 min) | No calendar booking or transfers on $49 |
| **QuoteIQ Virtual Call Team** | Shops that also want a home-service CRM | Not stated; every call recorded, transcribed and summarised | Not stated | QuoteIQ (inbound and outbound calls) | Essentials $29.99/mo, about 4 AI call minutes in its credits | Call minutes come out of AI credits shared with other features |

Free scorecard

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

A one-page demo scorecard: what every AI receptionist vendor has to show you on a live call, from the spring-rush mowing quote to the irrigation flood and the rain-day skip, scored 0, 1 or 2 for up to three vendors side by side.

## Should an AI receptionist quote a mowing price on the phone?

Only a price you wrote down. Several landscaping vendors put a number in the AI’s mouth, and their own sample calls show it.

AgentZap’s sample landscaping call has its AI tell a caller with a half-acre yard: “you’re looking at around $55-65 per week.” Rosie says its AI gives pricing estimates on its Growth plan. LeadTruffle sorts callers by project value, from a $200 cleanup to a $50,000 renovation. Smith.ai collects budget expectations on the call.

A weekly price the AI states is a price the homeowner holds you to before anyone has seen the slope, the beds or the gate width. Ask every vendor three things:

- **Where does the number come from?** Ask to see the price list or rule the AI reads from, and replace it with “we price mowing after we’ve seen the lot” on the next test call.
- **What does it say when your list doesn’t cover the question?** Ask “how much for a paver patio?” and “do you charge extra for a steep yard?”
- **What does it promise about timing?** Ask “can you start next Tuesday?” and listen for a crew day it has no way to keep.

FieldCamp AI Receptionist ships no price list and no promise. The product’s own rule is “never state what you were not told”: no price per cut, project figure, crew day or arrival time unless your Business Knowledge holds it. Without one, the caller gets an estimate visit.

## Key features to look for in an AI receptionist for landscaping

Landscapers usually judge these tools on green-industry terms, calendar and CRM sync, and spring-rush volume. Those matter, and so does what happens to the calls nobody advertises. Check each one on the vendor’s own pricing page and on a live demo, not on the feature grid:

- **Your service names, not its guesses.** Aeration, overseeding, hardscape, irrigation start-up and winterization should come from the service list you give it, with the services you don’t offer named as well.
- **Spring-rush handling.** How many calls it answers at the same time on your plan, and what an April costs on per-minute, per-call, flat or credit billing. Get the number in writing.
- **An urgent path you wrote.** Your definition of an irrigation flood or a tree down, a transfer to your on-call person, and a planned fallback when nobody picks up, with no crew time it wasn’t given.
- **Recurring customers, not only new leads.** A large share of landscaping calls come from people you already serve: skip this week, pause for vacation, add aeration, “are you coming in this rain?” Ask what happens to each one and who confirms it.
- **Estimate booking you can trust.** Whether “booked” means an estimator and a window on your schedule or a request someone sorts out later, and which job types it may book on its own.
- **Property context.** The address, the yard as the caller describes it, services wanted, one-time or recurring, residential, commercial or HOA, and access notes such as a locked gate or a dog in the yard.
- **Calendar and software sync.** Where the job or request lands. A vendor that names Jobber, LMN, Aspire or Service Autopilot should show you a booking arrive there on the demo.
- **Human escalation and follow-up.** A route to a person for a design-build caller or an unhappy regular, and a way to call last season’s customers before spring.
- **Caller trust.** How it handles saying it is an AI, Spanish-speaking callers, your business hours and callers who ask not to be called again.

## Five landscaping and lawn care calls to run on every demo

Put the same five calls to every vendor on a live demo and score each 0, 1 or 2: missed, partly handled, handled. They work the same whether you are shopping for an AI receptionist for landscaping services, a landscaping AI receptionist that books estimates, or an AI receptionist for lawn care. For what an unanswered one costs, see [missed calls and the AI receptionist that books](/ai-receptionist/missed-calls/).

1. **“Can you start weekly mowing next week? How much per cut?”** Pass: your price line or an estimate visit, and “booked” only once an estimator and a window exist. No price the AI made up.
2. **“A sprinkler line burst and water is running down my driveway.”** Pass: your urgent rule, a transfer to your on-call irrigation person, and a planned fallback when nobody picks up.
3. **“A limb from last night’s storm is blocking our driveway.”** Pass: your rule on what is tonight’s problem, your safety line if it touches a power line, and no crew time it wasn’t given.
4. **“It’s pouring. Are you still coming today? Can we skip this week?”** Pass: your rain policy, word for word, and the skip taken down for your office to confirm. No promise of a new day.
5. **“I manage an HOA two towns over. Can you bid our common areas?”** Pass: your ZIP list, then your commercial path: the commercial estimator or a request with the site count and timing.

![Infographic of one spring week on a landscaping company’s phone line, five calls sorted by the company’s own rules into three groups: put through now, where a burst sprinkler line flooding a driveway goes to the on-call irrigation person by warm transfer with a planned fallback and a storm limb across a driveway is handed to the crew lead with no crew time promised; book or request, where a weekly mowing caller asking the price per cut gets an estimate visit booked once the caller agrees to the estimator AI Dispatcher suggests and an HOA bid follows the ZIP list and the commercial path; and office request, where a rain-day skip is read the company’s rain policy and taken down as a change request for the office](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/landscaping-ai-receptionist-five-spring-week-calls-sorted-by-your-rules-scaled.webp)Five calls from one spring week, and where each should end. Put the same five to every vendor.

## The 10 best AI receptionists for landscaping and lawn care companies

### 1. FieldCamp AI Receptionist: best when you want to write your own urgent-call and customer-change rules

**Pricing:** quoted on a demo · **Books into:** AI Dispatcher · **Landscaping software:** no LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot or Yardbook 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, which serves landscaping and lawn care companies alongside solar O&M, EV-charging and facilities crews. Each call is drawn as steps on a canvas, and each step follows rules your company writes.

#### What it does on a landscaping call

- **Your urgent rule, caught at any point in the call.** You write what counts as urgent: an irrigation line flooding a yard or a basement, a tree or limb on a house or across a driveway, a commercial site problem before an event. Global routing jumps to your urgent step the moment a caller says it, even halfway through a question about mulch.
- **Regular customers’ changes go to your office, not into a guess.** A Logic Split reads the request type the agent captured and sends a skip, a pause, a rain-day question or an added service down its own path. The agent reads the change back and takes it down as a request for your office. It does not move the visit itself.
- **Promises only what you gave it.** The agent never states a price per cut, a project figure, a crew day or an arrival time it wasn’t given. Those come only from the Business Knowledge you add, such as your service area, your “we price mowing after we’ve seen the lot” line and your rain policy.
- **The property details your estimator needs.** Extract Variables captures the fields you define: services wanted, the yard as the caller describes it, one-time or recurring, residential, commercial or HOA, and access notes such as a locked gate or a dog in the yard. Every call is recorded and transcribed, so have it note “locked gate, call on arrival” rather than ask for a gate code or a card number.
- **Your service area, checked by ZIP.** A Logic Split sends a ZIP outside your area to the referral line you wrote, and a commercial or HOA caller down its own path.
- **Warm transfer to your on-call person, with a planned fallback.** Your irrigation tech or crew lead 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 and what the caller hears if nobody picks up.
- **Estimate visits booked with the estimator AI Dispatcher suggests.** With [AI Dispatcher for landscaping](/ai-dispatcher/landscaping/) connected, the agent offers the estimator and window AI Dispatcher suggests. The caller agrees, the agent accepts the suggestion, and only then does it say “booked”. Without AI Dispatcher, it takes a complete request for your team. On a rain day your office re-plans the day on the dispatch board; AI Dispatcher can suggest a new slot, and your office decides.
- **Calls last season’s customers before spring.** Outbound campaigns call a list you upload as a CSV, such as last year’s mowing customers, fall cleanup and aeration offers or estimate requests that didn’t book, with pacing, retries and calling hours you set.

![FieldCamp Voice Agent Builder canvas for a demo landscaping call flow: a greeting, a New or Existing intake step with 5 variables, and a Logic Split called What Kind of Call that sends the branch Change or rain question to a Change Request for the Office step ending in Request Left for the Office, while every other call goes to an Estimate Visit Request step that offers only the estimator and window AI Dispatcher suggests](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fieldcamp-voice-landscaping-existing-customer-change-request-branch-sample-data.webp)A Logic Split in FieldCamp Voice, shown with sample data for a demo business, Briarwood Landscape & Lawn Co.: skips, pauses, rain-day questions and added services go to a change request for the office, and new callers go to an estimate visit.Every call gets a recording and transcript, and an email alert fires when a call ends without a booking. Before spring you run simulated tests (an AI plays a homeowner asking for weekly mowing or reporting a flooded yard and grades the call, using no call minutes), then a real “Call my phone” test of the transfer. It runs on your own phone provider: Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage, Plivo, Vobiz, Cloudonix or Asterisk.

#### Where it is not the right fit

If your jobs live in LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot or Yardbook and you want the AI booking straight into that schedule, FieldCamp is the wrong pick: it does not book into them. If your policy is a human voice on every design-build caller, pick Smith.ai or a live service. And if Spanish-speaking callers are a big share of your line, test that on the demo before you commit.

### Bring last spring’s busiest Monday to a demo

Write your urgent-call rule, your rain policy and your price line into FieldCamp AI Receptionist, run the calls as simulated tests, and see where each one ends: a warm transfer to your on-call person, a change request for your office, or an estimate visit booked through AI Dispatcher.

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

### 2. Tinylawn: best low-cost receptionist built only for outdoor service trades

**Pricing:** Pro $49/mo (25 calls, $2.00 per extra call, no live transfers), Growth $129/mo (75 calls, $1.80 per extra call, 5 transfer destinations), Scale $249/mo (150 calls, $1.60 per extra call), Enterprise from $499/mo; 14-day trial; checked Oct 2026 · **Bills by:** call

![Tinylawn lead screen for a landscape design consultation: the lead card with the requested date and service, the client and property address on the left, a satellite parcel view of the property in the middle, and a Virtual Site Visit Report below with an overview of the site and a lawn and landscape analysis](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-landscaping-tinylawn-virtual-site-visit-report.webp)Tinylawn attaches a parcel view and a virtual site visit report to each lead. Source: gettinylawn.comTinylawn is built for landscaping, lawn care, tree care, irrigation and pest control only. It answers, qualifies and books the next step, loads a returning caller’s property and history, and can book, reschedule or cancel on your rules. Every plan includes English and Spanish, call recordings and summaries, and a property report with lot size, square footage and aerial views on each lead.

**Worth checking:** the $49 Pro plan on its [pricing page](https://gettinylawn.com/pricing/) has no live call transfers, and its FAQ says it takes a detailed message for complex or urgent requests, so run call 2 on the plan you would buy. Per-call billing adds up in April, and only calls of 15 seconds or more with a caller reply count. It sits in front of your field service software and hands leads over through Zapier; it doesn’t replace dispatch or route planning.

### 3. Smith.ai: best when a live person must be able to take over a design-build caller or an upset customer

**Pricing:** AI Receptionist free for 25 calls/mo ($3.00 per call after), Pro $150/mo for 75 calls ($2.50 per extra call), Enterprise $500/mo for 300 calls; AI-enhanced human receptionist plans from $300/mo · **Bills by:** call

Smith.ai’s AI asks property size, service type, maintenance or installation, timeline and budget expectations, and routes vendor and supplier calls. Callers who ask for a person, or whose design projects need detailed handling, go to North America-based receptionists. It can also take payments for deposits or consultations.

Per-call billing means a spring Monday with 40 calls costs 40 calls. Its receptionists don’t give technical landscaping advice, which is the right line; ask where a booked estimate lands in your software.

### 4. ServiceAgent: best if you want answering, booking, deposits and marketing on one credit balance

**Pricing:** billed yearly: Launch $0 (no credits), Core $39/mo (2,000 credits), Growth $95/mo (6,000 credits), Franchise $279/mo (20,000 credits, 3 locations); monthly billing $49, $119 and $349; one AI voice minute uses 15 credits; checked Oct 2026 · **Bills by:** credits

ServiceAgent is a front-office platform: a CRM, booking widget and calendar sync, invoicing, review requests and ad tools, with an AI receptionist on top. Its guide says the AI books to your calendar, takes a Stripe deposit and syncs to Jobber or Housecall Pro on the call.

**Worth checking:** its site carries a banner saying “ServiceAgent launches soon” with a waitlist, and its own guide says it “isn’t listed on G2 or Capterra yet”. On its [pricing page](https://serviceagent.ai/pricing), one AI voice minute uses 15 credits, so Growth’s 6,000 credits are about 400 minutes, shared with texts, ad creatives and review replies. The testimonials on its homepage are signed with names such as Saul Goodman and Tyrion Lannister, so ask for a landscaping customer you can call. Decide whether you want card numbers taken on a recorded call.

### 5. Arkanis: best for a Carolinas design-build or hardscape contractor who wants phones, follow-ups and proposals from one AI vendor

**Pricing:** from $500/mo for the AI voice receptionist, lead response and CRM updates, per the FAQ on its landscaping page; Growth, Partner and consultant tiers are scoped on a call; no public pricing page (checked Oct 2026) · **Bills by:** monthly, scoped

Arkanis’ voice receptionist, “Sarah”, runs one intake for design-build (scope, lot conditions, budget) and another for maintenance (property size, service frequency). It books on-site consultations into Google Calendar or Jobber, lets callers reschedule themselves, sends reminders 24 hours and one hour before, and routes serious leads by text in under 60 seconds. It also drafts maintenance-renewal outreach for your approval.

**Worth checking:** the [Arkanis homepage](https://www.arkanis.ai/) says its demo line is “coming soon” and Sarah is “in private beta with our launch partners”, so you can’t ring it yet. It serves contractors in North and South Carolina. Its pages describe lead routing, not what happens on a burst-irrigation call at night, so ask for call 2 on the consultation.

### 6. AgentZap: best if you want the vendor to set it up and connect your landscaping software for you

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

![AgentZap sample landscaping quote request: the caller asks for weekly lawn care at a half-acre property needing mowing, edging and weed control, and the AI replies that for a half-acre property with weekly mowing and edging the caller is looking at around 55 to 65 dollars per week, then asks weekly or bi-weekly and which day works best](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-landscaping-agentzap-sample-quote-call-price-per-week.webp)AgentZap’s sample landscaping call, with a weekly price written into the AI’s reply. Source: agentzap.aiAgentZap captures lot size, lawn condition, slope, irrigation status and access requirements, sets up weekly or bi-weekly service, books estimate visits for design, hardscape and irrigation work, and takes HOA and commercial inquiries. It lists Jobber, LMN, Aspire, Service Autopilot and Yardbook among its integrations, and its team configures them for you. It says it answers in English and Spanish and handles “100+ simultaneous calls during spring rush”.

**Worth checking:** the $499 setup fee on its [pricing page](https://agentzap.ai/pricing), and the script. In its sample call the AI quotes “around $55-65 per week” for a half-acre yard it hasn’t seen. Make sure every number in your version is one you approved, and ask to see a booking land in your own software on the demo.

### 7. Jobber Receptionist: best if Jobber already runs your schedule, quotes and clients

**Pricing:** Receptionist is a $29/mo add-on on Jobber’s pricing page, on top of a Jobber plan (Core from $29/mo billed annually, $49 monthly); checked Oct 2026 · **Bills by:** monthly add-on

![Jobber Receptionist conversation log: a Recent conversations table tags each call as job scheduled, request created, took a message, general inquiry or spam with a Listen button for each, beside a phone notification reading new booking for Joe Flores, booked a job for April 25 from 9 to 10 AM](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-landscaping-jobber-receptionist-recent-conversations-tags.webp)Jobber Receptionist tags each conversation by outcome and keeps the recording. Source: getjobber.com[Jobber Receptionist](https://www.getjobber.com/features/ai-receptionist/) answers calls and texts 24/7 using the services, request forms and online booking settings already in your Jobber account. It books a visit, creates a work request for you to quote, or takes a message as a task. You choose keywords that mean urgent, and it transfers the caller or texts you. Its demo line lets a returning caller reschedule or cancel the visit they booked, and every conversation keeps a summary, transcript and recording.

**Worth checking:** it only works inside Jobber, and Jobber’s demo notes that live transfer isn’t available on the demo line, so test call 2 after setup. QuoteIQ’s comparison page quotes a different add-on price than [Jobber’s pricing page](https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/), so confirm yours there. It is compared head to head in [FieldCamp vs Jobber AI Receptionist](/ai-receptionist/vs-jobber/).

### 8. LeadTruffle: best for landscaping-specific intake that sorts design, maintenance and irrigation leads

**Pricing:** custom package after a demo, with no per-minute answering fees from LeadTruffle; Essential, Growth and Scale plans, none with a public price · **Bills by:** custom package

![LeadTruffle landscaping lead qualification panel: for design projects it asks property square footage, hardscape or softscape focus, style preferences, budget range and timeline; for maintenance services lawn size, current condition, desired frequency, additional services and HOA requirements; for irrigation systems the number of zones, system age and brand, symptoms, controller location and water source; and for big projects full renovation, pool or outdoor kitchen surround, drainage, retaining walls and budget and permit needs](https://cms.fieldcamp.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-receptionist-landscaping-leadtruffle-landscaping-qualification-questions.webp)The questions LeadTruffle’s AI asks by job type, from irrigation zones to HOA requirements. Source: leadtruffle.co[LeadTruffle’s landscaping page](https://www.leadtruffle.co/landscaping-answering-service/) sorts calls into lawn maintenance, hardscape, irrigation and seasonal work and asks different questions for each: zones, system age and symptoms for a sprinkler problem, square footage and budget range for a patio. It routes hardscape and full-renovation keywords to your design team as priority consultations, and says it books estimates directly in Jobber, LMN and Service Autopilot, with Aspire and Arborgold also listed.

**Worth checking:** there is no public price on its [pricing page](https://www.leadtruffle.co/pricing/), so get the package in writing. Its value routing (“$50K+ full landscape design”) decides who gets a callback first; check the thresholds match your work. Its headline statistics, such as “71% of landscaping calls go unanswered”, carry no source.

### 9. Rosie: best low entry price with English and Spanish on every plan

**Pricing:** Professional $49/mo (250 minutes, message taking and booking links by text), Scale $149/mo (1,000 minutes, calendar booking, warm and live transfers), Growth $299/mo (2,000 minutes, waterfall transfers, pricing estimates); 7-day trial; checked Oct 2026 · **Bills by:** minute allowance

[Rosie’s landscaping page](https://heyrosie.com/industries/landscaping) is one of the most landscaping-specific vendor pages we read: spring cleanups, leaf removal, sod, drip irrigation, hardscape and backyard redesigns. You define what counts as urgent, such as irrigation leaks, storm damage or safety hazards, and Rosie flags those calls to you by text or email. It asks the questions you set, such as yard size and weekly or one-time service, and every plan includes English and Spanish, recordings and transcripts.

**Worth checking:** on its [pricing page](https://heyrosie.com/pricing) the $49 Professional plan takes messages and texts a booking link; calendar booking and transfers start on Scale at $149, so an irrigation flood on Professional becomes a flagged message, not a call put through. Pricing estimates are a Growth-plan feature. The two testimonials on its landscaping page come from a transport company and an event space.

### 10. QuoteIQ Virtual Call Team: best if you also want a low-cost CRM with inbound and outbound AI calls

**Pricing:** Virtual Call Team is on every plan: Essentials $29.99/mo, Beginner $74.99/mo, Pro $149.99/mo, Elite $299/mo, Max $699/mo; AI call time comes from IQ Credits at 125 per minute; 14-day trial; checked Oct 2026 · **Bills by:** IQ Credits inside the CRM plan

QuoteIQ’s Virtual Call Team is the AI receptionist inside QuoteIQ, a home-service CRM with estimates, scheduling and invoicing. It also makes outbound calls, including batch campaigns for seasonal promotions and re-engagement.

**Worth checking:** call time comes out of IQ Credits. Its feature page puts that at about 4 minutes a month on Essentials, 24 on Pro and 64 on Max, shared with its other AI tools, and extra usage is billed separately on the [pricing page](https://myquoteiq.com/pricing/). A spring Monday can use a month of minutes. Its pages don’t describe an urgent-call transfer, so run call 2 on the trial.

## Rain days and regular customers: what the phone agent should and shouldn’t do

A lawn care company’s phone is half new leads and half people it already mows for. On the first wet morning of the season the second half all call at once: are you coming, can we skip, can you come Saturday instead. Vendors handle that very differently:

- **The AI changes the schedule itself.** Tinylawn says it can book, reschedule or cancel on your rules, Jobber Receptionist lets a returning caller reschedule or cancel, and Arkanis lets callers reschedule themselves. Fast, as long as your rules say which visits it may move and your crews see the change.
- **The AI takes the change down for your office.** FieldCamp AI Receptionist reads the change back and leaves a request for your office, with the recording and transcript. Your office re-plans the day on the dispatch board, where AI Dispatcher can suggest a new slot and your office decides.
- **The AI takes a message.** Lower plans on several products, such as Rosie Professional, end most of these calls as a message.

Whichever you pick, the rain answer itself should be your policy, word for word: whether a wet day means a skip, a shift or a credit is a business decision, not something the AI should improvise. For calls that shouldn’t wait until morning, see how an [emergency answering service](/answering-service/emergency/) sorts them.

For the same comparison across every trade, see the [best AI receptionist software](/ai-receptionist/best-software/). Choosing new software at the same time? See FieldCamp’s [landscaping software](/landscaping-software/) and [lawn care software](/lawn-care-software/).

## Spring-rush fine print: who transfers, and what a busy April costs

From each vendor’s own pricing page in October 2026:

- **Transfer only on a higher tier:** Tinylawn Pro ($49) has no live call transfers, and Growth ($129) adds 5 transfer destinations. Rosie Professional ($49) takes messages; warm and live transfers start on Scale ($149).
- **Setup fees:** AgentZap charges $499 once unless you take a 6-month Professional term. Arkanis scopes everything above its $500 starting tier on a call.
- **Minutes inside credits:** QuoteIQ’s Virtual Call Team uses 125 IQ Credits per minute, about 4 minutes a month on Essentials. ServiceAgent uses 15 credits per AI voice minute, about 400 minutes on Growth, shared with its texts and ad tools.
- **Per-call plans count every caller:** Smith.ai and Tinylawn bill by the call, so a regular who rings twice about the same rain day counts twice. Tinylawn doesn’t count spam or calls under 15 seconds.
- **Calls at the same time:** AgentZap says 100+, Rosie says “any number”, and Jobber and LeadTruffle say they handle several at once. Ask for the number on your plan in writing, and ring the demo line from two phones at once.

Then the billing unit decides what a spring rush costs: long estimate calls drain **per-minute** plans fastest (AgentZap, Rosie), every repeat caller counts on **per-call** plans (Smith.ai, Tinylawn), QuoteIQ and ServiceAgent draw on **credits** shared with other tools, Jobber charges a **monthly add-on**, and LeadTruffle and Arkanis quote a **custom** package above any starting price.

## What “booked” should mean for a landscaping estimate

A homeowner who hears “you’re booked for Wednesday” stops calling other landscapers. On one product that is an estimator and a window on your schedule; on another, a request someone sorts out next week, after two competitors have walked the yard.

**Request taken**The details are captured and sent somewhere. Someone still has to find an estimator and a slot, and call the homeowner back.

**Booked**A confirmed estimate visit with an estimator and a window in your software, and the caller hears “booked” only after that confirmation.

FieldCamp AI Receptionist runs on the second rule. With AI Dispatcher connected, the estimate visit is booked when the caller agrees to the estimator and window AI Dispatcher suggests. Without AI Dispatcher, FieldCamp AI Receptionist takes a complete request for your team and says so.

**Ask every vendor:** *at the moment your AI says “booked”, what exists in my software, and who confirmed it?*

## When an AI receptionist is the wrong call for a landscaping company

- **Design-build sales that run on a conversation.** A homeowner planning a backyard renovation, or a property manager with a portfolio of sites and a standing contract, often wants a person. Live and hybrid options are compared in our roundup of the [best answering services for landscapers](/answering-service/best-for-landscapers/).
- **“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 can’t agree whether a broken sprinkler head is tonight’s problem or Monday’s, or what a rain day means for a weekly mow, the AI can’t either.

Angle · Setup

### Write your urgent-call rule and rain policy before the first demo

Every vendor asks the same setup questions: what counts as urgent, who is on call and in what order, where a call goes when nobody answers, what the AI says on a rain day, and which jobs it may book on its own. The after-hours and rain-day rules sheet is one place for those answers, ready to hand to any vendor.

### Bring your rules and your five 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 urgent-call rule, your rain policy, your price line, your ZIP list and your on-call path.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is the best AI receptionist for landscaping?**

It depends on where your jobs live. On Jobber, try Jobber Receptionist first; for a person as backup, Smith.ai; for intake into LMN, Aspire or Service Autopilot, AgentZap or LeadTruffle; with a CRM in the same plan, QuoteIQ; on a tight budget, Tinylawn or Rosie. FieldCamp AI Receptionist fits when you want to write your own urgent-call and customer-change rules, test them before spring and book estimate visits through AI Dispatcher.

**What is an AI receptionist for lawn care?**

An AI receptionist for lawn care is a voice agent that answers your business line when the crew is out mowing or the office is closed. It asks the questions you set, such as the address, services wanted and weekly or one-time, then books an estimate visit, takes a request or puts an urgent call through to your on-call person. The good ones also handle regular customers’ skips and rain-day questions on your rules.

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

In October 2026, vendor pages showed QuoteIQ from $29.99/mo with about 4 AI call minutes in its credits, Jobber Receptionist as a $29/mo add-on on a Jobber plan, ServiceAgent Core at $39/mo billed yearly, Tinylawn Pro and Rosie Professional at $49/mo, AgentZap from $109/mo plus a $499 setup fee, Smith.ai AI Pro at $150/mo (75 calls) with a free tier for 25 calls, and Arkanis from $500/mo. LeadTruffle quotes a custom package. FieldCamp is quoted on a demo.

**Can an AI receptionist handle the spring rush?**

An AI receptionist answers spring-rush calls instead of letting them roll to voicemail, but plans differ on how many it takes at once and what each call costs. Ask for the simultaneous-call number on your plan in writing, ring the demo line from two phones at once, and work out a busy April on per-minute, per-call, credit or flat billing before you sign.

**Can customers skip or reschedule a mowing visit by phone?**

On some products, yes: Tinylawn, Jobber Receptionist and Arkanis say callers can reschedule. Others take the change as a request or a message. FieldCamp AI Receptionist reads the change back and leaves a request for your office; your office re-plans on the dispatch board, where AI Dispatcher can suggest a new slot. Either way, the rain answer should be your own policy.

**Should an AI receptionist give mowing prices over the phone?**

Only numbers you approved. AgentZap’s sample call quotes a weekly range for a yard the AI hasn’t seen, and Rosie offers pricing estimates on its Growth plan. A price the AI says is the number a homeowner quotes back at your estimator. In FieldCamp, prices come only from the Business Knowledge you add; otherwise the caller gets an estimate visit.

**Is an AI receptionist a good idea for a landscaping business?**

Yes, when calls come in while your crews are mowing or installing and you can write down what counts as urgent and what a rain day means. It fits badly with design-build sales that run on a personal conversation, or a “person on every call” policy. Run the five calls in this guide on each demo and count how many end where you want.

## Methods, sources and disclosure

**How we chose:** we read each vendor’s own product, industry and pricing pages on 7 October 2026, tried the demos where they are offered, and kept tools that serve landscaping businesses and publish what they do. The other four are LeadTruffle, Rosie and QuoteIQ, which the landscaping roundups we read name, and Jobber’s built-in receptionist. Not carded: Landscape Marketing Pros’ receptionist (its site would not load for us), My AI Front Desk (its landscaper page returns “410 Gone”), Kordless (its ranking guide returned 404), and Dialzara and Goodcall (no landscaping page we could find on their sites). Each was judged on the five landscaping calls above.

**Prices and features:** read on each vendor’s own pricing, product or FAQ page on 7 October 2026: gettinylawn.com/pricing, smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist, serviceagent.ai/pricing, arkanis.ai (landscaping page FAQ), agentzap.ai/pricing, getjobber.com/pricing, leadtruffle.co/pricing, heyrosie.com/pricing, and myquoteiq.com/pricing and myquoteiq.com/features/virtual-call-team. Where a vendor doesn’t publish a price, we say “see vendor”.

**Disclosure:** FieldCamp makes one of the products on this list. We ranked it first and say where it is not the right fit. Vendor screenshots are from each vendor’s own site. The FieldCamp screenshot shows sample data for a demo business.

### Two sheets for choosing an AI receptionist for your landscaping company

The demo scorecard lists the landscaping calls every vendor has to handle on a live demo, scored 0, 1 or 2 for up to three vendors side by side. The after-hours and rain-day rules sheet holds your urgent-call definitions, on-call order, fallback, rain policy and bookable job types, ready to hand to any vendor. Both arrive in your inbox as PDFs.

### Your urgent-call rule, your rain policy, tested before spring

FieldCamp AI Receptionist sorts landscaping and lawn care calls on the rules you write, warm-transfers an irrigation flood to your on-call person with a planned fallback, takes regular customers’ changes down for your office, and books estimate visits through AI Dispatcher once the caller agrees. Every call is recorded and transcribed.

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