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AI receptionist vs cheap overseas answering vendors
A real comparison of cost, accent, trade knowledge, and customer reception.
The cheap option in the answering market is an overseas call center charging $0.40 per call. We have heard the recordings. Customers can tell. Some do not care. Many do, and Google review counts mentioning the call experience grow steadily for shops on those services.
AI is not the answer for every shop. But it is a more brand-safe answer than the cheapest live option, and it costs roughly the same.