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For Aussie businesses still using the old vocab

Phone Answering Service Australia.
Now AI. Every call. Every hour.

Looking for a phone answering service? Aussie businesses are switching to AI for one reason. The same 30-second call that costs $1.99 on ReceptionHQ runs you about 28 to 46 cents on Waboom AI, every hour, with calendar booking built in. From $0.55 AUD per minute on subscription, live same day.

Hear the Aussie voicesBook a 15-min demo
$0.55

AUD per minute, all-in

24/7

every call, every hour

< 800ms

first-token latency

Same day

live for focused builds

Why Aussie SMEs are switching from a human phone answering service

What the legacy phone answering service can't do

  • Cover the full clock without shift rosters and premium pricing.
  • Look up the caller in your CRM in real time.
  • Book across a team of reps based on live calendar availability.
  • Pass on more than a name and reason on warm transfer.
  • Charge less than $1.99 per call on PAYG.
  • Run without an offshore overflow team in the background.

What Waboom AI gives you instead

  • Every call answered under 800ms, 24 hours, 7 days, every week of the year.
  • Live CRM lookup on incoming caller before greeting finishes.
  • Multi-rep round-robin booking across Google / Outlook / HubSpot / Pipedrive.
  • Full transcript + extracted fields on every warm transfer.
  • $0.55 AUD per minute on subscription, no per-call surcharge.
  • No foreign human handler. Sydney-hosted portal for your data.

Phone answering service in every Australian capital

Same product, same Aussie voices, same pricing across every capital. Brisbane (AEST), Sydney (AEST), Melbourne (AEST), Adelaide (ACST), Perth (AWST). The AI agent runs in your local timezone and answers every call.

Phone answering service Brisbane

Local timezone: AEST. Same Aussie voices. Same pricing.

Phone answering service Sydney

Local timezone: AEST. Same Aussie voices. Same pricing.

Phone answering service Melbourne

Local timezone: AEST. Same Aussie voices. Same pricing.

Phone answering service Adelaide

Local timezone: ACST. Same Aussie voices. Same pricing.

Phone answering service Perth

Local timezone: AWST. Same Aussie voices. Same pricing.

Real Aussie campaigns. Real Waboom numbers.

Three live campaigns Waboom has run for Australian businesses. Portal data, not industry averages.

Sydney

Real estate agency, 90-day vendor lead campaign

10,713dials
141warm-transferred vendor leads
$32.74cost per warm-transferred seller
Read the case study
Melbourne

Dormant database reactivation

1 weekto a signed listing
$2.9mfirst listing value
14k+dormant contacts re-engaged
Read the case study
AU

10,000-call AU pricing breakdown

AU$0.43per dial all-in
AU$4,300for 10,000 calls / mo
~AU$25,000Philippines BPO equivalent
Read the case study
Live AI Demo

Talk to the Waboom AI Receptionist right now

This is a live test. Pretend you are an Aussie customer calling a business after hours. Ask anything. The agent answers in a native Aussie voice, qualifies you, and would book or transfer in production.

Click the button below to start a voice conversation. Your microphone will be activated.

Waboom AU Receptionist

Waboom AU Receptionist

AI Virtual Receptionist · Aussie voice

Receptionist persona · service businesses · AU + NZ

Allow microphone access when prompted

Call after-hours

Pretend it is 11pm Saturday. Ask if anyone is around. See how the agent handles it.

Book an appointment

Try to book a fake consultation for next Tuesday. See the agent check live availability.

Test transfer logic

Ask to speak to a human about something urgent. See how the agent qualifies before transfer.

Want this on your number? PAYG $455 AUD for 500 minutes, live same day.

Ready to automate your inquiries? See pricing below

Pricing

All AUD. Inbound and outbound included. No setup fees on PAYG.

Pay As You Go

$455

AUD one-off

500 minutes. No commitment.

Choose Pay As You Go
Most popular

Starter

$899

AUD / month

1,000 minutes (~2,000 short calls). For 200-400 calls a month.

Choose Starter

Growth

$2,230

AUD / month

3,500 minutes. Multi-rep teams.

Choose Growth

Common questions

Q.What is a phone answering service in Australia?▾

A phone answering service is a third-party that answers your business phone in your business name, takes a message or transfers the call. Aussie SMEs have used phone answering services since the 1980s, originally a live operator at a switchboard. Today the modern phone answering service is AI: same job, same outcome, 24/7 coverage, lower cost per call, and the calls do not go to Manila.

Q.How much does a phone answering service cost in Australia?▾

Traditional phone answering services in AU run $1.99 per call on PAYG (ReceptionHQ MessageExpress) plus a monthly fee, or $199 to $699 per month for SME subscription plans. Waboom AI runs at $0.55 AUD per minute on subscription (Starter plan is $899 AUD per month for 1,000 minutes), or $0.91 AUD per minute on a no-commitment $455 PAYG entry pack.

Q.Will the answering service work in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide?▾

Yes. Waboom AI runs nationally. Each city has its own dedicated virtual receptionist page (linked at the bottom of this page) with local context, but the underlying service is the same coast to coast.

Q.Can it answer after hours and on weekends?▾

Yes, every hour. Human phone answering services tend to route after-hours volume to voicemail or to an overflow team based offshore. AI does not need a shift roster. The same agent that answers your 11am call answers your Saturday 2am call at the same quality.

Q.Can it book appointments into our calendar?▾

Yes. Direct integrations with Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, HubSpot and Pipedrive. The agent reads live availability and books in real time before the call ends.

Q.Can it route the caller to the right person on the team?▾

Yes. Multi-rep routing is built in. The agent qualifies the caller, identifies the right team member based on territory, skill, or product line, checks that rep's live calendar, and warm-transfers with the full call transcript and extracted fields if the caller wants to speak to someone now.

Q.Does the agent sound Australian?▾

Yes. Real Aussie voices including Charlie, Hannah, Baxter, Noah, Amelia, Jess, Matilda and more. You can audition them on /ai-voice-agents/voices before deciding.

Q.Does my data stay in Australia?▾

Structured call data, transcripts and audit logs sit in the Waboom Sydney portal. There is no foreign human handler listening, transcribing, or filing your Aussie customer information.

Run AI against your real inbound for $455.

500 minutes, no monthly commitment, native Aussie voices, calendar booked. See the answer rate difference inside a week.

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Last updated 17 May 2026 · by Leonardo Garcia-Curtis

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