AI receptionist: pay for talk time only.
★★★★★From 24 Google reviews (opens in a new tab)What your AI receptionist does
The whole front desk, on every plan.
- Answers every call, 24/7Takes several callers at once, so nobody hears engaged.
- Knows your businessQuotes your prices, services and policies word for word.
- Books the jobInto your calendar before the caller hangs up.
- Puts the right calls throughTells you who is calling and why before you pick up.
- Sends SMS and email for youBooking confirmations by text, messages to your inbox.
- Keeps you in the loopA summary, transcript and recording of every call.
- Sovereign Sydney optionYour calls and data stay in Australia, for businesses that need it.
Answering and making calls for businesses across New Zealand and Australia
Try them yourself
Four live agents, right here in your browser. Tap one, allow your microphone and start talking. Calls run for up to four minutes.
AI receptionistZoeNew Zealand
Never misses a customer moment.
AI receptionistSamAustralia
Have him book you a real meeting.
Outbound Sales AgentArloAustralia
Throw him your toughest objection.
Multilingual receptionistJingNew Zealand
Start in English, then switch to Mandarin.
Load credit. The more you load, the less each minute costs.
From 95c down to 77c a minute. Credit never expires.
Enterprise
For bigger call volumes, several sites or a whole team. We build a plan around how you work.
Talk to us30-day money-back guarantee on every plan. If your AI receptionist is not right for your business in the first 30 days, we refund you.
How credit works
Load credit once. Your receptionist only uses it while it is on a call.
Pick your package
Choose how much credit to load, plus $130 a month for the platform.
Talk time comes off it
Only while your receptionist is on a call. No calls, no credit used.
Tops up automatically
When your credit runs low, the same amount reloads. Credit never expires.
Rated 5.0 on Google
Read all reviews on Google (opens in a new tab)- ★★★★★
The AI Receptionist has been fantastic for our team at Rangehood Solutions. It’s taken a huge amount of workload off us, especially when we’re a staff member down, and means we can keep looking after customers without calls being missed.
Rangehood Solutions
AI receptionist client, New Zealand
- ★★★★★
It handles hundreds of calls a day, prospecting, qualifying sellers, and building a pipeline for future deals. … Not a set-and-forget service, they actually care about results.
James Mairs
Auckland apartment agency
- ★★★★★
Getting an entire team, from our IT manager to our admin staff, aligned on AI is not easy. Leo made it look easy! … No hype. No theory.
Shiv Narayan
Technology Solutions NZ
Works with the tools you already use.
Your agent books into your calendar, updates your CRM and passes every lead to the right person. No double handling, no copy and paste.
Built-in CRM integrations
HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, ActiveCampaign and Fergus connect in a few clicks.
Connect anything else
Calendars, inboxes, accounting and more through Zapier, Make or n8n.
Using something not shown here? Ask us. If it has an API, we can usually connect it.
See all integrations
$253,000 saved in one year, by no one being pulled off their work to answer phones.
Every call used to cost someone about 25 minutes: the call itself, then getting back into their work. Across the team that added up to more than 1,650 hours a year. Now their AI receptionist answers every call.
- 4,000 calls answered in a year
- 1,650+ hours of team time back
- <1 sec to answer, every time
Every call answered, every booking captured
AI receptionistCalls answered, messages passed, transfers made
GML Lawyers' AI receptionist answers inbound calls, takes and passes messages to the right person, and transfers callers within their existing VoIP system.
Bookings taken while hands are full
While the stylists are mid-colour, the AI receptionist answers, books the appointment, and texts the client a confirmation. No ringing phone, no lost chair.
Switch off, let the AI hold the phone
Start delegating the admin to AI and get your time back. Your receptionist answers every call, books the job, and passes only the urgent ones to you.
Need Outbound Sales Agents? Look no further.
They call your leads, qualify them and book meetings into your team’s calendar, hundreds at a time.
- 350+calls per hour
- about 78ca minute on the Scale+ plan
- Every leadfollowed up until they book or say no
New Zealand & Australia's Leading AI Agency
We don't just talk about AI, we implement it. Waboom AI has helped businesses across NZ and Australia identify bottlenecks and deploy AI solutions that actually work.
Trained teams at NZ's leading companies
From boardrooms to conference stages. Practical AI that teams actually use.
Guest Speaker
Xero AI Training
Dad's Pies Training
ChatGPT Demo
Corporate Training
Hybrid Session
See your AI receptionist working. Live in 24 hours.
Book a quick meeting and we will show you exactly how it would answer your calls, then build it for you.
- Your receptionist built around your business
- Live and answering calls within 24 hours
- Credit that never expires, from $500
- Every plan backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee
Choose a time on our calendar. It takes less than a minute.
Less Busy. More Life.
AI Receptionist FAQ
What is an AI receptionist?
An AI receptionist is software that answers your business phone in a natural voice, works out why the caller is ringing, then transfers warm to your team, books the appointment, or takes a message. It runs 24/7 alongside your existing phone system, with no human operator, no per-seat fees and no long contract.
What does an AI receptionist do?
It answers every call in under a second, holds a real conversation, qualifies the caller, transfers urgent calls warm with the name and reason announced, books appointments into your calendar, and sends transcribed messages to your email and SMS. Every call is logged with a transcript and recording in your portal.
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
$130 a month for the platform, plus talk time from prepaid call credit, plus GST where applicable. Pay as you go starts with $500 of credit at 95 cents a minute, so your first payment is $630. Load more and each minute costs less: Starter is $990 of credit at 84 cents, Growth $2,425 at 80 cents, and Scale+ $4,650 at 77 cents (in Australia A$910 at 78 cents, A$2,230 at 73 cents and A$4,280 at 71 cents). Credit never expires. No per-seat fees, no contract.
Will it sound like a robot or annoy my callers?
No. It answers in under a second in a natural Kiwi or Aussie voice you choose, and most callers do not realise they are talking to AI until you tell them. Try Zoe, Sam and Jing live on this page before you decide: ask the price, leave a message, try to catch them out.
What happens to a call it cannot handle?
Nothing gets dropped. If the caller needs a person, it transfers warm to your team with the name and reason announced. If nobody picks up, it takes a message, transcribes it, and sends it to your email and SMS straight away. You set the rules for what counts as urgent.
How does the automatic top-up work?
Your calls draw down your credit at your plan's rate. When the balance runs low, the platform reloads the same amount you started with from your saved card, automatically. Your line never goes dead mid-month, and every top-up shows in your portal billing history.
Does it work with my existing VoIP or phone system?
Yes. The standard setup is conditional call forwarding from your existing VoIP or mobile, so the receptionist only takes the calls you do not answer. If you would rather keep it separate, we provision a dedicated NZ or AU number instead. Either way you keep your existing number.
Can it transfer calls to my team?
Yes, that is its main job. The receptionist transfers warm, announcing the caller and the reason before connecting, to extensions inside your VoIP or to external mobiles. You set the rules: who gets sales calls, who gets support, what happens when nobody picks up.
What happens when it takes a message?
The message is transcribed and sent to you instantly by email or SMS, with the caller's name and number captured. The full transcript and call audio also sit in your portal, so nothing lives on a sticky note ever again.
Can it dial extensions or use keypad menus?
Yes. If your phone system answers transfers with its own menu, the receptionist dials the extension digits (DTMF) to reach the right person. Callers can also key in things like reference numbers when that is easier than reading them out. You will not need it often; mostly, everyone just talks.
How fast can it go live?
A focused build, answering, transferring, and taking messages on one inbound line, goes live within 24 hours. Adding a CRM or calendar integration lands in days. You forward your number with a short code from your handset, and that is the whole cutover.
Can it speak other languages?
Yes. A multilingual receptionist can answer in English and switch to Mandarin the moment a caller does, then carry on in that language. Try Jing on this page: start in English, then ask to speak Mandarin.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Yes. Every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If your AI receptionist is not right for your business in the first 30 days, we refund you.
Can it make outbound calls too?
Yes. Outbound Sales Agents call your leads, qualify them and book meetings for your team, over 350 calls per hour per campaign. Load a list or plug them into your CRM, and they keep following up until each lead books or says no. Talk time runs from about 78c to $1.00 a minute depending on plan.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. There is no contract; the subscription is month to month and you can cancel from the portal. Your call data, transcripts, and recordings stay available to export.
Last updated 21 October 2026 · by Leonardo Garcia-Curtis