Voice AI
Answers and qualifies every call
The AI greets the caller by your business name, asks the qualifying questions you set (service, location, urgency, budget) and adapts to the answers. It never puts anyone on hold.
AI answering service · HighLevel Voice AI
An AI answering service that picks up every call, day and night
An AI answering service answers your business line with a natural voice, asks the questions you would ask, books the appointment in your calendar and texts the caller a recap. HighLevel's Voice AI does this on the Unlimited plan for $97 per month per location, on top of a HighLevel subscription, with no per-minute agent fees and no hold queue.
- Answers in seconds, 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays
- Qualifies the caller with your script and books straight into your calendar
- Transfers hot calls to a human, takes a message for the rest
- Sends a text summary to you and to the caller after each call
14-day free trial · Cancel anytime · Onboarding session included
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AI ReceptionistOn the line · 24/7
- 24/7 availability
- Lead qualification
- 8M+Calls answered by HighLevel AI
- 1.58M+AI agents deployed
- 4.8 / 5G2 rating, 500+ reviews
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What it does
What an AI answering service handles for you
A human answering service reads a script and takes a message. HighLevel's AI Employee does the script, then keeps going: it books, follows up and hands the conversation to your CRM.
Calendar
Books the appointment on the call
Availability comes from your HighLevel calendar. The AI proposes real slots, confirms the booking and sends the confirmation by text. Reminders and no-show follow-ups run from the same calendar.
Handoff
Transfers, messages and recaps
Set rules for when a call must reach a human: the AI warm-transfers it. Otherwise it takes a message, logs the call in the contact record and texts you the summary. Reviews AI can later answer the Google review that call turns into.
How it works
How a call goes with the AI on the line
Four moments, from the ring to your calendar. Everything is logged in the contact's timeline inside HighLevel.
The call rings on your HighLevel number
Forward your existing business line to a HighLevel number, or publish the HighLevel number directly. The AI can answer every call, only after-hours calls, or only when nobody picks up within a set number of rings.
The AI qualifies with your script
You write the goal ("book an estimate", "collect the case details") and the questions. The AI speaks naturally, handles interruptions and answers questions from the knowledge you gave it: hours, services, prices, service area.
It books, transfers or takes a message
Booking uses your real availability. A transfer rule ("existing customer with an emergency") sends the call to a phone of your choice. Anything else becomes a message and a task.
Everyone gets a recap by text
The caller receives a confirmation. You receive the summary, the recording and the transcript in the contact record. Conversation AI can carry on by SMS if the caller replies.
What it replaces
AI answering service versus the alternatives you are paying for
The comparison that matters is not AI versus human. It is the AI versus the voicemail, the overflow service or the receptionist hours you fund today.
| Voicemail | Human answering service | In-house receptionist | HighLevel AI Employee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers after hours | Records a message | Yes, per the contract | No | Yes, every call |
| Books the appointment | No | Sometimes, from a shared calendar | Yes | Yes, from your live calendar |
| Knows your services and prices | No | From a script sheet | Yes | From the knowledge you load |
| Handles two calls at once | No | Depends on staffing | No | Yes |
| Logs the call in your CRM | No | Rarely | Manually | Automatically, with recording and transcript |
| Monthly cost | Included in your phone plan | Typically billed per minute or per call, with monthly minimums | A salary | $97 per location, plus the HighLevel plan |
Human answering services price by minute or by call and vary widely by provider; check your own invoices. HighLevel bills call minutes at carrier rates on top of the plan; a low-volume line costs a few dollars a month in telephony.
Voice AI helped me replace our previous answering service and saved $1,200 per month. The quality is better and it never misses a call.
Pricing
What HighLevel AI Employee costs
Three ways to pay for the AI. Only one of them makes sense for an answering service, because a phone line that stops answering when a cap is reached is not an answering service.
Pay-Per-Use
$0monthly AI fee, each action billed on use
No AI subscription. Every call minute, message or generation is billed as it happens.
Best for: a quick test of one feature at very low volume.
Start a trial anywayAI Employee Growth
$50per month, per location
A monthly allowance across the AI tools. Once the cap is reached, the AI stops until next month or you upgrade.
Best for: light, predictable usage where a cap is acceptable.
Start a trial anywayAI Employee Unlimited
$97per month, per location
The AI answers every call and every message, all month, subject to fair use. This is the plan the whole page is about.
- Conversation AI
- Voice AI
- Reviews AI
- Content AI
- Voice AI Prompt Optimizer
- Ask AI (expanded)
- AI Studio (expanded)
- Funnel AI
- Workflow AI
- Email AI
Best for: any business that wants the phone and the inbox covered without watching a meter.
Start the 14-day trialOne thing to know before you sign up
AI Employee is an add-on to a HighLevel plan, not a standalone product. A single business takes the Starter plan at $97 per month and adds AI Employee Unlimited at $97: $194 per month in total, plus call and text usage billed by the carrier rates inside HighLevel. In exchange you get the CRM, calendar, pipeline, funnels and automations the AI plugs into.
- Starter $97 per month · one business, one location, the full CRM
- Unlimited $297 per month · agencies: unlimited sub-accounts and users
- SaaS Pro $497 per month · agencies reselling under their own brand
The 14-day plan
Test it on real calls before you pay anything
The trial gives you the full platform for 14 days. Use it to route real calls to the AI and judge it on your own callers, not on a demo.
- Days 1 to 3
Set up the line and the script
Create the account, buy a HighLevel number (a few dollars), forward your business line after hours, write the greeting, the qualifying questions and the transfer rule, and paste your services, prices and hours into the knowledge base. Book the included onboarding session for this part.
- Days 4 to 9
Let it answer your after-hours calls
Keep the AI on evenings and weekends only. Listen to every recording, read every transcript, fix the script where the AI hesitated. Add a test call from a friend with a difficult question.
- Days 10 to 14
Decide on numbers you own
Count the calls the AI answered that would have gone to voicemail, the appointments it booked and the messages it took. Compare with what you pay for an answering service or with the revenue of one booked job. Keep it, or cancel from the account settings before day 14.
Is it for you
Who should use an AI answering service, and who should not
A good fit if
- You miss calls after 6 pm, on weekends or while you are on a job, and each missed call is a lost estimate or booking.
- Your calls follow a pattern: what service, where, when, how urgent. The AI is very good at patterns.
- You already want a CRM, a calendar and text follow-up, or you are ready to replace the tools that do this today.
- You run several locations or an agency: the AI is enabled per location and priced per location, so you control who gets it.
Look elsewhere if
- Your calls are long, emotional or legally sensitive and must reach a trained person every time. Use the AI only for overflow and after-hours, or not at all.
- You want a standalone phone product with no CRM behind it. HighLevel AI Employee only exists inside a HighLevel plan.
- You expect zero setup. Writing a good script and loading your knowledge takes an afternoon, and the first week needs your ear on the recordings.
- Your monthly call volume is a handful of calls. The Starter plan plus Unlimited is $194 per month; below a few dozen calls, a simple voicemail with Missed Call Text Back may be enough.
Inside the product
What you get beyond the phone line
The same subscription unlocks the rest of the AI Employee suite. These are HighLevel's own interface visuals.
FAQ
Questions people ask before switching to an AI answering service
Does the AI sound like a robot?
HighLevel's Voice AI uses natural, low-latency voices and handles interruptions. Callers hear a pause of a second or two while it thinks, comparable to a person checking a screen. Run a test call during the trial and judge it with your own ears before you route customers to it.
Can it transfer a call to me or to my team?
Yes. You define transfer rules (for example an existing customer with an emergency, or anyone who asks for a person) and the phone number to reach. Outside those rules the AI takes a message and texts you the summary.
Do I have to change my phone number?
No. Keep your published number and forward it to the HighLevel number, either always, after hours only, or when unanswered. You can also use the HighLevel number directly for a new campaign or location.
What does it really cost per month for one business?
The HighLevel Starter plan at $97 per month plus AI Employee Unlimited at $97 per month per location: $194 in total, plus call minutes and texts billed at carrier rates inside HighLevel. The Growth plan at $50 has monthly caps and Pay-Per-Use bills each action, which does not suit a line that must always answer.
What happens during the 14-day trial?
You get the full HighLevel platform for 14 days, with a one-hour onboarding session offered to new trials on the AI page. Set up the number and the script in the first days, route after-hours calls to the AI, then decide on your own recordings. Cancel from the account settings before the end of the trial if it is not for you.
Can it answer texts, WhatsApp and website chat too?
Yes. Conversation AI, included in the same Unlimited plan, replies across SMS, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and web chat and can book appointments in the conversation. The phone and the inbox share the same calendar and the same contact records.
Is my callers' data safe?
HighLevel publishes GDPR support tools, SOC 2 Type II infrastructure providers, HIPAA support packages and hosting on Google Cloud and AWS. Recordings and transcripts live in your account; you decide who in your team can access them.
Put the AI on your after-hours calls this week
Fourteen days, the full platform, your real callers. If it books one job you would have missed, it has paid for the month.
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