Every missed call is a missed customer. Memox answers them all.
Memox answers your calls and website chats 24/7, qualifies the lead, and books the job, on your existing number. So you stop losing customers to voicemail.
or call +1 (573) 490-0128, picks up in 3 seconds. From $749/mo, live in 3 days.
Built for businesses that can't afford to miss a lead
Clinics & front desks
Speed-to-lead figure from the Lead Response Management Study (HBR). Response time and coverage describe how Memox operates.
You're paying for the clicks.
Then leaking the leads.
Customers call while we're on a job, get voicemail, and call the next guy.
The job that won you the work just cost you the lead.
Leads message at 9pm. By morning, they've already booked elsewhere.
Eight hours of silence is a competitor's open window.
My front desk can't answer the phone and help the person standing right there.
One person can only be in one place at a time.
I'm paying for ads, then the leads sit unanswered for hours.
You paid to get them. Then handed them to silence.
Memox answers every call and message in seconds, on your existing number, so the lead you paid for never slips away.
An assistant that never sleeps, never misses, never forgets
Picks up every call and chat, instantly
Memox greets every caller and website visitor the moment they reach out, day or night. No voicemail, no “we’ll get back to you,” no lost lead.
Built for owners on the tools all dayAsks the right questions, then books the job
It qualifies the lead, captures their details, and books straight onto your calendar in seconds, then routes everything to your CRM with full context.
Books while your desk helps the walk-inKnow exactly what happened with every lead
Every conversation, booking, and follow-up in one timeline. See which ads bring real customers, and which leads still need a human.
See ad spend turn into booked jobsTrained on the calls your business actually gets
Memox learns your catalog, pricing, and service area, so it answers like your best rep, not a generic script.
Catches the 2am no-heat call
Answers seasonal spikes and after-hours emergencies, routes to your on-call tech, and books the rest.
Quotes installs while you wire
Captures the property details, qualifies the job, and schedules the site assessment without interrupting the crew.
Never miss a rental or parts call
Answers availability, pricing, and spec questions from your catalog, then routes serious buyers to your sales team.
One desk, every channel
Phone, web chat, and SMS answered by the same agent, trained on your services, hours, and service area.
AI answering service vs human receptionist vs generic AI
How Memox compares across the capabilities that matter for service businesses and equipment dealers.
| Capability | MemoxAI answering service | Human virtual receptionist | Generic AI receptionist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response time | Under 3 seconds, 24/7 | 10-90 seconds, business hours | Under 5 seconds, 24/7 |
| Product knowledge | Trained on your catalog, pricing, service area | Generic scripts, no catalog | Generic scripts |
| Appointment booking | Yes, directly onto your calendar | Sometimes, if trained | Sometimes |
| Lead qualification | Yes, your criteria and questions | Partial, script-limited | Partial |
| Cost model | Flat $749-$2,499/mo + usage | $250-$600/mo per seat + hours | Varies, often per-minute |
| After-hours coverage | Always on | Extra charge or unavailable | Always on |
| CRM integration | HubSpot, Salesforce, ServiceTitan, Method, Zapier | Manual or email relay | Vendor-dependent |
| Human escalation | Live handoff with full transcript | Human is the agent | Usually none |
| Best for | Equipment dealers, contractors, service businesses | General professional services | High volume, low complexity |
Pricing from memox.io/pricing. Human receptionist cost composite from Ruby, Smith.ai, and Posh virtual receptionist published pricing pages.
How much is your voicemail costing you?
Adjust the inputs to estimate the monthly revenue your business loses to missed calls. This is an estimate, not a guarantee.
Estimated monthly revenue walking to a competitor
$7,015/mo
12 missed/wk × 4.33 weeks × 30% close rate × $450 per job. Estimate only.
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Your number. Your calendar. Your customers.
Memox plugs into the setup you already run and starts answering on day one. Most service businesses are live in 3 days.
- No new phone number, keep the one on your trucks and signage
- No new hardware, it works with the tools you already use
- No site rebuild, drop the chat widget in and you're live
Same traffic. Same widget. 50% more leads in 14 days.
Container One ran the same chat widget for about nine months, capturing leads at a steady 1.4%. They turned on Memox Optimize — no redesign, no developer, no new ad spend. Within 14 days, their checkout page was capturing at 2.1%: a 50% lift on the exact same traffic.
Same traffic · no new ad spend · 14 days
“We were losing deals because we couldn't respond fast enough. Now every lead gets an answer in seconds, even at 2am.”
One customer, one set of page patterns — your results depend on your own traffic. It's proof of the mechanism: a better-converting chatbot captures more of the visitors you already pay for.
Built for businesses that can't afford to miss a lead
Illustrative scenarios by trade. For a real, measured result, see the ContainerOne case below.
After-hours no-heat calls get answered and routed to the on-call tech, instead of going to voicemail and the next contractor.
Parts, rental, and availability questions get answered from the catalog, and serious buyers reach the sales desk with full context.
The phone gets answered and appointments get booked while the front desk helps the customer standing at the counter.
Transparent pricing
Most AI answering services hide their pricing. Here is ours, straight from memox.io/pricing.
DIY: self-serve
$749/mo
+ $0.06/min web, $0.12/min phone
- Full platform access
- Configure your own AI agent
- Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Done-for-you
$2,499/mo
+ $0.06/min web, $0.12/min phone
- Memox team builds and runs your agent
- Knowledge base, CRM integration, ongoing tuning
- Setup included, 12-month commitment
For comparison, a human virtual receptionist typically costs $400-900/month and covers business hours only (composite from Ruby, Smith.ai, and Posh published pricing). Memox runs 24/7, trained on your specific products and pricing, with no after-hours surcharge.
What happens after you submit
- 1
Book a 15-minute setup call
Pick a time that works — or we reach out within one business day.
- 2
We install it & tune your openings
One snippet on the pages you already run ads to. No developer, no redesign.
- 3
Your paid traffic starts converting
Memox greets, qualifies, and books every visitor — then A/B tests itself to capture more.
“We were losing deals because we couldn't respond fast enough. Now every lead gets an answer in seconds, even at 2am.”
Glenn TaylorFounder & CEO, Container One- No credit card to start
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Everything you need to know about AI answering services
Answers for buyers evaluating AI answering, virtual receptionists, and phone automation.
An AI answering service is software that answers inbound phone calls and website chats automatically, using a voice or text AI instead of a human receptionist. It responds in seconds, 24/7, answers product questions, qualifies callers, books appointments, and routes urgent requests to your team, without hold times, voicemail, or staffing costs.
AI answering services range from about $50/month for basic auto-attendants to $2,500+/month for fully managed, trained agents. Memox starts at $749/month (DIY) or $2,499/month (done-for-you). A human virtual receptionist typically runs $400-900/month for business hours only.
Yes. AI voice agents answer inbound calls, hold a natural conversation, answer product and service questions, book appointments, and transfer urgent calls to a human. Modern AI phone agents respond in under 3 seconds and handle accents, background noise, and branching questions.
A virtual receptionist is a human who answers calls using a script. An AI answering service is software that answers instantly, 24/7, trained on your specific products and pricing. AI is faster, always available, and lower cost for high-volume or after-hours coverage; a human has the edge on highly complex or emotional calls.
Yes, HVAC is one of the strongest use cases. HVAC companies see seasonal call spikes, after-hours emergencies, and buyers who research before calling. An AI answering service answers the 3am emergency, routes to your on-call tech, answers equipment questions, and qualifies buyers before your team follows up.
Yes. Integrated with your calendar or CRM, an AI answering service finds open slots, confirms appointments, and sends reminders during the conversation, by voice or chat, with no human scheduler in the loop.
It hands off. When the AI detects an urgent or complex issue, or the caller asks, it transfers the call or notifies your team with the full transcript and the caller's intent and contact details, so your rep picks up a warm, context-rich lead.
Yes, that is the primary value for most businesses. Unlike human services that charge extra for after-hours or route to voicemail, an AI answering service runs continuously and answers at 2am with the same quality as midday.
During onboarding you provide your product catalog, pricing, service area, and FAQs. The AI is trained on that knowledge base and tested before going live, and updates take effect immediately. Memox's done-for-you plan includes a specialist who builds and maintains it for you.
It is a poor fit where every call needs licensed professional judgment (legal, medical, regulated financial advice), where traffic is primarily walk-in with little inbound phone volume, or where there is no CRM to receive qualified leads.
A chatbot usually handles text-only web chat with a decision tree. An AI answering service handles both voice and chat, uses a large language model for natural conversation, and is trained on your business. It can qualify, book, and hand off; a basic chatbot usually cannot.
From a few hours for a generic receptionist to 3-5 business days for a trained, vertical-specific agent. Memox's guided rollout takes 3-5 business days: train the knowledge base, connect your CRM, configure phone/chat, and test before the first real call.
Quick answer
An AI answering service is a software system that answers inbound phone calls and website chats on behalf of a business, using a trained voice or text AI instead of a human receptionist. It responds in seconds, 24/7, qualifying buyers, answering product questions, booking appointments, and routing urgent requests to your team with full conversation context.
- 78% of buyers go with the first company to respond. (Lead Response Management Study (MIT/InsideSales 2011); HBR 2018)
- Leads contacted within 1 minute convert at 391% higher rates than those reached after 5 minutes. (InsideSales / Leads360)
- The average B2B company takes 42 hours to respond to a web inquiry. (Harvard Business Review (2011))
- Memox answers in ~3 seconds, 24/7, by phone and web chat.
Best fit for
- HVAC contractors and equipment dealers
- Security system installers
- Heavy equipment dealers
- Service businesses sensitive to speed-to-lead
- Teams replacing costly receptionist contracts
Not best fit for
- Businesses where every call needs licensed professional judgment (legal, medical, regulated financial advice)
- Walk-in-only businesses with little inbound phone volume
- Teams with no CRM to receive qualified leads
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