The AI receptionist that answers the calls you're missing.24/7, in English and Spanish, for a flat $749/mo.
It picks up on the first ring, answers questions about hours and pricing, books appointments straight into your calendar, and transfers to a human when the call needs one. A human receptionist runs a median $37,230/year (BLS, 2024) and covers about 40 of the week's 168 hours. WhiteBox Live costs $8,988/year and covers all 168.
14-day free trial // 30-day money-back // cancel anytime
What it does on your line
- Answers every call — first ring, 2 a.m. included. No hold queue, no voicemail dead end.
- Books appointments into your real calendar and texts the caller a confirmation link.
- Answers the questions you get 30 times a week — hours, service area, pricing, "do you handle X."
- Transfers to a human when the caller asks or the call needs judgment. You set the rules.
- Takes the details when you can't pick up — name, number, address, what they need — and emails you the full call summary the moment the call ends.
- Switches to Spanish when the caller does. Houston runs on two languages; your front desk should too.
Hear it before you buy it
Reading about a receptionist is like reading about a song. So don't: go to the live demo, paste your website, and talk to the receptionist it builds for your business — on a real phone call, in about 60 seconds. That demo is the actual product, not a video of it.
What it costs
Prices are published because you'd find out anyway.
| Monthly | $749/mo flat — no per-minute meter, no per-call surprise |
|---|---|
| Onboarding | $1,495 one-time — we build, train, and install it for you |
| Live in | 7 days on your existing number (call forwarding — keep your carrier) |
| Languages | English + Spanish, same line |
| Trial | 14-day free trial, self-serve from the demo |
| Guarantee | 30-day money-back on your first payment. Cancel anytime from your billing page. |
Most AI receptionist tools price per minute or per call, which reads cheap at $29–$99/mo and grows with your call volume. We compared all of them honestly — including the ones that beat us on price — in our 2026 roundup and on the pricing page.
The math against a human hire
Worked example, numbers visible. Median receptionist pay is $37,230/year (BLS, May 2024); add roughly 25% for payroll taxes and benefits and a human front desk costs about $46,500/year for one shift, five days a week. WhiteBox Live is $749 × 12 + $1,495 = $10,483 in year one, then $8,988/year — about a fifth of the loaded human cost, with nights, weekends, and lunch hours covered.
That is not the whole story, and we won't pretend it is. A good human receptionist reads moods, handles an angry regular, and knows that Mrs. Alvarez always means the office on Bellaire. If your calls are long, sensitive, or high-stakes-per-call, a human or hybrid desk can genuinely win — we wrote the full cost comparison, including the cases where we lose.
Where the AI wins without argument is the calls that never got answered at all. Missed calls are the expensive ones: a Houston HVAC shop missing one $400 after-hours service call a week is leaving roughly $20,800/year on the table — 2.3 years of WhiteBox Live.
Does it tell callers it's an AI?
Yes, by default, and you should keep it that way. California's bot-disclosure law (B&P Code §17941) requires clear, conspicuous disclosure that a caller isn't talking to a human, and several other states are following. WhiteBox Live ships with disclosure on. Callers keep talking — what they hang up on is voicemail.
Built for the businesses that live on the phone
The receptionist is trained per trade, not generic. The after-hours emergency script for an HVAC company in a Houston August is different from new-patient intake at a dental office — which, to be explicit, we handle as a PHI-free front desk: scheduling, hours, insurance-accepted questions, and routing only. WhiteBox Live is not HIPAA-eligible, and no caller health information belongs on the line.
If your front desk is drowning between check-ins and the phone, the receptionist takes the overflow instead of your voicemail.
Frequently asked questions
How fast can the AI receptionist be live on my number?
Self-serve trial: about a day — the demo builds your receptionist from your website and we activate it on a real number. Done-for-you onboarding: live within 7 days, including your call scripts, calendar connection, and transfer rules.
What happens when a caller asks for a human?
The receptionist transfers the call to whatever number you set — your cell, your office manager, an on-call tech. If nobody picks up, it takes the details and emails you the summary so the lead isn't lost.
Does it really speak Spanish?
Yes, on the same line, switching when the caller does. You don't buy a second number or a second plan for it.
Is it HIPAA-compliant?
No. WhiteBox Live is not HIPAA-eligible and must not handle protected health information. For clinics we run it as the PHI-free front desk layer: booking, hours, directions, insurance-accepted questions, and routing to your staff for anything clinical.
What if it doesn't work for my business?
You get a 14-day free trial before paying anything, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first payment after that. Cancel anytime from your billing page — no phone call, no retention script.