There's no single number — it depends on how much your business needs handled and how hands-on you want to be. Here's how Standby's pricing actually breaks down, with no invented numbers and no bait-and-switch.
Most "AI receptionist" pricing you'll find online is either a flat subscription that doesn't reflect what your business actually needs, or a vague "contact us for pricing" with no real numbers at all. Standby works differently: every engagement starts with an audit, so the price reflects your actual call volume, schedule complexity, and how much you want handled — not a one-size-fits-all package.
The two things that move the price most are how much of your business gets automated (just the phone, or phone plus scheduling plus follow-up plus admin) and whether you want to run it yourself after it's built, or have Standby keep running it for you.
A quick way to think about where you'd likely land.
Start with the AI Readiness Audit — a plain-language look at where AI would help, with an honest "not yet" if it wouldn't. The fee is credited if you move forward.
Build & Teach sets up your support team and trains you and your staff to run it yourselves — done-with-you, not done-to-you.
Managed AI Team means Standby builds it and keeps running it every month — monitoring, tuning, and improving it so you don't have to.
The audit fee is credited toward your build if you move forward, so you're not paying twice — it's simply the first, smaller step.
Call and message volume, how many systems need to connect (phone, calendar, booking software, inbox), and how much ongoing tuning you want all factor in — your audit spells out exactly where your business lands.
No. Managed AI Team is the only tier with an ongoing monthly cost (~$300–1,000/mo on top of the build fee), and that's stated up front, not buried.
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