Never miss another lead, even when your hands are full.

Missed-call text-back is a service that automatically sends a text message to anyone who calls your business and doesn't reach you. Instead of going to voicemail, the caller gets an SMS within seconds. AnswerBot is a missed-call text-back service that gathers the basics, like the closest intersection and a photo of the issue, and emails the lead to the business owner. For trades and service businesses, it stops leads from going to voicemail or to the next number on Google.

An AI receptionist tries to hold a voice conversation. AnswerBot doesn't pick up the phone at all. It sends an SMS the moment a call goes unanswered. Customers usually prefer a text they can read between jobs over an AI voice they don't trust. It also costs a fraction of an AI receptionist.

No, that's the point. It collects the closest intersection and a photo of the issue, then tells the caller you'll be in touch. You diagnose the job. We've seen customers prefer this. They'd rather a real tradesperson assess it than an AI guessing.

No. You keep your existing business number. AnswerBot gives you a dedicated SMS number paired with your line. Your customers see a text from a real local number, not a shared shortcode.

Most customers are live in under ten minutes. You sign up, point your missed calls to the number we issue, set the reply tone, and AnswerBot starts emailing you leads.

Honestly, the catch is bot signups. Asking for a card filters out automated trial farming so we can keep the trial generous. You're not charged until day 15, and you can cancel anytime.

Three plans, all in Canadian dollars, billed monthly. Starter is $49 CAD/month with 25 engaged leads. Growth is $99 CAD/month with 75 engaged leads and adds photo capture. Pro is $249 CAD/month with unlimited engaged leads. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial.

Twilio is right if you have a developer on staff and want to build, host, and maintain your own SMS workflow, brand registration, retry logic, opt-out compliance, and reply layer. AnswerBot is right if you'd rather have all of that done for you for the price of a phone bill.

Yes, when used correctly. A customer who calls your business is initiating contact, which gives you implied consent to reply by text under both CASL in Canada and TCPA in the US. AnswerBot includes the required sender identification and one-tap unsubscribe on every message, and registers your brand and campaign through A2P 10DLC for US traffic. You don't have to think about any of it.

AnswerBot replies the same way 24/7. After-hours and weekend missed calls are often the highest-value leads because callers have urgent needs and fewer options. AnswerBot captures these immediately instead of letting them go to whoever answers next. You can set custom after-hours rules in your dashboard.

To whatever email address you set, in any inbox you already use. Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, your business email, the shared address on the truck's tablet. We also have a dashboard at answerbot.ca/dashboard.