AI Receptionist for Contractors
AI Receptionist for Contractors — Never Lose a Job to a Missed Call
Your phone rings while you're under a sink, on a roof, or in a crawlspace. The caller gives it 15 seconds and hangs up. Leaddi's AI texts them back in 30 seconds, qualifies the job, and delivers a ready-to-book lead — so you stop losing work to whoever answered first.
No sign-up required. See the AI qualify a real-looking job in under 2 minutes.
Why contractors specifically need an AI receptionist
Generic AI chatbots were built for SaaS marketing sites — answer pre-sales questions, route leads to a sales rep. Contractors have a fundamentally different problem: you're on a job, your phone rings, you can't answer, and the caller is already dialing the next plumber on Google. Every missed call is a coin flip — and the data says most contractors lose that flip 80% of the time.
A real AI receptionist for contractors needs to do three things a chatbot can't: (1) detect the missed call in real time, (2) text the caller back from your business number within seconds, and (3) qualify the actual job with vertical-specific questions a plumber, HVAC tech, or electrician would ask. Not "how can we help you today?" — but "is water actively leaking or is the leak contained?" Not "when would you like to book?" — but "is the heat completely out, or intermittent?"
That's the gap Leaddi was built to fill. Not a chatbot bolted onto a website. A category purpose-built for contractors who are on-site, phone in pocket, missing calls that used to be jobs.
How the AI receptionist actually works
Four automated steps from missed call to ready-to-book lead. Under two minutes, start to finish.
Missed call detected
Real-time detection via Twilio. No forwarding apps, no IVR, no hardware.
AI texts back in ~30s
SMS from your business number, identifying your business by name, in your vertical's voice.
Vertical qualification
Name, issue, urgency, address, time window, insurance info, photo intake. Emergency flow if needed.
Lead in your FSM
Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceTitan, or Zapier — lead arrives ready to dispatch or book.
What makes a good AI receptionist for contractors
The checklist. Every box matters — miss one and the system drops the lead.
Responds in under 60 seconds (ideally 30)
Leaddi targets ~30 seconds. A 5-minute callback loses the caller to whoever picks up first. Speed is the whole game.
Knows plumbing / HVAC / electrical vocabulary
Vertical-aware prompts distinguish emergency from routine, estimate vs dispatch, residential vs commercial — out of the box, no custom training.
Handles photo submission
Callers can send photos of the leak, broken panel, stuck door, or damaged AC unit. Built-in vision analysis helps triage urgency before dispatch.
Integrates with field service tools
Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceTitan, Calendly, Google Calendar, webhooks, Zapier. Leads land where your dispatchers already work.
Service-area validation
The AI checks the caller's address against your service area before scheduling — no more dispatching trucks to jobs outside your zone.
Emergency routing
Active leaks, no heat in winter, sparking wires — the AI detects urgency, notifies your on-call tech immediately, and skips the rest of the qualification flow.
Affordable vs a human receptionist
$229/mo flat, unlimited concurrent calls. A human receptionist costs $45k+/year; answering services run $400–$1,500/mo. Most contractors recover the full year's subscription in 2–3 recovered jobs.
Where Leaddi fits in the landscape
There are two broad paths for contractors today. The human path: Smith.ai, Ruby Receptionists, Moneypenny. These are excellent for law firms and high-ACV B2B — real humans, premium experience, $400–$1,500+/month. Overkill for most contractors, and voice-first when your callers would rather text.
The AI path: Goodcall, CallHero, Rosie, and a handful of voice-AI startups. These answer calls with synthetic voice — technically impressive, but still voice-first, still generic across verticals, and callers often detect the AI voice immediately.
Leaddi sits in its own lane: SMS-first, vertical-purpose-built, AI-powered missed-call recovery specifically for contractors and service businesses. We don't try to answer live calls. We catch the ones that go unanswered — which is where contractors actually bleed revenue — and convert them to qualified jobs over text.
If you want a smooth live-voice experience for brand-sensitive calls, pick a human service. If your problem is missed calls turning into lost jobs, that's specifically what Leaddi does.
Pricing snapshot
Flat monthly rate. No per-call, no per-minute. Overage at $1.25 per lead.
Essential
From $229/mo
150 qualified leads included
Growth
From $399/mo
300 qualified leads included
Scale
From $629/mo
500 qualified leads included
Built for the verticals you work in
Each vertical ships with its own qualification flow, emergency triage, and photo intake logic.
Plumbing
Burst pipe vs slow leak, photo intake for water damage, service-area check before dispatch.
HVAC
Heat down in winter, AC down in July — emergency triage separate from estimate requests.
Electrical
Sparking, burning smell, panel issues flagged as emergencies; routine rewires qualified normally.
Water damage
Photo intake of affected rooms, insurance carrier capture, 24/7 emergency routing.
Garage door
Stuck open, stuck closed, spring break, opener issues — photo intake of the door model.
Frequently Asked Questions
Stop losing jobs to missed calls
The interactive demo takes under two minutes — watch the AI qualify a real-looking job in your vertical. If it's a fit, book a call and we'll get you live in under 30 minutes.