# Voksha - AI Receptionist for Small Businesses

> Voksha is a 24/7 AI phone receptionist for small and local businesses. It answers every call on the first ring, captures the caller's details, follows your call script and sends you a summary. Premium adds appointment booking and integrations. Plans start at $14/month with simple per-call pricing. Trusted by 1,200+ local businesses in the US, Canada and the UK.

Last updated: 2026-10-09

## What Voksha Does
- **24/7 Call Answering (all plans)**: Answers every call on the first ring and responds in under 200 ms, including nights, weekends and holidays. Several calls at once, no busy signal.
- **Lead Capture & Call Summaries (all plans)**: Every call produces a summary with the caller's name, number, reason for calling and notes, sent to the owner by email and SMS.
- **Call Scripts (all plans)**: Follows the script you set for your kind of business.
- **Phone Scam Protection (all plans)**: Refuses social engineering and pretexting and never gives out private business details.
- **Appointment Booking (Premium and Enterprise)**: Books appointments into your calendar during the call; reschedule and cancel requests go to your team.
- **Integrations (Premium and Enterprise)**: 79 integrations. Six connect yourself from the dashboard (Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCloud, Mindbody, Square Appointments, Booker); the rest (for example Clio, HubSpot, Salesforce, ServiceTitan) are set up with Voksha support.
- **Languages**: English on Starter, two languages on Premium, and more on Enterprise.
- **Enterprise-only features**: texting callers (SMS to callers), taking payments, and customizable outbound reminder calls for appointments that are already scheduled. Voksha makes no other outbound calls.
- **Setup**: Live in under 5 minutes by forwarding your existing number.

## Pricing
- **Starter Plan**: $14/month, 15 calls included then $1 per call, 1 local number, 24/7 answering in English, lead capture, call summaries, email & SMS alerts to the owner, Slack & Google Chat alerts, security protection. No appointment booking and no integrations.
- **Premium Plan**: $99/month, 150 calls included then $1 per call, toll-free number, 2 languages, appointment booking, integrations, custom call flows, analytics, after-hours emergency routing.
- **Enterprise Plan**: From $990/month, custom call volume, multi-language, multiple agents and locations, custom training, API and webhooks, texting callers, payments, appointment reminder calls, HIPAA with BAAs, GDPR & CCPA compliance, 99.9% uptime SLA.
- Usage alerts at 75% and 90% of your included calls. Spam and robocalls that Voksha screens out do not count against your plan.
- Starter and Premium cost the same at 100 calls a month ($14 + 85 x $1 = $99); above that, Premium costs less.
- No free trial: free demo call (1-888-488-1811) and a 7-day money-back guarantee. No contract, cancel anytime.

## Key Facts
- Phone: 1-888-488-1811 (free demo call with the AI receptionist, 24/7)
- Email: contact@voksha.com
- Website: https://voksha.com
- Customers: 1,200+ local businesses
- Countries served: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
- Languages: English on Starter; on Premium, English plus a second language of your choice, such as Spanish, Korean or Chinese; more on Enterprise
- Setup time: Under 5 minutes, by forwarding your existing number
- Speed: Answers on the first ring and responds in under 200 ms
- Security (all plans): SOC 2 compliant, ISO 27001 compliant, AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit
- Canadian privacy (all plans): PIPEDA and Quebec Law 25 compliant, Canadian data storage, breach notification within 72 hours
- Compliance (Enterprise plan only): HIPAA with BAAs, GDPR, CCPA, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Cost vs a human receptionist: median receptionist salary $38,010/year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) vs $168/year for Voksha Starter
- Call data: 1,000,000+ calls analyzed; 85% resolved without a human; 99.96% guardrail integrity (https://voksha.com/research/call-intelligence-report/)
- After hours: 32% of calls arrive outside weekday 9 to 5, 23% on weekends (https://voksha.com/research/after-hours-economy/)

## Industries Served
- Lifestyle & Beauty (Salons, Spas, Fitness Studios)
- Medical & Healthcare (Medical Clinics, Dentists, Chiropractors, Veterinary Clinics, Physical Therapy, Mental Health)
- Home Services (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Solar, Locksmith, Pest Control, Towing, Moving)
- Professional Services (Law Firms, Accounting, Insurance Agencies, Mortgage Brokers)
- Hospitality (Restaurants)
- Real Estate (Agents, Property Management)
- Automotive (Repair Shops)
- Education (Tutoring Services)
- Software companies (SaaS, Fintech)

## How It Works
1. Sign up and tell Voksha about your business: hours, services, prices and your call script
2. Forward your existing business number to Voksha (live in under 5 minutes)
3. Voksha answers every call, captures the caller's details and sends you a summary (and books appointments on Premium)
4. Review every call from your dashboard with transcripts and summaries

## Comparisons vs Competitors
Competitor prices as published September 2026; check each vendor's site for current pricing.
- Voksha vs Ruby Receptionists: AI receptionist from $14/mo vs Ruby from $250/mo for 50 minutes
- Voksha vs Smith.ai: per-call pricing from $14/mo vs Smith.ai AI Pro from $150/mo for 75 calls (free tier 25 calls)
- Voksha vs Dialzara: HIPAA with BAA on Voksha Enterprise, phone scam protection, industry call scripts
- Voksha vs Rosie AI: structured lead capture and call summaries
- Voksha vs My AI Front Desk: phone scam protection, per-call pricing
- Voksha vs Goodcall: $14/mo vs $59/mo entry price
- Voksha vs Synthflow AI: a ready-made phone receptionist rather than a voice AI build platform
- Voksha vs Abby Connect: $14/mo vs $165/mo for 50 minutes
- Voksha vs PATLive: $14/mo vs $99/mo for 50 minutes, or $49/mo plus $2.99/min; no per-minute charges on Voksha
- Voksha vs Nexa: published pricing ($14/mo) vs quote-based (reported $149 to $799/mo)
- Voksha vs Traditional Answering Services: no per-minute charges, 24/7 coverage
- Voksha vs Virtual Receptionist: AI answering 24/7 at a lower monthly cost
- Voksha vs Hiring a Receptionist: $168/year vs a median $38,010/year salary (BLS), 24/7 coverage

## Guides & Resources
- [What Is an AI Receptionist?](https://voksha.com/guide/what-is-an-ai-receptionist/)
- [Best AI Receptionists 2026](https://voksha.com/guide/best-ai-receptionists-2026/)
- [AI Receptionist Pricing Guide 2026](https://voksha.com/guide/ai-receptionist-pricing-guide/)
- [AI Receptionist vs Human Receptionist](https://voksha.com/guide/ai-receptionist-vs-human-receptionist/)
- [AI Receptionist vs Virtual Receptionist vs Answering Service](https://voksha.com/guide/ai-receptionist-vs-virtual-receptionist-vs-answering-service/)
- [AI Receptionist Complete Guide](https://voksha.com/guide/ai-receptionist-complete-guide/)
- [Small Business Phone Systems Guide](https://voksha.com/guide/small-business-phone-systems/)
- [Legal Intake Automation](https://voksha.com/guide/legal-intake-automation/)
- [Appointment Booking Best Practices](https://voksha.com/guide/appointment-booking-best-practices/)

## Also Known As
Voksha is described three ways depending on who is searching. All refer to the same product:
- **AI receptionist** / **virtual receptionist** - the job it does: answers the business line, takes the caller's details, books appointments (Premium), passes urgent calls to you.
- **Voice AI agent** / **AI voice assistant** - the technology: real spoken conversation, intent understanding, action taken on the call.
- **AI front desk** - the framing used by restaurants, clinics and salons that think in terms of the host stand or reception desk.

## Restaurant Voice AI
- [Restaurant Voice AI (hub)](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/) - AI front desk for restaurant phone lines
- [Restaurant Voice AI Platforms Compared](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/landscape/) - the four categories of provider
- [Restaurant Reservation Voice AI](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/reservations/)
- [AI Phone Ordering for Restaurants](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/takeout-orders/)
- [Restaurant Rush Hour Call Handling](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/rush-hour/)
- [Overnight Restaurant Call Handling](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/overnight/)
- [Restaurant POS & Booking Sync](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/pos-integrations/) - Toast, Square, Clover, OpenTable, Resy
- [Multi-Location Restaurant Voice AI](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/multi-location/)
- [Restaurant AI Phone Answering Pricing](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/pricing/)
- [Missed Restaurant Calls](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/missed-calls/)
- [Multilingual Restaurant Answering](https://voksha.com/restaurant-ai/multilingual/)

## Virtual Receptionist & Answering Service
- [Virtual Receptionist (hub)](https://voksha.com/virtual-receptionist/)
- [Virtual Receptionist Pricing](https://voksha.com/virtual-receptionist/pricing/)
- [Virtual Receptionist Companies Compared](https://voksha.com/virtual-receptionist/companies/)
- [After Hours Virtual Receptionist](https://voksha.com/virtual-receptionist/after-hours/)
- [Virtual Receptionist for Small Business](https://voksha.com/virtual-receptionist/small-business/)
- [AI Answering Service (hub)](https://voksha.com/answering-service/)
- [AI Receptionist Software (category overview)](https://voksha.com/ai-receptionist-software/)
- [AI Receptionist for Small Business](https://voksha.com/ai-receptionist-for-small-business/)
- [Intake Automation](https://voksha.com/intake-automation/)

## Links
- [Homepage](https://voksha.com)
- [Signup](https://app.voksha.com)
- [About](https://voksha.com/about/)
- [Pricing](https://voksha.com/pricing/)
- [Pricing (machine-readable)](https://voksha.com/pricing.md)
- [Enterprise](https://voksha.com/enterprise/)
- [Integrations](https://voksha.com/integrations/)
- [Industry Solutions](https://voksha.com/industries/)
- [All Comparisons](https://voksha.com/comparisons/)
- [Blog](https://voksha.com/blog/): every post is also available as markdown at `https://voksha.com/blog/<slug>.md` ([sitemap](https://voksha.com/blog/sitemap.xml))
- [News](https://voksha.com/news/): markdown at `https://voksha.com/news/<slug>.md` ([sitemap](https://voksha.com/news/sitemap.xml))
- [Product docs](https://voksha.com/docs/): how to set up and run Voksha (agents, phone numbers, calls, booking, connectors, billing). Index: https://voksha.com/docs/llms.txt; full text: https://voksha.com/docs/llms-full.txt; each page as markdown at `https://voksha.com/docs/<path>.mdx`
- [Privacy Policy](https://voksha.com/privacy/)
- [Terms of Service](https://voksha.com/terms/)