AI after-hours receptionist · Birmingham, AL

Every after-hours call, answered.

Nights, weekends, holidays — NightShift picks up on the first ring as your business, takes the details, flags real emergencies, and texts you. Works for any business that gets phone calls.

  • Live in 48 hours
  • Flat monthly price
  • No contract, no setup fee
  • Keep your number

Or skip the form — call (205) 545-8197. Our own AI answers, any time. Ask for a person and it'll put you through.

Built for

HVACPlumbingDentalMedicalRestaurants Law firmsVeterinaryProperty mgmtAuto repairSalons+ any business

Hear yours in 30 seconds.

Give us your website. We read it, build a receptionist that knows your business, and it calls your phone.

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Reading your website
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Building your receptionist
3
Calling your phone

One call, right now. We don't sell or share your number.

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Calling you now — pick up.

It'll answer as your business. Try to trip it up:

  • Describe a real emergency for your business
  • Say your phone number fast and check the read-back
  • Push it for a price — twice
  • Ask if it's a real person
1 ringPicks up instantly — no hold music
128 hrsa week a 9–5 business is closed
$99/moflat, from — no per-minute meter
5 at oncesimultaneous calls, no busy signal
[01] INDUSTRIES

Built for your business. Whatever it is.

Every receptionist is set up for how your industry actually works — what to ask, what counts as urgent, and what it should never say. Pick yours to hear it.

Not listed? No problem — it works for any business that gets phone calls. Try it with yours →

[02] WHAT IT DOES

A trained receptionist. Who never clocks out.

Answers as you

Your business name, your services, your hours. First ring, every time.

Takes the details

Name, callback number read back digit by digit, and exactly what they need.

Flags emergencies

Rules you set. Urgent calls get texted to you — or patched straight through.

Answers questions

Hours, location, services, what to expect — from what you tell us.

Captures bookings

Appointment, estimate, and reservation requests, ready for you in the morning.

Morning summary

Every call from last night in one email before you open.

Saturday 9:47 PM Plumbing
Job captured · texted to owner 9:49 PM Emergency
[03] HOW IT WORKS

Live in 48 hours. You don't touch a thing.

It's a service, not software. We build it, test it, and we're who you call when something needs changing.

01 — 20 MIN CALL

Tell us how you work

What people call about, what counts as urgent, your hours and policies, and anything it should never say.

02 — WE BUILD & TEST

We try to break it

Upset callers, mumbled numbers, real emergencies, people fishing for a price. You don't go live until it holds up.

03 — FORWARD YOUR LINE

Keep your number

Set your phone to forward after hours — two minutes. Every call shows up as a text and a morning summary.

[04] COMPARE

Better than voicemail. Cheaper than a call center.

 
Voicemail
Answering service
NightShift
Monthly cost
$0
$300–1,100
from $99
Callers who stay
Most hang up
Most
Most
Knows your business
No
Reads a script
Yes
Night & holiday premium
—
+25–100%
None
Hold time
—
30s–2 min
None
Flags emergencies
No
Sometimes
Your rules
Setup fee
—
$50–500
None
[05] PRICING

One flat price. No per-minute meter.

Month to month. Cancel with a week's notice. First two weeks free — no card.

Starter
One location, lighter call volume
$99 /mo
Up to 100 after-hours calls
  • Nights, weekends & holidays
  • Set up for your business
  • Text alert on every call
  • Morning summary email
  • Emergency flagging
  • Script changes included
Get started
MOST POPULAR
Pro
Busy lines, on-call staff
$199 /mo
Up to 300 after-hours calls
  • Everything in Starter
  • Live transfer to whoever's on call
  • Two departments on one line
  • Same-day script changes
  • Monthly call review with us
  • Priority support
Get started
Multi
Several locations or brands
$399 /mo
Up to 800 after-hours calls
  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 3 locations or brands
  • English & Spanish
  • Routing rules by call type
  • Dedicated line to us
  • Quarterly tune-up
Get started

No setup fee. No card for the first two weeks. Busy month? Extra calls are $0.75 each — never a surprise bill.
Founding clients: the first 10 businesses keep their price for life.

[06] NO SURPRISES

What it is, plainly.

It's an AI voice — not a call center, not a recording. We won't pretend otherwise, and neither will it if a caller asks.

It does

  • ✓Answer every call on the first ring, nights, weekends & holidays
  • ✓Know your services, hours, and location
  • ✓Flag emergencies by your rules and text you immediately
  • ✓Handle five calls at the same time

It doesn't

  • ✕Replace your staff — it only runs when you're closed
  • ✕Quote prices, or give medical, legal, or technical advice
  • ✕Touch your records, books, or CRM
  • ✕Claim to be a person if someone asks

Shut it off in ten seconds.

Your line forwards to us after hours. Dial this from your business phone and calls ring your office again immediately. Nothing to uninstall, nobody to call.

*73
[07] GET SET UP

Ready? Tell us about your business.

Two minutes. A real person reads every one. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.

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    You send thisWe look at your business and what you're missing after hours.
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    We call you within a dayTwenty minutes to learn how you work.
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    Live in 48 hoursBuilt, tested, and forwarding instructions sent.

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Got it.

We'll read through this and call you within one business day. Can't wait? Call (205) 545-8197.

[08] FAQ

Straight answers.

Will callers know it's not a person?

Some will, most won't. We don't try to trick anyone — if a caller asks directly, it says it's the after-hours assistant for your business and keeps helping. Callers care far more about whether someone answered than who did. The alternative is your voicemail.

Does it work for my industry?

If your business gets phone calls, yes. Each receptionist is set up for your industry — a dental office asks about new vs. existing patients, a property manager asks for the unit number, a restaurant takes reservation requests, an HVAC company asks for the address. Try the demo with your own website and hear it.

What happens with a real emergency?

We set the emergency rules with you — a gas smell, flooding, a patient in severe pain, a client who's just been arrested, whatever matters for you. Those get texted to you immediately, and on Pro and up we can patch them straight through. Anything life-threatening, it tells the caller to hang up and call 911.

Can it book appointments?

It captures the request — who, what, and when they're available — and sends it to you to confirm in the morning. If you want true booking, we can give it a block of slots on a calendar to fill. We'll tell you honestly which fits your setup.

Do I have to change my number?

No. You forward your existing number after hours — on most carriers that's *72 plus your NightShift number. Dial *73 to turn it off. Two minutes either way.

What if it says something wrong?

Call or text us and we fix it — same day on Pro and Multi, within one business day on Starter. Script changes are always included.

Who else uses this?

Not many yet, and we'd rather say that than invent logos. NightShift is new and local. Being early means a direct line to the people who built your receptionist, and problems fixed fast because at this size we have to.

Am I locked in?

No. Month to month, cancel with seven days' notice. The first two weeks are free and we don't take a card until they're up.

Hear it answer as your business.

Thirty seconds. Your website, your name, your phone ringing.