Garage door
Best AI receptionist for garage-door shops
Someone is stuck in the driveway at 10 p.m. Rosie at $49 takes a message. Scale is $149 when you actually need booking, Frontdesk is $99 for Housecall Pro shops, Weave at $199 is a dental PBX, and Numa is car dealers.
Full aisle (every trade) · Also: Locksmiths AI receptionists · Plumbers AI receptionists
| Tool | Verdict | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith.ai | Solid pick | $150/mo | Law firms and high-ticket home services that lose real jobs to voicemail |
| CallRail | Situational | $55/mo | A local service business that runs Google Ads. Not someone shopping missed-call text-back. |
| OpenPhone | Situational | $19/user/mo | A Jobber plumber or Clio law firm that wants a shared SMS inbox. Not a Dentrix dentist, not a Mindbody salon. |
| Rosie | Situational | $49/mo | Solo home-service owners who want 24/7 pickup and will stay inside 250 minutes, or who will pay Scale $149 when they need booking and transfers |
| Ruby | Situational | $250/mo | Solo law and other low-volume offices that want a human at 2 a.m. High-volume call businesses should keep walking. |
| Frontdesk | Situational | $99/mo | Housecall Pro plumbers and HVAC that want cheap AI-only after-hours pickup and will stay near 200 minutes a month |
| Goodcall | Situational | $79/mo | Low-volume businesses that need a cheap after-hours bot for FAQs and messages, not an emergency callout |
| Broadly | Skip for most | $799/mo | A plumber who wants reviews, missed-call text-back, and an AI front desk in one bundle, and who gets cancel terms in writing that match the FAQ. |
| SignpostAI | Skip for most | $199/mo | Home-service businesses that want phone answering, if they get cancel terms in writing. Other offices should look elsewhere. |
| Weave | Skip for garage-door shops | $199/mo | A US or Canada dental, optometry, vet, or specialty-medical office replacing its PBX. Not a plumber, not a salon, not a law firm. |
| Aircall | Skip for garage-door shops | $40/user/mo | A HubSpot or Salesforce sales team that wants VoIP plus an AI Voice Agent. Not a one-location business or a solo office. |
| JustCall | Skip for garage-door shops | $39/user/mo | A HubSpot or Salesforce sales desk that wants VoIP plus SMS. Wrong buy for one location or one solo office. |
| Numa | Skip for garage-door shops | Custom | Franchise auto dealerships with a DMS. Not plumbers, dentists, salons, HVAC, or law firms. |
Skip for garage-door shops
FAQ
What is the cheapest public monthly price for garage-door shops in this aisle?
OpenPhone lists $19/user/mo as the public monthly price on the review date.
Is Weave for garage-door shops?
No. A dental phone system with missed-call text in the base plan. A field-service business is shopping the wrong aisle. $199/mo.
Does Jobber Core include a receptionist?
No. Jobber: Shop OS from $49 a month cash. The $21 and $29 numbers are annual prepaid. Reviews sit in Marketing Suite at $99. Receptionist is $29.
Who a garage-door shop should actually open
Smith.ai
7.5/10
Solid pickPhone answering with a North America human safety net, priced per call, built for law firms first.
CallRail
7/10
SituationalPublic-price call tracking so you know which Google ad rang the phone. 250 minutes, then overage they will not refund.
OpenPhone
7/10
SituationalCheap shared line on the phones you already carry. Rebranded Quo. If the Google number cannot go down, keep walking.
Rosie
7/10
SituationalAI answering from $49 a month. The $49 plan does not book the calendar, and going over minutes upgrades you.
Frontdesk
6/10
SituationalAI-only receptionist at $99 a month. 200 minutes, then a quarter a minute. No human behind it.
Goodcall
5/10
SituationalA cheap AI that answers the phone. No human behind it, and almost nobody in the trades has reviewed it in public.