AI-native. Always on. From first ring to booked job.
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This happens while you're working.
150 years later,
the call hasn't changed.
Answering it has.
Most callers who hit voicemail don't leave one. They call the next business. And the busier you get, the bigger the leak.
of small-business calls are answered by a live person
411 Locals, 2024 — 85 businesses, 58 industries
of callers who reach voicemail hang up without leaving a message
Hiya, State of the Call
more likely to convert when a lead is contacted within 5 minutes instead of 30
MIT / InsideSales
when your competitor answers and you don't, the job is already gone
Be the first call, not the third quote.
A fully managed AI voice agent that picks up every call, qualifies the lead, and books the job — while you work.
We design the conversation: what your agent says, asks, and does on every kind of call.
Built on serious voice infrastructure. You keep your number — calls just forward to the agent.
We monitor, tune, and improve it as real calls come in. You get the leads and a monthly report. You touch nothing.
Not a phone tree. Not a voicemail box. An actual conversation that ends with a lead in your hand.
Every call picked up in under two seconds, day or night. No hold music, no menu, no "press 1 for service."
It asks follow-up questions, handles interruptions, and adapts to what the caller actually says. Most people don't realise they're not talking to your receptionist.
Trained on your services, your service area, your hours, and the questions your customers actually ask. Not a generic template with your name swapped in.
It works out whether this is an emergency or a quote request, and flags it accordingly. A flooded basement gets treated differently from someone shopping around.
Name, callback number, address, what's happening, how urgent. Addresses are confirmed digit by digit, so the crew doesn't end up at the wrong house.
Every call ends with a text and an email: who called, what they need, and how urgent it is. You call them back and close it your way.
Twenty calls at once, all answered. Storm season, a busy Monday morning, or two emergencies in the same minute — nothing sits in a queue.
Route by what the caller needs. Emergencies to whoever's on call, quotes to the office, everything else takes a message.
Sales calls and robocalls get screened out before they reach you. You only see the ones worth calling back.
Checks your real availability during the call, offers slots, confirms, and sends the reminder. Google Calendar, Outlook, or whatever you already use.
Every call logged automatically — caller details, transcript, outcome. No copying anything across by hand.
Automatic text and email reminders before the job. Fewer no-shows, fewer wasted trips.
Someone fills in your form at 11pm — the agent calls them back within a minute, while they're still deciding who to hire.
Anything you need that isn't here — booking into your calendar, pushing to your CRM, outbound follow-up — we build it.
Here's how we stack up against both.
| Answering service | Kargano | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $70 – $700 | From $145 CAD |
| Answers in | Rings, then a queue | Under 2 seconds |
| Simultaneous calls | One at a time | Unlimited |
| Knows your business | Generic script | Trained on your services, areas, and pricing |
| After hours | Extra charge, or not covered | Same coverage, always |
| What you receive | A message | Name, number, address, urgency — texted in under a minute |
| Setup | Days of onboarding | We build it. You forward your number. |
| Receptionist | Kargano | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | $45,000+ with benefits | $1,740 – $3,564 CAD |
| Coverage | 40 hrs / week | 24/7/365 |
| Sick days, holidays, turnover | Yes | Never |
| Simultaneous calls | One | Unlimited |
| Ramp-up | Weeks of training | Built and live in days |
| Answers at 2am | No | Yes |
A receptionist does things an agent can't. This is about the calls that happen when they're not there.
We build on the same platforms powering the world's best voice AI — so you don't have to manage any of it.
Six years on the phones before ever building an agent.
The team behind Kargano learned what makes callers stay, book, and buy — one call at a time.
We don't sell software and disappear. We build your agent, run it, and own the result. If your calls aren't being answered and your leads aren't landing in your pocket, that's our problem to fix — and we'll know before you tell us.
Setup: $145 one-time
Setup: $145 one-time
Neither of those fit?
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Takes about 30 seconds. Yes, we timed it.