How much does one missed call actually cost a contractor?
A real cost breakdown — voicemail vs. human answering service vs. AI receptionist — and the math that actually matters when one recovered job pays for the entire year.
Oprantis answers every inbound call in under 2 seconds, qualifies the lead, and books the appointment — 24/7, while you're on the job.
Aria's the production agent, live 24/7. 30-day money back.
Built for contractors by a contractor · 25 years in OC construction · Live in 24 hours
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Aria ships with vertical-tuned intake scripts, compliance boundaries, and CRM integrations for each of these. Pick yours:
| Feature | Human Receptionist ~$4,500/mo (OC avg) |
Oprantis AI From $197/mo |
|---|---|---|
| After Hours Coverage | ✕ Voicemail | ✓ Always Answers |
| Simultaneous Calls | ✕ 1 at a Time | ✓ Unlimited |
| Spanish Support | ✕ Often Extra | ✓ On 2026 Roadmap |
| Sick Days / Vacation | ✕ You Cover It | ✓ Never Misses |
| Lead Capture | ✕ Inconsistent | ✓ Every Call |
| Appointment Booking | ✕ Manual | ✓ Automatic |
| Call Transcripts | ✕ None | ✓ Daily Reports |
| Monthly Cost | $4,500/mo + benefits | From $197/mo all-in |
| Orange County receptionist (avg) | $4,500/month |
| Oprantis Starter | $197/month |
| You save | $4,203/month |
| ($50,436 / year) | |
Based on average Orange County receptionist wage + benefits per BLS 2024 data. Actual savings vary.
One recovered job usually pays for months of Aria. Run your own numbers.
Estimate only. Assumes a conservative 1-in-3 missed calls would have booked. Starter is $197/mo.
Every plan includes your AI receptionist, full call transcripts, lead capture, and appointment booking.
Hear Aria before you decide. One tap — she'll answer live, exactly as your customers will hear her.
| Setup fee ($497 value) waived for Founders |
| Setup fee ($1,497 value) waived for Founders |
| Setup fee ($2,997 value) waived for Founders |
✓ No contracts · ✓ Cancel anytime · ✓ Fast setup · One booked appointment covers your first month.
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Starter is 100% self-serve — buy now and set it up yourself in under an hour. Growth and Concierge are built with you on a call with Peter. Either way, Aria can be answering calls within 24 hours.
No calls, no meetings. Buy online and configure Aria yourself.
Want it built for you, CRM push wired up, and a custom voice? Grab 20 minutes with Peter — a 25-year contractor — and he’ll set the whole thing up.
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Calls are recorded for quality (California two-party consent).
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California law fines contractors for holding a phone while driving — first offense runs up to $162, points on your license stack, and business-vehicle fines escalate. Aria handles every call while you drive — safer, legal, and no missed jobs.
A real cost breakdown — voicemail vs. human answering service vs. AI receptionist — and the math that actually matters when one recovered job pays for the entire year.
Aria answering your phone is just the start. Once she’s listening to every call, she becomes the operational nervous system of your business — handling the work that’s eating your margins right now.
Aria already knows who called, what they need, where they are, and how urgent it is. The next layer routes the job to the right tech automatically based on skillset, geography, current job status, and customer history. No more $400 truck rolls for $80 jobs.
60% of contractor estimates never get a follow-up call. Aria sends the quote, follows up at day 3, day 7, day 14 with conversation tone, captures objections, and either re-engages the lead or marks them dead so you stop wasting headspace.
Seasonal HVAC tune-up reminders. “It’s been 18 months since your roof inspection.” “Your warranty expires in 60 days.” Subscription-style customer retention without you remembering anything.
Aria asks every caller how they heard about you. Your portal shows which channels actually convert. Stop spending $800 a month on the directory listing that produced two tire-kickers last quarter.
Outstanding receivables follow-up calls Aria places on your behalf. Polite, persistent, doesn’t get embarrassed. Closes the gap between job done and money in the bank.
We start with calls. We don’t stop there.
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The real math — voicemail vs. human answering service vs. AI receptionist — and why one recovered job pays for the entire year.
Read →No. Aria uses human-grade voice AI — most callers can’t tell the difference.
Aria handles routine calls: scheduling, quotes, FAQs, service area, emergency triage. For anything complex she collects details and texts you a summary within 60 seconds.
English today. Spanish-language Aria is on the 2026 roadmap — when it ships, existing customers get it as a configuration option, no plan upgrade.
Every missed call becomes a captured lead in your CRM — not a voicemail you listen to at 9pm.
Aria can be live in as little as 24 hours once we have your information — most contractors are up and running within a week.
Cancel anytime from your account portal — no calls, no emails required. You'll keep access through the end of your billing cycle. No contracts, no cancellation fee, no proration.
No. Forward your existing number. Your number stays yours.
No problem — overage calls run at $0.20/minute and are billed with your next invoice. You can also upgrade your plan anytime from your dashboard if usage consistently exceeds your plan limits.
Yes — urgent leads escalate to you instantly. Emergency repairs, ready-to-book customers, anything Aria flags as time-sensitive triggers a notification to your phone right away. Routine inquiries stay in your CRM with a written summary so you can follow up at your own pace.
Every call generates a written summary delivered to you and logged in your CRM — that’s included on all plans. Full call recordings are part of the Concierge plan; Starter and Growth deliver written summaries only.
Keep your existing number. Forward the calls you can’t answer to Aria, or forward 100% of inbound for full coverage — your call. The Concierge plan includes a dedicated business phone number if you’d rather give Aria her own line.
No. Month-to-month billing, no long-term contracts, no early-termination fees. Cancel anytime from your account portal — you keep access through the end of your current billing cycle.
If you sign up during the Founders Special, your monthly rate is locked at the price you signed up at — we don’t bump existing customers when standard pricing returns. The setup-fee waiver also applies only to Founders Special signups.
Aria syncs natively with HubSpot today. We’re actively building integrations with Jobber, ServiceTitan, and Housecall Pro — if you’re on one of those platforms, let us know during onboarding and we’ll prioritize your stack. In the meantime, we can export your call data to CSV on demand or push to any CRM that accepts a webhook.
Aria transcribes every call in real time and flags low-confidence segments (background noise, unclear speech, unusual addresses). Flagged calls go into a review queue you can access from your dashboard — you correct anything Aria got wrong with one click, and the correction syncs back to HubSpot automatically. For routine calls Aria handles cleanly, no review is needed. You only review the flagged ones — clean calls don’t need your attention.
30-day money-back guarantee on your first month of Starter service. Growth and Concierge setup fees are non-refundable once setup work begins. Cancel anytime; no pro-rated refunds mid-cycle. Founders Special pricing locks in for the life of your subscription, so once you’re in, you’re in.
I'm Peter Bigelow. I spent 20+ years running a trades business here in Orange County — masonry, hardscape, the real work, in the field, with the phone ringing while my hands were full. I know exactly what a missed call costs, because I lived it: the bid that went to the guy who picked up, the emergency that found someone else at 9pm.
Oprantis is the tool I wish I'd had. Aria isn't an offshore call center reading a script — she's an AI receptionist I built to answer the way a sharp office manager would: qualify the lead, book the job, text me the summary, and never let a customer hit voicemail. It's done-for-you, it's local, and it's built by someone who's actually swung the hammer.
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