Sign up online, answer a 5-minute setup form, and forward your calls. No setup fee, and no contract on monthly plans.
For smaller shops that mostly need nights and weekends covered.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Get LiteFor shops that need nights, weekends, and missed calls covered.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Get StarterFor busy teams that want every call answered, around the clock.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Get ProFor busier shops with more trucks, more calls, and a second line.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Get GrowthThree or more locations, or more call volume than Growth covers? We'll put together a plan and a quote for your setup.
Want to hear it answer your calls first? Book a demo
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Other ways to cover the calls you can't get to, and what you get with each.
| Feature |  Cender | Live answering service | DIY AI receptionist app | Voicemail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers when you can't | Nights, weekends, and missed daytime calls. 24/7 on Pro | Usually 24/7, but nights often cost 25–50% more | Yes, once you set it up | Takes a message |
| Books the job on your calendar | Books open slots into Google or Outlook | Usually takes a message for you to call back | Sometimes, if you connect and configure it | |
| Sends emergencies to your on-call phone | Included, up to 3 numbers on Pro and 5 on Growth | Often $0.50–$2.00 per transfer | Depends on the plan | |
| Made for home-service calls | Knows no-heat, leak, and gas-smell calls, with safety instructions | General scripts for any business | Generic. You write the script | |
| Setup | Done for you from a 5-minute form, live in about a day | Onboarding calls. Setup fees of $50–$500 are common | You build and test it yourself | Nothing to set up |
| Price for ~300 minutes a month | $299 with 300 minutes included | About $330–$525, overage $1.50–$3.50 a minute | Low starting price, plus per-minute and add-on fees | Free, but missed jobs cost you |
| Contract | Month to month, cancel anytime | Contracts and $100–$500 early-cancel fees are common | Usually monthly | None |
Live answering service and app prices are typical ranges from 2026 industry pricing guides. Each provider's actual prices vary.
No calls to schedule and no paperwork. Most businesses are live the next business day.
Right after checkout, a 5-minute form asks for your hours, services, emergency rules, on-call numbers, and calendar.
We set it up to answer as your business and send you a Cender number with simple call-forwarding steps for your carrier.
Turn on forwarding, make a quick test call, and every call you can't get to is answered from then on.
An honest "virtual assistant" introduction and recording notice, basic safety instructions for gas, fire, and carbon monoxide emergencies, and you keep your existing phone number. It never quotes prices or diagnoses problems.
No setup fee. Monthly plans are month to month with no contract. Yearly plans are paid once a year and cost about two months less.
Click Manage billing at the bottom of any page (or the link in your receipt email), enter your email, and Stripe sends you a login link. Monthly plans run to the end of the month you've paid for. Yearly plans are non-refundable, but you can turn off auto-renewal anytime.
Time the assistant spends on calls for you, rounded up per call. A typical booking call takes 2 to 4 minutes, so 300 minutes covers roughly 75 to 150 calls a month.
Calls keep getting answered. If you regularly go over your plan's minutes, we'll reach out about moving to the next plan up. Your price never changes without notice.
No. You keep your business number and forward calls to the Cender number we send you, either after hours, when you don't pick up, or all the time.
Yes. Upgrade or downgrade through Manage billing, and the price difference is adjusted automatically.
Book a demo and we'll show you how Cender would answer, book, and route calls for your business.
