Configured AI answering
Ringing.io answers inbound calls using your configured greeting, FAQs, and intake questions.
AI Receptionist
Ringing.io AI receptionist for business calls
Ringing.io is an AI receptionist that answers inbound business calls using your configured greeting, FAQs, and intake questions. Keep your existing number and phone service, then forward selected calls. Scale and Growth can transfer selected calls to your team; Starter sends summaries and notifications without live transfer.
Who handles each part of the call?
- Your existing number and phone service: You retain both and forward selected calls to Ringing.io.
- Ringing.io AI answering: The AI handles the forwarded call using the greeting, FAQs, and intake questions you configure.
- Your live-transfer recipient: Your own team receives selected transferred calls, rather than a Ringing.io human receptionist.
Ringing.io is not a human-staffed answering service. Choose another service if a human must answer every call.
Demo recording
Hear Ringing answer as your business
Ringing asks
- What happened
- Service address
- How urgent the issue is
You receive
A structured summary sent to the configured contact.
- Try it first
- 25 free minutes, no credit card
- Starting at
- $99/month for 250 minutes
- Keep your number
- Forward calls when you need coverage
What is Ringing.io?
Ringing.io is an AI receptionist for forwarded inbound business calls. You configure its greeting, FAQs, and intake questions; Ringing.io stores recordings and transcripts and sends call summaries by email and SMS.
Custom intake questions
Configure Ringing.io's greeting, FAQs, intake questions, and call categories for your business.
Captures structured details
Caller name, contact information, reason for calling, appointment requests, and service needs are extracted and formatted.
Live transfer when needed
Ringing.io answers with AI first. Scale and Growth can then transfer selected callers to your team. Starter provides summaries and notifications, not live transfer.
Talk to Ringing.io's AI receptionist. See how it works.
Call our live demo line to experience the automated phone answering in action. Ask questions, test the intake flow, or request to speak with sales. See how natural automated answering can sound.
What you get with Ringing.io
- Ringing.io AI answering 24/7 while minutes are available
- Keep the business number customers know
- Configure intake questions and routing
- Receive call summaries, recordings, and transcripts
- Selected live transfers to your team on Scale and Growth
- No setup fees, no long-term contracts
Automated answering service pricing by call volume.
Flat monthly plans for automated phone answering — billed by the minutes you use, not per call. Scale and Growth can connect selected callers to your team through live transfer.
Starter
$99/month
250 minutes included
- 24/7 AI answering
- Custom questions and FAQs
- Call summaries and transcripts
- Email and SMS notifications
Scale
$179/mo
500 minutes
Everything in Starter, plus selected live transfers to your team, multiple intake flows, and scenario analytics.
Growth
$299/mo
1,500 minutes
Everything in Scale, plus custom training documents, text links during calls, and priority support.
Additional usage: $0.30/min billed by the second. No setup fees or contracts.
Automated answering service questions.
Answers about automated phone answering, keeping your number, after-hours vs 24/7 coverage, free minutes, live transfer, and pricing.
What is an automated answering service?
Ringing.io's automated answering service uses AI, rather than a human receptionist, to answer inbound business calls. You supply the greeting, FAQs, and intake questions. Ringing.io keeps recordings and transcripts and delivers summaries by email and SMS so your team can review the call.
Can I keep my existing business phone number?
Yes. Keep your existing business number and current phone service, then forward selected calls to Ringing.io when you want AI answering.
Does the automated answering service work 24/7 or only after hours?
Ringing.io AI answering is available 24/7 while minutes are available. You choose which calls to forward from your existing business number, so Ringing.io can cover the calls you select without replacing your phone service.
How much does the AI receptionist cost?
Starter is $99/month for 250 minutes. Every account includes 25 free minutes with no credit card required. See the pricing page for higher-volume plans and overage rates.
Can the AI transfer calls to a live person?
Yes. Scale and Growth can transfer selected calls to your team after Ringing.io's AI answers. The person receiving the transfer is on your team, not a Ringing.io human receptionist. Starter sends summaries and notifications but does not provide live transfer.
What custom questions can the AI ask?
You can configure Ringing.io's intake questions, greeting, FAQs, and call categories. Suggested intake questions include: What is your name? What phone number should we use for follow-up? What service do you need? These suggestions focus on caller details and the service request.
How does the AI handle appointment scheduling?
The AI captures appointment requests, including the caller's preferred date, time, service type, and contact details, then sends the request to your team for confirmation. It does not place appointments directly on your calendar.
What happens after each call the AI answers?
Ringing.io keeps the call recording and transcript and sends a summary by email and SMS. Your team can review those records and the captured details before following up with the caller.
Is an automated answering service better than a live answering service?
Choose Ringing.io when you want AI to answer forwarded calls using your configured intake. A service staffed by human receptionists is the better fit when every caller must speak to a person first. Ringing.io's live transfers reach your team after AI answering, rather than providing a human answering service.
How does automated phone answering work?
Selected inbound calls are forwarded from your existing phone service to Ringing.io. Ringing.io's AI then uses your configured greeting, FAQs, and intake questions to answer. Call recordings, transcripts, and emailed or texted summaries give your team information to review afterward.
Start with 25 free minutes
Try the automated answering service on your real calls.
25 free minutes. No credit card required. Test automated phone answering with your existing business number.