The tariff
One plan. She even calls them back.
$199 a month, 1,000 minutes, everything included. She answers, she books the job, and she goes back for the callers who didn’t book.
- 1She rings them back
As your business. Within about an hour if it’s urgent.
- 2Then she texts
If she can’t reach them. They can text straight back.
- 3She books the job
On the call back or from the text, straight into your calendar.
- No contracts
- 30 days free, unlimited minutes
- 30-day satisfaction guarantee
Maria Answers
30 days free with unlimited minutes · no setup fee · cancel anytime
- She calls back the ones who didn’t book — and texts if she can’t reach themThe calls you already paid to get, turned into jobs.
- She books them right on the call back, or straight from the text
- Answers 24/7 in your company’s nameEvery missed call is a job the next guy books.
- Books appointments into your calendarBooked while they are still on the phone.
- Proactively upsells your callers — books bigger jobsBigger ticket on the calls you already get.
- Texts your customers their appointment confirmationsFewer no-shows on jobs you already won.
- Two-way texting — they answer, she books, moves or cancelsThey text back, she books the job.
- Texts your past customers and gets them booking again — account reactivation, no charge per customerWith your specials and referral asks. Money out of a list you already own.
- Warm transfers + backup numbers — if you miss it she rings your partner, your foreman, then the shopThe caller holds instead of hanging up. No voicemail, no lost job.
- Speaks 10 languages, switches to the caller automaticallyYou keep the callers you used to lose.
- A number for each marketing campaign — see which ads actually bring calls ($10/mo per line)Kill the ads that don’t pay. Feed the ones that do.
- Voice-guided white-glove onboarding — set up by talking, no forms
- Knows your business — your website, your documents and your trade
- Takes messages & screens spam
- Summaries & full transcripts
- Connects every CRM you use, plus 1,000+ apps
Start free: 30 days, unlimited minutes of everything, follow-up included. Then it’s just $199/mo and Maria keeps right on going.
Everything included
Add extra lines to track your marketing: $10/mo per number
Put a different local number on each ad, flyer, or truck and you’ll know exactly which one is ringing. We break out the calls, bookings and upsells per number, and keep detailed call records (a summary and the full transcript of every call) for each line you have, the same detail as your main line. Each extra number is just $10/month.
Maria on your website: included
Why not turn your website into a lead-generating sales machine? Drop Maria onto your own site and every visitor can talk to her right there. She greets them, answers questions, and books the job while they’re still on the page. No more forms nobody fills out. She does everything on your site that she does on the phone — same Maria, same abilities. It’s included, at no extra charge.
Short calls cost you almost nothing
You pay for talk time, not for calls. We add up the actual seconds Maria is on the phone across the month. Nothing rounds up to a full minute, and nothing bills as a whole “call.” A wrong number, a pocket dial, a thirty-second “are you open Saturday?” costs you pennies.
The spam and sales calls Maria screens are free. Screened calls never touch your minutes: not your allowance, not your overage, ever. Services that meter you per call, or per “interaction,” charge full freight for that same thirty seconds.
The fine print: no surprises
Keep your existing number. Go over your minutes and Maria never stops answering. You only pay for the minutes you actually use, and we text you first. No surprises, ever.
Texting works the day you start. Pick her voice and name your receptionist. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Maria vs. a receptionist
What does a receptionist really cost you?
Put in your own numbers.
Your receptionist
Your calls
You save
$2,967.80/ month
$35,614 a year
40 hours a week at $18.27 an hour. Pay only. Payroll tax and benefits cost extra.
300 calls × 3 min = 900 minutes. 1,000 are in the plan. She answers 24/7.
Starting pay: $18.27 an hour, the U.S. median for receptionists (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025).
The index
Pricing, answered.
Is there a contract?
No contracts, ever. There is one plan and it is month-to-month — cancel anytime. And there’s a 30-day satisfaction guarantee: not happy in your first 30 days, we refund you. No problem.
What’s included in the free trial?
Thirty days of the whole thing, with unlimited minutes and every feature — the follow-up calls to callers who didn’t book included. No commitment — if it’s not for you, cancel before the trial ends.
What happens if I go over my minutes?
Maria never stops answering. Past your plan’s minutes it’s $0.49 a minute — still well under the $1–$2 a minute a live answering service charges from the very first minute — and we text you before it happens. No surprises.
Do the annual plans really give me two months free?
Yes. Pay yearly and you pay for ten months, not twelve — two months free.
Can I keep my existing phone number?
Yes. Keep your number — no porting headaches — and add a local number in your area code if you’d like. Extra tracking numbers are $10/mo each.
How much does a virtual receptionist cost per month?
Maria Answers costs $199 a month with 1,000 minutes included, and every feature is in that one plan. All-in that is about $0.20 per minute. There is no setup fee, no contract, and no per-call charge. For comparison, a traditional live answering service is usually a monthly base plus $1–$2+ for every minute an operator spends on your calls, so the same volume runs several times higher.
Does Maria follow up on callers who didn’t book?
Yes, and it is included — no add-on, no bigger plan. When someone calls (or talks to her on your website and leaves a number) and doesn’t book, Maria rings them back as your business: within about an hour if their problem is urgent, otherwise the next day, and she can book the job right on that call. If she can’t reach them she texts, and they can book straight from the text. It’s on from day one.
Is there a setup fee or a cancellation fee?
Neither. There is no setup charge on anything we sell, and no cancellation fee. Plans are month-to-month, you cancel from your dashboard, and the 30-day satisfaction guarantee refunds your first 30 days if Maria is not right for you.
What does the Maria Answers plan include?
Everything, in one plan: the follow-up on callers who did not book — she calls them back, not just texts — plus 24/7 answering in your company’s name, a receptionist trained on your own Google listing, website and uploaded documents, your choice of her voice, ten languages with automatic switching mid-call, calendar booking, caller upsells, appointment confirmation texts, two-way texting, warm transfers to your phone with backup numbers she rings in order, every CRM you use, outbound webhooks and 1,000+ apps, instant text alerts, and a summary and full transcript of every call. A separate number for each of your marketing campaigns is $10/mo per line. Maria answering on your website is included at no extra charge — she does everything on your site that she does on the phone, same Maria, same abilities, and conversations on your site use your plan minutes exactly like phone calls.
See exactly how she works on the how-it-works page, or browse the Help Center.
Try her free for 30 days.
30 days free with unlimited minutes, then it’s just $199/mo. No contract, cancel anytime.