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Overview

Dialbox functions as an AI-powered front desk solution designed for Canadian service businesses, integrating call answering, appointment booking, and customer follow-up into a single platform. The system operates 24/7, ensuring that every incoming call is answered, even when staff are occupied or outside business hours. It leverages AI to qualify callers, identify their needs, and prioritize urgent requests, allowing businesses to focus on high-value leads.

How it Works

The platform consolidates all customer interactions, including phone calls, text messages, website chats, and online forms, into a unified workspace. This central hub sorts communications by urgency, enabling teams to quickly identify and respond to critical inquiries. Dialbox can automatically book appointments by syncing with existing calendars and CRM systems, streamlining the scheduling process and reducing manual effort.

Key Use Cases

  • Lead Capture & Qualification: Automatically answers calls, qualifies potential clients, and flags hot leads for immediate follow-up, preventing missed opportunities.
  • Appointment Management: Books qualified customers directly into available time slots, integrating with popular calendar and booking tools.
  • Unified Communication: Provides a dedicated business phone line for both inbound and outbound calls and texts, ensuring consistent brand identity and keeping all customer communication within the system.
  • Team Assistance: Offers an "Assist" feature that allows team members to quickly access customer context, check schedules, and initiate approved follow-up actions directly from the Dialbox workspace.

Businesses can set up their AI receptionist by adding business knowledge and preferences, testing the system with a practice call, and then forwarding their existing business number to Dialbox.

Key features

  • 24/7 AI Phone Answering
  • Appointment Booking & Calendar Sync
  • Unified Inbox for Calls, Texts, Forms
  • Lead Qualification & Prioritization
  • Business Phone Line & Team Calling
  • Automated Customer Follow-up
  • Multi-language Support (English, French, Spanish + 23 more)
  • Team Assist for Customer Context

Who uses it

Canadian service businesses, including lawyers, property managers, hair salons, real estate agents, massage therapists, and medical clinics.

Pros

  • Ensures 24/7 call answering and lead capture.
  • Qualifies callers and prioritizes urgent leads.
  • Automates appointment booking and calendar synchronization.
  • Provides a unified platform for calls, texts, and customer interactions.
  • Offers a dedicated business phone line for consistent branding.

Cons

  • Requires a credit card for the 7-day free trial.
  • Pricing details are not transparently displayed on the website.
  • Primarily focused on Canadian service businesses, limiting broader applicability.
  • May have a learning curve for integrating with existing CRM and calendar systems.

Our take

Dialbox streamlines customer communication and lead management for service businesses by automating call handling and follow-up. Its integrated approach aims to reduce missed opportunities and improve operational efficiency.

Pricing plans

Core

$129/mo CAD

  • 24/7 AI answering with 100 AI-handled calls each month.
  • Business phone line, texting, website chat, forms, forwarded email intake, and native calendar booking are included.
  • Structured business details so Dialbox can answer questions, take messages, route calls, and book correctly.
  • One Phone + Assist license with Assist chat for customer lookups, call summaries, and account context.
  • One standard integration for the system your front office depends on.

Pro

$299/mo CAD

  • Everything in Core with 300 AI-handled calls each month.
  • Up to 3 locations. Use one shared number or included numbers for each location.
  • Resource documents for catalogs, policies, service menus, and operating details.
  • Conversation Flows and unlimited integrations.
  • Manual warm Outbound campaigns with 1,000 SMS texts/mo and up to 75 AI campaign calls from the shared pool.
  • Assist adds voice lookup on top of chat for staff lookups.

Max

$699/mo CAD

  • Everything in Pro with 900 AI-handled calls each month.
  • Up to 5 locations. Use one shared number or included numbers for each location.
  • Assist by chat and voice, plus approved action calls for follow-up, confirmations, and customer updates.
  • Assist Station and Front Desk Kiosk included.
  • 5,000 warm outbound campaign SMS texts/mo and up to 300 AI campaign calls from the shared pool.
  • Phone support included.

Pricing details are provided for reference and may differ from the vendor's current plans.

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