Phone answering services have worked the same way for decades. You forward your calls to a call center. A human operator picks up, reads from a script, scribbles down a message, and either emails it to you or leaves it in a portal you have to check. You pay $200-500/month for the privilege, more if you go over your minutes.
The model works, but it's expensive, inconsistent, and outdated. Operators handle dozens of businesses simultaneously. They mispronounce names. They miss details. They put callers on hold during busy periods. And the pricing is designed for a world where human labor is the only option.
AI changes the equation entirely. A phone answering service no longer needs a room full of operators to function. Modern AI can answer the phone, greet callers naturally, understand what they need, ask the right follow-up questions, and deliver a clean summary in seconds. All at a price point that makes the old model look absurd.
CallHush is what phone answering services should have become years ago. Simpler. Cheaper. Better.
You sign up and get a CallHush number. Forward your business phone to it, either all the time or only when you can't answer. When a call comes in, Lexi picks up.
Lexi greets the caller with your business name and asks how she can help. The caller talks normally, explaining their situation in their own words. Lexi responds naturally, collects their name and phone number, confirms the details, and wraps up the call.
Within seconds of the call ending, you get an email with a structured summary: caller name, phone number, reason for calling, urgency level, and call duration. No portal to check. No app to download. No dashboard to log into. Just email.
You check your email, see who called, and call back the ones that matter most. It's phone answering reduced to its simplest, most effective form.
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Clean, structured, actionable. In your inbox within seconds.
100 calls per month, 24/7 answering, email summaries. One price. No per-minute billing, no surcharges, no hidden fees. Need more? Call packs from $9.99/25 calls.
Not a phone tree. Not a robotic voice. Lexi has a natural conversation with every caller, listens to what they say, and responds appropriately.
No apps to install. No dashboards to monitor. No portals to log into. Every call summary goes straight to your email. The tool you already check 50 times a day.
Nights, weekends, holidays. All included in the $49/mo price. Traditional services charge extra for after-hours coverage. CallHush doesn't.
Enter your business name and a short description. Forward your phone. Done. No onboarding calls, no script writing, no training periods.
Full-time receptionist: $3,300+/mo
Traditional answering service: $200-500/mo
CallHush (100 calls/mo, 24/7): $49/mo
Same result: every call answered, every message captured.
$49/mo. 100 calls. The modern phone answering service.
100 calls/mo. Cancel anytime.