How much does missed-call text back cost per month?

Typical ranges run from $0 to about $30 a month when your phone system already includes it, $30 to $150 for a standalone app, and $100 to $400 or more for agency bundles or AI receptionists that answer first. These are market ranges, not quotes. Per-text carrier fees and texting registration usually sit on top.

Do I have to pay for each text message?

Usually, in one form or another. Some vendors include a set number of texts in the subscription and charge past a cap. Others pass carrier fees through per message. For a business with a handful of missed calls a day the amount is small. Long follow-up sequences on busy lines are where it adds up.

What is 10DLC registration and do I need it?

10DLC is the system US carriers use for business texting from standard ten-digit numbers. Your brand and use case are registered through The Campaign Registry so carriers deliver your messages instead of filtering them. If you plan to text customers from a business number, expect to register. Ask vendors whether they handle it and whether it costs extra.

Is missed-call text back enough, or should calls be answered?

It depends on how your callers behave. A text recovers people who would rather type than talk, and people who called after hours. Callers who need help now often ring the next business instead. If your jobs are urgent or high value, answering the call first and texting as a backup usually captures more leads.

Where does Columa fit in these price ranges?

Columa is an AI receptionist, so it belongs in the answer-first setup rather than the text-only tools. Its prices aren't covered on this page. The best way to judge it is to watch it handle a call and ask for an itemized quote, the same as any other vendor.

AI Receptionist for Service Businesses — Every Call Answered

How it works · 01

Up and running today.

Three steps between you and a phone line that never goes unanswered.

01.

Pick your plan

Check out in two minutes. Your license key lands in your inbox instantly.

~ 2 minutes

02.

Paste your key

Drop it into the Columa plugin on your site — your features install and configure themselves.

Self-installing

03.

Teach Olive & go live

A guided checklist loads your business knowledge, and Olive starts answering the same day. Want it done for you? Add Guided Setup at checkout.

Live same day

Try Columa · 02

Try Columa on your business.

Enter your website. About a minute later you're talking to a receptionist that already knows what you do, where you work and when you're open — on your phone or right here.

Nothing to install, nothing to set up, no card.
It answers only from your website. When it doesn't know, it says your team will confirm.
You see the lead summary your inbox would get after the call.

Reading your website…

Usually about a minute0:00

Reading your pages
Writing what it should know
Giving it a voice

While it builds

Try this when it's ready

Ask, “Are you open this Saturday?” It answers from your website — or says your team will confirm.

< 2 sec

Good to know

Every call picked up in under two seconds, day or night. No voicemail purgatory.

Try this when it's ready

Call like a real customer — your name, number and the job. Then open the lead summary your inbox would get.

24 / 7

Good to know

Nights, weekends and holidays. It answers when your team can't.

Try this when it's ready

Ask for a price your website doesn't list. It won't guess — it takes the details for your team.

Same day

Good to know

When you're ready, Columa goes from checkout to answering your real calls the same day.

Try this when it's ready

Use the chat as well as the phone. It's the same receptionist, on your website.

Or, if you'd rather

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Your AI concierge · 03

Let's create an Olive for your business.

Olive is ours — built for the way Olive Group answers calls. We'll build one for the way your business answers calls. Custom persona. Custom voice. Custom name. Same superpowers.

Answers every call

24/7 AI voice reception. No missed calls, no voicemail purgatory.

Chats on your website

Greets every visitor, answers from your knowledge base, and captures the lead before they bounce.

Books on your calendar

Appointments scheduled straight into your calendar while you work.

One inbox for everything

Every call transcript and chat thread, reviewable in a single dashboard.

Instant lead alerts

Email or text the second a new lead lands — urgent calls routed straight to you.

Proposals & e-signatures

Send polished proposals, get agreements signed online, and invoice automatically.

Keeps your CRM current

Contacts, notes, and statuses synced to HubSpot and more — no manual data entry.

One brain, every channel

Teach Olive your business once — voice and chat both answer from the same knowledge.

Your Olive could be named Grace, Atlas, Juno · or anything you want

Built for your trade · 04

Made for the trades that can't miss a call.

Every trade gets calls only it understands. Olive learns yours, from the emergencies to the seasonal rush, and turns each one into a booked job.

Pricing · 06

Simple, transparent tiers.

Volume overages clearly defined. No surprise invoices.

Chat + Voice

$149/mo

Capture every visitor and answer every call. Your lowest-risk entry point. 24/7 Availability.

AI chat on your website, answering day and night
AI voice on your business line, with two-way texting
Call forwarding and recording — 250 minutes
Lead capture forms, every submission on the contact record
FAQ knowledge base the AI answers from
Opportunities pipeline, tasks and follow-ups
Spam and abuse filtering on every channel

Included50 voice min + 150 AI replies/mo

Get started

Concierge

$349/mo

Booking and a unified inbox - Your AI answers every call. Built for business.

Everything in Chat + Voice, plus

Online booking straight into your calendar
One inbox for chats, calls and texts
Instant lead alerts the moment someone comes in
Scored questionnaires that qualify a lead as it arrives
750 forwarded and recorded minutes

Included150 voice min + 300 AI replies/mo

Get started

Every call answered.
Every lead captured.

Olive

Hear an AI concierge in action.

Up and running today.

Pick your plan

Paste your key

Teach Olive & go live

Try Columa on your business.

Let's create an Olive for your business.

Answers every call

Chats on your website

Books on your calendar

One inbox for everything

Instant lead alerts

Proposals & e-signatures

Keeps your CRM current

One brain, every channel

Made for the trades that can't miss a call.

Plumbers

HVAC

Roofers

Electricians

Cleaning services

Olive doesn't work alone.

Simple, transparent tiers.

Your AI concierge is ready to go live.