Flagship
Answers in under 1.5 seconds
Every inbound call picked up in under two rings — no hold music, no voicemail, no missed revenue. Always on, even at 3am on a holiday.
< 1.5s response100% answered
24/7 AI Phone Receptionist
Every call answered.
Every customer kept.
Rouso Answers picks up every inbound call in under 1.5 seconds — 24/7, in a natural voice, with your exact answers. Live in minutes.
No credit card required · No per-minute meter · Cancel anytime
Grounded answers, zero invented facts
< 1.5s
Avg answer
100%
Answered
+1 (555) 234-7890
INCOMING · ROSSI PIZZA
C
Hi — are you open tonight? And do you have gluten-free?
We're open until 10pm tonight — and yes, gluten-free crust is available for $3 extra.
C
Perfect — can I book a table for four at 8?
FAQ matched Reservation intent
0.9s responseSMS summary sent
to owner · just now
Reservation booked
Tonight · 8:00 PM · Party of 4
Compliant, grounded, and predictable by default
- AI-disclosure on every call
- Recorded-call notice built in
- GDPR / CCPA-ready
- No contracts — cancel anytime
- < 1.5s average answer
38% of inbound calls to small businesses go unanswered — every one is a lost customer.
Industry research on SMB call handling
The numbers that matter on every call
< 1.5s response time100% calls answered24/7 always liveSetup in ~10 minutesNever invents factsNo per-minute meterHuman escalationSMS summariesCall transcriptsFAQ knowledge base< 1.5s response time100% calls answered24/7 always liveSetup in ~10 minutesNever invents factsNo per-minute meterHuman escalationSMS summariesCall transcriptsFAQ knowledge base
The honest mathVoicemail loses the customer.
Voicemail loses the customer.
So does every other option.
Every missed call is a customer calling your competitor instead. The usual fixes each fail in their own way — here is what they cost you, and what we do differently.
Voicemail
Most callers hang up and call your competitor. The customer is gone before you ever hear the message.
A receptionist
A good hire is $3,000+ a month — and still goes home at 5pm, gets sick, and takes lunch.
Cheap AI
Invents answers, meters you by the minute, and bills you even for robocalls and spam.
The Rouso way
Rouso answers in under 1.5 seconds
Only from your own information. One flat price by call volume — no per-minute meter, no surprise overage, and we never charge you for spam calls.
- Answers in under 1.5 seconds
- Only ever your own information
- One flat price by call volume
- Never charged for spam calls
What Rouso does
A natural-voice receptionist that picks up, answers from your own information, and never lets a caller hit voicemail.
Never invents facts
Answers only from your own information. If it doesn’t know, it offers to take a message — it never guesses.
Books reservations
Captures name, date, time, and party size, then drops it straight into your dashboard.
Warm human transfer
When a caller asks for a person, Rouso says “transferring you now” and routes the call to your phone in real time.
SMS + email summaries
After every call you get the transcript, caller number, and any message — on your phone and in your inbox.
Live in ~10 minutes
Hours, FAQs, escalation number. Done. Keep the number you already have.
Live demoDon't take our word for it.
Don't take our word for it.
Hear it answer your business.
Play a real, scripted call below — then picture it in your own front-of-house. Pick the kind of business you run to see what callers would ask.
What you could ask · pick your business
Try asking“Are you open tonight, and do you have gluten-free?”
Scripted call · Mario's Italian Kitchen
Press play and listen to a full reservation, start to finish.
Real text-to-speech, real back-and-forth — it greets the caller, takes a name and party size, and books the table in under a minute. Voice on, no signup.
This recording is the restaurant script. The same engine answers salons, clinics, and trades from your information.
What to try
- Book a reservationName, date, time, party size — captured and confirmed.
- Ask about hoursAnswered instantly from your own information.
- Ask something it does NOT knowHear it offer to take a message — it never invents an answer.
Or call it yourself
Demo line — launching soonPlay the call above in the meantime.
How it works
Three steps from your own words to a receptionist that picks up every call — no engineers, no scripts to write, no hardware to install.
Step 01
Paste your info
Drop in your website, menu, or FAQ. Rouso builds its knowledge base from your own words in minutes.
Step 02
Review what it’ll say
See exactly what your AI will — and won’t — answer. It stays grounded in what you gave it.
Step 03
Point your number
Keep the number you already have. Forward it to Rouso and you’re live tonight.
Keep the number you already have.
After every call
You get the whole story. Automatically.
A full transcript, the caller's intent, and any message — delivered to your phone and inbox the moment the call ends. No voicemail to replay, nothing to chase down.
LIVE+1 (•••) •••-4821
00:38Caller
Hey — are you open tonight, and do you have gluten-free options?
Rouso AI
We are! Open until 11pm tonight, and yes — we offer a gluten-free crust for an extra $3.
Caller
Perfect. Can I book a table for four at 8?
Rouso AI
Booked — party of four at 8:00pm tonight. You’ll get a text confirmation shortly.
FAQ matchedReservation intent
0.9s responseProduct UI · sample call
SMS summary
to owner · just now
New call · gluten-free + reservation. Caller booked a table for 4 at 8:00pm tonight. Transcript on your dashboard.
Call summary — 8:42pm
Rouso Answers · hello@rousoanswers.com
- Caller
- +1 (•••) •••-4821
- Intent
- Hours · Gluten-free · Reservation
- Outcome
- Booked — party of 4, 8:00pm
Mock-ups of real product screens. Sample data shown for illustration.
Pricing
One flat price. No per-minute meter.
Pick a plan by calls, not minutes — no overage math, no surprise bill, no charge for spam calls.
Starter
For solo operators & side hustles.
$147/mo
200 calls / mo
- AI phone receptionist
- 200 calls / month
- SMS + email call summaries
- FAQ knowledge base
- Warm human transfer
- Full call transcripts
Growth
Most popularFor busy restaurants & growing teams.
$397/mo
600 calls / mo
- Everything in Starter
- 600 calls / month
- Priority AI processing
- Reservation booking
- Custom voice selection
- Analytics dashboard
Pro
For high-volume & multi-location.
$697/mo
Unlimited calls
- Everything in Growth
- Unlimited calls
- Multiple locations
- Team access & roles
- Advanced analytics
- Dedicated support
14-day free trialNo contractCancel anytime
See full pricing & ROI calculatorThe cost of a missed call
See what a missed call really costs you.
Move the sliders. We'll show what Rouso could recover every month.
12
$120
35%
A rough estimate from your own inputs — not a guarantee. Rouso answers every call so fewer of these slip away in the first place.
Potential monthly recovery
$2,182 / mo
That's about 18 customers a month you're not losing.
Stop losing them — start free14 days free · no per-minute meter
Built for businesses like theseIllustrative
Illustrative
“During the dinner rush we used to lose five or ten calls a night. With Rouso every one gets answered — and it books the table.”
Marco
Italian restaurant · Brooklyn, NY
Illustrative
“Clients call at midnight asking about appointments. Rouso answers every one professionally and texts me the details.”
Sarah
Nail studio · Austin, TX
Illustrative
“I’m under a car all day. Now I get a clean summary of every call instead of a voicemail I never check.”
David
Auto repair · Seattle, WA
Representative scenarios of what Rouso is built to do — verified customer stories at launch.
Rouso vs the category
Same job. Honest pricing. Faster answer.
Most AI receptionists meter you by the minute and bill you for spam. Here is where Rouso does the same work — without the gotchas.
| Dimension | RousoBuilt right | OthersThe category |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat price by call volume | Per-minute or per-customer meters |
| Surprise overage | None — predictable bill | $0.25–$2.40 / min overage |
| Spam-call charges | Never billed for spam | Often billed for every minute |
| Makes things up | Never — grounded in your info | Many hallucinate answers |
| Answer speed | Under 1.5 seconds | Rarely advertised |
| AI + recording disclosure | Built into every call | Usually not addressed |
| Try before you buy | Web demo + live call line | Often demo-gated by a form |
See full comparisons
Comparisons reflect publicly available competitor information at time of writing and may change.
Questions, answered
About ten minutes. Paste your business info, hours, and top FAQs — Rouso provisions a number (or you forward your own) and goes live the same day.
Yes. Rouso uses ultra-realistic text-to-speech and answers in under 1.5 seconds. Callers regularly don’t realize it’s AI — though we always disclose it upfront, as required by law.
It says: “I don’t have that information, but I can take a message for you.” Rouso answers only from your knowledge base and never invents facts.
No. Unlike metered services, Rouso bills by call-volume tier — and we don’t count junk calls against you.
Instantly. When a caller asks for a person, Rouso says “transferring you now” and routes the call to your escalation number in real time.
Yes. Every caller is told they’re speaking with an AI and that the call may be recorded — covering the EU AI Act Art. 50 and US all-party-consent states by default.
Ready when you are
Free for 14 days. No contract. Setup in about ten minutes.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime