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AI receptionist for locksmith businesses in Canada

Locked out at 2 a.m., they call the locksmith who answers.

Someone is standing outside their house at 2 a.m. with the keys on the kitchen table. Front&Center answers in French or English while you’re rekeying a storefront. It takes where they are and what’s locked, texts you the lockout right away, and books the rekey and hardware work into your calendar.

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TrueKey Locksmith(416) 555-0140 2:14Booking held

What the caller heard

  1. ReceptionistYou’ve reached TrueKey Locksmith. How can I help?
  2. CallerI’m locked out of my house. My keys are inside and it’s late.
  3. ReceptionistI’ll get this to the team right now. What’s the address, and is anyone inside who can let you in?
  4. Caller45 Cedar Lane, and no, the house is empty.
  5. ReceptionistUnderstood. I’ve flagged this as urgent and texted the on-call locksmith. They’ll call you within minutes to confirm the drive out.

What lands in your dashboard

Reason
I’m locked out of my house. My keys are inside and it’s late.
Wants
45 Cedar Lane, and no, the house is empty.
Callback
(416) 555-0140
Next step
Visit held. Caller picks a time.

Text sent to the caller

Thanks for calling TrueKey Locksmith. Your visit request is held. We’ll text to confirm the time.

The problem

Why locksmith owners
miss jobs

Lockout calls get flagged to you right away with the location and what’s locked. Rekey and hardware jobs get booked with the door count and the lock types written down.

  • A lockout is a right-now problem

    Someone standing outside a house at 1 a.m. calls every locksmith on the list. The first voice on the line gets the job.

  • Your hands are already in someone else’s lock

    Picking a lock or pinning a cylinder takes steady hands and quiet focus. The phone has to go somewhere else.

  • Rekey quotes need a count

    How many doors, what kind of locks, is it a move-in. Miss those details on the first call and the quote takes three more.

How it works

Three steps, and your customers
never dial a new number

  1. Step 1

    A call comes in

    Your phone still rings first. If you can’t answer, Front&Center picks up.

  2. Step 2

    The AI handles it

    It answers in your company’s name, asks what the job is and where, answers questions from what you’ve told it, and books a time or takes a message.

  3. Step 3

    You get the lead

    You get an alert with a summary. The recording and transcript are in your dashboard, and a text follow-up keeps the job from going cold.

The math

One recovered job
can pay for the month

We started the calculator with an example locksmith job. Change it to what your jobs are worth.

Jobs saved from missed calls, per month
1
Plan

$150 recovered against $300 on Growth.

Recovered work$150
Growth plan$300

Below the plan cost — enter your real average job value to check. Prices in CAD, per month.

Pricing

Pricing, once
you’ve heard it

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and you have 30 days after your first payment to ask for a full refund.

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Solo

$79CAD / month

or $790 CAD a year (2 months free)

For one-truck operators who can't pick up on the job: the phone gets answered and every call is on record, so you can see exactly what you missed.

  • 150 caller minutes / month
  • Answers missed & after-hours calls in English or French
  • Books jobs into your calendar
  • Emergency triage with safety advice
  • Missed-call text-back & callback queue
  • Every call on record: summary, transcript, recording, lead details and call problems
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Starter

$150CAD / month

or $1,500 CAD a year (2 months free)

For a small crew that wants the AI getting better every week: it learns from every miss, texts callers for photos, and holds each booking until you approve it.

  • 500 caller minutes / month
  • Everything in Solo, for up to 5 teammates
  • Train from misses: answer a question once, it uses it on the next call
  • Asks callers for photos by text, on the call
  • Approve each booking before it's confirmed
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Growth

Recommended

$300CAD / month

or $3,000 CAD a year (2 months free)

For multi-crew shops that want to see what the answering is worth: the weekly money recovered report, deposits taken on the call, and your CRM in step.

  • 1,500 caller minutes / month
  • Everything in Starter, for up to 10 teammates
  • Weekly money recovered report
  • Deposit links paid to your Stripe
  • Briefed transfers and on-call rotation
  • Two-way Jobber and HubSpot sync, plus custom lookups
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Scale

$750CAD / month

or $7,500 CAD a year (2 months free)

For multi-location shops that want the AI working new leads and past customers on top of the answering.

  • 5,000 caller minutes / month
  • Everything in Growth, for up to 25 teammates
  • Calls new web & Google leads back in under a minute
  • Website chat and Google review requests
  • Estimate follow-up, tune-up reminder & win-back campaigns
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

Custom

Custom minutes, onboarding and pricing for larger teams. Talk to us.

  • Custom caller minutes & pricing
  • Everything in Scale
  • Dedicated onboarding help
  • Volume / multi-location options
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Prices in Canadian dollars, plus applicable tax. Compare every feature. Change plans anytime in Settings. Enterprise is custom: email us.

Questions

Locksmith owners ask
before switching it on

  • Can an AI receptionist answer calls for my locksmith business?

    Yes. Someone is standing outside their house at 2 a.m. with the keys on the kitchen table. Front&Center answers in French or English while you’re rekeying a storefront. It takes where they are and what’s locked, texts you the lockout right away, and books the rekey and hardware work into your calendar. Lockout calls get flagged to you right away with the location and what’s locked. Rekey and hardware jobs get booked with the door count and the lock types written down.

  • What does the AI say when a locksmith customer calls?

    It answers in your business’s name, for example “You’ve reached TrueKey Locksmith. How can I help?”, then asks what the job is, how urgent it is and where it is, answers questions about your services, and offers open appointment times or takes a message for a callback.

  • How much is one missed locksmith call worth?

    Say a typical job in Locksmith is worth $150+. That’s an example; yours may be more or less. If a missed call goes to a competitor, that’s the job you lose. Recovering a single job like that in a month would cover the Solo plan at $79 CAD.

  • How much does an AI receptionist cost for a locksmith company?

    Front&Center starts at $79 CAD/month on the Solo plan. Growth, at $300 CAD/month, adds the money recovered report, deposit links, briefed transfers and on-call, Jobber, HubSpot and custom lookups. Google review requests are on Scale at $750 CAD/month. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.

  • Do I keep my locksmith business phone number?

    Yes. Your phone still rings first. Only the calls you don’t answer are forwarded to Front&Center through your carrier’s no-answer forwarding, so customers keep dialing the number they already know.

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