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An ice storm books a crew for a week.

An ice storm drops branches on roofs across town, all on the same morning. Front&Center answers in English or French while your crew is climbing or in the bucket truck. It takes the address and what the tree is doing, books the assessment into your calendar, and flags the calls where a tree is on the house. A branch on a live hydro line belongs to the utility, so the caller is told to stay clear and call the hydro company first.

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Canopy Tree Service(416) 555-0140 2:14Booking held

What the caller heard

  1. ReceptionistThanks for calling Canopy Tree Service. How can I help you?
  2. CallerA big branch came down on the garage roof in the storm. The rest of the tree is still hanging over it.
  3. ReceptionistThat’s urgent, so please keep everyone away from the garage. I’m flagging this now and texting the crew. What’s the address?
  4. Caller7 Hillside Drive. Should we stay out of the driveway too?
  5. ReceptionistYes, park on the street until we’ve looked at it. A climber will call you within the hour, and I can hold 8:00 tomorrow for the assessment.

What lands in your dashboard

Reason
A big branch came down on the garage roof in the storm. The rest of the tree is still hanging over it.
Wants
7 Hillside Drive. Should we stay out of the driveway too?
Callback
(416) 555-0140
Next step
Visit held: 8:00 tomorrow for the assessment. Caller picks a time.

Text sent to the caller

Thanks for calling Canopy Tree Service. Your visit request is held. We’ll text to confirm the time.

The problem

Why tree service owners
miss jobs

Storm and hazard calls get flagged to you right away with the address and the damage. Assessments get booked with the tree, the height and the access written down.

  • Wind and ice bring every call in one day

    Branches land on roofs across town the same morning. The first company answering owns the week’s schedule.

  • A phone doesn’t belong in a tree

    Climbing, chipping and rigging are dangerous, loud work. Calls need answering somewhere else while the crew is tied in.

  • A leaning tree feels like an emergency to the owner

    Homeowners call about hazard trees over the driveway at night. If nobody answers, they book the company that does.

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 tree service job. Change it to what your jobs are worth.

Jobs saved from missed calls, per month
1
Plan

$1,200 back for a $300 month on Growth.

Recovered work$1,200
Growth plan$300

That’s 4× what the plan costs. 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

Tree service owners ask
before switching it on

  • Can an AI receptionist answer calls for my tree service business?

    Yes. An ice storm drops branches on roofs across town, all on the same morning. Front&Center answers in English or French while your crew is climbing or in the bucket truck. It takes the address and what the tree is doing, books the assessment into your calendar, and flags the calls where a tree is on the house. A branch on a live hydro line belongs to the utility, so the caller is told to stay clear and call the hydro company first. Storm and hazard calls get flagged to you right away with the address and the damage. Assessments get booked with the tree, the height and the access written down.

  • What does the AI say when a tree service customer calls?

    It answers in your business’s name, for example “Thanks for calling Canopy Tree Service. How can I help you?”, 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 tree service call worth?

    Say a typical job in Tree service is worth $1,200+. 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 Growth plan at $300 CAD.

  • How much does an AI receptionist cost for a tree service 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 tree service 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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