Notes for small businesses deciding whether to put an AI employee on a desk. Each post answers one question — what it costs against a hire, which desk to start with, how it is trained, examined and kept safe, and what stays with a person — from the product’s own rules and sourced figures.
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Seven questions to settle before you hire an AI employee, each with the post that answers it and the page that shows the product side.
What does an AI employee cost compared with hiring?
How much does an AI employee cost vs. hiring a person?Is an AI employee just a chatbot with a new name?
Conversational AI chatbot vs. AI assistant vs. AI employee: what changes for your teamCan it take the front desk of a small business?
AI receptionist for small business: what it handles, what stays humanShould sales try an AI before hiring an SDR?
AI SDR vs. hiring a junior SDR: cost and ramp timeHow do you train it on our own knowledge?
How to train an AI employee on your company knowledgeIs it safe to give it customer data?
Security and compliance checklist for AI employees: 12 questions to askHow does support scale without losing the human touch?
Customer support at scale without losing the human touchAI employees for small businesses: what one costs against a hire, which desk to give it first, how it is trained, examined and kept safe, and what stays with a person. Each post answers one question with the product’s own rules and sourced figures.
Each post shows its publication date, and rewritten posts show an “Updated” date as well. Posts written before October 9, 2026 that quote the retired Starter and Scale plans carry a pricing note pointing to the current pricing page.
An AI inbound sales manager that answers web chat and email for a small business from an approved price list and hands anything unusual to a person. The first 30 days are a free pilot with no card; after it, one flat monthly fee per AI employee is agreed on the pilot review.
With the question you have. Cost against a hire, the chatbot difference, the front desk, sales, training, security and support each have a post above, with a link to the page that covers the product side.
The pilot runs 30 days on your web chat and email, free and with no card. The AI sales manager sits its exam first, and every conversation it handles stays readable in the cabinet.
Free 30-day pilot
A person reads it and answers within one business day: which job description fits, what the pilot covers on your web chat and email, and what we need from you.
Or talk to a live AI sales manager first →
