Pricing
AI employee pricing: a free month first.
The AI inbound sales manager starts with a 30-day pilot on your web chat and email: free, with no payment and no card.
After the pilot the price is agreed on the review results: conversations, leads and handovers. It is one flat monthly fee per AI employee, with no per-minute meters. Other desks are quoted after a scoping call.
Reference points · October 2026
C$3,870
In-house receptionist in Ottawa, per month, before benefits
Job Bank Canada, NOC 14101: median $20/h plus CPP, EI, vacation pay
$29–800
AI receptionist plans for small business, per month
Dialzara, Rosie, Goodcall, Smith.ai price pages, USD
$0
The Unistaff pilot, 30 days
One AI sales manager, no card
The first two are public numbers to weigh the pilot against, with their sources. None of the three comes from a customer.
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In one paragraph
How much does an AI employee cost?
An AI employee at Unistaff.ai costs nothing for the first 30 days: the pilot of the AI inbound sales manager is free, with no payment and no card. After it you pay one flat monthly fee per AI employee, agreed on the pilot review of conversations, leads and handovers. Messages and minutes are unmetered.
Support, HR, accounting and operations desks are built on request and quoted after a scoping call; the AI HR assistant pricing page shows how such a quote is put together. For the human side of the sum, read what an AI employee costs compared with hiring.
One AI inbound sales manager for one company, on your web chat and email.
- ✦Set up with you by the Unistaff team
- ✦Exam, probation and a weekly review
- ✦Cabinet access for one email address of yours
- ✦No payment and no card
One monthly fee per AI employee, agreed on the pilot review: conversations, leads and handovers.
- ✦The same cabinet, rules and handovers
- ✦No per-minute or per-message meters
- ✦Pause or stop at any time
- ✦Leads (CSV) and the knowledge folder stay yours
Support, HR, accounting and operations roles, built for one company on request.
- ✦A call about the desk and its rules
- ✦Drafts that a person on your team sends
- ✦Scope and price agreed before any build
- ✦Status on each role page: On request
The pilot and after
The pilot and the paid months run on the same product: the same cabinet, the same rules on every reply and the same handovers to a person.
| Item | Pilot · 30 days | After the pilot |
|---|---|---|
| AI employees | 1 inbound sales manager | Agreed per company |
| Channels | Web chat and email | Web chat and email; planned channels as they ship |
| Cabinet access | One email address of yours | Team logins are planned |
| Meters | None | None: one flat monthly fee |
| Your data | Leads (CSV) and knowledge folder stay yours | The same |
| Stop | Pause and stop button, any time | The same |
| Monthly price | $0 | Agreed on the pilot review |
Frequently asked questions
The AI inbound sales manager starts with a 30-day pilot that is free, with no payment and no card. After the pilot the price is agreed on the review results: how many conversations, leads and handovers it handled. It is one flat monthly fee per AI employee. Other desks are built on request and quoted after a scoping call.
One role for one company: a job description, a knowledge folder, an exam, a probation period and a weekly review, working on your web chat and email. The fee is per AI employee; messages and minutes are unmetered.
Per AI employee, as one flat monthly fee. Messages and minutes are unmetered. During the pilot the cabinet opens for one email address of yours; logins for the rest of your team are planned.
One AI inbound sales manager for one company for 30 days, on your web chat and a dedicated email address. The Unistaff team sets it up with you: your site and price list become the knowledge folder, you approve it, the manager sits an exam in your trade and starts as a Trainee. From you: your site and price list, the contacts for handovers and an hour for the interview and the first review.
They are public numbers to weigh the pilot against, with their sources. An in-house receptionist in Ottawa comes to about C$3,870 a month before benefits (Job Bank Canada, NOC 14101: median $20 an hour, plus CPP, EI and vacation pay). AI receptionist plans for small business range from $29 to $800 a month, most with minute or call caps (published prices of Dialzara, Rosie, Goodcall and Smith.ai, checked 2026-10-31). Neither number is a Unistaff price.
No. The Unistaff team sets the pilot up with you over a call. The chat widget goes on your site with you or your webmaster, and the email address is set up for you.
Yes, at any time. The pause and stop buttons are yours. Your leads (as CSV) and the knowledge folder stay with you.
Web chat on your site and email. Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, phone and SMS are planned, as are calendar and CRM connections; the integrations page tracks each one with its status.
The free trial is the 30-day pilot: one AI inbound sales manager for one company, working on your real web chat and email, with no payment and no card. Before the pilot you can talk to a demo company's AI sales manager at app.unistaff.ai/demo.
The fee is set from what the pilot shows: how many conversations, leads and handovers the manager handled for your business. That number exists only after the month, so it is agreed on the pilot review as one flat monthly fee per AI employee.
Conversations, leads and the knowledge folder are stored per company and kept separate in every table. Self-serve export and deletion sit among the controls we have yet to build; the security page lists what exists today alongside what does not.
Model your own desk in the ROI calculator, or read how the sales manager is hired and reviewed.
More answers on setup, data and connectors sit in the AI employee FAQ. Weighing AI instead of hiring staff? Start with the four questions that decide, or read what an AI sales employee does for a small business.