Every call, text & email —
answered and booked, automatically.
Argus is your AI front office. It picks up the phone, texts customers back, and reads every email — 24/7, in your voice — answering questions, booking estimates onto your calendar, and turning your notes into polished quotes. The whole journey, from first hello to booked job.
14 days free · cancel anytime · works with Gmail & Outlook · keep the number you already advertise
Your front desk, working while you’re on the truck
Connect your inbox & get a number
Link the Gmail or Outlook customers already email, and get a dedicated line they can call or text. Setup takes minutes.
Argus answers every channel
Calls, texts, emails and voicemails are all understood and answered in your voice from your own info — anything risky waits for your OK.
Estimates booked, quotes drafted
Estimates land on your calendar and your notes become polished quotes — every lead moves through your pipeline with nothing slipping through the cracks.
This is what your front desk looks like
The real product, with a sample plumbing company’s week in it.
Every conversation in one place
Calls, texts and emails from the same customer land on one timeline — with the reply Argus sent, the estimate it booked, and the quote that followed.
Proof it is working
Response times, booked estimates and which channels actually convert. Most contractors find out here that their texts book better than their email.
Everyone’s week, one view
Booked estimates across the whole team, colour-coded by estimator, on their own calendars.
You decide who gets what
Assign by area, by service, by who is free — or describe your own rule in plain English. Pick the rule and your team updates to ask for exactly what it needs.
Everything a great front desk does — automatically
Answers the phone
An AI receptionist picks up live calls, answers questions, and books estimates — even after hours. It says up front it’s AI, then actually helps.
Texts customers back
Replies to texts in seconds and books the visit right in the conversation.
Never misses a voicemail
Transcribes voicemails and follows up automatically so no one waits for a callback.
Answers in your voice
Every reply is grounded in your services, pricing rules and policies — never made up.
Books estimates
Offers real openings from your calendar and confirms the address is inside your service area before booking.
Turns notes into quotes
Talk the job in plain language; Argus drafts a polished PDF quote for your review.
One thread per customer
Calls, texts and emails from the same person land on a single timeline — no more scattered conversations.
Proves the ROI
A dashboard shows the hours Argus saved you, where your leads come from, and which channels book best.
Follows up for you
Nudges quiet leads so they don’t go cold before they book.
Books the right estimator
Running a team? Each person gets their own calendar, and leads route to them by territory, service, availability — or rules you write yourself.
Keep your current number
Forward the number already on your truck and your ads. Customers dial what they always have; Argus picks up.
Optimizes your route
Clusters estimates by area to cut drive time across your week.
Hands off to your CRM
Export leads as a spreadsheet built for Housecall Pro’s importer — or open it anywhere and take your data with you.
Knows your business
Upload menus, price sheets and FAQs — answers come from your documents.
You stay in control
Set what auto-sends and what waits for approval, and choose when the AI answers the phone. Emergencies escalate to you.
More than one calendar? No problem.
When a customer asks for an estimate, Argus works out who should take it and books it onto that person’s calendar — by territory, by service, by who is actually free, or by rules you write in your own words.
Route by territory
Draw each estimator’s patch on a map or list their ZIPs. Leads land with whoever covers that address.
Or write the rule yourself
Describe how you assign work in plain English — "Mike takes commercial, Dana takes anything south of the river" — and Argus follows it. It will even help you tighten the wording.
Real availability, real calendars
Each estimator connects their own Google or Outlook calendar. Argus only offers times they are genuinely free, and books onto their calendar — not a shared one.
Everyone sees their own work
Estimators sign in to their own leads and schedule. You get the combined view of the whole team’s week.
Your estimators are included — no per-seat charge. They connect a calendar only, never their inbox.
One brand. Every location covered.
Run Argus across a whole franchise. Set territories, keep every location on-brand, and roll voice-answering usage up to the franchisor — all managed from a single portal.
Talk to us about franchises- Assign each location a territory by ZIP or a drawn map area
- Push brand-consistent settings every location inherits
- Manage seats and per-location billing from one dashboard
- See each location’s leads, bookings and voice usage at a glance
One simple plan. 14-day free trial.
Every feature included. Add live phone answering only if you want it.
Argus
Your AI front office, fully loaded.
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
Start free trial- Answers calls, texts & email 24/7 in your voice
- Your own call & text number — or forward your existing line for calls
- Books estimates onto your calendar (in-territory only)
- Voicemails transcribed & followed up automatically
- Turns your notes into polished PDF quotes
- One timeline per customer across every channel
- Unlimited estimators, each with their own calendar & login
- Export your leads to Housecall Pro or any spreadsheet
- Lead pipeline, ROI dashboard & activity log
- Knowledge base, writing-style training & smart referrals
- Works with Gmail & Outlook
Have the AI pick up your calls, answer questions and book estimates. Pay only for the minutes it’s on the phone — $0.20/min, no base fee.
Multiple locations or a franchise? See franchise plans →
Questions, answered
Does it really answer the phone?+
Yes. Argus can pick up live calls with a natural AI receptionist that answers questions and books estimates on the spot. It’s upfront that it’s AI, and you choose when it takes over — always, after hours, or only when you can’t get to the phone.
What about texts and voicemails?+
Customers can text your Argus number and get an instant, on-brand reply that can book the visit. Voicemails are transcribed and followed up automatically, so no one waits for a callback.
Does it work with my email?+
Yes — Argus connects to Gmail or Outlook and works in the inbox customers already email. Calls, texts and emails from the same person all land on one timeline.
Will it send replies without me?+
Only what you allow. You set which replies auto-send and which wait for your approval, and when the AI answers the phone. Emergencies and anything risky always come to you first.
Does it make up prices or promises?+
Never. Argus only answers from your business profile and the documents you upload. Prices on quotes come from you, and it confirms an address is in your service area before booking an estimate.
How much does it cost?+
One simple plan at $89/month with every feature included. Live phone answering is an optional add-on at $0.20/minute — you only pay for calls it actually handles. Start with a 14-day free trial and cancel anytime.
I have several estimators. Can each one have their own calendar?+
Yes. Add your team, and each person connects their own Google or Outlook calendar. When a lead comes in, Argus decides who should take it — by territory, by the services they handle, by who is actually free, or by a rule you write in plain English — then books onto that person’s calendar. They sign in to see their own leads and schedule; you see the whole team’s week in one view. Estimators are included in your plan at no extra charge, and they connect a calendar only — Argus never asks for their inbox.
Can I keep the phone number I already advertise?+
For calls, yes — forward your existing business line to Argus and customers keep dialling the number on your truck and your ads. Texting is the exception: carriers offer no forwarding equivalent, so text conversations run on the Argus number that comes with your plan. If texting matters to you, advertise the Argus number for it.
Does it work with Housecall Pro or my other software?+
You can export your leads — names, numbers, addresses and job details — as a spreadsheet laid out for Housecall Pro’s own import, and it opens in Excel or Google Sheets for anything else. It’s an export you run when you want it, not a live two-way sync, and Argus stays the place the conversation happens.
Do I have to connect an email inbox?+
No. If your customers mostly call and text, you can sign up with just an email address and password and run Argus on the phone side alone. Connect Gmail or Outlook whenever you want it handling email too.
Do you support multiple locations or franchises?+
Yes. Franchisors can assign territories, push brand-consistent settings to every location, and manage seats and billing — including voice usage — from one portal. Get in touch and we’ll set you up.
Stop losing jobs to a missed call or email.
Let Argus answer every customer — on the phone, by text and over email — book every estimate, and chase every quote, starting today.
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