What is an AI answering service?

An AI answering service uses artificial intelligence to answer phone calls on behalf of your business — 24/7, without a live agent. It can greet callers, answer questions about your services, book appointments, and transfer calls, all in a natural human-sounding voice.

How does BlueSales answer my business calls?

BlueSales connects to your phone number (or provides you a new one) and uses AI to handle every incoming call. You train it with your business details — services, hours, pricing — and it answers, books appointments, and handles inquiries just like a trained receptionist.

Can BlueSales book appointments over the phone?

Yes. BlueSales integrates with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook to check your availability in real time and book appointments directly during the call — no human needed.

Does BlueSales work for outbound calls too?

Yes. In addition to answering inbound calls, BlueSales can run automated outbound calling campaigns — for sales, appointment reminders, or custom outreach — using your own lead lists.

What types of businesses use BlueSales?

BlueSales works for any business that relies on phone calls: plumbers, HVAC companies, electricians, insurance agents, medical offices, law firms, real estate agents, and more. If your customers call you, BlueSales can help.

How quickly can I get started?

Most businesses are up and running in under 10 minutes. You tell BlueSales about your business, forward your existing number (or get a new one), and it starts answering calls immediately.

What is an AI answering service?

An AI answering service uses artificial intelligence to answer phone calls on behalf of your business — 24/7, without a live agent. It greets callers, answers questions about your services, books appointments, and handles inquiries in a natural, human-sounding voice.

How does BlueSales answer my business calls?

BlueSales connects to your existing phone number (or provides you a new one) and uses AI to handle every incoming call. You train it with your business details — services, hours, pricing — and it answers, books appointments, and handles inquiries just like a trained receptionist.

Can BlueSales book appointments over the phone?

Yes. BlueSales integrates with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook to check your real-time availability and book appointments directly during the call — no back-and-forth emails or missed bookings.

Does BlueSales work for outbound calls too?

Yes. In addition to answering inbound calls, BlueSales can run automated outbound calling campaigns — for sales outreach, appointment reminders, or custom campaigns — using your own lead lists.

What types of businesses use BlueSales?

BlueSales works for any business that relies on phone calls: plumbers, HVAC companies, electricians, insurance agents, medical offices, law firms, real estate agents, and more. If your customers call you, BlueSales can help.

How quickly can I get started?

Most businesses are live in under 10 minutes. Tell BlueSales about your business, connect or forward your phone number, and it starts answering calls immediately — no technical setup required.

How much does an AI receptionist cost?

BlueSales starts free, with paid plans from $29/month for small businesses. Pricing scales with call volume, not per-agent seats — see the full breakdown on the pricing page.

How is an AI receptionist different from a traditional answering service?

A traditional answering service routes your calls to a human agent reading from a script, with per-minute fees and limited hours. BlueSales is software: it answers every call itself using AI trained on your business, works 24/7 without staffing, and can book appointments and run outbound campaigns — not just take messages.

Does the AI receptionist sound robotic?

No. BlueSales uses natural, human-sounding AI voices that handle real conversations — including interruptions, follow-up questions, and rescheduling — instead of a rigid phone tree.

Is BlueSales HIPAA compliant?

Yes, as an add-on. BlueSales offers a HIPAA-eligible plan with a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), dedicated compliant infrastructure, and encryption for healthcare businesses handling Protected Health Information.

Is AI outbound calling compliant with TCPA and other regulations?

BlueSales includes compliance tooling — consent tracking, calling-hour restrictions, and do-not-call list management — to help you run outbound campaigns within TCPA and other calling regulations. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and use case, so consult your legal team for advice specific to your business.

Can I keep my existing business phone number?

Yes. BlueSales can forward your existing number so the AI answers calls without changing what customers dial, or you can get a new dedicated number directly in BlueSales.

1,924,983calls made

BlueSales handles
"calling" part of your business.

Why BlueSales

Inbound & outbound, fits any use case

You can build both inbound & outbound Blues for your business — as many as you want, for any use case you can describe.

Illustration of the BlueSales AI receptionist

Inbound

Every call answered — 24/7, no hold music.

ReceptionistAppointment BookingCustomer Support

Outbound

AI-powered calling campaigns that book more jobs.

SalesLead Follow-upCampaigns

Getting started

Set up in minutes

No complicated setup. Tell us about your business and your AI answering service is live in under 10 minutes.

STEP 1

Chat your way into your Blue

We've designed BlueSales so a plumber or tech nerd can easily set it up — it takes less than 5 minutes.

STEP 2

Get your phone number

Get a phone number for your Blue with your preferred area code.

One dashboard.
Every call.

Every call your Blue takes — booked, missed, transferred — lands in one place. See what's happening across your business from your laptop or your phone.

24/7

always answering

<1s

average pickup

94%

call success rate

Outbound

AI outbound calling that does more of what you do

BlueSales' AI outbound calling software runs automated phone campaigns from your own lead lists — build an outbound Blue for any purpose you can describe.

Popular use case

If you have a spreadsheet of leads collecting dust, simply upload them to BlueSales and add new customers to your CRM, or increase the LTV of your existing customers by upselling.

Built for

Lead qualification so your team only spends time on prospects worth calling back. Appointment setting and reminders that cut no shows without anyone lifting a phone. Upselling and cross selling existing customers with offers timed to when they actually want to hear from you. Winback campaigns that reactivate old leads and past customers who went quiet. Post sale follow up that checks in, gathers feedback, and asks for reviews. Payment and renewal reminders that collect before an account lapses. Event and appointment confirmations that keep calendars accurate. Survey and satisfaction calls that turn silence into real data. Cold outreach for new lists, warm outreach for old ones, all handled by the same Blue.

Trust & Compliance

Built to stay compliant

AI calling comes with real regulatory obligations. BlueSales is designed to help you meet them — from European privacy law to US healthcare regulations.

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

European Union

BlueSales processes call data with purpose limitation, data minimisation, and the right to erasure. Data is stored in compliant infrastructure with documented retention policies.

CCPA

California Consumer Privacy Act

California, USA

California residents can request access to, deletion of, or opt-out of the sale of their personal data. BlueSales provides the tools to honour these requests within required timeframes.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

United States

For healthcare customers, BlueSales offers a HIPAA add-on: dedicated compliant infrastructure, a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), end-to-end encryption, and audit-ready access controls for Protected Health Information.

SOC 2

Service Organization Control 2

Industry standard

BlueSales is built on SOC 2-audited infrastructure. Security, availability, and confidentiality controls are reviewed regularly to meet Trust Services Criteria.

Compliance requirements vary by jurisdiction and use case. This page is for informational purposes only. Consult your legal team for advice specific to your business.

Illustration representing BlueSales' GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOC 2 compliance

Developers

Built with an API

For teams that want to go deeper. Manage Blues, upload Brain files, read call data, configure compliance, and integrate BlueSales into any workflow — all programmatically.

Read the docs

~/bluesales

$ curl -X POST \
  https://api.bluesales.ai/v1/calls \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_••••••" \
  -d '{
    "blue_id": "blue_k9x2m",
    "to": "+15551234567"
}'

{
  "id": "call_7h3nqr",
  "status": "dialing",
  "blue_id": "blue_k9x2m",
  "created_at": "2026-04-01T09:41:00Z"
}

Integrations

Increase your conversation rate by 391% using BlueSales

Research conducted by Velocify shows that calling a lead within 60 seconds increases conversion rates by 391%. That kind of speed is nearly impossible for a human sales team to sustain — reps step away, take lunch, handle other calls, or you'd need to hire far more people than most businesses can justify. BlueSales solves this by integrating directly with your website's contact form (or landing page, or whatever). The moment a lead submits their information, BlueSales calls them instantly — no delays, no missed windows, no added headcount. Just faster conversions, automatically.

Testimonials

What businesses say

We used to miss 4 or 5 calls a day. BlueSales fixed that in one afternoon. Bookings went up immediately.

Mike D.

HVAC contractor, Dallas TX

My AI receptionist books jobs while I'm on a roof. Customers call at 10pm and wake up with an appointment confirmed.

Sarah T.

Solar installer, Phoenix AZ

I was skeptical an AI could handle the calls. It's better than most receptionists I've hired. Sounds completely natural.

James R.

Plumber, Chicago IL

Outbound reminders alone cut our no-show rate in half. It pays for itself in the first week.

Priya K.

Dental practice, Austin TX

Setup took ten minutes and it was already answering calls better than our old voicemail ever did.

Dan W.

Electrician, Denver CO

Every lead gets called back within seconds now, day or night. We stopped losing jobs to faster competitors.

Laura B.

Roofing company, Tampa FL

We used to miss 4 or 5 calls a day. BlueSales fixed that in one afternoon. Bookings went up immediately.

Mike D.

HVAC contractor, Dallas TX

My AI receptionist books jobs while I'm on a roof. Customers call at 10pm and wake up with an appointment confirmed.

Sarah T.

Solar installer, Phoenix AZ

I was skeptical an AI could handle the calls. It's better than most receptionists I've hired. Sounds completely natural.

James R.

Plumber, Chicago IL

Outbound reminders alone cut our no-show rate in half. It pays for itself in the first week.

Priya K.

Dental practice, Austin TX

Setup took ten minutes and it was already answering calls better than our old voicemail ever did.

Dan W.

Electrician, Denver CO

Every lead gets called back within seconds now, day or night. We stopped losing jobs to faster competitors.

Laura B.

Roofing company, Tampa FL

Every lead gets called back within seconds now, day or night. We stopped losing jobs to faster competitors.

Laura B.

Roofing company, Tampa FL

Setup took ten minutes and it was already answering calls better than our old voicemail ever did.

Dan W.

Electrician, Denver CO

Outbound reminders alone cut our no-show rate in half. It pays for itself in the first week.

Priya K.

Dental practice, Austin TX

I was skeptical an AI could handle the calls. It's better than most receptionists I've hired. Sounds completely natural.

James R.

Plumber, Chicago IL

My AI receptionist books jobs while I'm on a roof. Customers call at 10pm and wake up with an appointment confirmed.

Sarah T.

Solar installer, Phoenix AZ

We used to miss 4 or 5 calls a day. BlueSales fixed that in one afternoon. Bookings went up immediately.

Mike D.

HVAC contractor, Dallas TX

Every lead gets called back within seconds now, day or night. We stopped losing jobs to faster competitors.

Laura B.

Roofing company, Tampa FL

Setup took ten minutes and it was already answering calls better than our old voicemail ever did.

Dan W.

Electrician, Denver CO

Outbound reminders alone cut our no-show rate in half. It pays for itself in the first week.

Priya K.

Dental practice, Austin TX

I was skeptical an AI could handle the calls. It's better than most receptionists I've hired. Sounds completely natural.

James R.

Plumber, Chicago IL

My AI receptionist books jobs while I'm on a roof. Customers call at 10pm and wake up with an appointment confirmed.

Sarah T.

Solar installer, Phoenix AZ

We used to miss 4 or 5 calls a day. BlueSales fixed that in one afternoon. Bookings went up immediately.

Mike D.

HVAC contractor, Dallas TX

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BlueSales handles "calling" part of your business.

Inbound & outbound, fits any use case

Set up in minutes

Chat your way into your Blue

Get your phone number

One dashboard.Every call.

AI outbound calling that does more of what you do

Built to stay compliant

General Data Protection Regulation

California Consumer Privacy Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Service Organization Control 2

Built with an API

Increase your conversation rate by 391% using BlueSales

What businesses say

Common questions

Stop missing calls today

BlueSales handles
"calling" part of your business.

One dashboard.
Every call.