Fast Response AI vs Reception.ai

Reception.ai Answers Calls and Web Chats — But It Can't Text Your Customers.

Reception.ai does phone and web chat — but no SMS — and its entry plan caps you at 3 concurrent calls and 60 minutes before $0.40/min overage. Fast Response AI adds two-way texting, unlimited concurrency, and a flat $79 base for your whole team.

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Why teams pick Fast Response AI as their Reception.ai alternative

Reception.ai can answer the phone and the web widget — but it can't text the customer back. In home services, that's the whole job.

What We Do

Catch every call, text, and chat — even the ones you can't take

Every missed conversation is a job that goes to whoever picked up first. From the first ring to the follow-up, Fast Response AI runs your whole front desk so none of them slip — answer, reach out, record, and automate.

Answer Customers 24/7
AI receptionist
Answers the calls and chats you can’t take, around the clock.
Second phone for business
Answer yourself, or let AI handle it — over calls, texts, and chats.
Screen, qualify & transfer
Blocks spam, answers FAQs, books appointments, routes to the right person.
Run the whole front desk
Automations
Confirm appointments, send thank-yous, or ask for reviews automatically.
Share with your team
Teammates jump on calls, texts, and chats from any device.
Multiple lines, keep your number
Separate numbers per department — and port the number you have.
See everything
Transcripts & recordings
Every call — AI or human — recorded and transcribed.
Instant notifications
A text and email summary with next steps after every call.
Built-in AI CRM
Calls, texts, chats, and notes auto-logged under each contact.
Reach everyone at once
AI batch calling
Upload a list and make hundreds of personalized calls from one campaign.
Bulk texting
Send personalized SMS at scale with dynamic fields.
Unlimited simultaneous calls
Fifty calls land at once? Every one still gets answered.
One app —
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AI + your team

AI answers — or your team does.

You decide how every call is handled, and your people are never locked out of the AI — on iOS, Android, or the web.

Ring your team firstwith the AI as backup if no one picks up
Or let the AI answerand transfer to any number mid-call
Texts & chatsanswered by your team in one shared inbox

(No silent takeover of a live AI call.)

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Why people leave Reception.ai

What changes when you switch

Texting your customers
Reception.ai: Reception.ai answers phone calls and web chat, but it can't send or receive SMS.
Fast Response AI: Two-way texting on your business line — customers text, and you or the AI reply.
Busy-hour calls
Reception.ai: The $22 Basic plan caps you at 3 concurrent calls (10 on Plus, 20 on Premium).
Fast Response AI: Unlimited concurrency — a storm-day spike never blocks at 3 calls.
Included usage
Reception.ai: 60–500 phone minutes per tier, then $0.40/min overage.
Fast Response AI: 100 AI minutes, 1,000 live-call minutes, and 1,000 texts included — then $0.16/min, under half Reception's $0.40.
Adding your team
Reception.ai: Receptionists, numbers, and locations are capped per tier — you upgrade to add them.
Fast Response AI: One flat $79 base for your whole team — no per-seat fee.
Channels
Reception.ai: Call and web chat only.
Fast Response AI: Call, text, and chat on one platform.
Simple pricing

One flat $79 base — your whole team included.

Two-way texting your customers actually use (Reception is phone + web chat only), unlimited concurrency so a storm-day spike never blocks at 3 calls, and a flat $79 base for your whole team — no jumping tiers to add a number, a receptionist, or a location.

$79 /mo base
Add your whole team — free.
no per-seat
100AI calling minutes included
1,000live-calling minutes included
1,000texts included

Then simply pay-as-you-go — no seat tax, no surprise bot meter.

Included in the base

A growth toolkit, not an add-on

Mass outbound, unlimited concurrency, and a built-in AI CRM — bundled into the $79 base and live in 10 minutes, not gated behind enterprise tiers or per-seat upgrades.

Mass calls & texts

Reach every contact in your own voice or by text — announcements, reminders, campaigns. Both channels, included in the base.

Unlimited concurrency

A storm-day spike doesn't hit a busy signal. Every caller is answered at once, with no per-line caps.

Built-in AI CRM

Every call and text logged — recording, transcript, summary — in a CRM that builds itself. No data entry.

Switching is easy

Leave Reception.ai in an afternoon

Keep your number (Reception releases yours 14 days after you cancel) — port it over, no contract, two-way texting from day one, unlimited concurrency, live in under 10 minutes, free trial.

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Keep your number

Porting is standard — your callers never notice the change.

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No contract to exit

Month-to-month. Try the free trial before you move anything.

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Live in under 10 min

No setup call, no rollout. Done before lunch.

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IN REAL LIFE

This is the difference, in one call.

When the storm-day calls spiked past three at once, there was no “3 concurrent” wall — every call got answered, and the tenant who texted “water's coming through the ceiling” got a reply, because texting is a channel here, not a missing feature.

Questions

Reception.ai FAQ

No — Reception.ai handles phone calls and web chat, but not two-way SMS. Fast Response AI answers across call, text, and chat, so customers can text your business line and get a reply.

Stop losing the customers who text you.

The AI answers your calls — or routes them to your team first — then turns them into booked work, texts, and chats. One $79 base, no per-seat fees, live in under 10 minutes.

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No per-seat fees · Unlimited concurrency · No contract