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True North Analytics

AI receptionist for Sydney businesses

Answers every call, books the job and texts you the summary — 24 hours a day.

Typical price
$700$2,000
Typical timeframe
Under a week
Before you pay
Working prototype
Front desk of a bright clinic with a phone

Sydney businesses lose more work to the phone than to any competitor. A call comes in while you are with a customer or driving between jobs; it rings out, and the caller moves to the next name on Google. An AI receptionist answers on your existing number in a natural Australian voice, knows your services, hours and prices, books the appointment, and sends you a summary within seconds.

We are based in Sydney's Hills District and set these up for businesses right across the metropolitan area, from single-operator trades to multi-site practices and offices whose front desk is already stretched. Every setup runs to a written scope and a fixed price, and you hear it working — on a real call, answering your questions — before you pay anything.

Sydney

Which Sydney businesses gain the most

Any business where a missed call is a lost job benefits, but the pattern is sharpest in a few places. Sydney is spread across more than forty kilometres of suburbs, so much of the working day is spent driving, on site or in front of a customer — which is exactly when the phone rings.

  • Trades and home services covering the metro: calls arrive while you are up a ladder or stuck in traffic. The receptionist captures the suburb, the job and how urgent it is, then books the site visit.
  • Medical, dental and allied health practices: routine questions about fees, parking, referrals and hours are answered without interrupting the front desk, and after-hours callers are handled by the rules you set instead of a voicemail beep.
  • Real estate and property management: listing enquiries and repair reports arrive at all hours and are time-critical. Each one is logged with the address and the caller's details.
  • Professional services and larger offices: calls are screened, routed and messaged consistently, so nobody is lost because reception is already on another line.
  • Hospitality, salons and studios: bookings and cancellations get handled while the room is full.
  • Multi-site businesses: one number, different rules per location, and a call log a manager can actually search.

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What it does on a Sydney call

It answers on the first or second ring, every time, including when three people ring at once. It introduces itself honestly, works from a knowledge base built out of your own services, prices and common questions, and then books the job, transfers the call or takes a message.

  • Answers on your existing number — forwarded always, after hours only, or after a set number of rings
  • Speaks in a natural Australian voice, using the name and tone you choose
  • Captures the suburb and street address, which matters when your service area stops at a certain point
  • Books straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or your booking system
  • Handles common community languages, useful across Sydney's more diverse suburbs
  • Transfers to a real person on rules you set, rather than guessing
  • Sends an SMS and email summary of every call within seconds
  • Keeps a searchable call log with transcripts in your admin dashboard

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What is included

  • Written scope and a fixed setup quote
  • Voice, script and knowledge base built from your own services, prices and FAQs
  • A new number, or forwarding from the one you already advertise
  • Connection to your calendar or booking system
  • Admin dashboard with the call log and transcripts
  • Tuning against real calls in the first weeks, so answers match how your customers actually ask
  • Monthly plan covering call minutes, hosting and ongoing support

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How we set it up

It starts with a short conversation about what happens on your phone today: how many calls go unanswered, what people ring to ask, what you want booked, and what should always reach a person. From that we write a scope and a fixed price, build the receptionist, and let you ring it yourself. You change the wording, the voice and the rules until it sounds like your business. Only then do you pay.

Setup is usually finished in under a week. Because we are in the Hills District we can come to you anywhere around Sydney for the setup session; after that, changes are a quick email. The first fortnight matters most — we listen to how real callers phrase things and tune the answers, which is the part an off-the-shelf product cannot do for you.

Pricing in Sydney

What it typically costs

These are the same ranges as our ai receptionist page, in AUD excluding GST. Your figure may differ depending on scope, and you will have it in writing, fixed, before we build anything.

Build

$700$2,000

Fixed price after scoping. Nothing payable until you have seen the prototype working.

Ongoing (required to run it)

from $99/mo

Per month incl. call minutes.

Questions

AI receptionist in Sydney

Will Sydney callers know it is an AI?

It introduces itself honestly and sounds natural. Most callers want an answer or a booking, and they get one immediately rather than a voicemail beep. You choose the name and the tone it uses.

Can we keep the number we already advertise?

Yes. Your existing Sydney landline or mobile forwards to the receptionist on whatever rule you choose — always, after hours only, or after three rings. Nothing on your signage, vehicles or Google Business Profile has to change.

What does an AI receptionist cost in Sydney?

Setup is typically $700 to $2,000 in AUD excluding GST, and the monthly plan covering call minutes, hosting and tuning starts from $99. Those are the ranges on our AI receptionist service page; your figure may differ depending on how many services, rules and integrations are involved, and you will have a fixed price in writing before we build anything.

What happens on a call it cannot handle?

It takes a message, transfers to a nominated number, or offers a call-back — whichever you have set, and you can set different rules for different times of day. You always get the summary either way.

Can it speak to callers whose first language is not English?

Common community languages can be supported, which is worth setting up if you serve Sydney's more multilingual suburbs. Tell us which languages you hear most and we will include them in the scope.

Do you only work with businesses in the Hills District?

No. We are based there, but we set these up for businesses across Sydney and Australia-wide. Almost all of the work is done online; for larger setups around Sydney we are happy to come to you.

Want a ai receptionist built for your Sydney business?

Tell us how you do it today. We'll scope it, quote it, and show you a working prototype before you pay.

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