Every missed call is a customer your competitor just got.
Howdyly puts Howdy on your phone - an AI receptionist, salesperson, and after-hours teammate who never sleeps. Howdy answers every call for Columbus business in under a second, books the appointment, follows up the lead, and serves your customers while you do anything else. Live in 24 hours.
- Books on your calendar
- Closes leads while they're hot
- Works 24/7, never a missed call
- 3x ROI or refund
Inbound
Columbus Auto Repair
Call from (254) 555-0142
Mrs. Alvarez, second time this week
"Hi, this is Howdy. How can I help y'all?"
Time To Howdy's Response .5 seconds
Booked Tue 2:30 PM, brake inspection
Synced to Cal.com, confirmation SMS sent
$340 estimated revenue captured
Logged for your weekly recap
Why local businesses are switching this year
of calls to local businesses go unanswered after hours
average value of a single booked service appointment
Howdy's average time to first hello
from signup to live on your line
Three jobs, one number
The teammate who never sleeps.
Howdyly is the service. Howdy is the AI voice that answers your phone - your receptionist, your salesperson, and your after-hours assistant, wrapped in one number. Howdy turns the calls you were losing into bookings, while you do anything else.
Receptionist
Picks up sub-second. Every time.
No more "we tried calling." Howdy answers in under a second, talks like a neighbor, and never sends a real customer to voicemail.
Salesperson
Closes the lead while it's hot.
Qualifies the caller, books the slot on your calendar, captures their email, and texts the booking link before they hang up.
Assistant
Logs everything. Bothers you only when it matters.
Every call: transcript, recording, recap. Emergencies and VIPs get pinged to your cell. The rest waits for you in your inbox.
Listen
Hear what your receptionist could sound like.
Pick a voice. Tap a vertical. Hear Howdy answer a real customer scenario in that voice.
Choose a voice
Warm, conversational female. Howdy's signature voice.
Hi, this is Howdy, the AI assistant for Bell County Auto. We have an opening Tuesday at 2:30 for a brake inspection. I just texted you our address and what to bring. See you then.
Ara answering for a auto repair business
Missed-call calculator
How much money is your phone losing right now?
Pick your business type. Adjust the numbers to match your reality. We will show you what you are leaving on the table every month before Howdy answers.
Defaults are anchored to BIA Kelsey, Forbes Local Business, and Invoca research on local-business call patterns. Slide them to match your gut.
The math, plain
Calls missed each month
50
Calls Howdy would recover
28
Recovered revenue per month
$13,440
Howdyly Pro is $497/mo. That is 27x return in your first month.
Howdy pays for itself after just 2 booked customers per month. Most of our customers hit that in the first week.
Recovery rate (55%) is the average across our tuned vertical assistants. Your number depends on call volume, hours of coverage, and how many follow-up texts you accept.
Dead simple
Built for the owner who answers the phone, not the IT department.
Every other AI receptionist tool assumes you have an IT team or a "voice ops specialist" to wire it up. Howdyly does not. The same person who picks up your business line right now finishes setup in 10 minutes from their phone.
- 1
Open the wizard on your phone
Eight screens. Big buttons. No admin training.
- 2
Tap the answers, don't type prompts
Industry-routed questions. We do the bot tuning, you just say what you do.
- 3
Howdy goes live
Your phone line is answered the moment you finish setup. No waiting on a sales engineer.
Setup - step 5 of 8
RoutingHow should Howdy handle 'my AC stopped'?
How it works
Three things, then you're done thinking about your phone.
No app to learn. No new portal to live in. No staff to retrain. We set Howdy up around your business - not the other way around.
- Step 1
Forward your line in 3 minutes
We give you a Howdyly number in your area code. Forward your business line to it from your provider - Verizon, AT&T, RingCentral. We send a one-page PDF for whoever you use.
- Step 2
Howdy learns your business
We tune Howdy on your hours, services, prices, and the questions your customers actually ask. Sounds warm. Knows what you do. Never makes things up.
- Step 3
Bookings show up on your calendar
When a caller wants to schedule, Howdy books straight onto your Cal.com or Google Calendar. You get a text. They get a confirmation. You go back to work.
Built for the way you actually work
Not a generic chatbot. A specialist for your industry.
Howdy uses a different decision tree for each vertical. A coffee shop bot that tries to "book a tasting" is a bad bot. Ours knows the difference between a salon, a salon-suite barber, and a spa.
Home services
Roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing. Routes 'no heat' or 'water everywhere' to your on-call line first.
Construction
Bid requests, project intake, subcontractor calls. Captures scope and budget, then routes to your project manager.
Restaurants and cafes
Reservations, menu questions, dietary, private events. Howdy texts your menu link automatically.
Auto repair
Service appointments, diagnostic intake, tow inquiries, escalates emergencies to your cell.
Salons and barbers
Books with the right stylist, answers price questions, never overbooks.
Med spas and day spas
Books consultations, answers package questions, careful around medical info.
Law firms
Conflict-aware intake, never gives advice, schedules consultations.
Real estate
Showings, listing inquiries, open houses. Shares property info via SMS.
Don't see your vertical? Howdy's general profile still nails the basics. Email hi@howdyly.com if you want a custom one.
Reputation
Won't this hurt how my customers see me?
Short answer: the missed call already does. Howdy improves your reputation because the alternative for 60% of after-hours callers is voicemail or silence. You decide how transparent we are about being AI.
Disclosed (recommended)
Howdy opens with: "Hi, this is Howdy, an AI assistant for [your business]. How can I help?" Callers know what they are talking to and trust the answers more, not less.
Compliant with California SB 243 and similar AI-disclosure laws spreading across states.
Asked-only
Howdy answers naturally. If a caller asks "Am I talking to a real person?" she says yes, she's an AI assistant. Never deceives.
The middle road most owners pick. Sounds human, never lies when pressed.
Off (we don't recommend)
Available, but we will discourage you from using it. Trust collapses when callers feel tricked, and several states are moving toward mandatory disclosure.
Available for businesses where the use case requires it (e.g. survey research). Carries reputational risk you should weigh.
Your callers will not feel cared for less. They will feel cared for more.
Right now, when someone calls and you can't pick up, they get silence, voicemail, or a busy tone. A warm voice that takes their question, books them in, and texts them what they need is a meaningful upgrade. The data backs it up.
97%
of callers in our 30-day pilot rated Howdy as helpful or excellent
4 in 5
callers said they preferred Howdy answering over a missed-call voicemail
0
complaints filed about "AI deception" when disclosure is on
Pricing
Pays for itself by the third booking.
Tiers sized by how many calls you actually take each month. Average call lasts under 3 minutes, so each tier comes with a generous minute pool you'll rarely brush up against. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
Starter
After-hours coverage and a phone line that always says hello.
$497 one-time setup
- Up to 150 answered calls / month
- 1 dedicated business number
- After-hours and missed-call cover
- SMS text-back when callers hang up
- Basic appointment booking
- Monthly performance report
Pro
Full-day coverage, custom voice, and monthly tuning by a real human.
$497 one-time setup
- Up to 500 answered calls / month
- Full-day coverage (24/7)
- Custom voice + per-vertical script
- Calendar + CRM sync
- Live escalation to your cell
- Monthly tuning + recap call with a human
Multi-Location
For owners with two to three locations and shared staff.
$997 one-time setup
- Up to 1,300 answered calls / month
- Up to 3 locations, per-location routing
- Custom integrations (POS, scheduling, etc.)
- Dedicated account manager
- Quarterly business review
- Priority support and tuning
All plans include US-based support, calendar sync, recordings, and the 30-day 3x ROI guarantee. Annual billing saves two months.
Everything is included
One price. The whole front desk.
No add-ons, no per-feature upsells. Every plan gets every one of these from day one.
Answers every call, sub-second
No rings into voicemail. Howdy picks up instantly, day or night.
Books straight to your calendar
Live availability, confirmed on the call, on your real calendar.
Missed-call text-back
If a call ever slips, the caller gets a friendly text within seconds.
Knows your business
Hours, services, prices, menu, policies - answered accurately, never guessed.
Texts links and directions
Menus, booking pages, your address - sent by SMS while the caller is still on.
Call summaries and transcripts
Every call written up in plain English, searchable in your dashboard.
Smart human handoff
Emergencies and real-person requests route straight to your phone.
Spam and robocall screening
Junk calls get filtered so your recap only shows callers that matter.
Your number, your way
Take a fresh local number or port the one your customers already know.
After-hours and overflow
Nights, weekends, lunch rushes - Howdy covers the calls you can't.
Bilingual, English and Spanish
Howdy switches languages mid-call to match whoever is calling.
Owner alerts and daily recap
Important calls ping you live. A tidy summary lands every evening.
Hire the teammate who never sleeps.
Receptionist, salesperson, after-hours assistant - Howdy does all three for the price of a part-time hire. Hear it answer for your business in the next 60 seconds. No card. No commitment.