Tool Directory / Home Services / Upfirst
Upfirst
The lowest published entry price in the category: an AI receptionist from the team behind SimpleTexting, billed per call with every feature on every plan, and a plain-English setup the vendor says takes most businesses 10–30 minutes.
DIRECT LINK NOT YET TESTED
Link type: DIRECT — we have no affiliate relationship with this vendor yet, so the link below pays us nothing. When that changes, the badge on this page changes to AFFILIATE. That badging is the deal, on every tool page we publish.
What it does (vendor-stated)
- Answers 24/7: messages, appointment booking, warm transfers, and texts to callers during the call
- Per-call billing; spam calls and calls under 15 seconds are not billed (vendor-stated)
- Recognizes returning callers and recalls past calls, so customers don't repeat themselves (vendor-stated)
- 35+ languages with automatic language switching; call summary, transcript, and recording after every call
- Every feature on every plan — plans differ only in call volume; 14-day free trial, no credit card
Feature claims above are the vendor's own, from its published materials — not our test results.
Published pricing — checked October 2026
| Plan | Published price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $24.95/month | 30 calls, then $1.50 per call |
| Premium | $59.95/month | 90 calls, then $1.00 per call |
| Pro | $159.95/month | 300 calls, then $0.75 per call |
| Scale | $299/month | 600 calls, then $0.70 per call |
Annual billing saves 20% (vendor-stated). Because billing is per call rather than per minute, long calls don't cost more than short ones — the meter to watch is call count in your peak month, not your average month.
What it costs at three shop sizes
| Shop size (illustrative volume) | Cheapest published path |
|---|---|
| Solo shop (~60 calls/mo) | Premium — $59.95/month |
| 5-tech shop (~150 calls/mo) | about $119.95 (Premium + published overage) or Pro at $159.95 |
| 20-tech shop (~400 calls/mo) | about $234.95 (Pro + published overage) or Scale at $299 |
Illustrative volumes, priced from the published plans above: a solo shop at roughly 60 calls / 250 minutes a month, a 5-tech shop at roughly 150 calls / 600 minutes, a 20-tech shop at roughly 400 calls / 1,600 minutes. Your call log decides which row is yours.
Works with the software you already run?
Books into Google Calendar, Outlook, Acuity, or Calendly, and connects to other software through Zapier. No native Jobber, ServiceTitan, or Housecall Pro integration is published (checked October 2026) — field-service shops get a calendar booking plus a summary, not a job on the board.
Questions to ask before you buy
- What counts as a billable call — do transferred calls and callbacks count once or twice?
- Can it look up an existing customer mid-call, or does that need a custom action on my tier?
- Show me the summary and transcript format my office manager will actually read.
Pricing checked October 2026 against the vendor's published plans. Found a price change or an error? That is exactly what our public changelog exists for — the correction lands in the newsletter's "One More Thing" section.