After-hours answering service
Keep answering after you close
Plans start at $49/mo · Keep your number
Live the same day
Hours, services, a number. Most businesses are answering before close.
Same price 24/7
From $49/mo. No night surcharge.
A human when it matters
True emergencies ring the on-call phone you set.
An after-hours answering service covers your business line when your business is closed. Elody is a 24/7 AI receptionist that answers nights, weekends, and holidays in your greeting, books the visit on your calendar, texts you the notes, and rings your on-call phone for true emergencies. Same plan as daytime. No night surcharge.
Your hours ended. The demand didn't.
Homeowners call when they get home, when something breaks, or when they finally have a minute. If that minute is 8:40 PM, voicemail is a hang-up.
Bad option 01
Let it ring through to you
Then you're never off. Dinner, kids, sleep. The phone still owns you.
Bad option 02
Voicemail after hours
Most people hang up. The ones who needed you tonight call someone still answering.
Bad option 03
Pay extra for night operators
You get a message in the morning, not a captured job, and nights cost more.
What Elody does.
Covers nights, weekends, holidays
Forward when you close. Elody uses an after-hours greeting if you want one.
Books the next open window
If they want a visit, Elody puts it on your calendar with the details. Morning work is already on the board.
Pages true emergencies
You set the words. Flooding at 11 PM rings the on-call phone. A quote waits until morning.
You wake up to the overnight calls
A text and an email for every call with who called, what they needed, and whether it was booked or escalated.
Why businesses run Elody this way.
After-hours is when trades get called
That's when the water heater dies.
Keep the number they already have
Conditional forward after close. Nothing on the truck door changes.
You're still in charge
Hours, greeting, escalation. Elody only offers the windows you publish, including overnight.
Four steps to go live.
Tell Elody about your business
Add your hours, services, service area, and the questions callers actually ask. No scripts to write from scratch.
Set how it should handle a call
Greeting, urgent words, and the on-call phone for real emergencies. Test it before you forward anything.
Connect a number
Keep the number you already have. Forward after hours, when you're on a job, or always-on. Or buy a new Elody number.
Go live
Every call ends with a text and an email. Summary, transcript, and the appointment on your calendar. Urgent ones also page you.
Elody vs a traditional answering service.
| What you get | Traditional answering | Elody |
|---|---|---|
| When it answers | Business hours, or extra for nights | 24/7, same plan |
| What you pay | Often billed per minute, with after-hours premiums | From $49/mo, then $0.25/min overage |
| Knows your business | Generic scripts | Your hours, services, area, and FAQs |
| On the call | Takes a message for you to call back | Captures the lead and books the appointment |
| After the call | A callback list, if they left a message | Text and email with the transcript and summary |
| Language | English only, or extra for Spanish | English and Spanish, same plan |
| Emergencies | Maybe a transfer, if someone is on the line | Escalates to the on-call phone you set |
Stop missing the calls that come after five.
Start a free trial. Keep your number. Live the same day.
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AI receptionist pricing from $49/mo.
Minutes, not seats. Same receptionist at every size, including nights and Spanish.
- 24/7 natural voice receptionist
- Books the appointment on your calendar
- Texts you when the call ends
- English and Spanish
- Urgent calls to your on-call phone
- Keep your number
After-hours answering service questions.
Can I use Elody only after hours?
Yes. Forward when you close, or when a call isn't answered. Switch to always-on later if you want.
Will it book appointments at night?
Yes. It books the windows you publish on your calendar. If you don't take 2 AM visits, it takes the next morning slot and texts you.
What about emergencies after hours?
You define them. Those calls go to your on-call phone, with a text of the address and the problem.
Do callers know it's after hours?
Only if you want them to. You write the greeting.
How much is after-hours coverage?
Same plans as always-on. Starting at $49/mo. No night surcharge.
Other ways to use Elody
Trades using Elody
Stop missing the calls that come after five.
Start a free trial and have Elody answering today. It takes minutes to set up, with no phone system to replace.
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