Question 1

What is Reception by ElevenAgents?

Accepted Answer

It's an AI receptionist that answers your business calls, books appointments, and handles customer questions 24/7. AI receptionists that answer every call — that's Reception, built on ElevenLabs' voice AI. Reception by ElevenAgents works in English, Spanish, and 70+ more languages.

Question 2

How long does it take to set up?

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Paste your website URL, and Reception by ElevenAgents pulls in your services, staff, and hours. You get a phone number, and your agent can start taking calls. The whole thing takes about 5 minutes.

Question 3

What can it actually do on a call?

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Reception by ElevenAgents can answer questions about your business, book appointments based on staff availability, reserve spaces or equipment, take messages, and provide info about your services and products.

Question 4

What countries does it support?

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Reception by ElevenAgents is now available for businesses globally.

Question 5

What does it sound like?

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It sounds like a real person. Reception is powered by ElevenAgents, the same tech powering millions of conversations for businesses of all sizes.

Question 6

How much does it cost?

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Plans start at $29/month after a 14-day free trial. You can sign up without a credit card.

Question 7

Do I get a phone number?

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Yes. Reception by ElevenAgents assigns you a US phone number during setup. You can forward your existing line to it or give it to customers directly. If you're based outside the US, there's some brief additional setup required to connect your phone number.

Question 8

Is Reception by ElevenAgents HIPAA compliant?

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It does not yet support HIPAA compliance but the main ElevenAgents platform is one of ElevenLabs' HIPAA-eligible services, offering Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) to eligible customers.

Question 9

Is Reception by ElevenAgents secure?

Accepted Answer

Reception is built on ElevenAgents, which supports millions of AI agents for businesses of all sizes. ElevenAgents is ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certified and complies with applicable data privacy regulations, including CCPA.

Question 10

Is Reception a virtual receptionist?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reception works like a virtual receptionist service, but powered by AI instead of a call center. It answers every call instantly, 24/7, with no hold times, no per-minute operator fees, and no monthly receptionist plans that cap out. It books appointments directly into your calendar instead of just taking a message.

Question 11

Can Reception replace my answering service?

Accepted Answer

For most small businesses, yes. Traditional answering services take messages and pass them along. Reception answers questions, checks your availability, books the appointment, and flags anything urgent, all during the call. You start with a free 14-day trial, so you can run it alongside your current service before switching.

Question 12

How is Reception different from other virtual receptionist services?

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Staffed services route your calls to human operators who take messages and relay them to you, billed by the minute or in capped plans. Reception answers with AI: instantly, 24/7, with no hold time, and it completes the task on the call, booking the appointment, answering the question, or flagging the urgent job. Plans start at $29/month instead of several hundred.

Question 13

Will callers know they're talking to an AI?

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Reception sounds natural. You choose from 2,000+ voices in 70+ languages and it converses, not scripts. You can try it right now with the demo call on this page and judge for yourself.

Question 14

What happens if the AI can't handle a call?

Accepted Answer

You set the rules. Reception can capture details and flag the call as urgent, send you an instant summary, or route the caller to a human number you choose.

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Customer Support, Resolve the questions customers ask all day, hours, pricing, availability, in seconds. Cut hold times and free your team for the work that actually grows the business.

Inbound Scheduling, Turn calls into booked appointments while the caller is still on the line. Reception checks availability, coordinates calendars, and writes the booking straight into your schedule.

After-Hours Coverage, Never send a caller to voicemail again. Reception answers nights, weekends, and holidays, captures the details, and flags anything urgent so no lead waits until morning.

Human-like voices in 70+ languages, Greet every caller in a voice that sounds genuinely human, in English, Spanish, and 70+ more. Serve customers in the language they speak and win the ones your competitors can't.

Online Booking, Give customers a booking page tied to the same receptionist. They can call, text, or book online, and every channel stays in sync so nothing gets double-booked.

Team-First Routing, Set call handling around your team's hours and availability. Reception can answer, route, or step in as backup so calls get handled instead of lost.

Multi-Location Coverage, Run one receptionist across every location. Route calls by branch, share calendars, and keep the same brand voice whether you have one office or fifty.

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