AI phone system for solo operators and small teams
When you're with a client, who's answering your phone?
AI answers and qualifies every inbound call. Summarizes every call so you know who's worth calling back. Your team makes outbound calls from your business number.
Call our AI demo: (438) 800-0000Built in Québec. Serving SMBs across North America.
2,400+
calls handled this month
99.9%
uptime
<1s
pickup time
24/7
coverage
Integrates with the tools you already use
FROM CALLARA CUSTOMERS
What Quebec SMBs say
“Our AI answers in perfect French, even at 2 a.m. Patients stopped going to voicemail.”
Marie-Claude Tremblay
Owner, Clinique Dentaire Montréal-Nord
“Saved us from missing $3,000 in weekend appointments — in the first month.”
David Lefebvre
Founder, Lefebvre Plumbing — Laval
“The only AI receptionist that actually knows Quebec regulations. We don't worry about Loi 25.”
Sophie Bouchard
Notaire — Québec City
Trusted by Quebec businesses in 12 industries
- Clinics
- Plumbing
- Salons
- Law Firms
- Real Estate
- HVAC
- Notaries
- Accountants
- Spas
- Vets
- Physio
- Roofing
The problem
Every missed call is a decision left to chance.
Small businesses miss roughly a third of inbound calls. On a busy day that's three appointments, two quotes, and one frustrated caller who picks the next listing on Google.
New call
2 min ago · 1m 47s
- Caller
- +1 (514) 555-0182
- Language
- FR
- Intent
- Appointment
- ● Voicemail = lost
- ● Human service = slow
- ● Hiring = $1,600/mo
The solution
Callara answers. You handle the rest.
AI that speaks English and French naturally, understands your business, and sends you a clean summary after every call.
24/7
Availability
<1s
Pickup time
100%
Calls captured
FR / EN
Mid-call switch
WHY QUEBEC CHOOSES CALLARA
Built for Quebec — not a US product with a French toggle
GENERIC AI RECEPTIONISTS
- Data stored in the US
- No native French support
- No Loi 25 compliance
CALLARA
- Built for Quebec
- Data in Canada
- Fully bilingual
- Loi 25 compliant by default
HUMAN RECEPTIONISTS
- — $4,000+/month
- — Limited hours
- — Sick days
- — Language barriers
COMPARE
Three ways to handle your calls
Here's how each option stacks up — and why SMBs are switching to Callara.
TRADITIONAL VOICEMAIL
Voicemail
- Most callers hang up
- Cannot qualify callers
- Cannot book appointments
- Free with most plans
- Leaves callers frustrated
AI RECEPTIONIST
Callara
- Answers every call 24/7
- Qualifies callers instantly
- Books appointments automatically
- Bilingual EN/FR by default
- PIPEDA + Loi 25 compliant
TRADITIONAL RECEPTIONIST
Human Agents
- Only during business hours
- Quality varies by agent
- Expensive per-minute charges
- $2,500–$3,500/month typical
- Expensive to scale
Features
What sets Callara apart.
Truly bilingual
The AI detects the language on the first sentence and switches mid-call. Authentic Quebec French voice, not a European accent.
Knows your business
Import your website, prices, and hours. The AI answers from your knowledge base — no hallucinations.
Booking built in
Wired into your Cal.com calendar. Appointments confirm in real time and the customer gets a confirmation email.
Loi 25 compliant
Data stored in Canada (ca-central-1 region). Compliant privacy policy. Audit logs on every call.
Email summaries
After every call you get the transcript, summary, and audio. Reads in 30 seconds.
Automatic circuit breaker
If call volume jumps to 3× your daily average, the AI auto-pauses. No surprise bills from spam-call attacks.
Built for these industries.
From Montreal to Vancouver to Houston — every industry comes with onboarding presets ready to go.
Contractors & trades
Capture every lead while you're on the roof.
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Clinics & health
Loi 25-compliant patient intake, in flawless French.
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Law offices
Professional intake, conflict-check fields, instant booking.
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Real estate
Never lose a buyer to voicemail during a showing.
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Salons & spas
Bookings, rebookings, and waitlists — handled.
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Property managers
Tenant calls answered 24/7. Maintenance triage built in.
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How it works.
01
Set up in 10 minutes
Import your website. Pick a voice. Set your hours and escalation rules. That's it.
02
Get your number
Canadian phone number provisioned automatically. Forward your existing line with a simple *72.
03
Get every call summary
Every call: transcript, summary, audio, and action taken. All in your inbox and dashboard.
Pricing
Simple pricing, no surprises.
Unlimited minutes on Scale and Growth. No per-minute fees. No bill surprises.
Starter
For solo operators.
billed monthly
Get started- ✓1 Canadian phone number
- ✓Unlimited inbound minutes (fair-use)
- ✓Bilingual EN/FR — native Quebec voice
- ✓Mid-call language switching
- ✓AI trained on your business + FAQs
- ✓Knowledge base — websites + pasted text
- ✓Email summary after every call
- ✓Loi 25 + PIPEDA compliant
- ✓Spam circuit breaker
- ✓1 transfer destination
- ✓Audit log on every call
- ✓Email support
Scale
Most popular.
billed monthly
Get started- ✓3 Canadian phone numbers
- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓Two-way SMS with AI
- ✓Text During Call (mid-call SMS)
- ✓Cal.com booking + CRM sync
- ✓VIP caller bypass
- ✓Service-area filter (postal codes)
- ✓Weekly performance reports
- ✓Webhooks + outbound integrations
- ✓3 transfer destinations
- ✓Multi-location: $45/location
- ✓Priority email + chat support
Growth
Multi-location & enterprise-ready.
billed monthly
Get started- ✓10 Canadian phone numbers
- ✓Everything in Scale
- ✓Truly unlimited minutes (no soft cap)
- ✓Train AI on PDFs, manuals, policies
- ✓Advanced flow builderSoon
- ✓Unlimited locations
- ✓20-min max call duration
- ✓7 transfer destinations
- ✓Quality scoring + escalation rules
- ✓Custom integrations on request
- ✓Dedicated success contact
- ✓Phone + priority chat support
Enterprise
Custom volume, SLA, white-label.
Pricing scaled to your volume
Contact sales- ✓Everything in Growth
- ✓Custom call-volume pricing
- ✓Dedicated account manager
- ✓Uptime SLA + priority queue
- ✓Custom voice cloning (your brand)
- ✓White-label / co-branded option
- ✓Custom integrations (legacy CRMs, EHRs)
- ✓SOC 2 + HIPAA-aligned posture on request
- ✓Volume discount on overage minutes
- ✓Per-customer onboarding + training
- ✓Audit log retention up to 7 years
- ✓Phone, email + dedicated Slack channel
All plans include a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost beyond the subscription?
Nothing. Your subscription includes one Canadian phone number, unlimited inbound call handling, transcripts, summaries, and the dashboard. You keep your existing business line and just forward to your Callara number.
How is the French quality?
Native Quebec French — not generic European French. Our voices are tested against Quebec idioms and use "vous" by default. A premium voice tier with even more natural prosody is available if you want it.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel from the customer portal in your dashboard. No contracts. 30-day money-back guarantee on your first month.
What if the AI says something wrong?
Every response is grounded in your knowledge base. Each call gets a quality review pass that flags hallucinations. If you find a mistake, you'll see it in the call transcript and can update your knowledge base in seconds.
Where is my data stored?
Customer data lives in Canadian data centres (ca-central-1). Call recordings are retained 90 days max, then auto-purged. See our Privacy Policy for the full sub-processor list and retention schedule.
What happens if too many calls come in?
We have a circuit breaker that auto-pauses your AI if call volume jumps to 3× your daily average — protects you from bot/spam call billing surprises. You'll get an email immediately and can reactivate from your settings.
Can it transfer to me when needed?
Yes. You configure escalation rules in onboarding — when a caller insists on a human, when there's a complaint, when there's an emergency, etc. The AI transfers the call to your cell in a couple of seconds.
Is this really cheaper than a part-time receptionist?
Part-time receptionist at $20/hr × 20 hrs/week = $1,600/mo plus benefits. Callara Scale is $99/mo. You save $1,500/mo and the AI doesn't take vacations or sick days.
Does the AI actually sound human?
Yes — and we'll prove it. Listen to a real sample call on the homepage before you sign up. The voice synthesizes naturally with proper pauses, intonation, and Quebec-accented French. Most callers don't realize it's AI until they're told.
How long does setup take?
10 minutes for the onboarding wizard, plus the time to forward your business line through your carrier (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Vidéotron, Freedom). The dashboard has a click-to-copy forwarding code for every major Quebec carrier, so most customers are live within 30 minutes.
What phone carriers do you work with?
All of them. You keep your existing business number and forward unanswered calls to your Callara number. We support Bell, Rogers, Telus, Vidéotron, Freedom, Koodo, Fido, Public Mobile — anything with conditional call-forwarding. Step-by-step instructions are in the dashboard.
Can I customize the greeting and tone?
Yes. You set the opening line, the AI's personality (warm / professional / casual), the business name pronunciation, and which services to highlight. Changes go live in seconds — no re-provisioning. You can use different greetings for after-hours vs business-hours.
Are call recordings stored, and can I delete them?
Recordings are kept for 90 days for billing dispute support, then auto-purged. Text transcripts are kept indefinitely (full-text searchable). You can delete any individual call from your dashboard, or request a full account export + deletion under Loi 25 / PIPEDA at any time.
What if the caller switches between French and English mid-call?
The AI handles that natively. It detects which language the caller is speaking on each turn and replies in the same language — so a French caller who throws in an English phrase mid-sentence still gets a French response, no awkward "please repeat."
Ready to stop missing calls?
14-day free trial. 10-minute setup. Cancel anytime.
