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Do I need to understand AI to work with you?
No. If you can describe what's eating your week, that's enough. We translate business problems into systems. You don't need to know what an LLM is — you need to know what's frustrating you.
How do the four service tiers work?
Reclaim, Scale, Orchestrate, and Compound. Each tier is the same three-pillar system — inbound capture, operations automation, systems integration — at a different depth. Builds start at $1,500 and move up with scope, and the exact number is quoted on the discovery call so the engagement fits your business instead of being templated.
How long does a typical project take?
Tier-dependent. Reclaim ships in 2–4 weeks. Scale is 4–6. Orchestrate is 6–10. Compound takes 10–14. We give you an exact build window in the blueprint phase, before any work starts.
Will this replace my employees?
No. We automate the work nobody wants to do — data entry, follow-ups, reminders, scheduling, intake. Your people get to do the work that actually requires a human.
What if something breaks after launch?
Every build includes post-launch support and a handover walkthrough, so you can see how each piece works before you're running it. Ongoing monitoring lives in the care plan, which is optional and starts at $75 a month: watching for API changes and broken connections, prompt tuning, and small changes when the business changes. If you'd rather take the handover and run the system yourself, that's a normal way to buy this, and the build costs the same either way.
What tools do you use?
Workflow engines like n8n and Make. Custom serverless API connectors. LLMs from OpenAI and Anthropic. Voice builds run on Vapi. We pick what fits — privacy, latency, cost — and integrate with whatever you already run. We don't force you onto a new platform. Those platform accounts stay in your name: you pay Vapi and your phone provider directly at their published rates, and Acuity adds nothing on top.
What does it actually cost?
Builds start at $1,500, one time. A care plan afterwards is optional and starts at $75 a month, covering monitoring, prompt tuning, and small changes; a more hands-on level of attention sits above that, in the region of $300 a month. Platform usage is the third cost and you pay it directly: Vapi and your phone provider bill you at their published rates, with nothing added by Acuity. Those figures are floors, not quotes. The discovery call tells us what we'd actually build, and you get a fixed number before any work starts. The pricing page lays out what moves it.
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
At Acuity, the build is a one-time cost starting at $1,500, and the care plan afterwards is optional, starting at $75 a month. Platform usage sits outside both numbers: you pay Vapi and your phone provider directly, at their published rates, with nothing added by Acuity. Elsewhere in the market, entry-level subscription plans run from roughly $20 to $300 a month depending on how many calls or minutes they include. Which model is cheaper for you depends on your call volume and on whether the phone has to connect to anything else you run.
Do you charge per call or per minute?
Acuity does not. The build is a one-time cost, and the optional care plan is a flat monthly number agreed before it starts, so a busy month and a quiet month cost the same on an Acuity invoice. The platforms underneath are a different story, and you should know that going in: Vapi and your phone provider do bill by the minute. You hold those accounts and pay them directly at their published rates. Acuity doesn't mark that up and doesn't resell it, so your total cost does move with call volume, just not through anything Acuity bills you.
Is my business data secure?
Yes. Enterprise-grade API connections. Proprietary data is never used to train public language models without explicit, written consent. We design for least-privilege access and encrypted-in-transit by default.
Does my team need technical skills to operate the systems?
No. Workflows run quietly in the background or trigger through interfaces your team already uses (your CRM, your inbox, your calendar). Every implementation includes a hands-on handover and training session.
Are you only working with businesses in Montana?
No. We're based in Missoula and work with operators nationally. Discovery calls are remote. Builds are remote. Being in Montana isn't a requirement, and neither is being anywhere near it.
The money questions are covered in more depth on the pricing page: where the floors sit, what moves the number, and where the platform costs come from.
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