# EveryDial > EveryDial is an AI receptionist for home service businesses. It picks up the calls you can't, books the customer in, and sends you the details. Built for the trades: plumbing, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, painting, electrical, pest control and more. ## Main pages - [Home](https://www.everydial.ai): What EveryDial does, how it works, pricing, and common questions. - [Industries](https://www.everydial.ai/industries): Answering service pages for each trade we serve. - [Free tools](https://www.everydial.ai/tools): Free tools for contractors, no signup needed. - [Missed call cost calculator](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/missed-call-calculator): Estimate how much revenue missed calls cost your business each month. - [Guides](https://www.everydial.ai/guides): Practical guides for running a home service business. - [Comparisons](https://www.everydial.ai/compare): Side-by-side comparisons of answering services and AI receptionists. ## Guides - [Plumbing pricing guide: how to price jobs and set your rates](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/plumbing-pricing-guide): A plumbing pricing guide for shop owners: hourly vs flat rate, real call-out fees, materials markup, and one worked example from your costs to a job price. - [How to write a plumbing business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/plumbing-business-plan): A plumbing business plan with real startup costs, a worked first-year budget, and the hard first-year truths most polished guides skip. - [Plumbing marketing: a simple plan that gets more jobs](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/plumbing-marketing): A plumbing marketing plan you can run yourself, in order of payoff: reviews, Google Business Profile, Local Services Ads, and answering every call. - [How to start a plumbing business: the steps, in order](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-plumbing-business): How to start a plumbing business, step by step: license, LLC, insurance, tools, and real startup costs, plus a lean garage start vs full truck start budget. - [Plumbing scheduling software: an honest comparison](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/plumbing-scheduling-software): An honest, vendor-free comparison of plumbing scheduling software: real pricing, what Reddit owners say, and which pick fits your crew size. - [How to write an HVAC business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/hvac-business-plan): An HVAC business plan with real startup costs, a month-by-month path to break-even for a one-truck shop, and the pricing rules a 24-year owner shared on Reddit. - [HVAC marketing strategy: what to spend, and in what order](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/hvac-marketing-strategy): An hvac marketing strategy for shop owners: a worked monthly budget, a channel order for tight budgets, and why answering every call decides if the plan pays off. - [Jobber vs Housecall Pro: an honest comparison](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/jobber-vs-housecall-pro): Jobber vs Housecall Pro compared with nothing to sell: pricing verified July 10, 2026, the routing and QuickBooks gap that matters, and which one fits your crew. - [HVAC pricing guide: how to price jobs and set your rates](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/hvac-pricing-guide): An HVAC pricing guide for contractors: flat rate vs hourly, real service-call fees, parts markup, and one worked example from your costs to a job price. - [How to start an HVAC business: the steps, in order](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-hvac-business): How to start an HVAC business, step by step: EPA 608, license, LLC, insurance, tools and van, and real startup costs, with a lean vs full-truck budget. - [How to write a landscaping business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/landscaping-business-plan): A landscaping business plan with a worked first-year projection, a sample funding request, and the pricing and cash-flow reality landscapers share on Reddit. - [How to start a landscaping business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-landscaping-business): How to start a landscaping business step by step, with a lean-start vs. fuller-start budget showing what separates a $4,000 launch from a $30,000 one. - [Landscaping pricing guide: how to price your jobs](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/landscaping-pricing-guide): A landscaping pricing guide for contractors: build a real hourly rate, estimate a job from materials to final price, and avoid the markup-vs-margin trap. - [How to write a handyman business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/handyman-business-plan): A handyman business plan built on real numbers: a one-person projection based on the billable hours you actually get, plus pricing and marketing. - [How to start a handyman business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-handyman-business): How to start a handyman business step by step, with a real lean-start budget, a license decision framework, and pricing numbers from working handymen. - [How to write an electrical business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/electrical-business-plan): An electrical business plan with real licensing and insurance costs by state, an honest funding section, and numbers from working electricians. - [Electrical pricing guide: how to price jobs and build a price list](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/electrical-pricing-guide): An electrical pricing guide for shop owners: the overhead math, hourly rates by tier, and a full worked price list you can rebuild with your own numbers. - [Tree service leads: are they worth buying?](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/tree-service-leads): Tree service leads compared: what sellers actually charge, the real cost per booked job, and when your own marketing beats buying them. - [How to write a roofing business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/roofing-business-plan): A roofing business plan built on real numbers: a worked $61,405 startup budget, what insurance really costs, and a break-even count you can show a bank. - [How to start a roofing business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-roofing-business): How to start a roofing business: a state-by-state licensing comparison, a real startup budget, how to price and win the first jobs, and the cash-flow trap. - [Roofing cost per square foot: what to charge and how to build the bid](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/roofing-cost-per-square-foot): Roofing cost per square foot for the contractor setting the price: market ranges, the per-square conversion, a worked bid with waste and pitch, and the 25% rule. - [How to write a pressure washing business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pressure-washing-business-plan): A pressure washing business plan with the numbers filled in: a sample summary, a one-truck first-year projection, and a break-even counted in jobs. - [How to start a pressure washing business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-pressure-washing-business): How to start a pressure washing business: what the startup numbers online really mean, the license and insurance you need, and how to get your first customers. - [Pressure washing pricing guide: rates, per foot prices and your minimum](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pressure-washing-pricing-guide): A pressure washing pricing guide for owners: going rates by job, per square foot rates by surface, what per foot pricing really pays an hour, and your minimum. - [How to write a painting business plan](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/painting-business-plan): A painting business plan built on real numbers: a worked calculation for the jobs and leads you need each month, plus three business models and honest margins. - [How to start a painting business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-painting-business): How to start a painting business step by step, with a real day-one budget, state license thresholds, and the EPA lead paint rule most guides skip. - [Painting cost per square foot: how to price painting jobs](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/painting-cost-per-square-foot): Painting cost per square foot for contractors: wall feet vs floor feet, real rates with the basis of each one named, and a worked room checked against the market. - [Junk removal business plan: the sections and the numbers](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/junk-removal-business-plan): A junk removal business plan with real numbers: what one load actually earns after dump fees, a revenue projection you can defend, and break-even in loads. - [How to start a junk removal business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-junk-removal-business): How to start a junk removal business: three real startup cost tiers, what licensing actually varies by, the disposal math, and getting your first calls. - [How to start a pest control business](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/how-to-start-a-pest-control-business): How to start a pest control business, in order, with the license fees, bonds and insurance minimums for four states taken from the state agencies themselves. - [Pest control business plan: the sections and where the numbers come from](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pest-control-business-plan): How to write a pest control business plan section by section, with the plan-customer math and why every figure in the sample plans online is invented. - [Pest control business plan template](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pest-control-business-plan-template): A free pest control business plan template: ten sections with the blanks and the prompts, on the page. No form, no email, no invented numbers. - [Pest control marketing: what a lead costs and what actually works](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pest-control-marketing): Pest control marketing with the published cost per lead for each channel side by side, plus the three things about this trade that change where the money goes. - [Pest control software: what it costs and how to choose](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/pest-control-software): Pest control software prices, and where each comes from: published by the vendor, listed on a review site, or reported by an operator. Plus what to check first. - [Answering service cost: what you actually pay](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/answering-service-cost): Answering service cost explained with real published rates: the same month of calls priced five ways, plus the small print that decides your real bill. - [What is a virtual receptionist?](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/what-is-a-virtual-receptionist): What is a virtual receptionist, the difference between a person and software, what each publishes as a price, and the calls neither one should handle. - [What is an answering service?](https://www.everydial.ai/guides/what-is-an-answering-service): What is an answering service, what the four kinds cost, how the billing units work, and what it will not do. Written for small business owners. ## Comparisons - [Smith.ai vs Rosie: which one actually fits your business](https://www.everydial.ai/compare/smith-ai-vs-rosie): Smith.ai vs Rosie, compared with live pricing from both sites: per-call vs per-minute costs, feature gaps, and a worked example at 60 calls a month. - [Smith.ai vs Ruby: which receptionist service fits your business](https://www.everydial.ai/compare/smith-ai-vs-ruby): Smith.ai vs Ruby with live pricing from both sites: AI hybrid against all-human receptionists, plus a worked cost example at 60 calls a month. - [Smith.ai vs Upfirst: what the price gap actually buys](https://www.everydial.ai/compare/smith-ai-vs-upfirst): Smith.ai vs Upfirst with live pricing from both sites: hybrid with human backup against low-cost AI-only, plus a worked cost example at 60 calls a month. - [Smith.ai vs Nextiva: these are two different kinds of product](https://www.everydial.ai/compare/smith-ai-vs-nextiva): Smith.ai vs Nextiva compared honestly: one is an answering service, one is a phone system with a $99 AI add-on. Live prices and a worked cost example. - [RingCentral AI Receptionist: what it costs and who it fits](https://www.everydial.ai/compare/ringcentral-ai-receptionist): RingCentral AI Receptionist is $49 a month for 100 minutes, checked live. What it does, where it falls short for trades, and two alternatives compared. ## Industries - [Answering service for plumbers](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/plumber-answering-service): An answering service built for plumbers. Your receptionist answers every call, books the job, and sends you the details, day or night. - [HVAC answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/hvac-answering-service): An HVAC answering service that books jobs, not just messages. Your receptionist answers every call day or night, books the job, and sends you the details. - [Answering service for landscapers](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/landscaper-answering-service): An answering service built for landscapers. Your receptionist answers every call, books the job, and sends you the details, so quote requests turn into work instead of voicemails. - [Handyman answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/handyman-answering-service): An answering service built for handyman businesses. Your receptionist answers every call, books the job, and sends you the details, so small jobs don't slip away while you work. - [After-hours call answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/after-hours-call-answering-service): An after-hours call answering service that books jobs at 11 PM. Your receptionist covers nights, weekends, and holidays, and puts real emergencies through to you. - [Electrician answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/electrician-answering-service): An electrician answering service that books jobs, not just messages. Your receptionist answers every call, books the work, and sends you the details. - [Painter answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/painter-answering-service): An answering service built for painters. Your receptionist answers every quote call, books the walkthrough, and sends you the details while you are on a ladder. - [Tree service answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/tree-service-answering-service): A tree service answering service that books jobs, not just messages. Your receptionist answers every call, books the work, and sends you the details. - [Roofer answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/roofer-answering-service): An answering service built for roofers. Your receptionist answers every call, books the inspection, and sends you the details, even in a storm week. - [Pressure washing answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/pressure-washing-answering-service): A pressure washing answering service that books the job. Your receptionist answers every call, gets the surfaces and the size, and books the wash while you work. - [Junk removal answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/junk-removal-answering-service): An answering service built for junk removal companies. Your receptionist answers every call, gets the item list and the load size, and books the job. - [Pest control answering service](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/pest-control-answering-service): An answering service built for pest control companies. Your receptionist answers every call, finds out which pest and how bad it is, and books the treatment. - [AI receptionist for small business](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/ai-receptionist-for-small-business): An AI receptionist for small business that answers every call, books the job, and publishes its price. Set it up yourself, no sales call needed. - [Answering service for contractors](https://www.everydial.ai/industries/answering-service-for-contractors): An answering service for contractors that publishes its price. Your receptionist takes the name, the property address and the work needed, then books the job. ## Free tools - [Free contractor estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template): A free contractor estimate template you can fill out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. Built for the trades. - [Free plumbing estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/plumbing): A free plumbing estimate template, pre-filled with common plumbing line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free HVAC estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/hvac): A free HVAC estimate template, pre-filled with common HVAC line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free landscaping estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/landscaping): A free landscaping estimate template, pre-filled with common landscaping line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free handyman estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/handyman): A free handyman estimate template, pre-filled with common handyman line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free electrical estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/electrical): A free electrical estimate template, pre-filled with common electrical line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free tree removal estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/tree-service): A free tree removal estimate template, pre-filled with tree work line items. Stump grinding and haul-away are separate lines. Download as Word or PDF. - [Free pressure washing estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/pressure-washing): A free pressure washing estimate template, pre-filled with common wash line items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free roofing estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/roofing): A free roofing estimate template, pre-filled with the line items a real roof job needs. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free painting estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/painting): A free painting estimate template with walls, ceilings, trim and doors priced the way painters price them. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free junk removal estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/junk-removal): A free junk removal estimate template, pre-filled with load tiers and common items. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free contractor contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template): A free contractor contract template you can fill out and download as a Word file or PDF. Scope, price, schedule, and signatures. No signup. - [Free plumbing contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/plumbing): A free plumbing contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free HVAC contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/hvac): A free HVAC contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free landscaping contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/landscaping): A free landscaping contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free handyman contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/handyman): A free handyman contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free electrical contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/electrical): A free electrical contract template with scope, price, schedule, permits, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free tree service contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/tree-service): A free tree service contract template with scope, price, permits, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free pressure washing contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/pressure-washing): A free pressure washing contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free roofing contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/roofing): A free roofing contract template with scope, materials, payment schedule, warranties, and a decking contingency. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free painting contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/painting): A free painting contract template with scope by room, coats, paint product, colour deadlines and a lead-safe notice. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free junk removal contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/junk-removal): A free junk removal contract template with scope, price, schedule, and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free contractor invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template): A free contractor invoice template you can fill out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. Built for the trades. - [Free contractor proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template): A free contractor proposal template you can fill out and download as a Word file or PDF. Scope, price, schedule, and a place to sign. No signup. - [Free electrical invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/electrical): A free electrical invoice template with your license line and the work electricians bill. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free garage door invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/garage-door): A free garage door invoice template that splits parts from labor for warranty work. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free handyman invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/handyman): A free handyman invoice template, pre-filled with the work a handyman actually bills. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free HVAC invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/hvac): A free HVAC invoice template, pre-filled with the work HVAC companies bill. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free junk removal invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/junk-removal): A free junk removal invoice template with lines for the load, the dump fee, and heavy items. Download it as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free landscaping invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/landscaping): A free landscaping invoice template for both monthly maintenance and one-off installs. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free painting invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/painting): A free painting invoice template that bills by square foot, by trim foot, or by the door. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free pest control invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/pest-control): A free pest control invoice template for one-off treatments and recurring plans. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free roofing invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/roofing): A free roofing invoice template that handles insurance jobs and pricing by the square. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free solar invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/solar): A free solar invoice template built for stage billing, permits, and equipment lines. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free tree service invoice template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/invoice-template/tree-service): A free tree service invoice template with lines for the removal, the stump, and the haul-away. Download it as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free pest control contract template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/contract-template/pest-control): A free pest control contract template with scope, exclusions, your license number, price and signatures. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free pest control estimate template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/estimate-template/pest-control): A free pest control estimate template with line items, your license number, deposit terms and a valid-until date. Fill it out and download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free electrical proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/electrical): A free electrical proposal template with scope, exclusions, payment schedule, change orders, and a line to accept. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free handyman proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/handyman): A free handyman proposal template for a list of jobs, with exclusions, terms, and a line for the customer to accept. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free HVAC proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/hvac): A free HVAC proposal template with the system spelled out, permits, warranty, and a line for the homeowner to accept. Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free landscaping proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/landscaping): A free landscaping proposal template with the work written phase by phase, upkeep spelled out, and a line to accept. Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free pest control proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/pest-control): A free pest control proposal template with room for the treatment plan, the visit schedule, your guarantee, and a line to accept. Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free plumbing proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/plumbing): A free plumbing proposal template with scope, exclusions, payment schedule, and a line for the customer to accept. Download as a Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free roofing proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/roofing): A free roofing proposal template with scope, materials, what is not included, and a line for the homeowner to accept. Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free solar proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/solar): A free solar proposal template with room for your assumptions, the equipment, exclusions, and a line for the customer to accept. Word file or PDF. No signup. - [Free tree service proposal template](https://www.everydial.ai/tools/proposal-template/tree-service): A free tree service proposal template with room to name the trees, the stump depth, the debris, and what you did not inspect. Word file or PDF. No signup.