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Pod
✓ verifiedPaid
Fully-managed service that designs, deploys and operates AI phone agents for calls, bookings and support.
19K saves
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Ringly.io
✓ verifiedPaid
AI phone agent for Shopify stores that answers order-status, returns and product calls, escalating anything it can't resolve.
59K visits/mo
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Pine AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI assistant that makes calls and handles bills, cancellations, refunds, and complaints on your behalf using monthly credits.
163K visits/mo
Pricing
Essentials: $4,450/mo
Scale: $9,450/mo
Enterprise: $12,450/mo
Grow: $349/month (1,000 minutes/month included)
Pro: $799/month (2,500 minutes/month included)
Free trial available
Personal: $6.10/week billed annually (6,000 credits/mo)
Household: $12.30/week billed annually (13,000 credits/mo)
Team: $36.90/week billed annually (40,000 credits/mo)
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Done-for-you AI phone agent design
- ✦24/7 inbound and outbound call handling
- ✦CRM, calendar and knowledge-base integration
- ✦Sub-500ms voice latency
- ✦Human escalation and call routing
- ✦Ongoing monitoring and optimization
- ✦Shopify order lookup and return processing on live calls
- ✦Caller identification with purchase history context
- ✦Call transfer rules for escalation to human staff
- ✦Attributed order tracking from AI-driven calls
- ✦Call replay and rule fine-tuning tools
- ✦Resolution-rate and cost-per-call analytics
- ✦AI agent that places calls and negotiates
- ✦Bill lowering and subscription cancellation
- ✦Refund recovery and complaint filing
- ✦Credit-based task execution
- ✦Parallel handling of multiple tasks
- ✦Encrypted, privacy-focused data handling
Use cases
- →Offload inbound support calls
- →Book appointments automatically
- →Qualify and follow up leads
- →Run outbound campaigns
- →Deflecting repetitive WISMO (where-is-my-order) calls
- →Automating return and exchange requests by phone
- →Reducing hold times during high call-volume periods
- →Giving small Shopify teams 24/7 phone coverage without new hires
- →Lowering telecom, utility, and cable bills
- →Cancelling forgotten subscriptions
- →Recovering refunds and disputing overcharges
- →Offloading customer-service phone calls
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