The best AI receptionist for cleaning businesses (2026)
We make one of these, Doparoot, so yes, we are biased. This is what we would actually tell cleaning businesses on the phone, including when the answer is somebody else’s product.
Short version
Cleaning calls are quotes priced on size and frequency, plus regulars changing their day. The useful AI pre-qualifies and books the first clean instead of just taking a message.
- Need bookings written into Jobber or Housecall Pro: its built-in AI.
- Want it built to your pricing rules: Doparoot (ours).
- Cheapest: Rosie.
- High-touch residential, want people: Smith.ai.
At a glance
| Best for | How it charges | Who answers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doparoot (ours) | Cleaning companies that want quotes and first cleans handled to their own rules | $497 USD/month, plus call minutes passed through at cost. Month to month. | AI, with a hand-off to you the moment a caller asks for a person |
| Jobber Receptionist | Shops already running on Jobber | Add-on to a Jobber plan, priced by conversation | AI inside Jobber; routes emergencies to your team |
| Rosie | Cheap after-hours and overflow cover for a small shop | Flat monthly tiers with a minute allowance | AI only; transfers go to your own staff on higher plans |
| Smith.ai | Firms that want real people as a safety net, and law firms | Per call, on monthly plans. Separate plans for AI and for live receptionists. | Your choice: AI, live North American receptionists, or AI with humans behind it |
| Missed-call text back on its own | Solo operators with few calls and patient customers | Usually bundled with your phone system or CRM | Nobody; the caller gets a text |
Features checked October 2026 on each company’s own site. We don’t print other people’s prices because they change; each name links to theirs.
What the phone problem actually looks like
You are cleaning when the phone rings. New callers want a price, which depends on bedrooms, bathrooms, frequency and extras. Regulars want to move Thursday to Friday. Commercial callers want a walkthrough.
The one question that decides it
Can it pre-qualify by home size and frequency and book the first clean, or does it only take a message?
The options
DoparootOurs
We build it around your rules: where you work, what you will and will not take, how you price by size and frequency, which slots you will drive to. Then we test it on your real calls before it goes live. Missed calls get a text back, and every call ends up written on your phone. It is not the cheapest, and it books into the calendar in your Doparoot app rather than straight into Jobber, ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro.
Jobber Receptionist
If you need bookings written straight into this software, its own receptionist does that. You set it up and tune it yourself.
Rosie
Cheap and quick. Books into Google Calendar or Calendly on higher plans.
Smith.ai
Live receptionists if your clients expect a person. Charges per call.
Missed-call text back on its own
The floor. Better than voicemail, worse than a conversation.
When Doparoot is the wrong choice
If every first clean must land automatically in your booking software, use that software’s own receptionist.
Our pick
Growing cleaning company with your own pricing rules: Doparoot.
Questions
What is the best AI receptionist for a cleaning business?
On Jobber or Housecall Pro, the built-in AI. For one built around your own pricing and booking rules, Doparoot. For the cheapest self-serve option, Rosie.
Can an AI receptionist quote cleaning prices?
It can quote the ranges you give it by size and frequency, or pre-qualify and book a walkthrough. Decide which you want before you set it up.
Will it handle regulars rescheduling?
Most can take the request. Moving the booking automatically depends on it being connected to where your schedule lives.
Hear ours before you decide
Ring (888) 565-4959 and our AI answers. Ask it something awkward, ask for a human, ask what it costs. Then you will know more than any comparison page can tell you, including this one.
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