NewAI receptionist now generally available

The front desk
for every
conversation.

Q: Will I have to change my phone number?

No. We port your existing number — or you keep it on your current carrier and we add a "Foyer number" for messaging. Either way, customers don't learn anything new.

Q: How does the AI receptionist sound — is it obvious?

Nine voices, all human-recorded studio models. We default to one that's warm and unhurried. We add a single transparency line at greeting ("Hi, this is Foyer for Northwall…") because we believe in it — not because regulators require it.

Q: Which integrations do you support out of the box?

Google Business Profile, Facebook + Instagram, WhatsApp, Stripe, QuickBooks, Xero, Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, Zapier, and a documented webhook + API for everything else. Most owners need three.

Q: What does it cost to send messages?

SMS and MMS are included on every plan up to the volume in your tier — overage is at-cost, never marked up. WhatsApp and email are fully unmetered.

Q: Can my team have logins, or just me?

Every plan includes up to your tier's teammate count. We charge for the inbox, not by the seat — add a part-time apprentice without a billing call.

Q: How do you handle data security?

SOC 2 Type II since 2024. HIPAA available on the Suite plan. Customer messages live in your region (US, EU, CA) and are never used to train shared models.

Q: What if I don't love it?

Cancel anytime in the first 60 days for a full refund — including the port-out. Your data exports as JSON or CSV with one click. We won't make you call.

Foyer is the messaging desk small businesses sit at. Texts, webchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google, missed calls — they all land in one tidy room. Then the AI receptionist picks up after hours, books the visit, and sends the confirm.

Book a walk-through See the 90-second tour

14-day full-feature trial

Set up in an afternoon

Keep your phone number

Allie · IG

Are you open Sunday?

+1 555-0136

Boiler making noise — help?

Google

New 5-star review

Sam · field

Wrapped at 14 Cedar. Heading…

foyer.app · Inbox · Allie Chan

Saturday inbox

23 OPEN · 4 NEW · 2 SLA-RISK

AllUnreadMine⌘K

Allie Chan2m

Hi! Saw your sign on…

Rodrigo Pinto8m

Slow drain — any avail…

Lana Park14m

Confirmed for 4pm tomorrow

Nora Singh36m

Left a 5-star review

Devon Wells1h

Sent you my address ▶︎

Hawthorne HOA2h

Re: Q3 maintenance bid

Jordan Lee3h

$340 paid · receipt sent

Allie Chan

(415) 555-0136 · also seen on Instagram, Google

New leadSLA · 8m

Wednesday · webchat

Hi — do you do tankless installs?

Today · 9:42 AM

Hi! Saw your sign on Hawthorne — can you give me a quote on a tankless heater install? 50-gallon now, family of four.

Maya · 9:43 AM

Allie, good morning. We can be out tomorrow between 2–4. Quote's free. Sound good?

Foyer suggests⇥ to accept

“Great! I just put you on the books for tomorrow 2–4 PM with Sam. He'll text on the way. Anything we should know about the basement entry?”

Reply via SMS · ↑↓ pick a template…

Send⌘↵

17 conversations handled this morning · avg. reply 28s

Sat at by 12,400 small businesses

4.9★ ★ ★ ★ ★· 1,840 reviews on G2

NWNorthwall Plumbing

HDHawthorne Dental

⌬Stovetop Auto

LLinden Salon

GVGreenwood Vet

◇Bayside Lodge

MMira Studios

OROakridge HVAC

Chapter one · the mess

It's 9:14 on a Saturday.
You have six tabs open.

Your customers don't pick a channel — they pick whatever was already open. Instagram, WhatsApp, the website chat, a Google review, a missed call. Three of them think they're talking to you. Two of them are the same person.

◎Instagram DMs7 unread

Alliejust now

Are you guys open tomorrow?

Devon3m

sent you my address ▶︎

Jules12m

How much for a faucet swap

✓WhatsApp4 unread

+1 555·0136just now

Boiler making a noise

Lana3m

Confirm 4pm tomorrow?

Rafa Hernandez12m

sent a voice note 🎙

fFacebook Messenger2 unread

Sandra Leejust now

Hi, do you do drains?

Curt M.3m

Quote pls 🙏

GGoogle Business3 unread

New 5★ reviewjust now

"Sam was amazing — fast"

New question3m

Are you open Sunday?

New review12m

"Quick and fair pricing"

✉iMessage11 unread

Sam (tech)just now

wrapped at 14 Cedar

Unknown 503·555·01883m

do u service Vancouver?

Mom12m

don't forget Sun dinner

@Inbox · Gmail142 unread

Hawthorne HOAjust now

Re: Q3 maintenance bid

Stripe3m

Payout $1,284 sent

Costco12m

YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS DUE

What it costs

The average SMB loses 1 in 4 leads to a missed channel.

Source: Foyer benchmark, 1,840 small businesses · Q1 2026

Chapter two · the collapse

Foyer pulls them all
into one thread.

One person, every channel. We stitch contacts across SMS, webchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google, Messenger, email and missed calls — so Allie-the-Instagram-DM and Allie-the-Saturday-texter are the same conversation. Always.

SMS

(415) 555·0136

Hi! Saw your sign on Hawthorne…

Webchat

foyer.app/chat

Do you do tankless installs?

Instagram

@allie.makes

Saw your reel — quote please?

+1 415·555·0136

🎙 0:14 voice note

Google

allie.c · 5★ review

"Sam was amazing — fast & fair"

allie.c@gmail.com

Re: Confirmation for 2-4pm

Missed call

(415) 555·0136

14s voicemail · 9:42a

Allie Chan

one person · 7 channels · stitched since Tue

Live

Webchat

Tue 4:12p

Do you do tankless installs?

Instagram

Wed 8:01a

Saw your reel — quote please?

SMS

Sat 9:42a

Hi! Saw your sign on Hawthorne — can you give me a quote on a tankless install? 50-gallon now, family of four.

Call

Sat 9:43a

14s voicemail · "...about that quote..."

Google

Sun 11:20a

5★ review left after the visit — "Sam was amazing."

One identity, every channel — the foundation everything else sits on. The AI knows the customer's history. Reviews are tied to the right job. Payments are linked to the right person.

Tour the inbox

The five rooms

Foyer is one product,
built like a small house.

Five rooms. One front door. Use one to start — turn on the rest as you grow. We don't charge per room, and the AI knows every customer regardless of which one you're standing in.

Unified Inbox

Every text, chat, DM, email and missed call — one thread per person.

SMS · MMS
Webchat
Instagram + Facebook
WhatsApp
Google Business
Email

Learn more

AI Receptionist

Picks up after hours, asks the right four questions, books the visit.

Real voice, real time
Books from your calendar
SMS confirms
Hands off to you

Learn more

Webchat

A site visitor lands on your page. Four seconds later, they're texting you.

No live-agent shift
Captures phone in 1 question
Works on every page

Learn more

Reviews

Ask at the right moment. Quietly become the highest-rated shop on the block.

Send after job close
One-tap Google
Filter low-scores
Reply from the inbox

Learn more

Payments

A text-to-pay link clears in 90 seconds. Closed before the truck leaves.

Card + ACH
Receipt by SMS
No new merchant account

Learn more

Chapter four · after hours

At 7:09 PM,
somebody
still picks up.

Your AI receptionist sounds like a human, knows your hours, your services, your pricing rules. It asks four short questions, drops a booking on the right tech's calendar, and sends the customer an SMS confirmation. You wake up to a clean lead.

Real voice

Nine voices · clear, warm, never the synthetic-radio sound

Knows your shop

Trained on your hours, services, pricing, and FAQs

Books from your calendar

Live availability for each tech · no double-bookings

Hands off to you

A transcript and a one-tap "Call back" land in the inbox

See the receptionist in action Hear a sample call

7:09● ● ●

incoming call

Rodrigo P.

+1 503·555·0188

→ Foyer · After-hours catcher

Foyer Agent · live call

0:42 · transcribing

Live

Hi, this is Foyer for Northwall Plumbing — the team is off for the night, but I can help. What's going on?

You

Yeah, I've got a slow drain in the kitchen, getting worse all day. Can someone come by tomorrow?

Sure. Single drain or whole line backing up?

You

Just the kitchen sink.

Got it. We have Sam open tomorrow 9–11 AM in your area. Want me to put you on the books?

You

Yes please.

Done — you're booked Tuesday 9–11 AM with Sam. I'll text the confirmation now. Anything else?

Booked · Sam · Tue 9–11a

SMS confirm sent

Confirmation · SMS

Hi Rodrigo — you're booked with Sam on Tuesday 9–11 AM for the kitchen drain. Reply C to cancel, R to reschedule.

Sent 7:11 PM · Foyer

northwallplumbing.com

Portland · Hawthorne

Northwall
Plumbing

Drains, water heaters, repipes — answered the same day. Family-run since 2009.

Get a free quote

Hey, we usually reply in 28s

Hi! What can we help with today?

Slow kitchen drain. Anyone around?

Got it. Best number to text you a quick quote?

(415) 555·0136↵ Send

4.2s →

9:47● ●

Messages · Northwall

Hi! This is Sam at Northwall. Got it — slow kitchen drain. I can swing by today between 2–4. Free quote, no pressure.

Yes please — anyone home all day

Perfect. Texting on the way. Address ok @ 1827 SE Bybee?

Chapter five · webchat

Visitor lands. Four seconds later, you're texting.

No live-agent shift. No “we'll get back to you within 24 hours.” Foyer asks the visitor's phone in one short question, then moves the whole conversation to SMS — where they actually read it, and where you already are.

Why this matters

86%

of SMBs lose the lead while it waits for an agent

98%

of text messages are read · within 3 minutes

28s

is Foyer's average reply time across the network

3.4×

leads captured vs. an open form on the page

See the webchat flow

Chapter six · reviews

Quietly become
the highest·rated
shop on the block.

Foyer waits for the right moment — usually right after the job closes — then sends a one-tap link. Five seconds for the customer. Five-star review on Google for you. Low scores get a private apology channel first, before they go public.

+1.4

stars in 90 days

12×

review volume

Median across 1,840 Foyer customers, first three months.

See the review playbook

01 · 4:36 PM

Job closes

Sam · fieldClosed

Wrapped 1827 SE Bybee · tankless install · 4h 12m.

Auto-trigger: review request in 35m

02 · 5:11 PM

One-tap link

Hi Allie — Sam said the install went great. Mind giving us a quick review? Takes 5 seconds.

foyer.app/r/northwall/k4

SMS · Foyer · 5:11p

03 · WEDNESDAY

Five stars · public

Allie Chanvia Google

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“Sam was on time, fair on price, fixed it the same day. Already booked them for our laundry room next.”

+1 to Google · 4.96 avg

Allie Chan · invoice

Tankless install · $1,284.00

Sent

All done. Total comes to $1,284. Here's a quick link — card or ACH, whichever.

foyer.app/pay/inv-2841

paid 🙏

$1,284.00 paid · Visa **3402 · receipt sent · 90s

Receipt INV-2841 · synced to QuickBooks

$1,250.00 install · $34.00 fee · payout Mon

$1,284

Chapter seven · payments

Paid before the
truck leaves the driveway.

A text-to-pay link clears in 90 seconds. Card or ACH. No new merchant account, no portal for the customer to log into, no “I'll mail you a check Monday.” The receipt and the conversation live in the same thread.

Card & ACH · 2.6% + $0.10 · transparent rate
Tips, deposits, recurring — all from one link
QuickBooks + Xero sync · runs your books for you
Refunds & disputes handled from the thread

See payments

The numbers · Q1 2026 benchmark

Receipts over feelings.

We measured the same five things across 1,840 Foyer customers, before and after they moved to a single thread. Average effect, 90 days in.

+43%

more leads captured

Webchat, missed calls, and after-hours all start landing in the inbox.

62%

faster first reply

28-second median — across all seven channels and the AI catcher.

5.0×

more reviews on Google

Sent at the close-the-job moment, when customers are still in the room.

11.4h

saved per week

Per owner, across owners we polled in 14-day exit surveys.

Source: Foyer benchmark · Jan–Mar 2026 · n=1,840Methodology & raw data → foyer.app/researchRead the case studies

The voices

What owners actually say.

Six owners across six industries — the ones who'd tell us anyway. Average tenure on Foyer: 14 months. Nothing here was edited for length.

“We never lost another after-hours call. The AI catches them, books them, texts them — I find a clean lead on my phone in the morning. Calmer Saturdays.”

Maya Ortiz

Owner · Northwall Plumbing

“Webchat → SMS is the part I show every owner I meet. We went from 'we'll get back to you' to a booked visit in under five minutes. Our 4-month review-count tripled.”

Devon Reyes

GM · Stovetop Auto

“Foyer replaced three subscriptions and a shared phone. The whole shop runs out of one inbox now. The owner finally took a Sunday off in July.”

Priya Anand

Office mgr. · Hawthorne Dental

“I kept my number. I kept my staff. I just stopped losing the customers I already had. That's it — that's the whole pitch and that's exactly what it did.”

Conor Walsh

Owner · Oakridge HVAC

“Payments was the surprise. Linking it to the conversation killed our accounts-receivable problem. Most invoices clear before the technician's truck leaves.”

Lena Bauer

Co-founder · Linden Salon Group

“The IVR is the first one I've shipped without crying. Drag, drop, preview, done. Routes the warranty calls straight to the AI — saves us four hours a day.”

Jordan Lee

Owner · Mira Studios

4.9

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

4.8

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Capterra

4.9

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

GetApp

4.8

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Trustpilot

Read the stories

For the businesses that answer the door

Built for the small shop.
Not the call·center.

Templates, playbooks, and integrations tuned for the way each industry actually works. Pick yours — we'll show you the demo your peers see.

⌂

Home services

Plumbing, HVAC, roofing, landscaping

Northwall Plumbing · Oakridge HVAC

⌬

Auto

Dealers, service, detailing, body

Stovetop Auto · Bayside Detailing

Healthcare

Dental, vision, vet, med-spa, chiro

Hawthorne Dental · Greenwood Vet

◇

Retail & local

Salons, fitness, jewelers, boutiques

Linden Salon · Mira Studios

✦

Hospitality

Restaurants, lodging, event venues

Bayside Lodge · The Forecastle

Professional

Real estate, legal, accounting, agencies

Cooper Realty · Bender CPA

01How long does setup take?

Most owners are sending and receiving from Foyer the same afternoon. Porting your existing number takes 5–10 business days, but we provision a temporary number day one so the work never stops.

02Will I have to change my phone number?

03How does the AI receptionist sound — is it obvious?

04Which integrations do you support out of the box?

05What does it cost to send messages?

06Can my team have logins, or just me?

07How do you handle data security?

08What if I don't love it?

Ready when you are

See Foyer answer your busiest hour.

A 20-minute walk-through, tailored to your business — your channels, your industry, your team. No deck.

Book a walk-through See pricing

Maya from Foyer

20-minute walk-through · Portland (PT)

Open

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Wed · 8 openings

9:00

9:30

10:00

10:30

11:00

1:00

1:30

2:00

The front deskfor everyconversation.

It's 9:14 on a Saturday.You have six tabs open.

Foyer is one product,built like a small house.

At 7:09 PM,somebodystill picks up.

Visitor lands. Four seconds later, you're texting.

Quietly becomethe highest·ratedshop on the block.

Paid before thetruck leaves the driveway.

Built for the small shop.Not the call·center.

See Foyer answer your busiest hour.

The front desk
for every
conversation.

It's 9:14 on a Saturday.
You have six tabs open.

Foyer is one product,
built like a small house.

At 7:09 PM,
somebody
still picks up.

Quietly become
the highest·rated
shop on the block.

Paid before the
truck leaves the driveway.

Built for the small shop.
Not the call·center.