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AI Appointment Setter: questions to ask
The nine questions
- Does an AI do this, or does a rule? If the answer is “when X happens it sends Y”, you are buying automation, and it should not cost AI prices.
- Does it send, or does it draft? Ask for the sentence on their page that says it acts on its own.
- Does it do it on its own on this plan, or on the one above? The setting that lets it act without you is often a tier up from the entry price.
- What does it do with the hard cases? Ask what it holds back for you, and what happens to what it cannot resolve.
- What is the cap, and what happens past it? Work out the bill at the volume you actually do, not at the included allowance.
- What is the unit? Per month, per user, per location, per minute, per credit or per resolved ticket.
- Who does the setup, and is it in the price?
- What happens to the changes it made when I stop paying? Some tools make changes that stay only while you subscribe.
- Who carries the legal side? For calling and texting customers, ask who handles consent and opt-outs.
What to check for this job
- Check it chases the lead and books, rather than sending a booking link. A lot of what ranks for AI appointment scheduling is a smart calendar page that chases nobody.
- Some of the cheapest run inside a customer records system you must already pay for, so the low price buys the agent, not everything it needs.
- Calls and texts are often billed on top as you use them. One vendor’s $297 covers the software and the AI only.
- Setup takes real work even when you sign up yourself. One vendor puts setting it up for you on a $2,297 tier.
- Every new setter we found charges by minutes or credits, not by booked appointments, so you pay whether it books anything or not.
Notes
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