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Help Genie AI Pricing for Small Business

See every Help Genie pricing tier, what's included, and which plan fits your business. Real numbers, no guesswork.

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What Does Genie AI Pricing Actually Look Like?

Help Genie offers three tiers. Starter is $199 a month for a first genie on one channel. Pro is $299 a month with every channel, one knowledge base and one bill. Enterprise is $499 a month for multi-genie operations. There is also a free way to try it before picking a plan.

That’s the short answer. Keep reading if you want to know which plan is right for your business and what the numbers mean in practice.


Why Genie AI Pricing Matters More Than You Think

Most voice AI tools bill by the minute or by the call. That sounds fine until a busy month arrives and your invoice doubles.

Help Genie uses flat published monthly pricing. Plans carry generous fair-use limits rather than a meter, so a busy month never changes the bill.

The other thing that matters is what you actually get at each tier. Some platforms bury their most useful features behind enterprise walls. Help Genie puts lead capture, analytics, and voice customization on the Pro plan, not locked behind a sales call.


The Three Plans, Broken Down

Free Plan

The Free plan is genuinely free. No credit card required, no trial period that expires.

What you get:

  • 1 genie
  • 10 calls per month
  • Custom prompt (you define how your genie behaves)
  • Basic analytics
  • Website embed

Who it’s for: businesses that want to test voice AI before committing. A trades business owner who wants to see how a genie handles inbound enquiries. A real estate agent who wants to run a demo for a week before deciding. The Free plan is a real working product, not a hobbled preview.

The limit to know: 10 calls per month is a tight ceiling for any active business. You’ll hit it fast if you deploy on a site with steady traffic.

Pro Plan

Pro is where most small and mid-size businesses will land. It’s $299 a month flat and includes a meaningful step up in capability.

What’s included:

  • 30 calls per month included (with the option to add more)
  • Your branding: your name, colours, logo and voice
  • Advanced analytics and insights (sentiment analysis, topic extraction, performance data)
  • Every conversation becomes a lead with the transcript, a summary and the contact details
  • Custom voice selection
  • 40+ languages, switching mid-call when the caller does
  • A local phone number in the US, Canada, UK, Australia or New Zealand
  • Embeddable website widget
  • A developer API (hg_live_ keys) for your own systems
  • Email follow-ups with transcripts, action items, and lead alerts
  • Real-time transcription
  • Transfer to a staff number when a caller asks for a person

That’s a long list. The reason it matters is that each item on it replaces something a small business would otherwise pay for separately. A dedicated phone number. An after-hours answering solution. A lead capture form tool. A survey tool. Pro bundles all of it into one flat monthly fee.

Enterprise Plan

Enterprise is for businesses that need scale, customization, or compliance beyond what a standard plan covers.

What it adds:

  • Unlimited calls
  • Unlimited genies
  • Unlimited knowledge base storage
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom SLA
  • Priority 24/7 support
  • Enterprise security (GDPR compliant, data privacy controls, access management)

Who it’s for: multi-location businesses, franchise groups, property management companies, manufacturers, or any organization that needs more than a handful of genies running simultaneously.

Pricing is custom. The best path is to talk to the Help Genie team directly.


What “Per Genie” Actually Means

This is worth explaining because it’s different from how most tools price.

A genie is a single voice AI agent built on your knowledge base, with your branding, deployed to a specific channel or use case. You might have one genie on your website to handle general enquiries. A second genie on your trade business phone line to capture after-hours job requests. A third genie dedicated to product support for a specific appliance line.

Each genie has its own knowledge base, voice, personality, and conversation goal. And running several genies is what the Enterprise plan is for.

For most small businesses, one or two genies cover everything. You don’t need ten. A single well-configured genie handling your inbound calls and web enquiries is enough to make a real difference to your weekly workload.


How This Compares to Per-Minute Billing

Per-minute billing sounds cheap until you do the math.

Industry voice AI services commonly charge anywhere from 10 to 25 cents per minute. A five-minute conversation costs 50 cents to a dollar and a quarter. Run 200 of those in a month and you’re looking at $100 to $250 in variable costs on top of your base plan.

That number scales with your call volume, your seasonal peaks, and how chatty your customers are. For a hospitality business in peak season or a trades company with an unusually busy month, a per-minute model can produce billing surprises.

Published pricing removes that risk. You know what you’re paying before the month starts. If you’re a small business owner building a budget, that’s not a small thing.


Genie AI Pricing for Specific Industries

The right plan often depends on what industry you’re in, because different industries have very different call patterns and support needs.

Trades and services (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, landscaping): After-hours call capture is the primary use case. A single Pro genie deployed to a phone number can handle after-hours job requests, capture caller details, and send email alerts to the business owner. One genie. One plan. Done. See how it works at trades industry hub.

Automotive dealers and repair shops: Test drive requests, service booking requests, and parts enquiries often spike on weekends when staff aren’t available. A Pro genie handles the overflow without adding headcount. Automotive businesses typically deploy one or two genies across their main channels.

Real estate: Listing enquiries come in at all hours. A single Pro genie on a property agent’s website can qualify buyers, capture contact details, and flag hot leads before a competitor agent picks them up. Visit real estate industry hub for more on how that works.

Appliances and home builders: Product support and warranty questions generate high call volume. A genie built on a detailed knowledge base can resolve 60 to 70 percent of those questions without staff involvement. Appliance businesses and home builders often find that a single genie reduces inbound support pressure enough to justify the Pro plan within the first month.


What’s Included in Every Plan (Even Free)

Some features aren’t gated by plan. Every genie, including those on the Free tier, includes:

  • Voice-first interface
  • 40+ languages
  • Knowledge base upload (PDFs, website content, FAQs, policies)
  • 24/7 availability
  • Website embed
  • Custom prompt configuration

That means you can go live with a working, branded voice genie at zero cost. The Free plan is a real deployment option for businesses with low call volume, not a marketing demo.


The Three-Step Setup (Regardless of Plan)

One pricing concern small business owners often have is hidden implementation cost. Consultants. Developers. Integration fees. Help Genie doesn’t work that way.

Setup is three steps:

  1. Upload your docs. PDFs, your website content, FAQs, manuals, policies. The genie builds its knowledge base from your actual materials.
  2. Customize your genie. Pick the voice, set the personality, define the conversation goals, configure lead capture fields.
  3. Go live. Embed it on your site, point a phone number at it, generate a QR code, or all three.

No developers required. No integration project. The time from signup to live genie is measured in hours, not weeks. And the Free plan lets you do all of that before you spend a dollar.


Frequently Asked Questions About Genie AI Pricing

Can I start free and upgrade later? Yes. Your genie and knowledge base carry over when you upgrade. You don’t rebuild from scratch.

What happens if I go over the call limit? Additional calls beyond your plan’s included amount can be added on. The specifics depend on your plan tier. Enterprise customers have unlimited calls.

Is there a contract? Starter and Pro plans are month-to-month. Enterprise contracts vary based on scope.

Do I need a developer to deploy? No. The entire setup process is self-service. A developer API (hg_live_ keys) is available on Pro for your own systems, but it’s optional.

Is pricing the same everywhere? Help Genie serves businesses in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond. Pricing is displayed in your local currency where applicable.


Use the ROI Calculator Before You Decide

The best way to figure out which plan makes sense for your business is to run the numbers yourself.

Help Genie has a calculator at ROI calculator that lets you input your current call volume, average call handling time, and hourly staff cost. It shows you the monthly cost of handling those calls with staff versus deploying a genie. For most small businesses, the math is pretty clear by the end.


Ready to See the Pricing in Action?

The Free plan takes minutes to set up and costs nothing. If you want to see what a Pro genie looks like before committing, head to explore genies and try a live demo across a few industries.

If you’re a high-volume business or want to talk through an Enterprise quote, reach out to the Help Genie team directly at contact@helpgenie.ai.

Start with free. Scale when it makes sense. The pricing is built for that path.

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Put callers through to a real person

When a caller asks for a person, your genie transfers them to a staff number. The written summary lands in your inbox straight after.

Every lead lands in your inbox

Every conversation becomes a lead with the transcript, a summary and the contact details, and your team gets an email.

Capture exactly the info you need from every caller

Define custom fields your genie should collect: budget, timeline, property type, vehicle make, service needed. Every call ends with structured data, not a scribbled note.

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The Help Genie team builds voice AI genies that resolve everyday support on their own — across phone, chat, web, and email — in your voice, 24/7. We write about what we learn shipping it to real businesses.

Building voice AI for 11+ industries, from trades to hospitality.

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