Podium
A customer communication platform for local businesses whose AI Employee responds to leads across phone calls, text, email and social, books appointments and sends follow-ups, alongside website chat, reviews and payments.
Facts last checked
The facts, as Podium publishes them
- Starting price
- Not published
Pricing is by sales quote; the AI Employee is an add-on to any plan.
- Free trial
- Not published
- Languages
- Not published
- HIPAA / BAA
- Not published
- Integrations
- HubSpot, Salesforce, Outlook, QuickBooks, Square, Mindbody, Dentrix, Nextech, DealerSocket, Shopifysource for integrations, checked Oct 3, 2026
- Books appointments
- Transfers to a person
- Not published
- Two-way AI texting
- Website chat
Website chat conversations continue over text.
“Not published” means we did not find it on Podium’s own pages, not that the feature is missing.
Who it’s for
Local businesses such as auto dealers, home services, aesthetics and retail that want AI lead response across calls, texts and website chat in one inbox.
Alternatives to Podium
Small teams that want a business phone system and an AI receptionist on the same number, with CRM sync to HubSpot or Salesforce.
$32/month per seat + $32/month AI Receptionist
Small businesses that want low-entry, minute-based AI call answering with optional SMS and chat agents.
$29/month
Solo owners and small businesses that want minute-based AI call answering in English and Spanish with website chat included.
$49/month
Law firms and other small businesses that want per-call pricing with the option to hand calls to human receptionists.
Free plan
- VocenyaOur product
Local service businesses and practices in New Jersey and New York that want an AI receptionist with a staffed human team behind it, including healthcare practices that need a BAA.Worth knowing: Calendar booking and warm transfers start on the $249/month Growth plan.
$49/month
Vocenya: an AI receptionist with people behind it
An AI receptionist that answers calls 24/7 in the business’s name, answers questions from its website and notes, books appointments and texts or emails the owner a summary. Calls that need a person can be handed to GH Live, a staffed human answering team, for a per-business rate.
Call our AI receptionist: (732) 633-0055Hear it answer before you compare anything else.- Starting price
- Free trial
- HIPAA / BAA
- Languages
- English, Spanishsource for languages, checked Oct 3, 2026
Sources
- Podium AI Employeechecked Oct 3, 2026
- Podium pricingchecked Oct 3, 2026
- Podium Webchatchecked Oct 3, 2026
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