About 8call
8call is a hosted AI call-answering service for small and medium-sized businesses. Its AI receptionist picks up incoming calls at any hour, so owners do not miss customers while they are busy running the business.
During a call it captures lead details and books appointments, giving businesses a way to handle routine inbound enquiries without a human receptionist on duty. It is a commercial product with a pricing page on its site.
Key features
- AI receptionist answers inbound calls
- Round-the-clock call coverage
- Lead capture during calls
- Appointment booking by phone
Good fit for
- →Small businesses missing calls while working
- →After-hours call handling
- Tags
- ai-receptionist
- call-answering
- lead-capture
- appointment-booking
- small-business
- voice-ai
- customer-support
8call: questions and answers
- What is 8call used for?
- 8call is an AI receptionist for small businesses that answers calls around the clock, captures leads and books appointments. It is a good fit for small businesses missing calls while working and after-hours call handling.
- Is 8call open source?
- No. 8call is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Customer Support category, open-source options include Chatwoot, UVdesk and Zammad.
- What are some alternatives to 8call?
- 8call competes with Retell AI, Vapi and AI Voice Calls.
Open-source alternatives to 8call
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Chatwoot
Customer Support
Find answers on Chatwoot Help Center. Read product documentation, self-hosted installation
OSSvs Intercom★ 37k
UVdesk
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UVdesk Open Source Community Helpdesk is a comprehensive ticketing support system designed
OSL-3.0vs Zendesk★ 20k
Zammad
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Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system.
AGPL-3.0vs Zendesk★ 6k
FreeScout
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FreeScout — Free self-hosted omnichannel AI-powered helpdesk & shared mailbox
AGPL-3.0vs Help Scout★ 4.6k
Frappe Helpdesk
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Modern, Streamlined, Free and Open Source Customer Service Software
AGPL-3.0vs Zendesk★ 3.4k
Libredesk
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Open-source, self-hosted customer support desk in a single binary. A lightweight alternati
AGPL-3.0vs Zendesk★ 3k
SaaS alternatives to 8call
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Retell AI
AI Tools
Platform for building AI phone agents for call handling
SaaS
Vapi
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Developer platform for building and deploying voice AI agents
SaaS
AI Voice Calls
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Platform for AI voice agents that handle inbound and outbound calls in 50+ languages
SaaSCall to AI
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AI phone receptionist that answers business calls, captures caller details and emails summaries and recordings
SaaS
ChurchAgent
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AI assistant for churches that answers calls, manages people and sends communications
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ChurchCalls
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AI phone assistant for churches that answers calls, transfers to staff and records transcripts
SaaS

