Independent buyer's guide to AI receptionists. Prices checked Nov 7, 2026 on each vendor's own site.
Missed-call cost calculator

What do missed calls cost you?

Enter your weekly calls, how many go unanswered, your close rate and your average job. You get an estimate of revenue lost each month, and what you spent on ads for calls nobody picked up.

Count every call to the business line, including after-hours
Your phone system's call log shows this. Count voicemails as missed.
Of the callers you do talk to, how many become paying jobs
Typical ticket, not your biggest job
Google Ads cost divided by calls from ads. Leave 0 if you don't run ads.
How to get your numbers

Where the inputs come from

Calls per week

Your phone provider's call log or app. Use a normal week, not a holiday or storm week.

Share of calls missed

Unanswered plus voicemail, divided by total. If your system can't show it, count for one week on paper.

Close rate

Of new-customer calls you answer, how many book. Existing customers calling about an invoice don't count.

Ad cost per call

In Google Ads, divide cost by phone-call conversions for the same date range. If calls aren't tracked as conversions, that's the first thing to fix.

Why this is a starting point, not a verdict. Some missed callers call back, some were never going to buy, and some calls are spam. Treat the result as the size of the problem, then check it against your call log.

Not sure which calls come from your ads?

The HPM Google Ads audit checks whether calls are tracked, what each one costs and which searches trigger them. Same owner as this site.

Get the Google Ads audit
Questions

Questions owners ask

How is lost revenue calculated?

Missed calls per month (calls per week × 52 ÷ 12 × missed share) × close rate × average job value. Example: 40 calls a week, 25% missed, 30% close rate and a $450 job is about 43 missed calls, 13 lost jobs and $5,850 a month.

What counts as a missed call?

Any call nobody answered live: rang out, went to voicemail, or the caller hung up on hold. Voicemails count because many callers don't wait for a callback.

Does the calculator save my numbers?

No. It runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent anywhere.