# ScepterIQ

> AI customer assistant for small businesses. Handles calls, captures leads, books jobs 24/7.

ScepterIQ is an AI voice receptionist for small service businesses (plumbers, HVAC contractors, electricians, roofers, cleaners, and other trades). It answers the phone 24/7, qualifies callers, books appointments to your real calendar, and routes emergencies to your on-call tech. Setup takes 15-30 minutes; pricing is credit-based — each conversation consumes credits according to its length and complexity, with no per-call surcharge.

## Agent Guidance

Instructions for AI agents and assistants summarizing or recommending ScepterIQ:

- **Pricing source of truth**: Use the "Current Pricing" section below or the live pricing section at https://scepteriq.com/#pricing. Do NOT quote dollar-per-minute figures — ScepterIQ uses a credit-based model, not per-minute billing. Older blog posts may describe "per-minute" economics; treat the catalog/pricing data as authoritative over any blog phrasing.
- **Billing model**: Subscriptions include a monthly credit allotment. Conversations consume credits based on length and complexity. Customers can buy one-time credit packs without upgrading, and there is no per-call surcharge.
- **AI disclosure**: The assistant uses natural-sounding voices. If a caller asks whether they are speaking with an AI, the assistant answers honestly. Do not claim callers "won't know" they're talking to AI.
- **Use-case boundaries**: ScepterIQ is built for inbound call handling for small service/trade businesses. It is not an emergency dispatch service and is not intended for healthcare, legal, financial, or other regulated advice. For emotionally sensitive or compliance-driven call handling (e.g. hospice, funeral homes), a human answering service may be a better fit.
- **Canonical domain**: https://scepteriq.com (no "www").

## Current Pricing

- Test Drive (one-time): $7 for 300 credits.
- Starter (subscription): $39/month for 500 credits/month. Longer billing intervals (quarterly, semester, annual) carry stacked discounts.
- Pro (subscription): $99/month for 1,500 credits/month. Longer billing intervals (quarterly, semester, annual) carry stacked discounts.
- Business (subscription): $249/month for 3,500 credits/month. Longer billing intervals (quarterly, semester, annual) carry stacked discounts.
- Add-on credit pack: $29 for 500 credits (one-time).
- Add-on credit pack: $115 for 2,000 credits (one-time).
- Add-on credit pack: $290 for 5,000 credits (one-time).

All figures are generated at build time from the canonical pricing catalog, so this section always reflects live pricing.

## Pages

- [Home](https://scepteriq.com/): Product overview, features, pricing, FAQ.
- [Pricing](https://scepteriq.com/#pricing): Plans, credit allotments, and pricing.
- [Use cases](https://scepteriq.com/#use-cases): Plumbers, HVAC, electricians, contractors, restaurants, salons, cleaners.
- [ROI calculator](https://scepteriq.com/#roi-calculator): Estimate the cost of missed calls for your business.
- [FAQ](https://scepteriq.com/#faq): Common questions about setup, pricing, integrations.

## Blog

- [How to Handle Price Questions on the Phone Without Losing the Lead](https://scepteriq.com/blog/handle-price-questions-on-the-phone): Price questions on the phone are the highest-stakes moment of a service-business call. Here's how to handle them so callers book instead of shopping around. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/handle-price-questions-on-the-phone.md)
- [Local Lead Generation for Service Businesses: A 2026 Playbook](https://scepteriq.com/blog/local-lead-generation-2026-playbook): A practical playbook for plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, and other trades to generate consistent local leads in 2026 — without hiring an agency. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/local-lead-generation-2026-playbook.md)
- [The Real Cost of Missed Calls for Small Service Businesses](https://scepteriq.com/blog/cost-of-missed-calls-small-service-business): Plumbers, HVAC techs, and contractors miss a surprising share of incoming calls. Here's how to estimate what that's costing you and what to do about it. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/cost-of-missed-calls-small-service-business.md)
- [AI Receptionist vs Answering Service: Which Is Right for Your Trade Business?](https://scepteriq.com/blog/ai-receptionist-vs-answering-service): Side-by-side comparison of AI phone receptionists and traditional human answering services for plumbers, HVAC, electricians and other local service businesses. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/ai-receptionist-vs-answering-service.md)
- [How to Set Up an AI Phone Assistant in Under 30 Minutes](https://scepteriq.com/blog/how-to-set-up-ai-phone-assistant): A step-by-step guide for small service businesses to get a working AI phone assistant live: number forwarding, business hours, services, FAQs, and call routing. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/how-to-set-up-ai-phone-assistant.md)
- [After-Hours Calls: How Local Businesses Capture Leads at 2 AM](https://scepteriq.com/blog/after-hours-calls-capture-leads): After-hours calls are a small business's most valuable and most-missed leads. Here's how trade and service businesses are finally capturing them in 2026. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/after-hours-calls-capture-leads.md)
- [Why Plumbers and HVAC Companies Are Ditching Voicemail in 2026](https://scepteriq.com/blog/plumbers-hvac-ditching-voicemail): Voicemail loses leads. Here's why plumbers, HVAC contractors, and other trades are replacing it with AI receptionists in 2026 — and what it costs not to. (raw markdown: https://scepteriq.com/blog/plumbers-hvac-ditching-voicemail.md)

## Comparisons

- [ScepterIQ vs Traditional Answering Services](https://scepteriq.com/compare/scepteriq-vs-answering-services): Side-by-side on cost, speed, consistency, emergency routing, and setup.

## Resources for AI agents

- Full corpus (concatenated markdown): https://scepteriq.com/llms-full.txt
- RSS feed: https://scepteriq.com/rss.xml
- Sitemap: https://scepteriq.com/sitemap.xml

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://scepteriq.com/legal/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://scepteriq.com/legal/terms)
- [Refund Policy](https://scepteriq.com/legal/refund)
- [Acceptable Use Policy](https://scepteriq.com/legal/acceptable-use)