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An AI answering service for pest control businesses

Nobody takes a phone call in a loft full of wasps. Ringzel answers for you, in your company name, and gets the pest, the property and the address to you so the customer doesn't ring someone else.

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A wooden mousetrap baited with cheeseA wasp nest with wasps at the entranceA wood mouse on the ground outdoorsTimber damaged by woodwormA technician inspecting a vent inside a houseWasps on a nest under a roofA technician in protective clothing treating a room
Why calls get missed

Pest calls come in at the worst moments

A wasp nest by the back door, scratching in the ceiling at night, a restaurant manager who's spotted droppings before service. People calling about pests are often anxious and want an answer now.

When you're suited up, driving between jobs or up a ladder, the phone rings out. Your receptionist picks up, calms the conversation down with clear questions and gets you what you need to book the visit.

How a call runs

What your receptionist asks and does

It answers in your company name and tells the caller it's automated.

  1. Call comes in
  2. Answered in your name
  3. Your questions
  4. Your urgent rules
  5. Summary to you
  1. 01

    It asks your questions: what the pest is, where it's been seen, how long it's been going on, the address and postcode, whether it's a home or a business, and the best number to call back.

  2. 02

    It follows your rules on what's urgent.

    You decide which calls count as urgent: for example, you can set a caller who reports a wasp nest over a busy doorway to be flagged as urgent, while a quote for ongoing rodent control at a warehouse is taken as routine.

  3. 03

    It never gives treatment advice.

    It won't tell a caller how to deal with a nest, what products to use or whether something is safe. It passes on your instructions exactly as you've written them.

  4. 04

    If a caller describes an immediate danger to life, such as someone struggling to breathe after a sting, it tells them to call 999.

    For your own urgent jobs, it follows your urgent-call instructions and texts you straight away.

  5. 05

    Where it can't answer, it's upfront about it, takes a message with a callback time and marks it for your attention.

After every call

The job details, ready when you are

Every call comes back with a recording, a transcript, a summary and a check report. That's on every plan.

The summary gives you the pest, the property, the location and how urgent it is, so you can plan your route. The check report reviews whether the details were captured and whether urgent jobs followed your instructions.

  • Recording
  • Transcript
  • Summary
  • Check report
Your Ringzel accountIllustration
UrgentSummary

A wasp nest in the eaves above a child's bedroom window.

Pest
Wasps
Where
In the eaves, high up
Callback
Number taken
Recording
Transcript · “...there's a wasp nest right above my kids' bedroom window.”
Check report
Job details captured
yes
Urgent call escalated
yes
Told caller it's automated
yes
Urgent jobs

Example call scenario

Example call scenario. An illustration only, not a recording of a real customer call.

On a Saturday afternoon in July, a caller rings about a wasp nest in the eaves above his children's bedroom window.

Your receptionist answers in your company name, says it's automated and takes his address, postcode, where the nest is, how high up it is and his number. It doesn't suggest how to deal with the nest. The call matches the urgent-job rules you've set, so it follows your urgent-call instructions and texts you straight away.

You get the summary, the recording and the check report before you've climbed down from your current job.

  • It asks what the pest is and where
  • You decide what counts as urgent
  • It never gives treatment advice
  • Immediate danger to life: it tells the caller to call 999
Text to you, 15:12Illustration
UrgentMatched your urgent-job rule
Wasp nest above a bedroom window.
Caller
Homeowner
Address
Taken, with postcode
Treatment advice
None given
Recording
In your account
Ring backOpen summary
Example calls

More pest calls, handled

Example call scenarios. These are illustrations, not recordings of real calls.

RodentsExample call scenario

Noises in the loft

A homeowner rings about scratching in the loft at night.

Check report, after the call
  • Job details captured:yes
  • Told caller it's automated:yes
  • Escalation needed:no
  • Caller left with a next step:yes

What happens: It asks your questions about the pest and where it's been. It won't suggest how to deal with it.

CommercialExample call scenario

A commercial contract enquiry

A restaurant manager asks about regular pest control.

Check report, after the call
  • Job details captured:yes
  • Told caller it's automated:yes
  • Escalation needed:no
  • Caller left with a next step:yes

What happens: It takes the premises and what they've seen. On Professional and Premium, a survey can be booked into your calendar.

Out of scopeExample call scenario

A question it can't answer

A caller asks for something you haven't given it an answer to.

Check report, after the call
  • Didn't guess:yes
  • Message complete:yes
  • Callback time taken:yes
  • Flagged to you:yes

What happens: It says so, takes a message with a good time to call back and flags it for you. It doesn't bluff.

Website chat

Enquiries from your website, handled for you

Commercial customers often start with your website. Your bespoke AI chat widget answers them for you, so nobody needs to sit behind a live chat window.

A café owner messages through your site asking whether you offer contract pest control and what a first survey involves. The chat answers from your business information, finds out the size of the premises and what they've seen, and captures their details.

The transcript and a summary are saved in your Ringzel account. You can call them back or, where available, contact them on WhatsApp.

Chat with your business
Illustration
Do you offer contract pest control for a café? What does a first survey involve?
I can take the details for the team. How big are the premises, and what have you seen?
A small kitchen. Some droppings by the back door.
17:20 · Nobody from the business online
Saved to your Ringzel accountTranscript + summary

Café with a small kitchen, signs of rodents. Asked about a contract and a first survey.

Call backWhatsApp, where available
Professional and Premium

Booking and routing for bigger teams

On the Professional and Premium plans, your receptionist can do more.

  • It can book visits and surveys into the calendar slots you choose.
  • It can transfer a call to you or the office when a customer needs to speak to someone.
  • It can route calls across your team, so commercial contract enquiries go to one person and domestic call-outs go to the technician covering that area.

On Basic, your receptionist takes the details and you book the job.

ThursdayProfessional and Premium
+ New booking in your calendar
  • 09:00SurveyBooked
    Commercial kitchen
  • 12:30TreatmentBooked
    Wasp nest
  • 16:00Follow-upBooked
    Rodents
Transfer
Put through to you
Team routing
Commercial or domestic
Illustration
Try it free

Try it as one of your customers

Type in your business name and Ringzel builds a receptionist from your website and Google listing in about two minutes. Then talk to it in your browser: report a wasp nest, ask about mice in the kitchen, ask for a commercial quote.

No phone needed. No card.

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Pricing

Pricing for pest control businesses

From £99 a month with unlimited calls, so a busy wasp season doesn't change your bill. Professional, at £179 a month, adds booking, transfers and team routing. Premium is £299 a month. Every plan includes the recording, transcript, summary and check report for each call and a 14-day free trial with no card to start.

Basic

Answers and captures.

£99a month
Start free trial on Basic
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management
ProfessionalMost popular

Answers, books and routes.

£179a month
Start free trial on Professional
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management
Premium

Connects to the rest of your business.

£299a month
Start free trial on Premium
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management

14-day free trial on every plan. No card to start. The trial begins when you create your account. Cancel before day 14 and you owe nothing.

Working out your prices? Our guide on how to price pest control jobs prices treatments and contracts from your costs, with UK market and council prices to check against.

What customers say

Really happy with Ringzel. It was easy to get set up, and it's been working great for us at Art on Film. The whole experience has been refreshingly simple.

AO
Art on Film
Customer
Questions

Questions from pest control businesses

What is a pest control answering service?

It's a service that answers your calls when you can't. Ringzel's receptionist picks up in your company name, finds out the pest, the property and how urgent it is, and sends you the details.

Can an AI receptionist take pest control calls out of hours?

Yes. You forward the calls you can't take, including evenings and weekends, and it answers them, follows your instructions and flags urgent jobs.

Does it give customers treatment advice?

No. It never tells callers how to deal with pests or which products to use. It only passes on your instructions, exactly as written.

What happens if someone has been stung and is unwell?

If a caller describes an immediate danger to life, it tells them to call 999.

Can it book pest control visits?

Yes, on the Professional and Premium plans, into the slots you choose. On Basic, it takes the details and you book the visit.

Will customers know it's automated?

Yes. It tells every caller it's automated and never pretends to be you or a technician.

Can I keep my business number?

Yes. You keep your number and forward only the calls you can't take, whether you're busy, don't answer or are closed.

How much does it cost?

From £99 a month with unlimited calls. Professional, which adds booking, transfers and team routing, is £179 a month.

Stop losing pest jobs to a missed call

Build your receptionist in about two minutes and hear how it handles a panicked caller. When you're ready, start your 14-day free trial.

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