Pricing
Short answer: You pay $1 per answered call, which includes the first 2 minutes, then $0.40 per minute, up to 30 minutes. Unanswered, busy and failed calls cost nothing. You start with a $5 prepaid balance. Auto-reload is off on your first payment; turn it on and it adds $10 when you drop below $2 (you can pick $2, $5, $10 or $20). Your balance never expires.
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$1 when someone answers, first 2 minutes included. Nothing if nobody picks up. Connecting asks for nothing.
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Read the transcript
Shop: Cedar Lane Tire and Brake, this is Dana.
CallForMe: Hi, this is an assistant calling for Alex, on a recorded line. I'm looking for a price on front brake pads for a 2019 Toyota RAV4, with and without rotors, and I'd also like to ask if you have any coupons available.
Shop: Wait, am I talking to a robot?
CallForMe: Yes, I'm an AI assistant calling for Alex. I need a quote on front brake pads for a 2019 Toyota RAV4, with and without rotors, and whether you have any coupons.
Shop: Okay. For a 2019 Toyota RAV4, front brake pads alone would be $199. If you want both front pads and rotors, the price is $412 out the door. We use OEM-grade pads with a one-year warranty. We also have a $20 coupon for first-time customers if Alex hasn't been here before. Would you like to book an appointment? Earliest opening is tomorrow at 10 a.m.
CallForMe: Not right now, thanks. Alex is just gathering quotes at this point. Thanks so much for the information, bye!
Add CallForMe to your agent, or call this shop yourself on its free demo line.
That was a real phone call, to one of our demo lines. On your phone? Email yourself the setup steps for later. Add CallForMe to your agent: one URL, and your agent can make calls like this.
The price
You pay when someone picks up. There's no charge when nobody answers, the line is busy, or it goes straight to voicemail with nothing to leave. If they pick up and hang up right away, that still counts as an answered call ($1).
| Answered call | $1, includes the first 2 minutes |
| After 2 minutes | $0.40 per minute |
| Longest call | 30 minutes ($12.20) |
| Unanswered, busy, or failed | $0 |
| Voicemail, no message left, reached in the first minute | $0 |
| Voicemail, no message left, after more than a minute of menus or hold | Billed like an answered call |
| A closed line's recording ("you've reached us after our normal business hours"), no person reached | $0 |
| A phone menu that never reaches a person (the system picks up, then hangs up or dead-ends) | Billed like an answered call: the line connected |
Voicemail, message left (you set voicemail_message) |
$1 |
| Demo lines (a pizza place, three auto shops and a gym, all fictional) | $0, up to 3 calls a day, 3 minutes each |
| First top-up | $5 |
| Auto-reload | $10 when balance drops below $2 (adjustable); off on your first payment, one toggle to turn on |
| Balance expiry | Never |
Ready to try it? Add CallForMe to your agent (nothing to pay until the first real call), or call a free demo line first to hear one.
Examples
What real calls have cost: of the 53 answered, billed calls customers placed through November 3, 2026, 29 (more than half) cost exactly $1, and the average was $1.74. The longer ones were holds with an agency or a sales line. How often calls get through: of the 72 calls customers placed in the 30 days to November 3, 2026, 68 connected to the business's line, 3 were declined and 1 number didn't work (all 4 free). 40 reached a person; the rest reached a phone menu or voicemail.
| Call | Length | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Ask a pharmacy about holiday hours | 2 min | $1.00 |
| Book a table | 1 min | $1.00 |
| Get a quote from a groomer | 4 min | $1.80 |
| Wait on hold, then ask about a fee | 12 min | $5.00 |
| Five quote calls, one no answer | 4 answered, 3 min each | $5.60 |
| Call around to 8 pharmacies about closing time, 6 answer | 6 answered, 2 min each | $6.00 |
| Airline hold, a person picks up at minute 18, 4 min talk | 22 min | $9.00 |
| Long hold that hits the limit | 30 min | $12.20 |
Formula: $1 + $0.40 for each minute past 2, rounded up to the next minute.
Hold time, plainly
Hold is billed like talk time once the call connects, so a long hold is where the cost is. Three things keep it predictable (more in how to keep your agent's calls on a budget):
- A hard cap. A call ends at 30 minutes, so no single call can cost more than $12.20.
- You can stop it. Your agent can
hang_upat any point, andget_callshows the running length while you wait. - Short hold, then patch-in. With
transfer_to, the assistant waits on hold and connects you when a person answers, so you never sit through the music yourself.
If a line usually holds longer than 30 minutes, call when it's quieter: first thing in the morning, mid-week.
Keeping spend in check
- Projected run-out. Your account page shows what you've spent lately and the day your balance runs out at that pace. Your agent sees the same thing with the
accounttool. - Usage emails. With a verified email and no auto-reload card, we email you when 75% and when 90% of the credit from your last top-up is used.
- Pause calls under an amount. Pick $1, $2, $5, $10 or $20 on your account page. Below it,
place_callandcall_aroundstop with a "calls are paused" message and a link to add credit, so an agent can't spend past the line you drew. - More ways to spend less: see AI phone calls on a budget.
When CallForMe isn't a fit
Some errands it won't do well, and it's better to know before you add credit:
- Calls where the business has to verify you. Banks, insurers, carriers and pharmacies often want the account holder's PIN, Social Security number or voice. The assistant can wait on hold and patch you in with
transfer_to, but you do the verifying. - Paying over the phone. It never reads out card numbers, so it can't pay a bill or put down a card deposit for you.
- Businesses outside the US and Canada. It only dials North American numbers, and it's built and tested for US businesses.
- Sales calls or campaigns. One errand at a time, at your direction, to a business or to someone who expects your call. No telemarketing, surveys or bulk outreach.
- Emergencies. Call 911, or the business, yourself.
- Very long holds. A call stops at 30 minutes. If a line usually holds longer, call at a quieter time or let the assistant patch you in.
- Late at night. A single call goes out whenever you ask, but between 10pm and 7am at the business it may be closed. If nobody answers or it goes straight to voicemail, it's free. A
call_aroundbatch waits for 7am at those places. - No AI assistant at all. CallForMe is a phone for an agent like ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor, and there's no separate app for tapping through a call. A free ChatGPT account is enough, so you may already have what you need.
What's free
plan_call: preview the call, checklist, likely questions, cost estimatefind_business: names, numbers, hours, open nowpricing- Calls that don't connect: no answer, busy, or a number that fails
- Voicemail reached in the first minute, when you didn't ask it to leave a message
- Calls to the demo lines, up to 3 a day with no payment, or 10 a day for accounts that have added credit (3 minutes each): Maple Street Pizza (469) 770-7412, Oak Street Auto (469) 402-2653, Cedar Lane Tire & Brake (469) 437-9838, Elm Avenue Garage (469) 300-6608 and Ironwood Fitness (469) 253-8241. All fictional; see the demo lines page.
- A business calling back on our line and leaving you a message
- Connecting your agent: one click, no card
- A call that fails because the business spoke another language: not charged, and CallForMe calls back once in that language (the callback is billed like any call)
call_aroundpreviews (dry_run), since nothing dials
A call_around batch is priced call by call, the same as above. max_spend_usd stops a batch at a dollar limit, and stop_after stops it once enough calls succeed.
Credit without a saved card
If your credit has no saved card behind it (creator credit, or auto-reload turned off), each call is capped at what your balance covers, so a call ends when the balance runs out instead of going negative. An account in that state can also have up to 30 unanswered calls a day.
Why prepaid
A $1 card charge loses a big share to card fees. A prepaid balance keeps the per-call price low. You add $5 once through Stripe Checkout, on the one setup link your agent shows at its first real call, and calls come out of that. Your card is saved for auto-reload, so you won't see that page again. Adding CallForMe to another agent links it to the same balance in one click.
Auto-reload
When your balance drops below $2 (or the amount you pick on your account page: $2, $5, $10 or $20), CallForMe adds $10 so a call doesn't fail halfway through a batch. It's off on your first payment. You can turn it on with one toggle on the setup page, right after paying, or on the account page, and off again the same way. Your agent can show you the link with the account tool. There are no subscriptions, tips or success fees; a call costs what the table above says.
Checking your balance
- MCP: the
accounttool - REST:
GET https://callforme.tel/v1/account - Web: the account page
Creator credits
If you make videos, newsletters or posts about AI agents, you can ask for credits. See the creator program.
Compared to other options
See best AI that makes phone calls for a side-by-side of prices, checked October 29, 2026.
Questions
Is there a subscription?
No. You add a prepaid balance and each call is deducted from it. There's no monthly fee.
Do planning and lookups cost anything?
No. plan_call, find_business and pricing are free to use, before or after you add a balance.
What if the call goes to voicemail?
Free when the call goes straight to voicemail (reached in the first minute) and you didn't ask it to leave a message. If the assistant spent more than a minute in a phone menu or on hold before landing in voicemail, it's billed like an answered call. If you set a voicemail_message and it leaves the message, that's an answered call too: $1 for the first 2 minutes.
Does hold time count?
Yes. Once the call connects, every minute counts, including the phone menu and hold. The first 2 minutes are in the $1, then it's 40 cents a minute. A call stops at 30 minutes, so the most a single call can cost is $12.20.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. Any agent can call the five demo lines (Maple Street Pizza, three auto shops and a gym, all fictional) for free with no payment, up to 3 calls a day (each demo call ends at the 3-minute mark). Creators can also ask for credits through the creator program.
Does unused credit expire?
No. Unused credit stays on your account until you use it.
What if the business hangs up or won't talk to an AI?
If nobody answers, you pay nothing. If someone answers and then refuses, it's an answered call and costs $1. The outcome says refused_ai so your agent can suggest calling yourself or patching you in.
Who do I contact about my balance?
Email hello@greatwork.company.
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