How to get quotes from several businesses at once with AI

By Jake Marsh · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · 4 min read

Short answer: Ask your agent to call several businesses with the same goal and questions. With CallForMe, one call_around request finds the shops near you, calls 1 to 100 of them up to 10 at a time, and returns one table of prices and openings. Or your agent places up to 10 calls at once itself. Each answered call costs $1 for the first 2 minutes, then $0.40 a minute.

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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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If a business won't give a number at all, see why businesses won't quote over the phone for what to ask instead.

The short answer

Tell your agent what you need, where, and what you want to know. It looks up several businesses, calls each with the same questions, and hands you one table. You pick.

This is the kind of call that saves the most time. Five calls to five auto shops is an afternoon of hold music. Your agent can have them all going while you do something else.

The prompt

Be specific about the job and the questions:

Call 5 auto shops near 75024 and get a price and earliest slot for front brake pads and rotors on a 2019 Toyota RAV4. Ask if the price includes labor and whether they use OEM or aftermarket parts. My name is Chris. Don't book anything yet.

The fast way: call_around

With CallForMe connected, your agent can hand the whole job to call_around:

{
  "query": "auto repair",
  "near": "75024",
  "count": 5,
  "goal": "Get a price and earliest appointment for front brake pads and rotors on a 2019 Toyota RAV4. Don't book.",
  "details": "About 48,000 miles. Customer name Chris. Rear brakes not needed.",
  "questions": ["What's the total price for front pads and rotors?", "Does that include labor?", "OEM or aftermarket parts?", "What's the earliest appointment?"],
  "on_behalf_of": "Chris",
  "constraints": "Don't book or commit to anything."
}

CallForMe finds five open shops near 75024, calls them side by side, and get_batch returns one results table: each shop's status, summary, price, times and answers, plus the total spent. Add min_rating: 4 to skip low-rated shops, or max_spend_usd to cap the cost. More in the call around guide.

Doing it call by call

If your agent already has the numbers, or you want to pick the shops yourself, it can run the same flow one call at a time:

1. Finds the businesses. find_business with query: "auto repair" and near: "75024" returns names, phone numbers, ratings, and whether each is open now. Your agent picks five that are open.
2. Plans one call. plan_call shows the opening line and flags questions shops usually ask, like mileage or whether you need the rear brakes too. Your agent adds answers to details.
3. Places the calls. One place_call per shop, each with the same goal, details, and questions:

{
  "phone": "+19725550118",
  "business_name": "Legacy Auto Care",
  "goal": "Get a price and earliest appointment for front brake pads and rotors on a 2019 Toyota RAV4. Don't book.",
  "details": "About 48,000 miles. Customer name Chris. Rear brakes not needed.",
  "questions": [
    "What's the total price for front pads and rotors?",
    "Does that include labor?",
    "OEM or aftermarket parts?",
    "What's the earliest appointment?"
  ],
  "on_behalf_of": "Chris",
  "constraints": "Don't book or commit to anything."
}

4. Collects answers. get_call returns answers as a list in the same order as your questions (with null for anything a shop didn't answer), plus an outcome with type, price_quoted, earliest_available and next_steps. Because every call gets the same questions in the same order, the table lines up.
5. Builds the table.

Example result

Quick Stop didn't pick up, so that call cost nothing. Your agent might suggest Frisco Brake & Tire for price or Legacy for OEM parts, and offer to call back and book.

Why the same questions matter

If one shop quotes pads only and another quotes pads and rotors with labor, the table is useless. Putting the exact same questions list on every call makes the answers line up. Your agent should reuse one list for every call in the batch.

When to call back and book

Keep the quote calls quote-only. Add "Don't book anything" to constraints. Once you've picked, ask your agent to call the winner and book. That second call has a clear goal and is usually short.

Other things this works for

• Contractor quotes: plumbers, electricians, handymen
• Windshield replacement: totals with camera calibration
• Junk removal: price ranges for the same load
• House cleaning: the same home, described once
• Pet groomer: prices and openings for your dog's size
• Check product stock: who has it today
• Price check: same item, several stores
• Event venues: private rooms and minimum spend
• Suppliers and wholesalers: case prices, stock and lead times for your shop

What it costs

Each answered call is $1 for up to 2 minutes, then $0.40 a minute. Quote calls are usually short. Five answered calls of 2 minutes or less each is $5. If each runs 3 minutes, it is $7. Unanswered calls are free. See pricing.

Keep it friendly

Each business can get at most 3 calls a day from your account (6 once your account has added credit), and CallForMe caps calls to any one number across all users. That keeps batch calling from turning into a nuisance. If a business asks not to be called, CallForMe stops calling it for everyone.

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