AI2Market — Laguna Beach, CA
Before you hire for the front desk, compare it with an AI team
See which tasks AI agents can take off your team, and which ones still need a person.
In short: The AI Staffing Plan is a free one-page plan from AI2Market. After a 15-minute call about your calls, messages and leads, we list each front-desk and follow-up task, mark it AI, person, or AI first and then person, and put a written AI quote next to the cost of a hire. It is an estimate, not a promise of savings.
Tasks AI agents handle well
Calls and messages answered at any hour.
New leads who asked for a call are called within minutes during calling hours.
Past customers who agreed to hear from you are re-engaged.
Bookings confirmed and reminded.
Every conversation logged in your CRM.
AI answers first, then hands off with notes.
Tasks that still need your people
Hard conversations, complaints and judgment calls
Clinical, legal or financial advice
Building long-term relationships with your best clients
Is an AI receptionist cheaper than hiring a receptionist?
It can be, for answering, follow-up and booking, but compare your own numbers. The BLS put median receptionist pay at $18.27 an hour in May 2025, before benefits, and benefits made up 30 percent of private-industry compensation costs in June 2026. AI2Market's free Staffing Plan puts a written AI quote next to your real hiring cost.
Cost comparison (fill in your own numbers)
Yearly cost of a hire = hourly wage × hours per week × 52 × (1 + payroll taxes and benefits ÷ 100)
$18.27 × 40 × 52 × (1 + 30 ÷ 100) = $49,402.08
| Cost factor | New hire | AI team |
|---|---|---|
| Hours covered | Your business hours | 24/7 |
| Base pay (wage × hours × 52) | $38,001.60 | Not applicable |
| Payroll taxes and benefits (30%) | $11,400.48 | Not applicable |
| Yearly cost of a hire | $49,402.08 | Quoted in writing in your free plan |
| Training and turnover | Your actual cost | Setup and monthly fee (quoted) |
| Sick days and vacation coverage | Needed | Not needed |
Defaults: $18.27 is the BLS median hourly wage for receptionists (May 2025). 30% is based on BLS employer costs for full-time private-industry workers (June 2026): benefits other than paid leave, compared with pay, which already includes paid time off. Use your own numbers. Estimate only.
The Staffing Plan fills this in with your numbers. It is an estimate, not a promise of savings.
How the Staffing Plan works
- 1
15-minute call about your calls, messages and leads.
- 2
We map each task to "AI", "person" or "AI first, then person."
- 3
You get a one-page plan with a quote you can compare with a hire.
Related pages
Want to hear how it sounds? See the AI receptionist on ai2market.com.
Have a list of past customers? See how reactivation works on ai2market.com.
Get your Free AI Staffing Plan
Tell us a little about your business. We'll build a plan you can compare with a hire.
Want to hear it first?
On the demo you'll hear our AI answer a live call.
How we keep it clean
Our AI says it is an AI.
Calls may be recorded, and the agent says so.
We only call or text people who said yes.
Every text includes STOP.
We send between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the contact's time zone.
We don't buy, rent or scrape contact lists.
You own your data and your call recordings.
About AI2Market
AI2Market is run by founder Jamie Mentzer in Laguna Beach, California.
Jamie builds and manages each AI system himself, so you talk to the person who builds it, not a sales team.
Frequently asked questions
- Will AI replace my staff?
- It doesn't have to. AI agents take repetitive work off your team, such as routine calls, message replies, booking and reminders, at any hour. Your people keep the conversations that need judgment, care or a relationship, and they get full notes whenever the AI hands something over. Our default plan is AI first, then a person.
- Is the comparison fair?
- We use your real wage and hours and show the formula. It's an estimate.
- What if AI can't handle something?
- It hands off to your team with full notes.
- How fast can we start?
- We plan for about a week from the day you approve the agent's answers, starting with one task such as after-hours calls. Texting can take longer, because carriers must approve business texting registration first. We review real conversations with you and add the next task once the first one works well.
- What does it cost?
- It's in your Staffing Plan, after the 15-minute call.