Hours of office work, done in minutes of talking. Even when you're cutting in a ceiling line with a full brush.
Every inquiry gets answered and booked for an estimate while you paint: the living room and hallway, the full exterior before the weather turns, the cabinet refinish. Quotes, color confirmations, paint orders, invoices and payment follow-ups go out on their own. It's a 24/7 AI Office Manager you run safely, hands-free, from the van.
- From $49/month
- No annual commitment
- Keeps your own number
- Confirmed the Carlsons' colors in writing before tomorrow's start
- Sent the Moreno invoice, $3,240, with a payment link
- Exterior quote for the Lindqvists, waiting for your OK
Where a painting business loses work
Painting runs on estimates. Exterior season is short, so spring and early fall calls pile up while you're on a ladder or in the middle of a wall, and homeowners usually book the first painter who comes out to look.
of painters are self-employed, so in most painting businesses the person on the ladder is also the one who has to answer the phone.
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, painters (2025) 1is the normal range homeowners pay for interior painting, a steady job you can book all year.
HomeAdvisor (Angi) interior painting cost guide 2is the normal range for painting a home's exterior, and those calls bunch up in a short season.
HomeAdvisor (Angi) exterior painting cost guide 3What it does for a painter
It isn't an answering service. Calls are one job out of many. It's an AI Office Manager that does the office work itself, around the clock, and checks with you on anything that matters.
- Answers and books every estimateIt asks your questions: interior or exterior, which rooms or how many stories, the condition of the walls or siding, when they'd like it done. It books the estimate visit on the live call with a text confirmation.
- Sends quotes with the details that matterSay the rooms, the prep, the product and the price. It writes the quote with surfaces, coats and sheen spelled out, sends it and follows up until the homeowner decides.
- Locks in colors before you startIt collects color names and codes, sheen and which wall gets the accent, and gets the homeowner's written OK, so nobody changes their mind after the first coat.
- Orders paint and supplies"Twelve gallons of exterior satin in Alabaster, two gallons of trim semi-gloss, a case of caulk and four rolls of tape for pickup at 7." It sends the order to your paint store and tells you when it's ready.
- Works around the weatherWhen rain or cold pushes an exterior, it texts the homeowner the new date and moves your next interior job up so the crew stays busy.
- Invoices and chases paymentDeposits go out on a signed quote and the final invoice after the walkthrough, through your own Stripe, QuickBooks or Xero, with reminders until it's paid.
- Handles property managers and buildersIt takes turnover requests from property managers and new-build schedules from builders, checks your calendar and confirms or flags the conflict.
And the rest of the office
Beyond the work above, it runs the everyday office for you, and you run it by talking to it.
- Answers calls 24/7
- Books jobs on the live call
- Calls back missed calls
- Texts customers and crew
- Reads and replies to email
- Runs your calendar
- Quotes and estimates
- Invoices
- Payment reminders
- Follows up on open quotes
- Orders from suppliers, even on their websites
- Asks for reviews
- Spoken daily briefing
- Asks before anything that matters
- Undo window on what it sends
- Hands-free voice, safely in the van
How it books an exterior estimate, then sends the quote
Two example conversations, written to show how it works. They are not recordings of real customers. The first is a homeowner at 7:50 pm. The second is you, the next day, after the estimate.
7:50 pm: a homeowner calls
5:45 pm next day: you, after the estimate
You stay in charge
It works for you, not around you.
You set the rules
Tell it, in plain words, what needs your OK first: prices over a set amount, new customers, anything you like.
Undo before it goes
Emails, texts and invoices wait in a short undo window before they leave.
Your number, your line
Calls and texts run on your own Twilio or Telnyx account. You keep the number.
Honest with callers
If anyone asks, it says plainly that it's an AI Office Manager for your business.
What is the office work costing you?
Answer a few questions about your calls, quotes and invoices. You'll see the hours you'd get back each week, the work you'd keep, what an office hire would cost instead, and which plan fits. Every assumption shows its source, and you can change it.
Priced below a part-time office hire
Start on your own, or hand over the whole office. Each plan adds seats for your team, more capacity and faster processing. Most owners pick Growth.
Office admin: BLS median receptionist pay of $18.27 an hour plus required payroll costs, about $41,800/year 4.
Starter
or $35/mo billed annually, founding price
To try it on your own, at low volume.
- The 24/7 AI Office Manager: calls, estimates, quotes, color confirmations, invoices, payment reminders, paint orders, email and texts
- 1 seat (just you)
- Standard monthly capacity
- 1:1 setup call, booked right after checkout
- +10% capacity on founding annual billing
- Upgrade required for additional usage
- Instant AI callback on every lead Growth
- AI call summaries and transcripts Growth
- Jobber sync and morning crew texts Growth
- Priority processing Growth
- Connect your own AI tools (MCP) Growth
Growth
or $79/mo billed annually, founding price
3 seats for about $33 each, against $49 for Starter's one.
Everything in Starter, plus:
- Instant AI callback on every lead
- AI call summaries and transcripts
- Jobber sync
- Each crew member texted their jobs every morning
- 3 seats: you, your office person and a crew lead
- Share the plan your way: one pool for everyone, or set each person’s share
- More monthly capacity than Starter
- Purchase additional usage
- Priority processing
- Connect your own AI tools over MCP
- +20% capacity on founding annual billing
Scale
or $299/mo billed annually, founding price
About $13/day, against about $115/day for an office hire.
Everything in Growth, plus:
- CRM with power dialer
- Dispatch board with auto-reassign
- End-of-day crew summary
- AI call tags and voicemail transcripts
- Leads texted to you
- SEO, AEO and GEO for your site
- Weekly reports
- Auto-replies to 5-star reviews
- Custom site edits
- 10 seats for the whole team
- Share the plan your way: one pool for everyone, or set each person’s share
- The highest capacity, to run the whole office on it
- The fastest processing tier
- Extra seats $24/mo instead of $29
- +30% capacity on founding annual billing
- Add Do It For Me any time: we run it for you (custom quote)
Every plan includes a 1:1 setup call, booked right after checkout. Extra seats are $29/mo on Starter and Growth, $24/mo on Scale. Move up a plan any time: your new month starts that day, and the unused part of your old plan comes off the first charge. Annual founding prices add the extra capacity shown for as long as you stay. You bring your own Twilio or Telnyx account for calls and texts; we don't sell phone numbers.
Questions painting contractors ask
Is this just an answering service?
No. Answering calls is one thing it does. It's a 24/7 AI Office Manager that does the office work itself: it books estimates, sends quotes, locks in colors, orders paint and supplies, invoices and chases payments, handles email and texts, and tells you what it did.
Is there an AI receptionist for painters?
Yes, and Unmanually goes further than a receptionist. The AI Office Manager answers every call to your painting business, asks your estimate questions (interior or exterior, rooms or stories, wall or siding condition, timing), books the estimate on the live call and texts the confirmation. Then it writes and sends your quotes, collects color and sheen choices, invoices and chases payment.
Can it tell me which calls came from which ad, like a call tracking service?
It is not a call-tracking number service. It answers the call itself, and you can have it ask every new caller how they heard about you, so each booked estimate is logged with its source. On Growth you also get an AI summary and transcript of every call; Scale adds AI call tags.
Can it price a room over the phone?
Only if you want it to. Some painters give it a per-room or per-square-foot range for simple interiors; most have it book a free estimate and send your quote after you've seen the walls.
What happens when rain cancels an exterior day?
You say "rain day" and it texts that homeowner the new date, offers your next interior job an earlier start, and moves your paint pickup to match.
Does it help with commercial and repaint work for property managers?
Yes. It takes unit turnover requests, confirms access and move-out dates, sends your per-unit price and invoices the management company on their terms.
Do I have to change my phone number?
No. You connect your own Twilio or Telnyx account and your business number runs through it. We don't sell or provide numbers, so the line stays yours.
Will customers know they're talking to an AI?
If anyone asks, it says so plainly. When a caller wants you personally, it takes the details and lets you know right away, or puts them through if you've said to.
How does setup work?
Tell it how you work in plain words, out loud or typed: how you price interiors and exteriors, the paint lines you use, your hours, your service area and what needs your OK. Every plan includes a 1:1 setup call, booked right after checkout: in about 30 minutes we connect your email, calendar, invoicing and phone line with you and check it works the way you do. After that, you change anything by telling it.
Which plan should I pick?
Most owners pick Growth. You get 3 seats, so your office person and a crew lead each get their own login, and when a busy month pushes past your capacity you can purchase additional usage on the spot (Starter requires an upgrade). Starter is the entry plan for trying it alone at low volume. Painters running several crews who hand over the whole office get the most from Scale: 10 seats, the highest capacity and the fastest tier. You can move up any time: your new month starts that day, and the unused part of your old plan comes off the first charge.
Hear it answer and book a job on your own phone
Unmanually is an AI Office Manager that works 24/7 and that you run by voice from your phone. Leave your mobile number and the AI Office Manager calls you right away, the same way it would call back one of your customers. That call is the demo: it answers, books you a 15-minute time with the founder and follows up.
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