See the math.
Where every figure on our homepage comes from. Start with your own business — every number is yours to change — then see how each part is worked out.
What your phone costs you
Change any number to match your business
Busy line, lunch, after closing and weekends.
People who haven’t done business with you yet.
Not every call becomes a customer, so this is less than a customer is worth.
- A receptionist
- $39,857 a year
- Calls she still can’t answer
- $63,000 a year
Your phone costs you
$103,000 a year
That’s about 13 new customers a month calling someone else instead.
Aevon, even at our highest price
$26,000 a year
An estimate from the numbers on the left, not a measurement of your business. We work out your exact number on the call.
Pick a time for the callWhat a full-time receptionist costs in Florida
- Median wage, Florida$17.70 an hour, full-time
- $36,810
- Employer payroll taxesSocial Security and Medicare (7.65%), federal and Florida unemployment on the first $7,000
- + $3,047
- One receptionist, per year
- $39,857
- Aevon, first year at our highest price$2,000 a month, plus a setup of up to one month’s rate
- $26,000
Wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, receptionists and information clerks, Florida. Benefits are not included, so a real hire costs more.
How the unanswered-call estimate is built
Calls a day, times 22 working days and 12 months, times the share that goes unanswered, times the share of callers who are new, times the share of those who call someone else and don’t come back, times what a new caller is worth. The calculator above starts from these typical numbers for each kind of business; they are not measurements of yours.
| Business | Calls a day | Unanswered, with a receptionist | Unanswered, team answers | New callers | A new caller is worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home services | 15 | 20% | 40% | 40% | $400 |
| Roofing & contractors | 8 | 20% | 45% | 50% | $800 |
| Law firm | 12 | 15% | 35% | 40% | $1,000 |
| Insurance agency | 20 | 15% | 30% | 25% | $600 |
| Property management | 25 | 20% | 40% | 10% | $1,500 |
| Veterinary clinic | 40 | 25% | — | 20% | $400 |