The short answer: $329 to $999 per month, and here is every line of the math
As of July 2026, running your service business on an AI operations platform costs between $329 and $999 per month on Run with Jarvis — and unlike most vendors in this category, we publish every number. The plan prices, the included AI call minutes, the per-minute overage rates, and the annual discount are all listed on the pricing page, and this post walks through the math behind each one.
Why write a 2,800-word article about our own pricing? Because "AI operations" is a category where sticker shock and hidden fees are the norm, not the exception. Owners comparing an AI receptionist, a booking system, a CRM, and call tracking usually end up with four quotes, three "contact us for pricing" walls, and no way to compare totals. This guide exists so you can do that comparison on one page — including the questions you should ask any vendor, us included, before signing.
If you are still deciding whether AI answering is worth it at all, our ROI breakdown (linked at the end) makes that case; this post is purely about the dollars once you know you need it.
The four plans at a glance
Run with Jarvis is priced as four tiers. Each tier adds a system to the stack — call answering, booking, CRM/POS, call tracking, and finally the AI Brain that ties it together.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | AI minutes / mo | Overage | Systems included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Automation | $329 | $274 | 400 | $0.59/min | KeyBot, GetTimePad |
| Business System | $499 | $416 | 900 | $0.49/min | KeyBot Pro, GetTimePad, IntelliDrive |
| Growth Intelligence | $699 | $583 | 1,800 | $0.49/min | KeyBot Elite, GetTimePad, IntelliDrive, CallFlux |
| Jarvis OS | $999 | $833 | 2,500 | $0.49/min | KeyBot Elite, GetTimePad, IntelliDrive, CallFlux, Jarvis AI Brain |
That is the only table you need. Everything below unpacks what each row actually buys and how the per-minute math plays out at real call volumes.
Core Automation — $329/mo: answering and booking
Core Automation is the entry point: AI answers your phones and books your jobs — 24/7, bilingual. For $329 a month you get:
- KeyBot AI call answering — the AI receptionist that picks up every call (learn more at thekeybot.com)
- GetTimePad booking system — the calendar the AI books into (see gettimepad.com)
- 400 AI call minutes per month
- Bilingual answering (English and Spanish)
- SMS notifications
- Appointment scheduling
- Customer intake forms
- Basic reporting
The plan is built for a business whose single biggest leak is the phone: calls missed during jobs, after hours, or on weekends. If you have ever wondered what actually happens to your 11 PM callers, our after-hours call playbook (linked at the end of this post) walks through that scenario in detail — Core Automation is the tier that fixes it.
Who it fits: solo operators and small teams handling up to roughly 80–130 AI-answered calls a month (assuming a typical 3–5 minutes per call, 400 minutes covers that range).
Business System — $499/mo: the full operating system
Business System is the most popular tier for a reason: it is where the platform stops being "an answering service" and becomes an operating system. The plan description says it plainly: full operating system with CRM, POS, invoicing, and smart dispatch. For $499 a month you get everything in Core Automation, plus:
- KeyBot Pro — advanced call routing
- IntelliDrive CRM + POS — customer records, point of sale, and job management (see intellidriveos.com)
- 900 AI call minutes per month (more than double Core)
- Invoicing and payment links
- Inventory management
- Technician dispatch
- QuickBooks / Square sync
The jump from Core to Business System is the jump from "the AI answers and books" to "the AI answers, books, and the job flows into a CRM where it gets dispatched, invoiced, and paid." If you run more than one tech, the dispatch piece alone changes your day — we cover why in our guide to CRM and dispatch software for multi-tech teams.
Who it fits: teams of two or more techs, roughly 180–300 AI-answered calls a month, and any business tired of re-typing customer data between a booking tool, a CRM, and an invoicing app.
Growth Intelligence — $699/mo: know where every call came from
Growth Intelligence adds the measurement layer. For $699 a month, you get everything in Business System, plus:
- KeyBot Elite — priority queues
- CallFlux call tracking
- 1,800 AI call minutes per month
- Ad source attribution
- Conversion analytics
- Call recording and transcription
- Campaign ROI dashboards
This is the tier for anyone spending real money on Google Ads, LSA, or any paid channel and guessing at what works. Call tracking answers "which ad made the phone ring"; attribution ties that call to the booked job and the collected payment. If that chain is fuzzy in your business today, our call tracking and attribution guide explains the mechanics — Growth Intelligence is where the platform does it for you. (Locksmiths wanting the full end-to-end stack picture should also see our locksmith automation stack guide.)
Who it fits: businesses running paid acquisition, roughly 360–600 AI-answered calls a month, and owners who want recordings and transcripts of every AI conversation.
Jarvis OS — $999/mo: the AI Brain on top
Jarvis OS is the complete stack. For $999 a month you get everything in Growth Intelligence, plus:
- Jarvis AI Brain
- 2,500 AI call minutes per month
- Natural language commands — ask questions, get answers, take action
- Autonomous workflow engine
- Revenue optimization AI
- Proactive recommendations
- Priority onboarding and support
The AI Brain is the piece that turns four connected systems into one that talks back. Instead of opening dashboards, you ask: how much revenue did we collect today? Which tech closed the highest-ticket jobs this week? Send follow-up reminders to unpaid invoices. For a deeper look at what that layer actually does day to day, read what an AI employee is for service businesses — and for the Brain working the other direction, reaching out instead of answering, see our piece on AI outbound follow-up.
Who it fits: established operations handling roughly 500–830 AI-answered calls a month that want automation, not just answering.
The overage math, worked out
Every plan includes a monthly pool of AI call minutes. Go over, and you pay per minute: $0.59/min on Core Automation, $0.49/min on everything else. Here is what that looks like at real usage levels.
Example 1 — 500 minutes on Core Automation ($329, 400 included):
- 400 minutes included, 100 minutes over
- 100 × $0.59 = $59 in overage
- Total for the month: $388
Example 2 — 700 minutes on Core Automation:
- 300 minutes over × $0.59 = $177 in overage
- Total: $506 — which is more than Business System's $499 flat with 900 minutes. This is your signal to move up a tier.
Example 3 — 1,200 minutes on Business System ($499, 900 included):
- 300 minutes over × $0.49 = $147 in overage
- Total: $646 — still under Growth Intelligence's $699.
Example 4 — 1,500 minutes on Business System:
- 600 minutes over × $0.49 = $294 in overage
- Total: $793 — now above Growth Intelligence's $699 with 1,800 minutes. Move up.
Example 5 — 2,200 minutes on Growth Intelligence ($699, 1,800 included):
- 400 × $0.49 = $196 in overage
- Total: $895 — still under Jarvis OS at $999. But at 2,500+ minutes, Jarvis OS wins on price alone and adds the AI Brain.
The break-even cheat sheet
Ignoring features entirely and looking purely at dollars per minute:
- Core → Business System: above ~690 minutes/month, Business System is cheaper ($170 price gap ÷ $0.59 ≈ 288 overage minutes past the 400 included).
- Business System → Growth Intelligence: above ~1,310 minutes/month, Growth wins ($200 gap ÷ $0.49 ≈ 408 minutes past 900).
- Growth Intelligence → Jarvis OS: above ~2,410 minutes/month, Jarvis OS wins ($300 gap ÷ $0.49 ≈ 612 minutes past 1,800).
In practice, most owners tier up before the pure-dollar break-even, because each tier's added systems (CRM, dispatch, call tracking, AI Brain) carry their own value. But the cheat sheet keeps the decision honest: you should never be paying meaningful overage month after month.
A worked example: pricing a real month
Take a two-truck locksmith averaging 260 answered calls a month at roughly four minutes each — about 1,040 AI minutes. Priced out:
- On Core Automation: $329 + (1,040 − 400) × $0.59 = $329 + $377.60 = $706.60. Clearly the wrong tier — the overage alone is more than the plan.
- On Business System: $499 + (1,040 − 900) × $0.49 = $499 + $68.60 = $567.60. Comfortable, and the business gets IntelliDrive's CRM, dispatch, and invoicing in the bargain.
- On Growth Intelligence: a flat $699 with 760 minutes of headroom — worth the extra $131 only once the shop is spending on ads and needs CallFlux attribution to manage that spend.
Verdict for this shop: Business System monthly at first, switching to annual ($416/mo, saving $996/year) once the volume proves stable. That is the whole method — your call log, four minutes a call, and the table above.
Three sizing mistakes that quietly cost owners money
Mistake 1: Buying the tier by feature envy instead of call volume. The Jarvis AI Brain demo is genuinely impressive, but if you are answering 90 calls a month, Jarvis OS's 2,500 minutes will sit mostly unused while you pay $999 for capabilities your operation is not ready to feed. Start where your minutes are; the higher tiers are still there when your volume is.
Mistake 2: Staying on Core with chronic overage. The inverse error is stubbornness. If you have paid $100+ in overage two months running (about 170 extra minutes at $0.59), you are past the ~690-minute break-even and donating money — Example 2 above showed 700 minutes on Core costing $506 against Business System's flat $499 with an entire CRM included. Recurring overage is not a badge of growth; it is a mispriced plan.
Mistake 3: Never revisiting the annual switch. Monthly billing is the right way to start — it keeps the platform accountable. But owners routinely stay on monthly for a year out of inertia, forfeiting $660–$1,992 depending on tier. A good rule: after three consecutive months on the same tier with no overage surprises, move to annual and bank the roughly two months free.
Annual billing: the real savings math
Annual billing drops the effective monthly price on every plan:
- Core Automation: $329 → $274/mo — $3,288/year instead of $3,948. You save $660.
- Business System: $499 → $416/mo — $4,992/year instead of $5,988. You save $996.
- Growth Intelligence: $699 → $583/mo — $6,996/year instead of $8,388. You save $1,392.
- Jarvis OS: $999 → $833/mo — $9,996/year instead of $11,988. You save $1,992.
Across all four tiers that works out to roughly 17% off — close to two months free every year. If you have run the numbers, validated the fit on a monthly plan, and know the platform is staying, annual is the obvious move: on Jarvis OS it is nearly $2,000 a year back in your pocket.
How to pick your tier by call volume
Minutes are the honest sizing metric, but most owners think in calls. Using a conservative 3–5 minutes per AI-handled call:
- Under ~100 calls/month (up to ~400 minutes): Core Automation, $329. You get answering and booking — the two functions that stop revenue leaks.
- ~150–300 calls/month (~600–1,000 minutes): Business System, $499. You clear Core's minute ceiling and you almost certainly have multiple jobs in flight that need CRM, dispatch, and invoicing.
- ~350–600 calls/month (~1,200–2,000 minutes): Growth Intelligence, $699. At this volume you are marketing actively, and knowing which channel produces booked jobs is worth more than the price gap.
- ~500+ calls/month (~2,000+ minutes): Jarvis OS, $999. The minute pool fits, and at this scale the AI Brain's automation and proactive recommendations compound.
Not sure where you land? Pull your phone bill or call log for the last 90 days, average the monthly answered-call count, multiply by four minutes, and compare against the included pools. Or book a demo and we will size it with you against your actual call history.
The hidden-cost questions to ask ANY vendor (including us)
The list price is rarely the whole price in this category. Before you sign with anyone — Run with Jarvis or a competitor — get written answers to these:
- What exactly counts as a billable minute? Ring time? Voicemail? Transferred calls? A vendor that cannot answer precisely will surprise you on the invoice.
- What is the overage rate, and is it published? Ours is $0.59/min on Core and $0.49/min elsewhere, in writing. "We'll work with you on overages" is not a rate.
- Are there per-seat or per-user fees? Per-seat pricing quietly doubles as you grow. Ask what adding your fifth tech costs.
- Is there a setup or onboarding fee? Some platforms charge four figures before the first call is answered. Get the number up front.
- What is the contract term and cancellation policy? Monthly-vs-annual should be your choice (with the discount as the incentive), not a 24-month lock-in buried in the order form.
- Which features are actually in my tier? "Includes CRM" sometimes means "includes a CRM upsell." Ask for the feature list of your tier in writing — ours is itemized per plan above.
- What do integrations cost? If QuickBooks or Square sync is a paid add-on elsewhere, factor it in. On Business System and up, it is included.
- What does per-tool sprawl cost you in total? If you are pricing an answering service + a booking tool + a CRM + call tracking separately, add up all four invoices and the hours spent stitching them together. Our comparison of all-in-one vs point solutions walks through why the stitched-together stack usually costs more than it looks — as does our multi-tech CRM and dispatch guide for the operational side.
- What is the cost of the status quo? The most expensive line item in this whole analysis is usually the one that never appears on an invoice: the missed calls. The U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov) has long emphasized how thin small-business margins are — and for a service business, a handful of missed emergency calls a month can exceed the entire software subscription. That is the baseline every price above should be compared against.
What this replaces (and why the comparison is usually lopsided)
A useful final gut-check: list what you are paying today for the functions each tier covers. A typical service business piecing this together separately carries some combination of a human answering service billed per call or per minute, a scheduling tool, a CRM subscription, an invoicing product, and a call-tracking platform — plus the owner's own after-hours labor, which is real even though it is unpaid. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov) makes one thing clear without needing a precise figure: any solution involving human overnight coverage costs multiples of any software subscription discussed here.
Against that stack, $329–$999/mo for one connected system is not just simpler — it is very often the cheaper total. If you are a locksmith or mobile service operator wanting the full picture of what a modern stack looks like end to end, our locksmith automation stack guide lays it out system by system.
Related reading
Pricing is only half the decision — the other half is knowing what the systems actually do for you day to day. Continue with how AI appointment booking works, see the revenue side of the equation in the AI receptionist ROI guide, or fix your biggest leak first with the after-hours call playbook. When you are ready to size a plan against your real call volume, book a demo — we will do the math from this article with your numbers.
