Phone calling
6 articles on how Phone calling teams use MAZ Assist to answer every inbound lead in seconds, book meetings, and grow revenue.
AI Receptionist Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs
A plain-English breakdown of AI receptionist pricing — per-minute rates, phone number fees, setup costs, and how it compares with a human receptionist or an answering service.
Call Recording, Transcripts & CRM Analytics — What's Included
Every MAZ Assist call — Human or AI — is recorded, transcribed, tagged with lead outcome, and pushed to your CRM. Here's how the pipeline works end-to-end.
How Top-Up Minutes Work (and When You'll Actually Need Them)
Your annual plan includes 20–2,000 free Human minutes and 6–500 free AI Voice minutes per month. Here's the math on when you'll go over — and how top-ups price out.
Local vs. Toll-Free: How to Choose Your Business Phone Number
Local DIDs pick up 30–50% more callbacks. Toll-free signals scale. Here's how to decide — and why most MAZ Assist customers claim one of each.
AI Voice Calling vs. Human Calling: When to Use Each
AI voice qualifies at scale for $0.30/min. Human dialing closes deals for $0.18/min. Here's the decision tree small teams use to route calls between them.
Get a Free Business Phone Number With Every AI Assistant Plan
Every annual MAZ Assist plan includes a free business phone number for the first year — one for Human calling, one for AI Voice. Here's how the entitlement works.