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Comparison

AI voice agents vs a call centre

When an AI voice agent beats an outsourced call centre, when it doesn't, and how most Indian businesses combine the two.

A call centre gives you humans on shifts; an AI voice agent gives you instant, consistent, 24/7 handling of the routine 70–80% of calls (bookings, status, FAQs, reminders) with per-minute pricing. The best setup for most Indian businesses is both: the voice agent takes the routine volume and hands the genuinely complex or emotional calls to people with a summary.

Why it works

What changes on day one

Coverage

Call centre: shifts, queues, attrition. Voice agent: every call, every hour, same quality.

Consistency

The agent never has a bad day, forgets the script or mishears a name it has seen before.

Cost model

Seats and shifts vs call minutes — you pay for conversations, not idle time.

Where humans win

Complaints, negotiations and sensitive conversations — the agent hands these off with context.

Hybrid setup
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How it works

Live in days, not quarters

Most teams take their first live call within three business days.

  1. 01

    Connect your number and tools

    Forward your existing line or port it in. Plug in your calendar, CRM and WhatsApp in a few clicks.

  2. 02

    Design the conversation

    Pick a voice, choose languages, and describe what the agent should do. Test it on a real call in minutes.

  3. 03

    Go live and watch it work

    Every call transcribed, every action logged, every handoff summarised. Tune from the dashboard as you learn.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Everything teams ask before their first call goes live.

Usually it replaces the routine volume and shrinks the queue, so your people spend time on calls that need them.

Live transfer to a person or team with a written summary of the call so far; the caller never repeats themselves.

Yes — hundreds of simultaneous calls without a queue.

Integrations

Works with the tools you already run

Connect your CRM, WhatsApp, calendar, payments and phone system in minutes. No rip-and-replace.

  • WhatsApp BusinessMessaging
  • Zoho CRMCRM
  • salesforce
    SalesforceCRM
  • HubSpotCRM
  • RazorpayPayments
  • Google CalendarScheduling
  • ZendeskHelpdesk
  • twilio
    TwilioTelephony
  • slack
    SlackAlerts
  • teams
    Microsoft TeamsAlerts
  • Google SheetsData
  • ZapierAutomation
Also works withPaytmPhonePeShopifyNotionGmailand a REST API for everything else.

Put an agent on your line this week

We set it up with you on the first call — in the languages your customers actually speak. No credit card, live in days.