Free Business Phone Number With an Answering Service
Search for a free business phone number with an answering service and you will find the same two half-offers everywhere: free number apps that hand you a number and let it ring your own pocket, and answering services that charge by the minute for a human to pick up a line you already pay for. Second Line is the whole offer in one: you claim a US business number for free, and Alice — our AI receptionist — answers it. 1,000 credits are included; after that it is $10/mo per 1,000 credits, or $49/mo with everything included.
Hear the answering service before you claim the number
Every service on this page can describe itself. Ours can pick up the phone. Call the live demo line at (272) 447-0013 right now — Alice answers, in English or Spanish, exactly the way she would answer for your business. Then imagine that voice on a number with your business name on it.
What the answering services that rank today actually charge
The legacy human answering services are built on per-minute billing: one long-standing service charges $20/mo plus $0.10 per minute of call diversion, and per-minute plans are the category standard — every chatty customer, every long intake, every wrong number runs the meter. The AI receptionist tools avoid the meter but start at $29–$150/mo and still make you bring or forward your own number. Second Line removes both bills at once: the number is free to claim, and the answering runs on flat monthly credits.
A free business phone number — that answers itself
A free business phone number on its own is easy to find; the apps give them away. What none of them gives you is the answer. When a customer calls a free app number, it rings the phone in your pocket — on the ladder, under the truck, in the middle of another job. When a customer calls your Second Line number, Alice answers on the first ring, every time, takes the details, books the work, and sends you the summary. Same free number. Completely different result.
How to get a free business phone number (that answers your calls)
- Claim your number — pick your Second Line number at aliceaihub.xyz/phone.html. It costs $0 and includes 1,000 credits.
- Tell Alice about your business — your name, services, prices, hours, and service area. She answers with your information, not a script.
- Put the number where customers look — your Google listing, truck, cards, and invoices. Keep your personal number personal.
- Read summaries, not voicemail — every call arrives as a finished summary with the job booked or the message taken.
A second phone number for business — with a receptionist on it
Owners shop for a second phone number for business to stop mixing customers into their personal phone. The usual methods — a carrier add-on line, a dual SIM, a VoIP app at $10–$50/mo — all end the same way: you, answering. Second Line is the second number with someone on it: a separate business line, answered by your AI receptionist, free to start.
What it costs — published, not hidden
Claim your number: $0, with 1,000 credits included. Then $10/mo per 1,000 credits — or $49/mo with everything included. Spanish-language answering is included at no per-call surcharge. (One competitor, Smith.ai, charges $1 extra per call for Spanish; some make you ask. With Alice it is simply on.) Full cost comparison: how much does a virtual receptionist cost?
What Alice does not do — stated plainly
Alice is a receptionist: she answers, informs, books, and summarizes. She does not dispatch your crews, promise arrival times or prices you have not approved, or handle true emergencies — for those she tells the caller to dial 911 and flags you immediately. Your judgment runs the business; Alice makes sure the phone never goes unanswered.
¿Prefieres español? Recepcionista virtual para negocios — la misma Alice, en español, incluida sin recargo.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get a business phone number for free?
Yes. With Second Line you claim a US business number for $0, and it includes 1,000 credits. The number is answered by Alice, our AI receptionist — that is the part the free number apps leave out. Their numbers ring your own pocket; this one answers itself.
What is the catch with free phone number apps?
The catches are printed in their own listings: ads in the app, numbers reclaimed if you go inactive, and some features — like using the number for verification codes — locked behind paywalls. And none of them answers the phone for your business. A free number that rings you is a second pocket to empty; a free number that answers is a receptionist.
How is this different from a traditional answering service?
The answering services that have ranked for this phrase for years charge per minute for human operators — one long-standing example is $20/mo plus $0.10 per minute of call diversion, and the clock runs on every call. Second Line is flat: the number is free, 1,000 credits are included, and after that it is $10/mo per 1,000 credits or $49/mo with everything included. No per-minute meter.
What does Alice actually do on a call?
She greets callers with your business name, answers your standard questions — services, prices, hours, service area — books the job or appointment with the details collected, and sends you a summary of every call. She answers in English or Spanish, with Spanish included at no per-call surcharge.
Do I have to give up my current number?
No. You claim a new business number and Alice works that line. Plenty of owners keep their personal number private and put the Second Line number on their truck, cards, and Google listing — the number customers call is the one that always answers.