How much does AI website chat cost?

$299 setup, then $149 per month flat — never per conversation. If you already use our AI phone answering, chat is $79 per month because the knowledge base is shared.

Does the chat box quote prices or book jobs on its own?

No. It answers from information you approve — hours, services, policies — and captures name and number when someone is interested. It does not confirm appointments or prices you have not explicitly allowed.

What does Aakar Tech do?

Aakar Tech is a founder-run digital studio in Abbotsford, BC. We design and build websites, set up AI phone answering, improve local SEO and Google Business listings, and automate review asks for trades and local service businesses across the Fraser Valley.

Do you only work with Abbotsford businesses?

Abbotsford is home base, but we regularly work with shops across Chilliwack, Langley, Surrey, Mission, Maple Ridge, and the wider Fraser Valley. Remote kickoffs are fine — most of the work is digital.

How much does a website cost?

Every project gets a flat written price before work starts. Scope depends on pages, content, booking or quote forms, and whether you also want AI phone or SEO. Book a free check-up and you’ll get a clear number — not a vague range.

What is the free check-up?

A short review of your missed calls, website, and Google listing. You’ll hear what’s leaking jobs and what to fix first. If things look solid, we’ll say so — no pressure pitch.

Can you set up AI phone answering for my business?

Yes. We configure AI reception so after-hours and missed calls still get answered, job details are captured, and your team gets a text when the call ends. Built on the same stack as GreetQ, our own AI phone product.

I tried an AI tool before and it didn't stick. Why is this different?

Usually the tool was fine and the setup never happened — configuring it became another job for the busiest person in the building. We build the workflow for you, run it on your real customers first, and only automate work that is rule-shaped enough to run without you checking it. Judgement calls stay with you on purpose.

What can you actually automate in my business?

The repeating admin that eats evenings: generating and chasing invoices, routing new enquiries so nothing is lost, day-3 and day-7 quote follow-ups, instant alerts when a high-value request comes in, and new-customer welcome, booking and reminder flows. We map your week first, then automate the one costing you the most hours.

Harman — the founder who designs and builds the work. No junior handoffs and no account-manager chain.

Can you set up private AI for law firms and clinics in BC?

Yes, and it starts with a paid assessment rather than a quote. We put your compliance obligation in writing, then decide with you whether the build runs on hardware you control or as a single-tenant deployment in a Canadian data centre — contracts, tax files, and patient records go to neither a shared cloud model nor a training pool. Then a pilot on your real documents, then full rollout. Built around PIPEDA, privilege, and clinic record-keeping requirements.

How much does private document AI cost?

Discovery runs $2k–$3.5k. A pilot on a limited document set is usually $6k–$12k. Full production installs for SMB firms typically land between $5k and $15k total depending on document volume, access rules, and hardware. Every phase gets a flat written price before work starts.

Is this different from ChatGPT or Copilot?

Completely. Public AI tools send your prompts — and anything you paste — to their servers on terms you did not negotiate. A private build indexes only the files you authorize and answers with citations from your own documents, and it runs where your assessment says it may: on hardware you control, or in a single-tenant Canadian deployment. That boundary is written down and agreed before anything is built.

Are review asks and outreach CASL-compliant?

Yes. We only message people with a real relationship to your business — finished jobs, existing customers, opted-in leads. Every flow includes opt-out, and we do not buy cold lists or run spam blasts.

{ AI Chat }

Answers while you sleep.

A chat box on your website that answers from your own information, and takes their name and number when they are ready. Most people will not ring to ask one small thing — they will just leave.

$299 setup, then $149/month · $79/month alongside the phone answering

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Why the quiet ones leave

The unasked question

Nobody phones to ask one small thing.

Do you come out to Mission. Are you open Saturday. Do you do the small jobs or only the big ones. It is a thirty second answer and they will not call to get it — they will close the tab and try the next name on the list.

It answers from your information, not the internet's.

We write it a knowledge base out of your actual hours, services, area and policies. It answers from that. When the answer is not in there it says so and offers to take a message, instead of inventing something you then have to honour.

It never quotes a price you did not agree to.

It will not commit you to a figure, a time slot or a delivery date, and it cannot claim to have booked anything. It takes the details and hands them to you. That is a rule in how it is built, not a hope.

Someone lands at 10pm.They found you on Google, they have one question, and your phone is off for the night.

They ask it.Typing is easier than phoning. They get a straight answer from your own information, in seconds.

You get their number.Name, number, what they need — waiting for you in the morning instead of gone to a competitor.

What you actually get

Flat rate, never per conversation

Built on your information

We write the knowledge base from your hours, services, area and the questions you already get asked.

One line on your site

A single tag on any website. It cannot be broken by your theme and it cannot break your layout.

Details captured

When someone is ready it asks for a name and number, so an interested visitor does not stay anonymous.

Locked to your domain

It only runs on your own website. Nobody can lift the code and run your chat on their site.

Every conversation kept

You can read what it actually told people. If it ever gets something wrong, we can see it and fix it.

Flat monthly price

A busy month costs the same as a quiet one. Most tools bill per conversation, which is how the bill surprises you.

Being straight with you

Before you buy it

It answers in English

Texts can be in Punjabi. The chat cannot yet. Better you hear that now than find out after.

It is not a person

It handles the common questions and hands the rest to you. Anything to do with health, legal or money it refuses outright.

It needs keeping current

Change your prices or your hours and it has to be told. That is what the monthly covers — it is not set and forget.

Cheaper tools exist

There are $30/month chat tools and some are good. You configure and maintain them yourself. That is the actual difference.

Works best with

The knock-on effect

AI phone answeringSame knowledge base answering the phone. Together they cover both ways people reach you. WebsitesChat only helps if people get to the site. The site has to be worth landing on. Local SEOMore of the right visitors arriving means more real questions to answer.

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