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DetailTelenow logo Telenowsmao logo smao
What it doesAI call center that answers and makes calls 24/7 on your own carrier and models AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inIN DE
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingPay-per-minute with transparent itemized pricing; free credits to start with no card required. Example shown: ₹3.43/min for clinic front desk agent including model, speech, voice and telephony costs. Prepaid billing with hard cut-off to control spending. Pay as you Go: 0.35 € per minute without base fee; Advanced: 249 € per month (annual contract) or 299 € monthly, 1,250 minutes included; Scale: 449 € per month (annual contract) or 499 € monthly, 3,000 minutes included; Enterprise: from 0.15 € per minute; additional chat messages at 0.006 € each, SM
Key features
  • No-code agent builder with visual workflows
  • Support for multiple AI models including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq
  • Hindi and 10+ Indian languages with real-time code-switching
  • Integration with 50+ third-party apps including CRM, calendar, payments
  • Sub-300ms natural interruption handling
  • Warm transfer to human team members
  • Post-call analytics with auto-summaries and sentiment analysis
  • Run on your own phone numbers and carriers
  • Voice cloning and lifelike voice options
  • Encrypted data storage with AES-GCM and data residency in India
  • Call analysis: automatically evaluates conversations and transfers inquiries, contact details and urgency to CRM, ticketing or workflows
  • Internal dashboard chat for simulating calls and testing knowledge database
  • Outbound calling: scheduled or event-based calls with clean tracking
  • Personal call transfer to the right contact person
  • Call transcripts: all conversations documented, traceable and exportable
  • Widgets for simple interfaces leading callers to the AI assistant
  • Knowledge database: answers from your own know-how, versioned and controllable
  • Support for 10+ languages including German and Swiss German
  • On-Premises deployment option on customer's Linux and Docker infrastructure
What makes it different
  • Transparent itemized per-minute pricing with no bundled markup
  • No vendor lock-in; bring your own carrier, model, and export anytime
  • Ready-made templates for common business use cases
  • Support for Indian languages and regulatory compliance
  • 50+ integrations with popular business tools
  • No OpenAI or US AI subprocessors in conversation processing
  • Cloud hosting in Germany with GDPR and EU AI Act compliance
  • No AI training with customer data
  • Setup in minutes without technical knowledge required
  • 50 free minutes for testing without credit card
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)13 +6 (up) since last check35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)612
Citation Flow (Majestic)2626
Referring domains (Majestic)5944

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