Pay Full Price for Four Months.
Pay $29 for the Other Eight.
Your phone rings off the hook from January to April, then goes quiet — but a year-round answering plan can still bill you like it's March. Run a full plan through tax season, then drop to Standby for $29/mo. Your number, greetings, scripts, and settings stay exactly where you left them.
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Tax Season — March, 6:40 PM
Deadline Call — October 14, 4:55 PM
The seasonal squeeze
Priced So You Get Punished for Being Busy
Seasonal spike
January–April call volume climbs
Usage-based plans can cost more during the busiest months.
Quiet months
should not require a full plan
Standby keeps the setup ready at a lower published price.
Most callers
won't wait on voicemail
A March prospect may keep looking for a firm that answers.
Keep the setup
instead of rebuilding next January
Your number, scripts, and settings remain ready on Standby.
The Standby Tier
A Plan Built for the Off-Season
Many answering plans are designed for steady year-round usage. Cancelling may also mean rebuilding configuration later. Standby is our answer: preserve your callhand setup at a lower off-season price.
Standby
$29/mo
May through December, for most firms
- Your number, greetings, scripts, and settings held live
- Calls still answered 24/7 against a 50-minute allowance
- Summaries keep landing on your phone
- One-click switch back to a full plan in January
Core or Pro
$149+/mo
January through April
- Full surge capacity — unlimited simultaneous calls
- New client intake and consultation booking
- Deadline keyword flagging for urgent calls
- Top-up minutes below your plan rate, never auto-charged
A year of callhand for a seasonal firm: four months at $149 plus eight at $29 — $828/year, with your setup intact the whole time.
Built for Tax Season
March Callers Handled Like It's Your Front Desk
While your team is heads-down in returns, the AI answers every call at once — and knows which ones can't wait.
Surge Without Hiring
Handle the busy-season spike without adding temporary phone coverage just for a few months.
New Client Intake
Individual or business, filing status, what they need, how they found you — captured and booked into a consultation slot.
Deadline Keyword Flagging
Configure phrases such as extension deadline or IRS letter so time-sensitive calls stand out immediately for the owner.
Document Request Handling
Callers get told exactly what to send and how; your team gets a tidy list instead of fifteen voicemails.
Client vs. Prospect Capture
Existing clients and new prospects are identified clearly in the summary so your team knows what to handle next.
Discretion by Default
The AI never discusses a client's financials. It collects the callback and the reason — details stay between you and your client.
The Math
A Year of Coverage, Priced Like You Actually Operate
Typical Answering Service
callhand
March overflow calls
Terms vary; may be usage-based
Top-ups only if you choose
May through December
Often a year-round plan
$29/mo Standby
Your setup in the off-season
Depends on provider terms
Held live, exactly as configured
Seasonal firm, full year
Varies by provider
$828 in this example
Contract terms
Check minimums
Month to month
Minute visibility
Check the invoice terms
Plan and add-on balances separated
Use your firm's own client value and call volume when comparing the verified $828 seasonal example with a year-round answering plan.
Busy Season Covered.
Quiet Season $29.
Set up before January and let the AI take the surge. Drop to Standby on April 16th.