Leaping AI: What It Is, Pricing, and Alternatives (2026)
A remodeling lead is worth thousands of dollars and goes cold in minutes. Whoever calls back first usually gets the in-home estimate.
Leaping AI sells an agent that calls back first, every time.
The quick answer: Leaping AI is a Y Combinator company that builds AI voice and text agents for call centers, now focused on home improvement contractors. Its agents answer calls, qualify homeowners, confirm the service area, book in-home estimates and run outbound and text follow-up, with Leaping’s team building the agent for you. Pricing is a quote after a demo. For a business that wants the same answering, callbacks and booking without waiting on a build, Carly does it on your own team line and is set up by pasting one prompt into ChatGPT or Claude.
Product details from Leaping AI’s own site, checked October 20, 2026.
Leaping AI at a glance
| Leaping AI | |
|---|---|
| What it is | AI voice and text agents for call centers |
| Who it’s for | Home improvement contractors: bathroom remodeling, roofing, windows and doors, siding, cabinets, basement waterproofing, HVAC |
| Agents | Customer support, appointment setting and operations |
| Channels | Inbound and outbound calls, two-way texts |
| Integrations | HubSpot, LeadPerfection and in-house tools |
| Telephony | Included: numbers, routing and human handoff |
| Languages | 15+ |
| Price | Quote only |
What Leaping AI does
- Answers every call, handles homeowner questions and transfers to a person when the call needs one.
- Appointment setting. Qualifies homeowners, confirms the service area and books in-home estimates with no person involved.
- Outbound campaigns. Calls new leads, follows up on inquiries and re-engages past customers.
- SMS conversations. Confirms appointments, follows up on missed calls and keeps a real back-and-forth with leads.
- Transcripts and analytics on every call, with summaries for reporting.
Leaping’s team does the setup: it learns your intake flow and what a qualified lead looks like, builds the agent, tests it on scenarios like a bathroom remodel inquiry or a siding estimate, and monitors the first week after you go live. Its customer stories include the home remodeler Thompson Creek and the airline Eurowings, which put multilingual voice AI in its call centers in under two months.
Leaping AI pricing
Leaping doesn’t publish prices. Its pricing page lists features (inbound and outbound calling, SIP transfers, knowledge bases, a no-code builder, version history and voicemail detection) and sends you to book a demo for a quote.
Where Leaping AI fits
Leaping is a good fit for a remodeling company with a call center, LeadPerfection or HubSpot, and the budget for a done-for-you build.
It’s less of a fit if:
- You’re not in home improvement. That’s where its playbook, examples and integrations point.
- You want to change the agent yourself, any time. Leaping’s team builds and tunes it.
- You want to start today. Demo, build and testing come first.
Leaping AI alternatives
| Alternative | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Carly | AI that answers, calls leads back, books estimates on real calendars and texts, run from ChatGPT or Claude | Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/mo |
| Avoca AI | AI call center for larger home service shops | Quote only |
| Sameday AI | AI CSRs and a phone system for home services | $449/mo for 500 min |
| Thoughtly | Lead follow-up agents for revenue teams | Quote only |
| Retell AI | Developer voice platform | $0.07 to $0.31/min plus telephony |
1. Carly
Carly gives a contractor the appointment setter Leaping builds, ready the same day, and you can change its rules any time by asking. It follows them exactly, the same way on every call.
- Calls new leads within about a minute of a form fill, qualifies them on your criteria (service area, project type, budget) and books the estimate, then texts and emails if they miss it (tutorial).
- Answers your business number 24/7, or only the calls your team misses or declines. Spanish-speaking homeowners get Spanish.
- Books during the call on your estimators’ real Google and Outlook calendars, round robin.
- Texts from the same number: confirmations, reminders and a missed call text back.
- Hands off to people through ring groups or a phone menu.
- AI next to your reps. See how many estimates the agent booked or transferred, side by side with your human setters.
- One team inbox and CRM for every call, transcript, text and email, written to Carly’s CRM, HubSpot, Salesforce or Dynamics 365.
- Runs from ChatGPT or Claude. Build the agent, place a call, or steer a live one from a chat (tutorial).
- Reaches your other tools. Carly connects to thousands of apps, and every call can trigger free Zapier-style workflows.
Setup: copy this prompt into ChatGPT or Claude, grab a number, and you’re live.
Carly business setup prompt
Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or any AI. It walks you through the rest.
Help me connect Carly Teams so I can work with my organization's business texts, phone calls, voicemail and voice/text agents from this chat. I'll add it to you myself: tell me exactly what to click for the app you are, one step at a time, and wait for me to confirm before moving on. If a step doesn't match what I see, ask me what's on my screen. If you can do the setup yourself (Claude Code, Codex, Muse, Grok Bot), go ahead, and ask me for any key in your secure credential prompt, never in the chat. Don't tell me it's connected until list_phone_lines works, and if I have several teams, ask which to use. Before sending a text or making a call, confirm the team, recipient and message or task with me. The steps are below.
# Connect Carly Teams to an AI app
> Carly Teams works a team's business phone lines through the team's AI agents: business texts, phone calls, voicemail, the voice and text agents, and the team's CRM.
MCP server: https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp (streamable HTTP, OAuth)
## Setup
Carly Teams isn't in any plugin or connector directory yet, so it's added as a custom connection by URL.
1. Add Carly Teams:
- ChatGPT: open https://chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, and choose Create MCP App (not Create plugin or Upload plugin archive). If Create MCP App isn't on the menu, turn on Developer mode first in Settings > Security and login. Name it "Carly Teams" with the description "Work with my team's business texts, calls, voicemail and voice/text agents," paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp as the server URL, choose OAuth, create it, and sign in. Then in the message box open the + menu, choose Developer mode, and pick Carly Teams. No plugin needs to be built, packaged or uploaded.
- Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop, or Cowork): Customize > Connectors > Add custom connector, name it Carly Teams, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, and sign in.
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http --scope user carly-teams https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp`, then /mcp, pick carly-teams, and authenticate.
- Codex: `codex mcp add carly-teams --url https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp`, then `codex mcp login carly-teams`.
- Cursor: add {"mcpServers": {"carly-teams": {"url": "https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp"}}} to ~/.cursor/mcp.json, then sign in to carly-teams from Customize.
- Muse: a custom connector to https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp with a Carly API key as its bearer token. The key comes from carlyassistant.com/integrations (Advanced > API Keys > Create a new key, with Owner set to the team and all scopes selected) and goes in Muse's connector settings, not in a chat message.
- Grok: grok.com/connectors > New Connector > Custom, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, and sign in.
- Grok Bot: a custom remote MCP server named carly-teams at https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp. Approve it and sign in.
- Perplexity: Plugins in the sidebar (or Customize > Connectors), then Add custom > Connector > Add MCP connector. Choose Remote, name it Carly Teams, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, pick OAuth, check the box and click Add, then click the Carly Teams card to sign in.
- Anything else: a remote MCP server (streamable HTTP) named carly-teams at https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp. It signs in with OAuth.
Sign in with the Carly account that belongs to the organization.
2. Once it's added, the Carly Teams tools show up in the chat, including list_phone_lines. If they don't, turn Carly Teams on for the chat or start a new chat.
3. To check it worked, call list_phone_lines: it returns the teams and phone lines the account can reach. A team with no phone line yet can get one with find_numbers (optionally by area code) and get_number, which may return a checkout link to finish.
4. Something to try first: "Review our missed calls and voicemail and help me reply to customers." Carly Teams also reads and answers business texts, has the team's agent make calls, and edits the voice and text agents. Texts and calls go out at once from the agent's number and can't be taken back. Team permissions apply.
## Email, calendars and workflows
Email, calendars, files, booking pages and workflows are the regular Carly connector, added separately. It's listed in ChatGPT's plugin directory (https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a67a26316b88191860222f918d4ec54) and Claude's connector directory (https://claude.ai/directory/carly), and connects anywhere else at https://carlyassistant.com/mcp/. Its setup is https://carlyassistant.com/mcp.txt.- Best for: contractors who want every lead called and every estimate booked, starting today.
- Pricing: Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month. Get started.
2. Avoca AI
The best-funded home services AI, with an AI CSR, lead follow-up and coaching built around ServiceTitan.
- Best for: large home service shops on ServiceTitan.
- Pricing: quote only.
- Limitations: sales process and onboarding first. See Avoca AI.
3. Sameday AI
AI CSRs, a phone system and win-back campaigns for trades, with posted prices.
- Best for: service shops on ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro or Jobber.
- Pricing: $449 a month for 500 minutes, $789 for 1,000.
- Limitations: minute bundles. See Sameday AI.
4. Thoughtly
AI agents that call, text and email new leads within seconds.
- Best for: revenue teams with high lead volume.
- Pricing: quote only.
- Limitations: built around outbound follow-up. See Thoughtly.
5. Retell AI
A developer platform for building your own phone agent.
- Best for: teams with a developer.
- Pricing: $0.07 to $0.31 a minute plus telephony.
- Limitations: you build and maintain it. See Retell AI alternatives.
See also contractor answering service and AI outbound calling.
FAQ
What is Leaping AI?
Leaping AI builds voice and text agents that answer calls, qualify leads and book appointments, focused on home improvement contractors. It’s a Y Combinator company.
How much does Leaping AI cost?
Leaping doesn’t publish pricing. You book a demo and get a quote. Carly has free Zapier-style workflows, with AI agents from $35 a month.
Does Leaping AI work with LeadPerfection?
Yes, Leaping lists LeadPerfection and HubSpot. Carly connects to thousands of apps and writes every call to HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 or its own CRM.
Can an AI agent book in-home estimates?
Yes. Carly calls the lead, asks your qualifying questions and books the estimate on an estimator’s calendar while the homeowner is on the line.
What is the best Leaping AI alternative?
Carly for contractors who want to set up and change the agent themselves. Avoca or Sameday for a home-services specialist.
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