Live now on a real business in Morris County, NJ

Your business, answered.
24 hours a day.

Herb is an AI employee for local service businesses. He answers every customer by chat or voice, takes down every lead, and texts you instantly — so you win the job on speed while you're on the job site.

Book a 15-min walkthrough

Live in a day. From $149/mo. Month to month. You approve everything.

Herb, SÁSTA's AI employee
Herb is on duty right nowTap "Talk to Herb" — ask him anything like he worked at your shop.
The front-office problem

The work isn't what costs you jobs. The phone is.

  • A homeowner calls while you're under a floor. Voicemail. They call the next guy.
  • Website form at 9pm Saturday. Nobody sees it until Monday. Gone.
  • "How much for…?" chats you never had time to answer.
  • An answering service that reads a script and knows nothing about your work.
Speed wins jobs. Herb is instant.

Every inquiry gets answered in seconds, in your business's real voice, with the facts you gave him. The moment someone wants work done, you get a text with their name, town, project, and number. You call back. You win.

What you're hiring

One employee. Five jobs. Never sleeps.

Herb shows up on your website with a name and a face that fits your business — for a flooring company he's "Walter," a proud old-school craftsman.

Answers

Every customer, day or night, by text or voice — they can just talk to him. Warm, plain-spoken, on-brand.

Captures

Name, town, project, timing, phone, and email — in a natural conversation. He won't drop a lead without a real way to reach them.

Alerts you

The instant a lead lands, you get a text and an email. Your whole "system" is: get a text, call them back.

Follows up

No lead goes cold. Herb keeps the thread warm until a real person has picked it up.

Protects your name

He never invents a price, a review, or a promise. If he doesn't know, he says a real person will confirm — and gets their number.

Phone line (optional)

Add a dedicated number and Herb answers calls too — real voice conversations, and he can text the caller your info mid-call.

Proof, not a pitch
Walter — Herb as deployed for Floors by Jimmy Connors

Meet Walter. He works for a flooring company.

Floors by Jimmy Connors is a family-owned hardwood flooring business in Madison, NJ. Their Herb is "Walter" — he chats and talks with visitors, answers flooring questions with the company's real facts, and takes down estimate requests so the team can call back fast.

Go talk to him. Ask him what a refinish costs. Watch him not make up a number.

See Walter live →
How it works

Hired today. Working tomorrow.

No software to learn. No dashboard. We build him, we run him, you get the texts.

A 30-minute call

We go through your business the way you'd train a new hire: what you do, where you work, how you talk, what to never promise.

We build your Herb

Name, voice, face, and the facts. One line of code on your website — or we host a page for you. Live the same day.

You get the texts

You approve him before he meets a single customer. Then leads start landing on your phone. Change anything, anytime, by telling us.

Pricing

Less than one missed job a month.

Simple, month to month. Cancel anytime. You'll know it's paying for itself the first time you win a job you'd have missed.

Chat

$149/mo
Herb on your website, by text and voice
  • Named, on-brand persona with your real facts
  • Text + voice chat — customers can just talk
  • Natural lead capture (name, town, project, contact)
  • Instant text + email alerts to you
  • Follow-up on every lead
  • We run and update him — no software for you
Start with Chat
Most useful

Chat + Phone

$297/mo
Everything in Chat, plus Herb answers your calls
  • Everything in Chat, plus:
  • A dedicated phone number Herb answers 24/7
  • Real voice conversations with callers
  • Texts callers your info mid-call when they ask
  • Never a missed call again
Start with Chat + Phone
Founding client offer

We're onboarding our first handful of businesses personally. Founding clients get the one-time setup fee waived and a direct line to the people who built Herb. Month to month, no contract.

One-time setup covers building your persona, voice, and facts (quoted on the call; waived for founding clients). Phone plan includes the number and normal call volume. Texting is opt-in and fully carrier-registered — Herb only texts people who asked.

The rules he works by

Powerful. Never complicated. Never fake.

Truth only

Herb only says what's true of your business. No invented prices, reviews, or promises — ever.

You stay in control

Nothing goes out to the public without your yes. Turn anything on or off by telling us.

Consent and compliance

Texting is opt-in, honors STOP, respects quiet hours, and is carrier-registered before a single message is sent.

Questions owners ask

Straight answers.

Is this just a chatbot?

No. Chatbots answer FAQs. Herb runs your front office: he has your real facts, he holds a voice conversation, he captures the lead properly, and he texts you so a human wins the job. He does things, not just says things.

What if a customer asks something he doesn't know?

He says so, warmly, and tells them a real person will confirm — then gets their number so you can. He never fills a gap with a guess.

Do I have to learn any software?

No. You get texts and emails. To change anything about Herb, you tell us. That's the whole interface.

Will he sound robotic?

Go talk to him right now and decide for yourself. He's built to sound like a great local employee — warm, plain-spoken, a little personality. You pick the name and the voice.

What happens to my leads and my phone number?

They're yours. Every lead is stored, emailed to you, and texted to you. If you ever leave, you keep everything.

How fast can he be live?

Usually the same day as our call. You approve him before he talks to a single customer.

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Hire Herb.

Two ways to start: talk to Herb right now and tell him you want a walkthrough — he'll take your details and we'll call you today. Or reach us directly.

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SÁSTA Solutions · New Jersey · HERB. One business at a time.