How much does an AI Employee cost? Here is the number.
Most agencies make you sit through a sales call to hear a number. Here are ours. One-time setup covers your build; the monthly fee keeps your Employee working, monitored, and improving.
An AI Employee from DSP costs $500 one-time to build and from $199 a month to run, with no annual contract and no hidden retainer. The setup fee covers discovery, the job description, the knowledge base and acceptance testing; the monthly fee covers the WhatsApp or phone deployment, the DSPAgentHub dashboard, supervision and improvements. DSP publishes all three packages — AI Receptionist $500 setup / $199 a month, AI Sales Employee $1,000 setup / $349 a month, AI Sales Team $1,500 setup / $599 a month — from Islamabad, Pakistan, and bills Pakistani businesses in PKR at the same package prices.
What the monthly fee buys, at DSP's own scale: 1,290 leads processed with 48.5% handled with zero human takeover (Agent Hub Reports, 90-day view, 2026-09-11). Those are DSP's own numbers, from DSP's own platform, on the date stated — not a client average.
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Packages
Choose your first hire.
AI Receptionist
$199/month
$500 one-time setup
One AI Booking Employee (Maya) on your WhatsApp
- Takes bookings & appointments 24/7
- Availability checks & confirmations
- Automated reminders (fewer no-shows)
- DSPAgentHub dashboard
- Weekly performance digest
AI Sales Employee
$349/month
$1,000 one-time setup
Zara, fully trained on your business
- Instant response to every lead, 24/7
- Qualification & follow-up sequences
- Payment-confirmed sales tracking
- AI insights & sentiment analysis
- Escalation to your team
- Everything in AI Receptionist
AI Sales Team
$599/month
$1,500 one-time setup
Zara + Adam + Maya on one number
- Sales, support, and bookings combined
- Full analytics & pipeline access
- Priority support & monthly strategy call
- Custom business rules & workflows
- Everything in AI Sales Employee
Emma — AI Order-Taking (restaurants): phone-line AI is priced by call volume, so Emma is quoted per restaurant. Published rates are coming soon — talk to us for your quote.
Get my quote →The setup fee
What you get in your first 7 days.
- Day-1 structured discovery call
- Your Employee's complete job description written by our team
- Your full knowledge base loaded (prices, policies, FAQs)
- Testing against our 10-point acceptance sheet
- Your own approval test on your own number
- Go-live with a recorded welcome voice note in your brand's voice
This is skilled work by the same team that teaches AI agent building — not a template import.
ROI
Does it pay for itself?
A part-time receptionist costs more per month than any package here — and covers a third of the hours. If your average sale is worth $50, your AI Sales Employee needs 7 recovered sales a month to pay for itself. Most businesses miss more than that every week in unanswered messages alone.
Compare
What's included, tier by tier.
| Feature | Receptionist | Sales Employee | Sales Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24/7 WhatsApp coverage | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bookings & reminders | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lead qualification & follow-up | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Payment-confirmed sales tracking | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI insights & sentiment | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Support/FAQ handling | — | — | ✔ |
| Multiple Employees, one number | — | — | ✔ |
| Monthly strategy call | — | — | ✔ |
| Dashboard & weekly digest | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cancel anytime | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Our 7-day promise.
Your AI Employee goes live within 7 days of your discovery call, tested and approved by you — or your setup fee is refunded. Monthly billing starts only when your Employee starts working. No annual contracts. Cancel with 30 days' notice.
FAQ
Cost questions, answered.
How much does an AI Employee cost?
An AI Employee from DSP costs $500 one-time to build and from $199 a month to run, with no annual contract and no hidden retainer. The setup fee covers discovery, the job description, the knowledge base and acceptance testing; the monthly fee covers the WhatsApp or phone deployment, the DSPAgentHub dashboard, supervision and improvements. DSP publishes all three packages — AI Receptionist $500 setup / $199 a month, AI Sales Employee $1,000 setup / $349 a month, AI Sales Team $1,500 setup / $599 a month — from Islamabad, Pakistan, and bills Pakistani businesses in PKR at the same package prices.
How much does an AI Employee cost in Pakistan?
The same packages, billed locally in PKR — ask on WhatsApp (+92 342 0580864) for the current PKR figure, which tracks the USD price. DSP builds from Islamabad, so there is no overseas agency markup and no offshore intermediary in the contract.
Is an AI Employee cheaper than hiring a person?
A $199-a-month AI Employee works 24 hours a day, handles many conversations at once, and does not need training, leave or replacement. A human hire costs salary plus training plus turnover and works eight hours a day on one conversation at a time. The honest comparison is not like-for-like: an AI Employee is better at volume, speed and consistency, and worse at judgment on complex cases — which is why every DSP Employee escalates to your team.
What does the monthly fee actually buy?
Deployment on your own WhatsApp Business API number or phone line, the DSPAgentHub dashboard, a generous monthly AI-usage allowance, a weekly performance digest, and monthly supervision and tuning. For scale: DSP's own Agent Hub processed 1,290 leads with 48.5% handled with zero human takeover (Agent Hub Reports, 90-day view, 2026-09-11).
Why is there a setup fee?
Because your Employee is custom-built: discovery, job description, knowledge base, and testing by our team. The setup fee is why it works on day 7 instead of frustrating your customers for months.
Are there usage limits?
Each tier includes a generous monthly AI-usage allowance suited to its package. If your business grows past it, we’ll recommend the right tier — you’ll never be cut off mid-conversation without warning.
Do prices differ for Pakistan-based businesses?
Contact us for PKR pricing — packages are the same, billed locally.
What’s NOT included?
WhatsApp Business API conversation charges from Meta (typically small) and phone-line charges for Emma are billed at cost. We’ll show you the estimate before you sign.
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