What if I want to change something later?

Small tweaks are part of maintenance. Bigger changes are a quoted add-on — usually $1k–$3k.

How is this different from just using ChatGPT or Zapier?

ChatGPT writes text. Zapier moves data. We build the layer that makes them actually useful for your work — wired into your customers, your pricing, and your schedule.

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§ 01 — Hero

Custom AI,
built for your service business.

You keep hearing AI is going to change everything for your business. You don't know where to start, who to trust, or what's actually worth paying for. We do — for landscapers, lawn care, snow removal, and tree crews.

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+ $4,200 in jobs / wk

Built for

LandscapingLawn careSnow removalTree careHardscapeIrrigationPest controlPool service

Built by the team behind Zentive · 2,400+ service businesses on platform

WHO THIS IS FOR

§ 03 — Diagnosis

If any of these sound like your week,
you're in the right place.

You miss too many calls.

Your phone rings while you're on a job. You call back hours later. The customer already booked someone else.

You're paying for 6+ software subscriptions.

CRM, scheduler, AI chatbot, review tool, voicemail-to-text… It's $1,400/mo and nothing talks to each other.

You've tried ChatGPT but can't make it do real work.

It writes okay emails. It can't book a job, push it to your schedule, or text the customer back at 7am.

You don't want to become an IT department.

You want the tool to work. Forever. Without you learning Python or hiring a "prompt engineer."

OWN IT VS. RENT IT

§ 04 — Economics

Stop renting six tools.
Own one that fits your business.

The pitch isn't "replace all your software." It's: stop paying monthly forever for tools you can build once, own forever, and actually understand.

OPTION A

Rent it.

typical stack

Voice AI receptionist $299/mo

CRM + scheduler $189/mo

Review automation $79/mo

Email follow-up tool $99/mo

Reporting dashboard $149/mo

AI chatbot $79/mo

Monthly burn $894/mo

Forever. Goes up every year. None of it talks to each other.

OPTION B

Own it.

recommended

One custom AI system

Receptionist + estimator + follow-up + your data, all wired into Zentive. Built for how YOU run jobs.

Yours forever

No per-seat fees

Code you own

Runs on your data

One-time build Starts at $1,000 + optional maintenance

Every build is custom. Book a free audit call for an exact quote.

2-YEAR COST · SAMPLE SCENARIO

What you'd spend over 24 months on a $12,000 build

Renting (SaaS stack)

Owning (build + maint)

Illustrative only — your real number depends on what we build. Most simple automations start at $1,000.

Renting · $894/mo × 24 $21,456

Owning · $12,000 build + $199/mo × 24 $16,776

BUILD

MAINT

You save $4,680 over 24 months (sample build).

Book a free audit call

WHAT WE BUILD

§ 05 — Catalog

Six things that pay for themselves
in the first 90 days.

Each one is a custom build, not a SaaS subscription. We start with whichever is bleeding the most money.

AI Receptionist

Answers every call when you can't. Books jobs straight into your schedule.

+18 booked jobs/wk avg

AI Estimator

Customer texts a photo of their yard. It writes the quote and sends it for your approval.

Quote turnaround: 4hr → 4min

Review & Follow-up Agent

Texts every customer 1 hour after the job. Asks for the review only if they're happy.

3.4★ → 4.8★ in 90 days

Custom CRM Automations

Wire up the manual stuff: route changes, no-shows, weather reschedules, invoice nudges.

~9 hrs/wk back to your week

Internal Dashboards

One screen for the numbers you actually check on Sunday night. Built around how you think.

Replaces 4 spreadsheets

Something else entirely.

You know your business. If there's a thing eating 8 hours of your week, we can probably build it.

Tell us on the audit call

 HOW IT WORKS

§ 06 — Process

From first call to first booked job —
typically 6 weeks.

01 · Week 1

Audit

Free 30-min call. We map where AI actually moves your numbers — and where it would just be a toy.

02 · Week 2

Design

You see exactly what we're building, in plain English. Pricing is fixed before we write a line of code.

03 · Week 3–6

Build

We build, you give feedback weekly. We test it on real calls, real jobs, real customers before launch.

04 · Ongoing (optional)

Maintain

AI changes weekly. We handle updates, monitoring, and retraining so you never have to think about it.

Pickup truck at a construction jobsite at dawn

Hands holding a phone with the Zentive mobile app open

Box truck with mowers being unloaded for a lawn care job

OPTIONAL · § 07

Maintenance, if you want it.

$199–$899/mo depending on how complex your build is. Cancel anytime. Most clients keep it. A handful run it themselves and that's fine too.

Model updates

When OpenAI/Anthropic ship new models, we test and switch you over. No work for you.

Monitoring

We watch your AI 24/7. If a call goes weird at 2am, we know before you do.

Retraining

Your business shifts. We retrain on new pricing, new services, new customer patterns each quarter.

Direct line

Text or call your build lead. Real human, not a ticket queue.

TRANSPARENT NUMBERS

§ 08 — Pricing

Every build is custom.
Every quote is fixed.

We don't sell seats, tiers, or subscriptions. We scope your build, quote a flat fee, and lock it before any code is written.

Anchor price

Starts at $1,000

A simple automation — one workflow, one tool — can start as low as $1,000. Full custom AI systems scope up from there based on what you actually need.

Get a custom quote 30-min audit call

Flat fee, locked up front Payment plans available You own the code

Typical scope ranges

Simple automation

One workflow, one tool.

$1k–$3k

Single AI tool

Receptionist, estimator, or follow-up agent.

$3k–$8k

Multi-tool system

Two or three tools wired together.

$8k–$20k

Full ops suite

Multi-location, custom voice/SMS/dispatch.

$20k+

Your exact number comes from the audit. No surprises.

Money-back guarantee. If we can't double the value of your build in 12 months, you get the build cost back.

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INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

§ 09 — Verticals

Each trade has its own AI playbook.
Pick yours.

FAQ

The questions everyone asks on the audit call.

Don't see yours? Bring it to the call — we'd rather answer it for real than write a perfect FAQ entry.

Bring it to the call

No. Once it's built, it runs. You use it the same way you use your phone — through normal apps, texts, and calls. The technical stuff lives behind the scenes.

Yes. Full source code, full credentials, full ownership. We give you a handoff doc on day one. If you ever want to fire us, you can. Most clients don't — but you can.

That's exactly why maintenance exists. We swap out the underlying AI model when better ones come along. You get the upgrade for free if you're on a maintenance plan.

A Starter Build is usually 3–4 weeks. An Operator Build is 6–8 weeks. We give you a fixed timeline before you sign anything.

Small tweaks are part of maintenance. Bigger changes (a new tool, new workflow) are a quoted add-on — usually $1k–$3k.

ChatGPT writes text. Zapier moves data. Neither one knows how a tree care business runs, neither one will answer your phone at 7pm, and neither one is built around your specific customers and pricing. We build the layer that makes them actually useful for your work.

 
STILL BOOKING Q3 · 4 SPOTS

Stop guessing about AI.
Get a real plan in 30 minutes.

Free audit call. We'll map two or three places AI would actually move the needle for your business — and tell you straight if it's not worth doing.