Run a Call
Pick Run a Call if you run an HVAC shop and want its team to move your records. Its texting, calling and AI phone are add-ons with monthly limits.
HandledIQ or Run a Call. One price, no meter.
Every Run a Call fact here comes from its own pricing and help pages. We read them on October 25, 2026. Every HandledIQ fact is live in the app today, or says it turns on per shop.
What each one costs.
| Part | Run a Call | HandledIQ |
|---|---|---|
| The plan | One plan for each shop. Its pricing page shows no price. | $299 a month for each location if you join by November 30, 2026. After that it is $399. Every person signs in at no extra cost. |
| Texting | $39 a month. It covers 2,000 texts. Past that a text costs $0.03. | In the one price with no meter. It turns on per shop with your own number. |
| Calling | $79 a month. It covers 2,000 minutes. Past that a minute costs $0.03. Each extra number is $2.50 a month. | In the one price with no meter. It turns on per shop with your own line. |
| AI phone | $99 a month for 100 answered calls. Past that it stops answering. Or it charges $0.75 a call if you allow it. | In the one price with no meter. Hoss answers only the calls nobody picks up. |
How each one works.
| Part | Run a Call | HandledIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Booking a call | The AI Receptionist takes the request and a preferred time. Your team confirms the visit. | A real open time that passes your rules, booked while the caller is on the line. |
| Stock | One count per part. No stock by truck and no transfers. | Each truck keeps its own stock and reorder points. |
| No signal | The phone keeps today's and tomorrow's jobs. | The tech's day on their phone works offline. |
| Trades | Built for HVAC only. | Each trade in its own words, from HVAC to pest control. |
| Moving over | Its team moves your records. | Paste a Run a Call key and every list moves. Each move has an undo. |
Which one to pick.
HandledIQ
Pick HandledIQ if you want texts, calls and Hoss in one price with no meter. A person rings each new lead first. A booked time passes your rules before the caller hangs up. Pay runs inside HandledIQ, and each truck keeps its own stock.
Straight answers.
Something else? Book a walkthrough or email hello@handlediq.com.
Can I move my Run a Call records to HandledIQ?
Yes. Paste a read-only Run a Call key into Move in. Customers and homes come over with their equipment and price book. Jobs, estimates and invoices come too. So do payments and memberships. You can undo the move.
Does HandledIQ charge for texts and calls?
No meter. Texts, calls and Hoss are in HandledIQ's one price for each location. Run a Call's pages list texting at $39 a month and calling at $79. The AI Receptionist is $99 a month. Each one has a limit.
Does Run a Call's AI phone book the visit?
Its help page says the receptionist does not put jobs on the dispatch board by itself. Your team confirms each one. HandledIQ books a real open time that passes your rules while the caller is on the line.
Start with tomorrow's schedule. It's handled.
Set up your shop in your trade's words. Bring your Housecall Pro records or a spreadsheet and move over one part at a time.