One line, every faculty covered
Ella answers every call for universities, 24 hours a day — no rings, no hold music.
A missed call is a booking someone else answers instead.
Example call
Caller
I need to know the enrolment deadline for semester twoEnrolment week produces a call volume spike most student services teams can only cover by bringing in casual staff for a few weeks a year — and even then, wait times climb. Ella absorbs that surge without any extra hiring: enrolment deadlines, fee questions, and semester dates are answered directly, and anything that needs a real advisor is booked against the right faculty's calendar instead of the student being transferred around. Calls that sound like a welfare concern are routed to the appropriate support line immediately rather than treated as a routine enquiry — Ella is tuned to recognise that difference, not just answer whatever's asked literally.
Where universities phone lines actually break down
Three real problems, and what Ella actually does about each one.
Enrolment week produces a call spike most teams can only cover by hiring casual staff for a few weeks a year.
Ella absorbs the surge without any extra hiring — every call answered, regardless of volume.
Students get transferred around because reception doesn't know which faculty handles their question.
Anything needing a real advisor is booked directly against the right faculty's calendar.
A genuine student welfare concern can get treated as a routine enquiry by an overloaded line.
Calls that sound like a welfare concern are routed to the appropriate support line immediately, not queued as routine.
Built for universities
Answers enrolment, fees and semester-date questions
Books appointments with student advisors and faculty
Routes urgent welfare calls to the right support line
Handles the enrolment-period call surge without hiring casuals
Built for every role on your team
How Ella changes the day for the people actually running a universities business.
Student Services Manager
Enrolment-week volume is absorbed automatically instead of needing a casual-staff hiring push every year.
Faculty Administrator
Advisor bookings land directly on the right faculty's calendar, not transferred in from a generic switchboard.
Front-Line Student Services Staff
Routine deadline and fee questions are answered directly, freeing staff for enquiries that actually need a person.
What would this actually cost you?
Move the slider to your real call volume — every number below is either a published universities plan price or a named assumption, never an estimate we can't show our working for.
ZyncoAI — real plan
$829/month
Growth plan — 1,000 minutes/month, real published price.
Traditional receptionist
$5,417–$6,250/month
Based on a $65,000–$75,000/year AUD wage — a typical Australian admin/reception award range, not a quote.
At this volume: $55,052–$65,052 AUD/year difference between the Growth plan and the traditional-receptionist wage assumption above — the raw arithmetic, not a marketing percentage.
A real receptionist and Ella aren't a like-for-like swap — this compares call-answering cost only, using the two figures shown above.
Works with the tools universities businesses already use
Classified honestly — live booking sync, staff-roster sync only, manual/CSV import, or genuinely not built yet.
Google Calendar
Sync appointment availability and bookings with a staff member's Google Calendar. Connect per staff member from the Staff tab.
Microsoft Outlook Calendar
Sync appointment bookings to your business's connected Outlook Calendar (Microsoft 365 / Azure AD).
Calendly
Self-serve developer API exists (developer.calendly.com) — needs a ZyncoAI developer account + credentials before this can be built. Not gated on Calendly's approval.
See the dashboard in action
The real ZyncoAI dashboard interface, shown with clearly-labelled sample data.
Advisor Appointments
41
Calls Answered Today
116
No-shows Today
0
Live AI call feed
LIVEBooked appointment — Tuesday 2:00pm
From signup to Ella answering calls
The real steps — nothing skipped, nothing sped up for the page.
- 1
Sign up
Create your account and verify your email address.
- 2
Tell us about your business
Business name, industry, hours and address — a short setup wizard.
- 3
Add your staff
Import or add the people whose calendars Ella will book against.
- 4
Activate your voice line
Click Activate — a real Australian phone number is purchased and configured for your business.
- 5
Ella goes live
The moment a real number is assigned, Ella starts answering. Automatic number purchase is usually immediate; on the rare occasion it needs a manual step on our side, we're notified automatically and follow up directly.
Built early, built honestly
Sydney-hosted database
Your business, appointment, and call records are stored in Australia (ap-southeast-2). Voice processing involves overseas AI providers, disclosed in full at /privacy#subprocessors.
AI disclosure by design
Every caller is told they're speaking with an AI, every time — not buried in fine print.
Privacy Act 1988 compliance
Real incident-response contact and consent tracking, not a badge we haven't earned.
PCI DSS compliant payments
Card payments are processed by Square, a PCI DSS compliant processor — your card details never touch our servers.
Transparent support access
A real, monitored inbox — support@zyncoai.com — not a chatbot wall.
First universities partner story coming soon
We're not going to invent one. This slot fills the day a real universities business gives us real numbers to share.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — Ella answers every call regardless of volume, which is specifically where universities otherwise need to bring on casual staff for a few weeks a year.
Every plan includes the complete ZyncoAI platform — all features, all dashboards, all integrations. Plans differ only by minutes included.
Starter
AUD $0.40 per extra minute · AUD $399 setup fee
- 600 minutes/month
- 1 location
- Email support
Growth
AUD $0.40 per extra minute · AUD $499 setup fee
- 1,000 minutes/month
- 1 location
- Email support
Max
AUD $0.40 per extra minute · AUD $699 setup fee
- 1,500 minutes/month
- 1 location
- Email support
Enterprise
From AUD $1,669/month · AUD $999 setup fee
- Unlimited minutes
- 1 location
- Email support
One-time setup fee (University): Starter AUD $399 setup fee · Growth AUD $499 setup fee · Max AUD $699 setup fee · Enterprise AUD $999 setup fee
Add-ons available after you pick a plan.
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