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Nexa (formerly Answer1)

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Our Rating: 4/5

Our rating is based on our subjective judgment. Use our resources—including our rating and community ratings and reviews—to find the best fit for your firm.

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What is Nexa (formerly Answer1)?

Because it uses Zapier to integrate with customer relationship management (CRM) software, law practice management software Clio, legal-specific CRM Lexicata, and hundreds of other programs, Nexa is an especially good fit for attorneys looking to streamline and connect their technology services.

Starting Cost: $239/4 weeks for 100 minutes

Pros
  • Integrations
  • Multi-lingual
  • 24/7/365
Cons
  • No Chat Tool
  • Not Just for Legal
  • No Voicemail Transcription
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Nexa (formerly Answer1) Features

Customer Experience & Support

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Price & Value

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Security

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Innovation & Future-Proofing

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Product Details

Services Offered
  • Virtual Receptionist
Software Integrations
  • Zapier
Additional Languages
  • Spanish

Core Features

For Virtual Receptionists & Outsourced Staffing, the following are essential features, and you should therefore expect to see a check in every box in this section.

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Live Receptionist

Although they are called "virtual" receptionists, the person who answers the phone is, in fact, a real person who can use your customized greeting, request information according to your instructions, make warm transfers to you, or take messages.

Appointment Scheduling

You can give your receptionist access to your calendar or scheduler so they can book appointments for you.

Client Intake

A virtual receptionist service can be a partner in your intake process rather than only and ask questions and gather information according to your intake script.

Outbound Calls

Some virtual receptionist services will make calls for you in order to relay basic information such as confirming an appointment, providing directions to your office, or making referrals.

Free Local or Toll-Free Phone Number

You may prefer to use a different phone number to help you track your callers, or a toll-free number to make it easier for some people to contact you.

Live Chat

We're using live chat to mean chat plus a team to respond to inquiries, as opposed to a chat tool you can use to respond yourself.

Chat Tool

With a chat tool you can add a chat box to your website so that visitors can chat directly with you or your firm staff when you are available.

Chatbot

A chatbot is an automated messaging tool for automated communication with visitors to your website or within commonly used messaging apps like Facebook Messenger. Some are essentially a guided form, while others might use AI to answer more complex questions.

Call Routing

With call routing you can direct incoming calls based on criteria you set. For example, you could send existing clients directly to the lawyer handling their matter. Or distribute potential client calls evenly among intake staff. Or just send calls to your virtual receptionist after hours.

Voicemail Transcription

Your phone service can transcribe your voicemails using text recognition software so you can read your messages instead of listening to them.

Call Recording

"This call may be recorded for quality control purposes." Only if you want to, of course.

Call Analytics

Use information about your calls to identify patterns, calculate the ROI of your marketing efforts, and improve your client service.

Text Messaging

Send and receive text messages using your business phone system.

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  • Christina P. says:
    April 21, 2022 at 10:23 am

    Unfortunately, I had a bad experience with Nexa. While the onboarding and sales team are great, I had several complaints from colleagues about the actual receptionists answering the phone. The receptionists would say my name wrong, would sometimes have background noise when answering, and sometimes sounded confused when transferring the call.

    • Additional Details about Nexa (formerly Answer1)

    Security. The company offers a secure messaging smartphone app that is HIPAA-compliant. Data stored on the phone is encrypted.

    Local to Arizona. Instead of outsourcing calls to virtual receptionists located across the country, Nexa handles 99% of calls at their headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The remaining 1% of calls are processed by its virtual receptionists elsewhere in Arizona to ensure quality control of the services Answer1 provides.

    Optional services. Nexa offers a number of optional services. Companies can choose to integrate their call handling with a CRM, connect it with the firm’s calendar so you can schedule matters directly, or set up secure text messages for maximum data protection. There is a web portal and a billing tracker available as well.

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