A restoration phone system inside the platform you already run.

Call routing, ring groups, business hours, SMS, and after-hours coverage — every conversation tied to the job and contact it belongs to.

What it does

Every conversation, on the same record.

Calls and SMS don't live in a separate system from the rest of the work. Every conversation attaches to the job, the customer, and the activity timeline — without an answering service in the middle.

  • Call routing with rules and ring groups
  • Business hours and after-hours coverage
  • SMS tied to contacts and jobs
  • Activity timeline on every account
  • Voicemail and call recording
  • Reporting on response time and volume
Capabilities

Inside the communications module.

Four capabilities that make Relay a real restoration phone system.

Call record

Every call, tied to a customer record.

Calls and SMS attach to the contact and the account automatically. The activity timeline is one place — across calls, messages, jobs, and invoices.

  • Calls attached to contact and account on connect
  • SMS threads on the customer record
  • Timeline visible to sales, operations, and accounting
Connects to CRMWhere contacts and accounts live.
Call routing

Call routing by team, schedule, and rule.

Ring groups, business hours, after-hours rules, and team-by-team routing — configured once, applied to every inbound call. No third-party answering service required.

  • Ring groups by team or office
  • Business hours and holiday rules
  • After-hours coverage without a vendor
On the job

Every conversation on the job record.

Calls and SMS land on the job they belong to. Operations sees the conversation history without leaving the job.

  • Inbound and outbound calls linked to the job
  • SMS threads attached to the job
  • Voicemails and recordings on the timeline
Connects to JobsWhere the job record lives.
Reporting

Reporting on volume, response, and coverage.

Inbound volume, response time, and coverage health visible to ownership. After-hours performance is a metric, not a guess.

  • Inbound volume and response time
  • Coverage health across business hours
  • Per-team reporting visible to ownership
Built for restoration

Restoration phones aren't generic business phones.

Five things that make Relay's communications restoration-specific.

  • Calls happen during a loss, not during business hours

    Restoration intake happens 24/7. The phone system has to work outside the office.

  • Every call belongs to a job or a lead

    Calls that don't tie to a record get lost. Relay attaches every call.

  • Routing is by loss type and division, not generic queue

    Water mitigation crews answer water calls. Routing matches the work.

  • After-hours is the work, not a fallback

    A significant percentage of restoration intake is overnight or weekend. After-hours coverage is built in.

  • The conversation history lives where the work lives

    Operations doesn't open a phone app to see what was said. The conversation is on the job.

Works with

Connected to leads, CRM, and jobs.

Calls and SMS feed leads, attach to CRM contacts, and live on the job.

Communications FAQ

Questions about the communications module.

More on the resources page.

Does Relay replace my existing phone system?

Yes. Relay includes call routing, ring groups, business hours, SMS, and after-hours coverage — the workflows a separate phone system would provide.

How does after-hours coverage work?

Routing rules apply outside business hours. Calls can ring an on-call rep, route to voicemail with notification, or convert to SMS — without a third-party answering service.

Are calls recorded?

Voicemail and call recording are available. Recordings attach to the conversation on the contact and job.

Can SMS conversations tie to a specific job?

Yes. SMS threads attach to the contact and, when linked, to the job. The thread is visible to whoever is working the record.

How is response time measured?

Inbound call response time, time-to-first-response, and after-hours pickup are tracked per team and per rep. Reporting sits beside operational metrics.

See it run

See Communications in your operation.

Thirty minutes with a restoration specialist. We'll walk through routing, after-hours coverage, and the job-linked conversation history.

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