AI for Pest Control Companies
People find pests after dark
and book whoever answers first. Be the one who answers.
An AI agent on your website that identifies the pest, answers treatment and pricing questions, qualifies the job, and books free inspections and first treatments — 24/7. Built specifically for pest control companies.
See how it worksThe Customer Journey
From first sighting
to booked treatment
Try it yourself — chat with Nora below. Describe what you're seeing and book a free inspection or first treatment, all in one conversation. No phone tag. No waiting for callbacks.
Your Zellyfi Dashboard
Every pest control lead, tracked in one place
Every conversation Nora has, every booking, and every lead lands in your dashboard in real time — organized for pest control, not a generic CRM.
New pest control leads
37+18%Inspections booked
24+31%Urgent infestation requests
12+12%Leads this week
Recent leads
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What the AI does
Everything your office does between routes.
Plus what it can't while techs are out treating.
Why it pays for itself
Numbers that speak for themselves
Multiple integration styles
One AI. Many ways to
meet your visitors.
Every business is different. Choose the integration that fits your website — or let us design one from scratch.
Don't see the perfect fit?
We'll design it for you.
Every widget we build is tailored to match your brand, tone, and website design — down to the last pixel. Your visitors won't know it's AI.
Talk to usThe Late-Night Roach Decides Where the Job Goes
Nobody discovers a pest problem at 10 AM on a Tuesday. They flip on the kitchen light at midnight and watch a roach dart under the stove. They pull cereal from the pantry and find droppings. They hear something scratching in the attic wall after the kids are asleep. Pest problems announce themselves at the worst hours, and they trigger an immediate, slightly panicked search for someone who can make it stop. That is why roughly 35% of leads come in after 5 PM and on weekends — precisely when your office is closed and your techs are home. A homeowner staring at a bug at midnight is not going to leave a voicemail and wait until morning; they will keep scrolling until a pest control company answers. A website AI agent answers in that moment. It identifies the pest from what they describe, reassures them it is treatable, quotes an honest starting price, and books the first available inspection — turning a 1 AM scare into a job on tomorrow's route instead of a lead your competitor woke up to.
First to Respond Wins the Pest Control Job
Pest control is a speed business. When someone finds ants marching across the counter or a mouse in the pantry, they want it gone today, and they rarely call just one company. They fire off three or four inquiries and go with whoever gets back to them first. Across service industries, 78% of customers go with the first company that responds — not the cheapest, the first — and few problems feel as urgent as pests indoors. The catch is that the people best equipped to answer the phone are your techs, and they spend the day out on routes with their hands full and a respirator on. So 67% of contractor calls go to voicemail, and most homeowners simply hang up and dial the next name on the list. An AI agent closes that gap completely. It answers every website inquiry the instant it arrives, whether one comes in or twenty after the first warm spell drives every ant colony indoors. It never sends anyone to voicemail, so the first-response advantage that wins the job stays yours.
One-Time Treatment or Quarterly Plan? Qualify Before You Dispatch
Not every call is worth the same truck roll, and not every customer wants the same thing. One homeowner has a single wasp nest they need knocked down this week; another has a spreading roach problem that really needs a plan; a third is a landlord pricing quarterly service across six units. Sending a tech out blind — or quoting a flat price through a web form — wastes the most expensive resource you have, which is a licensed applicator's time on the road. An AI agent qualifies every lead before it reaches the schedule. It asks what pest they are seeing, where in the home, how long it has been going on, and whether they have treated before. It captures the property address and the severity. By the time your office reviews the lead, you already know whether this is a from-$149 one-time treatment, a free termite inspection, or a strong candidate for the quarterly plan — and the tech shows up with the right products loaded instead of guessing on arrival.
Recurring Plans Are the Real Prize — Capture Them While the Problem Is Fresh
Any operator will tell you the money is not in the one-time spray — it is in the recurring plan that renews quarter after quarter for years. A single visit is a transaction; a protection plan is an annuity. But plans are easiest to sell at exactly one moment: when the customer is standing in a kitchen full of ants and desperate for it to never happen again. That window closes fast. If they have to wait for a callback, the panic fades, and by the time your office reaches them they will happily take the cheaper one-off. An AI agent catches customers at peak motivation. The moment it books a treatment, it explains — plainly, without pressure — that the quarterly plan keeps the problem from coming back and includes free re-treatments between visits, and it signs them up on the spot. Even a modest lift in plan conversion changes the math of the whole business, because every plan the assistant starts is recurring revenue you keep collecting long after the first bug is gone.
Termites, Rodents, and the Free-Inspection Funnel
The highest-value work in pest control rarely closes on the first message. Termite jobs, rodent exclusion, and heavy infestations need eyes on the property before anyone can quote them honestly — which is exactly why the free inspection is the backbone of the business. The trouble is getting that inspection booked before the homeowner calls three competitors. A website AI agent runs the funnel around the clock. When someone mentions mud tubes, wood that sounds hollow, scratching in the walls, or droppings in the garage, it recognizes a potential termite or rodent job, explains that the inspection is free and takes about 45 minutes, and gets it on the calendar while the homeowner is still worried enough to act. Just as important is what it does not do: it never diagnoses a species or promises a price sight-unseen, because those jobs depend on what the tech finds on site. It sets honest expectations, books the inspection, and hands your specialist a qualified lead — the reliable front end of your most profitable work.
If You Buy Pest Control Ads, Your Website Has One Job
Pest control is one of the most competitive local-search categories there is, and the clicks are not cheap. Companies pour real money into Google Ads and SEO to get a homeowner with a roach problem onto their website — and then the website does almost nothing with the visit. A hero photo of a clean kitchen, a list of pests, a phone number, and a contact form. The visitor who clicked your ad on their lunch break cannot take a call at their desk, will not fill out a form and wait, and bounces to the next result. An AI agent turns that paid click into a booked job. It answers the questions people actually have — what a treatment costs, whether the products are safe around pets and kids, how fast someone can come out, whether the plan is worth it — and converts the visit into a scheduled inspection before the visitor leaves. It also records where each lead came from, so you can finally see which ad dollars turn into customers instead of just clicks. If you are paying for the traffic anyway, this is the difference between renting attention and booking revenue.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
How does the AI know my services, pests, and pricing?
We train it on your specific services, the pests you treat, your one-time and recurring-plan pricing, your service area, and your availability. You review and approve everything before it goes live — the AI only says what you want it to say.
Can it tell an infestation from a routine call?
Yes. The AI asks what the customer is seeing, where, and how bad it is, then routes accordingly — a single ant sighting becomes a booked treatment, while an active infestation, rodents indoors, or a wasp nest by the door gets fast-tracked to your earliest slot with an instant notification to your team.
Will it push my recurring plans, or just book one-off jobs?
Both. It books the one-time treatment or free inspection people ask for, and — when it fits — explains your quarterly protection plan and signs them up while the problem is fresh. That turns a single call into recurring revenue without a hard sell.
Does it work with my scheduling and pest-control software?
Booked jobs land in your Google Calendar in real time. If you run FieldRoutes, PestPac, or Jobber, we scope how leads flow into it during onboarding — and we tell you straight what syncs automatically and what doesn't.
How much does it cost?
Plans start at $179 per month with no setup fees and no long-term contracts. The two-pane Booking Widget — chat plus live calendar booking — is $449 per month. For a pest control company, a single recurring plan the AI signs up can cover the cost for months.
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