San Diego · Workflow Automation

Your phone gets answered.
Your reports run themselves.
You own everything we build.

Baxter Solutions builds workflow systems for San Diego restaurants, small businesses, and independent practices. Fixed prices. Your code, your accounts, your infrastructure — we hand it over and walk away.

22% Revenue lift documented for pizza operators using inbound voice AI Source: Loman AI published case study
<10 mo Payback period on a $7,500 build replacing a $900/month offshore VA Math: $7,500 ÷ ($900 – $100 hosting) = 9.4 months
$30/mo Typical ongoing cost to run a restaurant voice AI system after we build it — you pay Twilio and OpenAI directly Estimate based on standard Twilio + OpenAI usage
Stack

n8n · Twilio · Vapi · OpenAI — on your accounts

Pricing

Published on this page. No "contact for quote."

Ownership

Your GitHub repo, your keys, your infrastructure

Location

San Diego, CA — walkable demos available

Audit. Build. Own it.

Three steps. No scope creep. No surprise retainers.

Operations Audit

A 90-minute discovery call followed by a 5–7 day written analysis. You get a report showing exactly where manual work is costing you — with a prioritized list, ROI estimate, and a build quote before you spend a dollar on implementation.

$1,500. The audit exists to protect both of us from a build that doesn't fit the actual problem.

Fixed-Price Build

We build the system from the audit spec. Fixed price, agreed up front. The workflow runs on your hosting account, your API keys, your phone number. 30 days of post-launch support included.

Single workflow from $7,500. Multi-workflow systems $15,000–$35,000.

You Own It

When the build is done, you receive the full source code in your GitHub repository, documentation in your workspace, and credentials to every service. No monthly fee to us. No access we can revoke. The system runs whether we're involved or not.

Optional ongoing support retainer from $800/month if you want us to monitor and maintain it.

Three problems we solve well

We focus where the ROI math is clearest and the build is predictable. Outside these three, ask — we'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Restaurants

Voice AI for Inbound Calls

Your phone rings during dinner service and nobody picks up. That's a cover walking out the door. We build the AI voice system that answers it — takes reservations, handles hours and menu questions, escalates to a human when needed.

Runs on your own Twilio number. Toast, Square, and OpenTable integrations available. You pay about $30–50/month in hosting after we're done.

Loman documented a 22% revenue lift for pizza operators with inbound voice AI. That's the benchmark, not our promise — but it's the math that makes this conversation worth having.

$2,500 setup + $400/mo managed
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Operations

Replace the Repeating VA Work

If you're paying $480–$1,120/month for a virtual assistant handling digital task work — data entry, invoice routing, order processing, email triage — we can map that task list to an automation that runs it instead.

The audit starts at $2,500 for a full VA-to-workflow map. The system pays back in under a year at $700/month VA spend. You own the code.

We start with a written audit — your task list mapped to a build estimate with a 12-month cost comparison. No commitment to build until you've seen the math.

$2,500 audit · build from $7,500
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Health Practices

Connect the Tools You Already Pay For

Dental and medical practices often pay $200–$500/month each for tools like Weave, NexHealth, and OpenDental — and none of them talk to each other. The front desk manually moves information between systems every morning.

We build the integration layer that automates that movement. We do not touch EHR clinical records or HIPAA-gated data — scheduling, recall, intake forms, and billing follow-ups only.

Start with a $1,500 audit that maps what you're already paying for vs. what's actually connected.

$1,500 audit · build from $7,500
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Every price, on this page

No "contact for a quote." If your situation doesn't fit these numbers, the audit tells us what it actually costs before either of us commits.

Entry — Audit & Discovery

Vertical — VA Replacement
Offshore-Replacement Audit
$2,500 one-time
For companies with existing VA or offshore labor spend. We map the task list and return a 12-month cost comparison.
  • Review of your current VA task list
  • Workflow-by-workflow automation map
  • 12-month TCO comparison
  • 10–15 page report + 90-min walkthrough
  • Build estimate included
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Vertical — Restaurant
Restaurant Operations Audit
$2,500 one-time
Specific to full-service restaurants. Includes POS integration map and call-flow design.
  • Call-volume and missed-call analysis
  • POS integration map (Toast / Square / OpenTable)
  • Voice AI system design
  • Staffing & workflow ROI breakdown
  • Build estimate included
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Builds

Single Workflow

One End-to-End Automation

One complete workflow — restaurant voice receptionist, VA-role replacement, intake form automation. Client-owned, client-hosted, BYOK on every AI vendor. 30-day post-launch support included.

$7,500 fixed

Comparable: AutomateNexus charges $7,500 for their BYOK build. We match on model; differ on niche depth and ongoing relationship.

Multi-Workflow / Integrated

3–5 Connected Workflows

Multi-system integration or a full operational stack — e.g., full restaurant ops, or replacing a 2–3 person offshore team. Same ownership model. Custom-quoted via audit once scope is known.

$15,000–$35,000 fixed

Above $35K is enterprise scope — quoted separately after audit. We don't publish that number until we have the right reference client to anchor it.

Productized · Restaurants

Restaurant Voice AI Pilot

The fastest path to a working voice receptionist. Includes Toast, Square, or OpenTable integration, hours and menu callbacks, reservation handling, and human escalation. Runs on your Twilio number and Vapi account.

$2,500 setup
+ $400/mo managed

vs. Hostie at $199–$599/mo on their infrastructure

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Optional — Ongoing Support

The system runs whether you use a retainer or not. These are for clients who want us monitoring and maintaining it.

Care
$800/mo
  • Uptime monitoring
  • 2 hrs/mo of changes
  • Async support (email)
Operate
$1,500/mo

DEFAULT

  • Monitoring + 6 hrs/mo
  • Monthly review call
  • Priority Slack / SMS response
Embed
$2,500/mo

Available at month 4+

  • Monitoring + 12 hrs/mo
  • Bi-weekly calls
  • Active optimization + new workflow budget

Why a new automation shop — and why no client list

Baxter Solutions is new. That means no client list, no testimonials, and no logos on a "trusted by" wall. I'm not going to manufacture those.

What I can offer instead: published prices so you're not negotiating blind, a methodology you can read before we ever talk, and the fact that I personally build everything I quote. There's no team delivering work I've promised — it's me, which means you get the person you talked to.

The market context is real and verifiable. Hostie raised $4M from Google's AI fund to build restaurant voice AI at $199–$599/month on their infrastructure. Loman documented a 22% revenue lift for pizza operators. AutomateNexus charges $7,500 for a BYOK workflow build in San Diego. These numbers exist in public press releases and published pricing pages — I didn't invent them.

What I'm selling is the same delivery model — client-owned, client-hosted, BYOK — with published prices, a specific audit that de-risks the build before you commit, and someone who will show up in person if you want to see it running before you sign anything.

If you want the large firm with a portfolio, I can recommend one. If you want fixed prices, a written ROI analysis, and code that keeps running after I'm done, that's this.

What's true about this agency right now

  • Zero clients to date — this is month one of operations
  • Prices are final — not anchors to negotiate down from
  • All work done by the founder personally
  • Demos available on-site in San Diego
  • No long-term contract required for builds

Straight answers

Two reasons. First, fixed prices filter out the wrong work. If a prospect can't see the value in a $1,500 audit, the build will be painful for both of us. Second, fixed prices protect you. You know the number before you commit. You're not trusting me to quote fairly — you're looking at a published price on a public page.

The audit exists precisely for edge cases. If your situation is genuinely complex — multi-location, three integrated systems, live compliance constraints — the audit surfaces that and we quote accordingly. Nothing above $35K gets a published price, because at that scale the scope variability is real. But that's one tier of a nine-tier ladder.

Every build includes 30 days of post-launch support. If something breaks in that window, I fix it at no charge.

After 30 days, your options are: the Care retainer ($800/month, 2 hours of changes, async), the Operate retainer ($1,500/month, more hours, more access), or you fix it yourself — because you own the code and have the documentation. The system is on your infrastructure. You can hire another developer to work on it. You're not locked in.

You do. Every build is delivered to your GitHub repository, on your hosting account, with your API keys. The workflow exports, any custom scripts, the documentation — all of it lives in your workspace.

I retain the right to reuse non-client-specific code patterns (generic webhook logic, standard n8n templates) in other projects. That's standard. I don't retain any client-specific logic, access to your systems, or the ability to "turn off" anything we built. Once it's delivered, it runs without me.

No. We do not handle clinical records, EHR data, insurance adjudication, or any workflow that requires a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. Full stop.

What we do build for practices is administrative: appointment reminders, recall texting, intake form routing, review generation flows, and integrations between tools like Weave, NexHealth, and OpenDental at the scheduling-and-comms layer. If you ask us to touch clinical records, we'll decline and tell you why. We'd rather lose the project than expose a practice to a compliance risk we're not equipped to manage.

Because what you describe and what the build actually requires are often different things. Businesses describe the symptom — "I need something to handle my emails." The audit figures out whether that's a 2-hour workflow or a 40-hour integration with three systems, and it tells you before you've committed $7,500 to find out the hard way.

The $1,500 audit also functions as a mutual qualifying step. If the audit report shows the ROI math doesn't work — the problem isn't big enough, or the workflow is genuinely too complex for the budget — I'll tell you. That's worth $1,500 to know.

You can. The reasons most people stop doing that: 45% 12-month retention on direct offshore hires means you're retraining a new developer every 8–14 months. Each training cycle costs 2–4 weeks of your time. The third time you do that math, automation starts looking different.

Also: an offshore developer quoting a $1,500 project will often deliver something that works once and breaks when an API changes. Our builds include documentation, source code you can maintain, and 30 days of support. If you want to move on after the build, you have everything you need to do that with someone else. We're not trying to be irreplaceable — that's the point.

The San Diego SMB Owner's AI-Automation Audit Checklist

30 questions across 6 operational areas. Takes 15 minutes. Tells you which of your workflows are worth automating and which aren't — before you talk to any vendor.

Get the checklist (free)

We email the PDF. One field. If you want to walk through it with us, the audit starts here.

One workflow tip per week, built for San Diego owners

Short. Practical. No upsell. We show the automation, explain the ROI math, and walk away. Unsubscribe anytime.

San Diego small business focus. No spam. Unsubscribe with one click.

Start with the audit.
See the math first.

A 90-minute call and a written report. You'll know exactly what the problem costs and what the fix looks like before spending a dollar on implementation.

  • [VERIFY — add phone once business line acquired]
  • ethan@baxter.solutions
  • San Diego, CA — on-site demos available

If you'd rather talk before filling out a form: send an email with one sentence about what you're trying to fix. That's enough to start a conversation.

Book the Operations Audit

$1,500 · 90-min call + written report

No need to over-explain. One specific thing is enough to start.

No commitment to proceed after the audit. The $1,500 covers the analysis and report — not a build.