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KAIRIN Technology offers digital staff made to measure: a digital employee, such as a receptionist, quote maker or booking assistant, built to sound like the owner and rented per month.[1] AI Setups sets up ready-made agents for SMEs with 2 to 100 staff, adapts them to the business and shows the team how to use them, for a fixed price per agent.
Last checked 31 Oct 2026
By Jim van den Akker, AI Setups
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Pick KAIRIN if you run a trades, hotel, wellness or coaching business and want a phone receptionist, quote maker or booking assistant that sounds like you, built by one person.
Pick AI Setups if you want no build fee and an agent that works in Slack, WhatsApp and email and asks a person to approve before anything goes out.
The main difference: KAIRIN builds each digital employee to the owner's voice for a build fee and a monthly fee. AI Setups sets up ready-made agents for one monthly price, with no setup fee.
| AI Setups | KAIRIN Technology | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Ready-made AI agents for SMEs with 2 to 100 staff, set up and adapted for you | Digital employee built to sound like the owner and rented per month: receptionist, quote maker, booking assistant or intake worker[1] |
| Who sets it up | We do, then we adapt it to your business and show your team how to use it | KAIRIN does, by the founder: an interview about how you work ('belevingsintake'), then build and training on your voice with two feedback moments, then go-live[1] |
| Where it works | Slack, WhatsApp and email | Phone (receptionist), website chat or voice layer, and your calendar or booking system. WhatsApp, Slack and email are not named[1] |
| Ready-made roles | Operations Agent and Lead Gen Agent first; Sales Rep Agent and AI Receptionist next | Digital receptionist, quote maker, booking assistant and intake worker, plus 'De Slimme Website' (a smart website layer)[1] |
| Acts on its own? | Does the routine work and asks your approval before anything goes out | Not published. The page describes your sign-off before go-live, and says the employee knows when to hand over to you[1] |
| Changes after launch | We make them with you | Maintenance and periodic retraining are in the monthly fee[1] |
| Pricing model | Fixed price per agent | One-time build fee plus a monthly fee per digital employee[1] |
| Starting price | €500 a month per agent, excl. VAT | From €300 a month, plus a one-time build fee from €1,500. All are 'from' prices, excl. VAT[1] |
| Minimum term and setup fee | 3 months minimum, no setup fee | Minimum 3 months, then monthly cancellable with one month's notice. Build fee from €1,500 to €2,000 one-time[1] |
| Free trial or self-serve | No free trial and not self-serve. It starts with a call | No free trial. A first conversation, with a reply within one working day[1] |
| Language and location | Dutch and Swedish founders, based in the Netherlands and Sweden | Dutch. KAIRIN Technology, run by Karin Hofman[1] |
| Data and hosting | Agreed per customer | Not published. What happens to data inside a digital employee is agreed with you before building[1] |
| Best for | Owners who want an agent running without setting it up themselves | Trades, hotel and B&B, wellness and coaching businesses that want a phone receptionist, quote maker or booking assistant in the owner's voice[1] |
KAIRIN Technology is run by Karin Hofman, who writes in the first person on her site. It offers four digital employees. The receptionist answers the phone when you cannot. The quote maker asks the questions you would ask and prepares the quote. The booking assistant fills the calendar. The intake worker holds the first conversation for coaches and trainers. The site names construction and installation, hotel and B&B, leisure and wellness, and coaches and trainers as its four segments.[1]
Where it shines is the voice. The digital employee does not go live until the owner says it sounds like them. KAIRIN says it takes one to two weeks from the first conversation to live, and that maintenance and retraining are in the monthly fee. It also offers 'De Slimme Website', a smart website layer from €1,200 plus €89 a month, with no minimum term and one month's notice.[1]
AI Setups sets up ready-made AI agents for SMEs with 2 to 100 staff. We start with the Operations Agent, which answers questions about the business, writes reports and drafts routine work, and the Lead Gen Agent, which finds new B2B leads and writes personal emails every day.
We connect your systems, adapt the agent to how your business works and show your team how to use it. The agent works in Slack, WhatsApp and email, does the routine work and asks a person to approve before anything goes out. It costs €500 a month per agent, with a 3-month minimum and no setup fee.
KAIRIN builds each digital employee herself. After an interview about how you work, she builds and trains it on your voice, with two feedback moments before go-live. She says it takes one to two weeks from the first conversation.[1]
AI Setups also does the setup. We connect the systems, adapt the agent to how the business works and show the team how to use it.
KAIRIN charges a one-time build fee from €1,500 to €2,000 and a monthly fee from €300 to €375, depending on the role. The minimum is 3 months, then monthly with one month's notice. A yearly agreement gets 10% off.[1]
AI Setups charges €500 a month per agent, with the same 3-month minimum and no setup fee.
KAIRIN's employees work by phone, in a website chat or voice layer, and with your calendar or booking system. WhatsApp, Slack and email are not named on the page.[1]
AI Setups agents work in Slack, WhatsApp and email.
KAIRIN describes your sign-off before go-live and says the employee knows when to hand over to you with context. A per-action approval step is not described.[1]
AI Setups agents do the routine work and ask a person to approve before anything goes out.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Digital receptionist[1] | From €300 a month | Plus a one-time build fee from €1,500 |
| Digital quote maker[1] | From €325 a month | Plus a one-time build fee from €1,750 |
| Digital booking assistant[1] | From €375 a month | Plus a one-time build fee from €2,000 |
| Digital intake worker[1] | From €300 a month | Plus a one-time build fee from €1,500 |
| De Slimme Website[1] | From €89 a month | Plus a one-time fee from €1,200 (Instap); no minimum term |
| AI Setups, one agent | €500 a month | Fixed price per agent, 3 months minimum, no setup fee |
Published prices only, as shown on the date above. AI Setups prices are excl. VAT.
A 10-person trades business with a digital receptionist pays a build fee from €1,500 once and then from €300 a month. Over the 3-month minimum that is 1,500 + 3 × 300 = €2,400 at the 'from' prices.[1]
One AI Setups agent for the same 3 months is 3 × 500 = €1,500, with no setup fee. Prices excl. VAT. The jobs differ, so compare what each employee does as well as the price.
You do not have to choose one for everything. A business could use a digital receptionist in the owner's voice and an AI Setups agent for reports or lead follow-up in Slack or WhatsApp.
If you move from KAIRIN to AI Setups, start with the one process you rely on most. We set that agent up first; you keep your own tools and accounts.
We run the same agents in our own companies. The Operations Agent runs every day at Remodius, the ecommerce brand Jim runs, and the Lead Gen Agent runs our own outreach on Rasmus's tools ListFixer, MailSpot and Leadster.
KAIRIN Technology offers digital staff made to measure: a receptionist, quote maker, booking assistant or intake worker built to sound like the owner. It is run by Karin Hofman and rented per month.
KAIRIN builds each digital employee in the owner's voice for a build fee and a monthly fee. AI Setups sets up ready-made agents for €500 a month per agent, with no setup fee.
Choose KAIRIN if you run a trades, hotel, wellness or coaching business and want a phone receptionist, quote maker or booking assistant that sounds like you, built by one person.
On 31 Oct 2026 KAIRIN showed digital employees from €300 a month plus a one-time build fee from €1,500, excl. VAT. The minimum is 3 months, then one month's notice.
Yes. A digital receptionist can handle first contact in your voice, while an AI Setups agent runs a different process in Slack, WhatsApp or email.
No. AI Setups has no setup fee. It is €500 a month per agent, excl. VAT, with a 3-month minimum.
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