Does the widget integrate with my calendar?
Yes. The widget integrates with Outlook (Microsoft Graph), Google Calendar, and the built-in SmartWidget scheduler. Appointment slots are pulled in real time from your available diary so the widget can offer specific dates and times, confirm a booking, and write the event back to your calendar with the full conversation transcript attached. Reminders fire automatically.
Is SmartWidget GDPR compliant for UK Recruitment Agencies?
Yes. SmartWidget is GDPR compliant by design. Conversation transcripts are stored encrypted at rest in UK-based data centres, retention policies are configurable per business, and the dashboard exposes the controls needed to handle subject access and deletion requests within statutory timeframes. The widget includes a configurable visible privacy notice.
Can the widget capture leads in multiple languages?
The Growth tier and above include multilingual auto-detection. The widget detects the visitor's language from their first message — English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch out of the box — and replies in the same language for the rest of the conversation. Particularly valuable for Recruitment Agencies serving overseas customers or operating in tourism-driven markets.
Will the widget annoy visitors with pop-ups?
No. The default behaviour is passive. The chat bubble sits in the bottom corner of every page and engages only when a visitor clicks on it. There are no auto-popups, no exit-intent overlays, no aggressive prompting. Visitors who do not want chat get a clean website experience. Visitors who want chat get it instantly.
How does the widget compare to live chat staffed by my team?
Live chat staffed by a human team converts well during office hours but fails outside them, fails when the team is busy, and consumes substantial labour cost — typically £24,000 to £32,000 per year per full-time chat operator. SmartWidget operates 24/7 from £19 per month, handles unlimited concurrent conversations, never sleeps, and escalates the complex cases to a human only when necessary.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
No. SmartWidget operates on monthly billing with no contract and no minimum commitment. Cancel at any time, downgrade or upgrade between tiers freely. The pricing is designed to be friction-free so UK Recruitment Agencies can deploy the widget without committing to a long-term spend.
What does an AI receptionist for Recruitment Agencies actually do?
It engages visitors on your recruitment agency website 24 hours a day, answers their questions about your services and candidate and client enquiries specialism in under eight seconds, qualifies enquiries against your business rules, books appointments directly where appropriate, and alerts you on email or SMS for anything urgent. It is configured for the specific language and patterns of UK Recruitment Agencies rather than being a generic off-the-shelf chatbot.
How long does setup actually take for a recruitment agency?
Setup takes around 90 seconds for most recruitment agency deployments. You sign up at smartwidget.co.uk, enter your website URL, the AI reads your existing site and builds a draft receptionist, you review it, and you paste the deployment snippet into your website. The widget is live from the moment the page saves.
How much does SmartWidget cost?
SmartWidget pricing starts at £19 per month on the Lite tier. The Growth tier is £49, Pro tier is £99, and Scale tier is £199. Annual billing saves 25 percent. All tiers include the AI receptionist, dashboard access, conversation transcripts, and unlimited Q&A pairs. There is no setup fee, no equipment to buy, and you can cancel any time.
Will the widget answer questions correctly about my recruitment agency?
Yes. The AI is trained on your existing website content automatically during setup, then refined in the dashboard with question-and-answer pairs you can add, edit or override. Most recruitment agency deployments see the widget answering correctly on at least 90 percent of visitor conversations within the first week, with edge cases easy to resolve by adding entries to the knowledge base.
Can I take over a conversation if the widget is struggling?
Yes. The unified inbox shows every live conversation in real time, and you can jump in with a single click. The AI steps back, the visitor sees the same chat thread continuing, and you simply type as a human. The handover is seamless from the visitor's side.
What happens when a visitor types about candidate and client enquiries?
The widget recognises candidate and client enquiries-related language patterns specific to UK Recruitment Agencies, asks the appropriate qualifying questions, gathers the context needed — contact details, location, urgency, specifics — and either books an appointment directly or sends a structured email or SMS alert to your mobile within seconds. You decide whether to take the case over live.
Does the widget work on WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Shopify?
Yes. The deployment is a single line of JavaScript that works on any website platform. WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Webflow, custom-built sites, static HTML, anything that lets you paste a script tag into the page template. No platform-specific plugins required.
Can I deploy the widget on more than one website?
Yes. Multi-site is built in from the Growth tier upwards. One SmartWidget subscription can run widgets across multiple recruitment agency sites, each with its own AI personality, knowledge base and inbox. The unified dashboard shows conversations across all sites at a glance. Particularly popular with Recruitment Agencies who operate multiple brands or franchise locations.