AI Receptionist vs Jodie
The short answer
- AI Receptionist costs least at 100 calls a month: $57.75.
- Jodie costs least at 500: £49 (about $65).
- Pick AI Receptionist if you want the lower bill at 100 calls, calls put through to you or text conversations with callers.
- Pick Jodie if you want the lower bill at 500 calls.
 AI Receptionistsolo professionals and small businesses that miss calls while workingVisit site |  JodieUK trades and service businesses that miss calls while out on the jobVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | AI Receptionist$57.75Lowest | Jodie£49about $65 |
| At 500 calls a month | AI Receptionist$261.50 | Jodie£49about $65Lowest |
| Advertised from | AI Receptionist$14 a month | Jodie£49 (about $65) a monthabout $65 |
| The advertised plan covers | AI ReceptionistThe $14 plan covers 30 of 100 calls.70 cost extra. | JodieThe £49 (about $65) plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | AI Receptionistper minute | Jodieflat fee |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | AI ReceptionistPartlyCalls are not auto-upgraded or billed down | JodiePartlyNo overage charge is published for extra calls |
| Free trial or plan | AI ReceptionistPartlyA 7-day trial lets it answer your real line: you get 30 minutes of live calls | JodiePartlyThe first seven days are free with every feature switched on |
| Month to month, cancel online | AI ReceptionistYesMonth-to-month with no contract, and you cancel yourself in the app without phoning anyone | JodieYesAll self-serve plans are month-to-month with cancellation at any time and no penalty |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | AI ReceptionistPartlyIt books into the caller’s slot during the call | JodiePartlyLive calendar booking during the call needs Professional or Premium |
| Transfers to a person | AI ReceptionistYesTransfers are warm by default: it texts you who is calling and why | JodiePartlyTransfers to up to ten numbers with plain-English rules, but only from Professional upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | AI ReceptionistNoNo human agents sit behind the AI | JodieNoThe vendor positions Jodie as software doing the work a human agency would |
| After-hours rules | AI ReceptionistPartlyAnswering is 24/7 on every plan including weekends and holidays | JodieYesAnswering runs 24/7 including evenings, weekends and public holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | AI ReceptionistYesEmergency recognition is a documented behavior: the vendor says it triages urgent calls | JodiePartlyEmergencies can be routed straight to an on-call number and are flagged on your phone |
| Texts your callers | AI ReceptionistYesCallers can text the same number | JodiePartlyAutomatic follow-up texts to callers start on Professional |
| Call summary by text | AI ReceptionistYesYou can get per-call alerts by SMS as well as email, with a daily SMS | JodiePartlyCall summaries are sent by email with an app push notification on every plan |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | AI ReceptionistYes57 languages | JodieYes12 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | AI ReceptionistNoNo BAA today on any plan: the vendor lists HIPAA compliance | JodieNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | AI ReceptionistYesThree live demo receptionists are published with their phone numbers | JodiePartlyThere is a recorded demo video and, after sign-up, a test number you ring as a customer |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | AI ReceptionistYesGoogle Calendar is the only calendar it books into, included from the $14 plan up | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Outlook | AI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Calendly | AI ReceptionistYesThe vendor says support for other calendar platforms is still to come | JodieYesCalendly and similar tools are only handled by texting the caller your link |
| Your trade’s software | AI ReceptionistNot stated | JodiePartlyThe only named direct integrations are Rex for estate agents and GoHighLevel |
| Keep your number | AI ReceptionistYesYou keep your existing line and forward it with carrier star codes, documented per carrier | JodieYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and divert calls with your network code |
| In short | ||
| What it is | AI ReceptionistAI Receptionist is a 24/7 AI phone answering service for small businesses and solo operators. It greets callers, answers their questions from your own business information, books appointments, screens spam and sends you a summary of every call.All answers for AI Receptionist | JodieJodie is an AI receptionist for small businesses that answers calls diverted to her around the clock, asks the questions you set and sends a summary after each one. The same assistant also handles website chat, WhatsApp and email.All answers for Jodie |
| Checked | AI ReceptionistOctober 14, 2026 | JodieOctober 15, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of Oct 15, 2026.