Beside Phone vs Jodie
The short answer
- Beside Phone costs least: $29.99 a month for 100 calls and $29.99 for 500.
- Pick Beside Phone if you want the lower bill, bookings made during the call or calls put through to you.
 Beside Phonesolo trades and local teams who miss inbound calls while on the jobVisit 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 | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | Jodie£49about $65 |
| At 500 calls a month | Beside Phone$29.99Lowest | Jodie£49about $65 |
| Advertised from | Beside Phone$29 a month | Jodie£49 (about $65) a monthabout $65 |
| The advertised plan covers | Beside PhoneThe $29 plan it advertises stops answering after 30 calls. | JodieThe £49 (about $65) plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Beside Phoneper call | Jodieflat fee |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Beside PhoneYesOn Baseline the AI stops answering once 30 calls are used and callers drop to voicemail | JodiePartlyNo overage charge is published for extra calls |
| Free trial or plan | Beside PhonePartlyOnly the pricier Unlimited plan has a seven-day free trial on your real line | JodiePartlyThe first seven days are free with every feature switched on |
| Month to month, cancel online | Beside PhoneYesBaseline and Unlimited are month-to-month only and you cancel yourself in billing settings | JodieYesAll self-serve plans are month-to-month with cancellation at any time and no penalty |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Beside PhoneYesWith a connected Google or Outlook calendar the Receptionist checks live availability | JodiePartlyLive calendar booking during the call needs Professional or Premium |
| Transfers to a person | Beside PhoneYesThe Receptionist transfers to a teammate or external number on rules you define | JodiePartlyTransfers to up to ten numbers with plain-English rules, but only from Professional upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | Beside PhoneNoNo human answering service sits behind the AI | JodieNoThe vendor positions Jodie as software doing the work a human agency would |
| After-hours rules | Beside PhoneYesIt answers around the clock by default and Business Hours sends daytime calls to your team | JodieYesAnswering runs 24/7 including evenings, weekends and public holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | Beside PhoneYesA Scenario rule can recognize emergency wording | JodiePartlyEmergencies can be routed straight to an on-call number and are flagged on your phone |
| Texts your callers | Beside PhoneYesA Send a Text action texts the caller a link or confirmation during the call | JodiePartlyAutomatic follow-up texts to callers start on Professional |
| Call summary by text | Beside PhoneNoSummaries arrive in the app and, if enabled, by email to an address you set | JodiePartlyCall summaries are sent by email with an app push notification on every plan |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Beside PhonePartly5 languages | JodieYes12 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Beside PhoneNot stated | JodieNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Beside PhoneYesAnyone can phone a published demo number | JodiePartlyThere is a recorded demo video and, after sign-up, a test number you ring as a customer |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Outlook | Beside PhoneYesGoogle Calendar and Outlook are booked into directly | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Calendly | Beside PhoneYesCalendly is only textable as a link | JodieYesCalendly and similar tools are only handled by texting the caller your link |
| Your trade’s software | Beside PhoneNot stated | JodiePartlyThe only named direct integrations are Rex for estate agents and GoHighLevel |
| Keep your number | Beside PhoneYesYou keep your carrier number and forward calls to the Beside line | JodieYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and divert calls with your network code |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Beside PhoneBeside Phone is a mobile and web business phone line whose AI receptionist answers inbound calls around the clock, captures caller details, qualifies leads and books appointments. Calls, texts, summaries and transcripts live in one shared team app.All answers for Beside Phone | 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 | Beside PhoneOctober 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.