fonio.ai vs Wakeman
The short answer
- fonio.ai costs least: €119 (about $133) a month for 100 calls and €164 (about $184) for 500.
- Pick fonio.ai if you want the lower bill, booking in Google Calendar or booking in Outlook.
 fonio.aiEuropean small businesses and practices wanting every call answered in their languageVisit site |  Wakemanplumbing, HVAC and electrical shops with 2-15 trucks that miss after-hours callsVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | fonio.ai€119about $133Lowest | Wakeman$149 |
| At 500 calls a month | fonio.ai€164about $184Lowest | Wakeman$641.50 |
| Advertised from | fonio.ai€119 (about $133) a monthabout $133 | Wakeman$149 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | fonio.aiThe €119 (about $133) plan covers all 100 calls. | WakemanThe $149 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | fonio.aiper minute | Wakemanper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | fonio.aiPartlyPast the included minutes the vendor auto-adds 100-minute packages at a published price | WakemanYesPast the included minutes you pay a published per-minute rate by plan |
| Free trial or plan | fonio.aiPartlyThere is a 14-day free trial of the paid plans | WakemanPartlyYou can forward your real business line to it |
| Month to month, cancel online | fonio.aiPartlyPlans are quoted per month with a cheaper yearly billing option | WakemanYesMonth to month with no minimum term |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | fonio.aiYesThe assistant checks real availability in a connected Google or Microsoft calendar | WakemanPartlyIt can book on the call and write the job into Jobber, but booking ships switched off |
| Transfers to a person | fonio.aiPartlyTransfers are blind by default, handed straight to a number, SIP URI or team member | WakemanPartlyA caller who asks for a person a second time |
| Human receptionists as backup | fonio.aiNoThere is no staffed answering service behind the AI | WakemanNoNo people at Wakeman take over a call |
| After-hours rules | fonio.aiYesBusiness hours are stored for the company and each transfer | WakemanYesYou set weekly business hours per day |
| Urgent calls escalated | fonio.aiPartlyThe vendor says the assistant recognizes urgent medical requests and flags them | WakemanYesSix named hazards trigger scripted safety steps |
| Texts your callers | fonio.aiPartlyThe assistant can text the caller or your team before, during or after a call | WakemanPartlyIt texts a caller the booking details or a follow-up after a dropped call |
| Call summary by text | fonio.aiPartlyA call summary is produced after every conversation and shown in the app | WakemanYesThe job reaches you by text right after the call, with a dashboard Today screen as well |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | fonio.aiYes60+ languages | WakemanNo20+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | fonio.aiNot stated | WakemanNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | fonio.aiYesThe vendor offers a test call where the AI phones a number you enter | WakemanYesThere is a public demo number you can call and role-play a customer on |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | fonio.aiYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft Outlook through a connected Microsoft account, Calendly | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Outlook | fonio.aiYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft Outlook through a connected Microsoft account, Calendly | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Calendly | fonio.aiYesGoogle Calendar, Microsoft Outlook through a connected Microsoft account, Calendly | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Your trade’s software | fonio.aiPartlyServiceTitan is documented for trades and TheFork for restaurants | WakemanPartlyJobber is supported on every plan once booking is on |
| Keep your number | fonio.aiYesThe standard setup keeps your existing business number and forwards it to a fonio number | WakemanYesYou keep your existing number and switch on conditional forwarding with a short dial code |
| In short | ||
| What it is | fonio.aifonio.ai is a European AI phone assistant that answers a business's incoming calls around the clock, books appointments in a connected calendar and passes caller details into CRMs and spreadsheets. It is sold self-serve in per-minute plans, with GDPR terms and EU hosting.All answers for fonio.ai | WakemanWakeman is an AI phone receptionist for US home-services contractors that answers the calls a team misses, triages emergencies and writes the job down. It books into Jobber once the owner switches booking on.All answers for Wakeman |
| Checked | fonio.aiOctober 15, 2026 | WakemanOctober 16, 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.