Kalyvox vs Wakeman
The short answer
- Wakeman costs least at 100 calls a month: $149.
- Kalyvox costs least at 500: €326.50 (about $366).
- Kalyvox has the lowest advertised price, €89 (about $100), but costs €136.50 (about $153) at 100 calls.
- Pick Kalyvox if you want the lower bill at 500 calls, booking in Google Calendar or booking in Outlook.
- Pick Wakeman if you want the lower bill at 100 calls or a summary by text after each call.
 Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit 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 | Kalyvox€136.50about $153 | Wakeman$149Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Kalyvox€326.50about $366Lowest | Wakeman$641.50 |
| Advertised from | Kalyvox€89 (about $100) a monthabout $100 | Wakeman$149 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | KalyvoxThe €89 (about $100) plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. | WakemanThe $149 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Kalyvoxper minute | Wakemanper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate | WakemanYesPast the included minutes you pay a published per-minute rate by plan |
| Free trial or plan | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone yourself | WakemanPartlyYou can forward your real business line to it |
| Month to month, cancel online | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment | WakemanYesMonth to month with no minimum term |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability, offers slots and writes the event | WakemanPartlyIt can book on the call and write the job into Jobber, but booking ships switched off |
| Transfers to a person | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent | WakemanPartlyA caller who asks for a person a second time |
| Human receptionists as backup | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI | WakemanNoNo people at Wakeman take over a call |
| After-hours rules | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured business hours | WakemanYesYou set weekly business hours per day |
| Urgent calls escalated | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact | WakemanYesSix named hazards trigger scripted safety steps |
| Texts your callers | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile | WakemanPartlyIt texts a caller the booking details or a follow-up after a dropped call |
| Call summary by text | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text | WakemanYesThe job reaches you by text right after the call, with a dashboard Today screen as well |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French | WakemanNo20+ languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | KalyvoxNot stated | WakemanNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call | WakemanYesThere is a public demo number you can call and role-play a customer on |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Outlook | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Calendly | KalyvoxYesA Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman |
| Your trade’s software | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT | WakemanPartlyJobber is supported on every plan once booking is on |
| Keep your number | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently, on no-answer | WakemanYesYou keep your existing number and switch on conditional forwarding with a short dial code |
| In short | ||
| What it is | KalyvoxKalyvox is a Toulouse-built AI receptionist that answers forwarded business calls around the clock, qualifies each caller against rules you configure and books appointments into a connected calendar. Every handled call becomes a structured ticket with summary, transcript and next action.All answers for Kalyvox | 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 | KalyvoxOctober 14, 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.