Marlie AI vs Jodie
The short answer
- Marlie AI costs least at 100 calls a month: $49.
- Jodie costs least at 500: £49 (about $65).
- Pick Marlie AI if you want the lower bill at 100 calls or Spanish.
- Pick Jodie if you want the lower bill at 500 calls.
 Marlie AIsolo trades and service shops that miss calls on the jobVisit site |  JodieUK trades and service businesses that miss calls while out on the jobVisit site | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Marlie AI$49Lowest | Jodie£49about $65 |
| At 500 calls a month | Marlie AI$274 | Jodie£49about $65Lowest |
| Advertised from | Marlie AI$49 a month | Jodie£49 (about $65) a monthabout $65 |
| The advertised plan covers | Marlie AIThe $49 plan covers all 100 calls. | JodieThe £49 (about $65) plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Marlie AIper minute | Jodieflat fee |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Marlie AIYesCalls keep being answered past the allowance | JodiePartlyNo overage charge is published for extra calls |
| Free trial or plan | Marlie AIPartlyA 14-day free trial lets you test on a real line within minutes | JodiePartlyThe first seven days are free with every feature switched on |
| Month to month, cancel online | Marlie AIYesPlans are month to month with no long-term commitment and no cancellation fee | JodieYesAll self-serve plans are month-to-month with cancellation at any time and no penalty |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Marlie AIPartlyReal booking into a synced calendar starts on the Standard plan | JodiePartlyLive calendar booking during the call needs Professional or Premium |
| Transfers to a person | Marlie AIPartlyWarm transfer with the caller announced before you accept is real | JodiePartlyTransfers to up to ten numbers with plain-English rules, but only from Professional upward |
| Human receptionists as backup | Marlie AINoThere is no human agent pool behind the AI | JodieNoThe vendor positions Jodie as software doing the work a human agency would |
| After-hours rules | Marlie AIYesIt answers around the clock and you can set different after-hours behavior | JodieYesAnswering runs 24/7 including evenings, weekends and public holidays |
| Urgent calls escalated | Marlie AIPartlyUrgent keywords can trigger an immediate transfer to an on-call person | JodiePartlyEmergencies can be routed straight to an on-call number and are flagged on your phone |
| Texts your callers | Marlie AIPartlyIt texts callers links and automated SMS follow-ups after the call | JodiePartlyAutomatic follow-up texts to callers start on Professional |
| Call summary by text | Marlie AIYesA post-call report with caller, issue and urgency goes out by text as well as email | JodiePartlyCall summaries are sent by email with an app push notification on every plan |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Marlie AIYes50+ languages | JodieYes12 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Marlie AINot stated | JodieNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Marlie AIYesFour public demo lines by industry can be called directly, plus recorded sample calls | JodiePartlyThere is a recorded demo video and, after sign-up, a test number you ring as a customer |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Marlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Outlook | Marlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets | JodieYesGoogle Calendar or Outlook (Microsoft 365), one calendar at a time, on Professional |
| Calendly | Marlie AIYesThe vendor names Google Calendar, Outlook and Calendly as booking targets | JodieYesCalendly and similar tools are only handled by texting the caller your link |
| Your trade’s software | Marlie AIPartlyTrade tools covered include Housecall Pro, Jobber, Shopmonkey, Clio | JodiePartlyThe only named direct integrations are Rex for estate agents and GoHighLevel |
| Keep your number | Marlie AIYesYou keep your existing business number and forward it to the Marlie number | JodieYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and divert calls with your network code |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Marlie AIMarlie AI is a 24/7 AI answering service that picks up a service business's forwarded calls, screens spam, qualifies callers and books jobs into a connected calendar. Call reports with summaries and transcripts go out by email and text after every call.All answers for Marlie AI | 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 | Marlie AIOctober 15, 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.