Wakeman vs Kalyvox
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 Wakeman if you want the lower bill at 100 calls or a summary by text after each call.
- Pick Kalyvox if you want the lower bill at 500 calls, booking in Google Calendar or booking in Outlook.
 Wakemanplumbing, HVAC and electrical shops with 2-15 trucks that miss after-hours callsVisit site |  Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Wakeman$149Lowest | Kalyvox€136.50about $153 |
| At 500 calls a month | Wakeman$641.50 | Kalyvox€326.50about $366Lowest |
| Advertised from | Wakeman$149 a month | Kalyvox€89 (about $100) a monthabout $100 |
| The advertised plan covers | WakemanThe $149 plan covers all 100 calls. | KalyvoxThe €89 (about $100) plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. |
| Bills | Wakemanper minute | Kalyvoxper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | WakemanYesPast the included minutes you pay a published per-minute rate by plan | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate |
| Free trial or plan | WakemanPartlyYou can forward your real business line to it | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone yourself |
| Month to month, cancel online | WakemanYesMonth to month with no minimum term | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | WakemanPartlyIt can book on the call and write the job into Jobber, but booking ships switched off | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability, offers slots and writes the event |
| Transfers to a person | WakemanPartlyA caller who asks for a person a second time | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent |
| Human receptionists as backup | WakemanNoNo people at Wakeman take over a call | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | WakemanYesYou set weekly business hours per day | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured business hours |
| Urgent calls escalated | WakemanYesSix named hazards trigger scripted safety steps | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact |
| Texts your callers | WakemanPartlyIt texts a caller the booking details or a follow-up after a dropped call | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile |
| Call summary by text | WakemanYesThe job reaches you by text right after the call, with a dashboard Today screen as well | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | WakemanNo20+ languages | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | WakemanNot stated | KalyvoxNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | WakemanYesThere is a public demo number you can call and role-play a customer on | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization |
| Outlook | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization |
| Calendly | WakemanNoNo calendar product is connected: times come from availability you set inside Wakeman | KalyvoxYesA Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected |
| Your trade’s software | WakemanPartlyJobber is supported on every plan once booking is on | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT |
| Keep your number | WakemanYesYou keep your existing number and switch on conditional forwarding with a short dial code | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently, on no-answer |
| In short | ||
| What it is | 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 | 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 |
| Checked | WakemanOctober 16, 2026 | KalyvoxOctober 14, 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.