SaveTheJob vs Rosie, Goodcall, Smith.ai, Ruby and six more

Instead of us	What they charge	Ours	Where we win
Smith.aiHuman receptionists	$2,100 a month at 300 calls, on their own Pro plan	$299	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
Ruby ReceptionistsHuman receptionists	Between $720 and $1,725 a month at 300 calls	$149	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
PATLiveHuman receptionists	About $1,584 a month at 300 calls, on their 1,000-minute plan plus overage	$299	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
AnswerConnectHuman receptionists	$350 to $575 a month plus a $49.99 setup fee. Minute allowances are not published.	$149	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
RosieAI answering	$49 for 250 minutes, $149 for 1,000, $299 for 2,000, paid monthly. Paying for the year is two months free, which puts the entry at about $41 a month.	$149	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
GoodcallAI answering	$79, $129 and $249 per agent paid monthly, or $66, $108 and $208 paid annually, with unlimited minutes, capped at 100, 250 and 500 unique customers, then 50 cents each	$149	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
Jobber ReceptionistBuilt into field service software	$242.30 a month at 300 conversations on the add-on, which is their own $29 plus 270 at 79 cents. On Jobber Plus it is nothing extra, because Plus is $449 whether the phone rings or not.	$299	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
Housecall Pro CSR AIBuilt into field service software	Add-on price not published. The platform is $79, $189 or $329 a month paid monthly, or $59, $149 or $299 a month if you pay for the year, and API access requires the top plan either way.	$149	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
Podium AI EmployeeFront-office platform	$399 or $599 a month, plus $30 per phone seat, plus a $500 setup fee per location, on a 12-month contract. The AI add-on price is not published.	$299	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
RingCentral AI ReceptionistPhone system add-on	About $524 a month at 300 calls on their published pay-as-you-go rate. They also sell minute bundles, and do not publish what those cost.	$299	It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.

Human receptionists

Smith.ai

They charge

$300 for 30 calls, then $11.50 per additional call. Their Basic is $810 for 90 calls and their Pro is $2,100 for 300.

$2,100 a month at 300 calls, on their own Pro plan

smith.ai/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓Eight times cheaper at 300 calls a month, measured against their best plan for that volume rather than against overage on their smallest.
✓Answers instantly at 2am with nobody in a queue ahead of you.
✓Quotes from the price book you confirmed, so the caller hears a real number on the call instead of a promise that someone will get back to them.

Why we win this one

That call is a small share of your week, and their Pro plan charges $2,100 a month at 300 calls to buy a person for all of it. Ours answers the other ninety-odd percent on the first ring, quotes from the price book you confirmed, and leaves you the handful that actually needed you.

Against them we would sell you $299 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Smith.ai, in full

Human receptionists

Ruby Receptionists

They charge

$250 for 50 minutes, $395 for 100, $720 for 200, $1,725 for 500

Between $720 and $1,725 a month at 300 calls

ruby.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓Thirteen times the included minutes at 40 percent of the price.
✓24/7 with no after-hours surcharge.
✓Books into your dispatch board, not into an email.

Why we win this one

It is also what it costs. Their entry tier is $250 for fifty minutes, which is about fourteen calls, and at 300 calls their own published tiers run from $720 to $1,725. We include thirteen times those entry minutes for less than half of it, answer at 2am with no surcharge, and put the booking on your board rather than in an email you read the next morning.

Against them we would sell you $149 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Ruby Receptionists, in full

Human receptionists

PATLive

They charge

$49 pay-as-you-go at $2.99 a minute, then minute plans from $99 for 50 up to $6,899 for 5,000. The rate falls with volume, from $2.29 a minute to $1.49.

About $1,584 a month at 300 calls, on their 1,000-minute plan plus overage

patlive.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓About six times cheaper at real contractor volume.
✓Their rate improves with volume but every tier is still an allowance you can overrun at a per-minute price. Ours has no meter past the plan below Fleet: at 100% you move up or we stop, your choice, and you are told at 80% before you get there.
✓Emergency triage written per trade instead of a generic script.

Why we win this one

The rate falls, the meter does not stop. Every tier is an allowance you can overrun at a per-minute price, and on their own published tiers 300 calls lands near $1,584 a month. Ours is a plan price and nothing past it: at 100% you move up a plan or we stop, and you are told at 80% either way.

Against them we would sell you $299 a month.

SaveTheJob vs PATLive, in full

Human receptionists

AnswerConnect

They charge

$350 to $575 a month plus a $49.99 setup fee. Minute allowances are not published.

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓Published minute allowance and nothing billed past it, so there is no surprise.
✓Quotes from the price book you confirmed and books the slot on the call itself.

Why we win this one

You cannot price it, though. They publish $350 to $575 a month and a $49.99 setup fee, and no minute allowance and no overage rate, so what a busy month costs is something you find out in the invoice. Ours is on one page: the minutes, the overage, the ceiling, and the one-time activation fee.

Against them we would sell you $149 a month.

SaveTheJob vs AnswerConnect, in full

AI answering

Rosie

They charge

$49 for 250 minutes, $149 for 1,000, $299 for 2,000, paid monthly. Paying for the year is two months free, which puts the entry at about $41 a month.

heyrosie.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓Books straight onto your Google Calendar, or onto a calendar we give you. Rosie reaches your systems only through Zapier.
✓Quotes only from the price book you confirmed, and never invents a number.
✓Emergency triage written for the trade, not one script for every industry.

Why we win this one

Minutes are not the job. Rosie reaches your systems only through Zapier and quotes nothing, so the cheap minute buys a message that somebody will call back, and a no-heat call at midnight is scripted the same as a quote request. Ours books onto the calendar on the call, quotes only from the price book you confirmed, and triages per trade. Cheaper minutes that end in a callback are not cheaper.

Against them we would sell you $149 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Rosie, in full

AI answering

Goodcall

They charge

$79, $129 and $249 per agent paid monthly, or $66, $108 and $208 paid annually, with unlimited minutes, capped at 100, 250 and 500 unique customers, then 50 cents each

goodcall.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓The call ends with a price and a slot, quoted only from the price book you confirmed.
✓Emergency triage written for the trade, so a no-heat call at 2am is handled as an emergency and not as a booking.
✓Their cap counts unique customers, so a busy month of new callers can cost more than the tier looks like it costs.

Why we win this one

The cap moved, it did not disappear. They meter unique customers instead of minutes, 100, 250 or 500 by tier and then 50 cents each, so the month that costs you extra is the month new callers arrive, which is exactly the month you were buying this for. And no price book binds the agent, so the long call still ends without a number in it.

Against them we would sell you $149 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Goodcall, in full

Built into field service software

Jobber Receptionist

They charge

$29 a month for 30 conversations, then 79 cents each, as an add-on. Included with unlimited conversations on Jobber Plus, which is $449 a month.

$242.30 a month at 300 conversations on the add-on, which is their own $29 plus 270 at 79 cents. On Jobber Plus it is nothing extra, because Plus is $449 whether the phone rings or not.

help.getjobber.com, Receptionist powered by Jobber AI

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓The call ends with a price and a slot. Jobber's receptionist opens a work request for you to quote later; ours quotes from the price book you confirmed and books against it.
✓Their meter starts after 30 conversations and never stops, and it counts the wrong number and the tyre-kicker the same as the booked job. Ours is minutes included in the plan, and a hard ceiling at twice those minutes, so a freeze week cannot run the bill past a number you were told in advance.
✓Emergency triage written per trade, so a burst main and a dripping tap are not the same conversation.
✓Reports what the booked jobs invoiced, not how many conversations happened. Nobody billing you 79 cents a conversation has a reason to build that report.

Why we win this one

Plus is $449 a month, so free at the margin is only free once you are already paying that. Below Plus, on Core, Connect and Grow, it is an add-on that meters every conversation from the 31st onward at 79 cents, and it charges the same 79 cents for a wrong number as for a booked job: $242.30 at 300 conversations, with nothing above it to stop the count. Ours is minutes in the plan and a hard ceiling at twice them, and the call ends with a quote and a slot instead of a work request for you to price later.

Against them we would sell you $299 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Jobber Receptionist, in full

Built into field service software

Housecall Pro CSR AI

They charge

Add-on price not published. The platform is $79, $189 or $329 a month paid monthly, or $59, $149 or $299 a month if you pay for the year, and API access requires the top plan either way.

housecallpro.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓Our price is published. Theirs is not, so the only way to find out what CSR AI costs you is to get on a call with someone whose job is to find out what you will pay.
✓The call ends with a price and a slot. CSR AI answers and captures; ours quotes from the price book you confirmed and books against it.
✓Emergency triage written per trade, so a burst main and a dripping tap are not the same call.
✓No requirement to upgrade to the $299 tier just to get the integration.

Why we win this one

You cannot compare it on price, because there is no price. They do not publish what CSR AI costs, so the only route to the number is a call with someone whose job is to find out what you will pay, and the API tier it leans on is their $299 plan either way. Ours is on a page, and the call ends with a quote from the price book you confirmed rather than a captured message.

Against them we would sell you $149 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Housecall Pro CSR AI, in full

Front-office platform

Podium AI Employee

They charge

$399 or $599 a month, plus $30 per phone seat, plus a $500 setup fee per location, on a 12-month contract. The AI add-on price is not published.

podium.com/pricing

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓No annual contract that restarts when you change plans.
✓No per-location setup fee.
✓A published plan price with nothing billed past it, instead of a quote.

Why we win this one

The front office is priced like one: $399 or $599 a month, $30 per phone seat, a $500 setup fee per location, twelve months of commitment, and an AI add-on price they do not publish at all. We answer the phone, quote from your price book and book the slot, month to month, at a number you can read before you talk to anybody.

Against them we would sell you $299 a month.

SaveTheJob vs Podium AI Employee, in full

Phone system add-on

RingCentral AI Receptionist

They charge

$49 a month standalone including 100 minutes, then 50 cents a minute, billed in 30-second increments

About $524 a month at 300 calls on their published pay-as-you-go rate. They also sell minute bundles, and do not publish what those cost.

ringcentral.com

Where we are better, and it is checkable

✓It writes the job into your Google Calendar during the call, into a time it read off that calendar first.
✓It cannot book a time it did not offer you on that call. That is enforced in the code, not asked for in a prompt.
✓What it could not answer comes back to you as a note on the call in the caller's own words, with a callback promise set by your own hours.
✓At 300 calls a month they cost about $524. The $49 headline inverts fast.
✓Their 30-second rounding inflates every short call.
✓No price book the agent is bound to. Ours quotes only from the one you confirmed.

Why we win this one

It includes 100 minutes and then charges 50 cents a minute rounded up in 30-second blocks, so a 40-second call bills as a minute and the headline inverts the moment the phone gets busy: about $524 at 300 calls, on their own published rate. Ours is a plan price with a published ceiling, and the agent quotes from the price book you confirmed instead of taking a message.

Against them we would sell you $299 a month.

SaveTheJob vs RingCentral AI Receptionist, in full

They answer the phone.We book the job.

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The long version

Smith.ai

Ruby Receptionists

PATLive

AnswerConnect

Rosie

Goodcall

Jobber Receptionist

Housecall Pro CSR AI

Podium AI Employee

RingCentral AI Receptionist

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