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Jodie is a UK AI receptionist priced at £49, £99 and £199 a month, which happens to be exactly our price list. That makes this the most direct comparison on this site, and it comes down to structure: their plans give unlimited call minutes, ours give three channels. Here is the honest breakdown.

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AspectHeyJodieKalvo
What it isA UK AI receptionist answering business calls 24/7A UK AI receptionist for calls, website chatbot and email
Published pricing£49, £99, £199 a month; Enterprise from £500£49, £99, £199 a month
Call allowanceUnlimited minutes on every plan, no overage charges100, 400 or 1,000 minutes by plan
Channels beyond the phonePhone answering with email notifications of calls; no website chat or email answering listed on its plansWebsite chatbot and email answered by the same receptionist, one knowledge base and inbox
Booking and transfersBookings and call transfers listed on all plansBooks on the call; emergency transfers under rules you set
Reply controlNot listed on their plansApproval mode: drafts held for your one-tap sign-off per channel
IntegrationsZapier integrations listed on all plansSummaries, transcripts and bookings in one inbox; leaner by design
Try it first7-day free trial, no credit card requiredTalk to the receptionist on the demo page instantly, then a free trial

Jodie facts from heyjodie.com/en-gb/pricing, checked 22 July 2026. Kalvo facts from our pricing page.

Where Jodie is genuinely strong

Unlimited minutes at every price point, with no overage charges, is the standout: at £49 a month a busy line never produces a surprise bill or a plan-upgrade conversation. The 7-day trial without a credit card is equally customer-friendly, and month-to-month terms with no setup fee round out a genuinely clean offer.

It is also UK-built for UK small businesses, the same ground we stand on, which is precisely why this page cannot lean on the usual platform or geography differences.

Where Kalvo is different

One receptionist across three channels. The same knowledge base that answers your phone answers your website chatbot and your email, so a price you update once is quoted correctly everywhere, and every conversation lands in one inbox with a summary and transcript. Jodie's plans list phone answering with email notifications; the chat and email channels themselves are the difference.

Two more: approval mode holds outgoing replies for your one-tap sign-off, which matters once a receptionist writes on your behalf, and the demo page lets you talk to Kalvo this minute, before even a trial signup.

The honest bottom line

High call volume, phone-only needs, cost certainty above all: Jodie's unlimited minutes are the stronger structure, at the same headline price. Enquiries arriving by phone, website chat and email, and a preference for approving what goes out in your name: that is the product Kalvo is. At identical prices with low-friction trials on both sides, a week of real calls against each is cheap evidence. Run it.

Common questions

The prices are identical. What actually differs?

The shape of what you get. Jodie gives you unlimited call minutes at each price point, which is genuinely generous if your line is busy. Kalvo meters minutes but covers three channels: the same receptionist answers your phone, your website chatbot and your email from one knowledge base, with everything in one inbox. Busy phone, one channel: their structure favours you. Enquiries spread across phone, chat and email: ours does.

Is unlimited minutes better than 100 minutes at £49?

On that single axis, yes, and we will not pretend otherwise. The question is whether your call volume actually exceeds our allowances: 100 minutes covers roughly 40 to 60 typical calls a month, and most businesses at the £49 tier stay inside it. If you regularly run long calls at high volume, their model removes a worry ours prices in.

Both are UK products. Does anything separate them there?

Both are UK-focused with GBP pricing, which is why this comparison is closer than most on our site. Differences show in the product surface: channels, approval workflows and the instant demo on our side, unlimited minutes and Zapier on theirs. The honest tiebreaker is running both trials against the same week of calls; neither trial needs much setup.

Can I hear each one before choosing?

Kalvo you can talk to right now on the demo page, before any signup. Jodie offers a 7-day free trial without a credit card, which is a genuinely low-friction way to hear it on your own line. Between the two you can have real evidence within a day.

Do both work on my existing number?

Kalvo does: a standard divert sends your unanswered calls to it, no porting. Jodie's setup is described on their site; check the details on their pages rather than taking a comparison page's word for it, ours included.

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