We love Joe vs Heyrosie

An AI that answers the phone is a start. Your customers write, too.

Rosie is an AI answering service for small businesses: it picks up calls, takes messages and books appointments. Joe does that on the phone and on every text channel your customers use, from one workspace.

Phone plus messagingBooks in your calendarOne inbox for everything

200 credits on us for 7 days to decide if he keeps the job.

Side by side

Both cover the missed call. Only one covers the WhatsApp message that follows it.

FeatureWe love JoeRosie
Phone answeringSame, on a real local number, with warm transfer to a personCore product: answers, qualifies, takes a message, books
Text channelsWhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, email, SMS, website chat, Slack, Teams, LinkedInPhone and SMS follow-up focused
Shared inboxOne thread per customer across every channel, with the full historyCall logs, transcripts and messages
Acting in your toolsReads and writes in your calendar, CRM and back office during the conversationBooking and CRM integrations
LanguagesOver twenty, matched to the language the customer usedEnglish focused
Multi-siteOne workspace per location, shared rulebook, pooled creditsBuilt around a single business
Pricing shapeCredits shared across calls and messagesMonthly plan by call volume

Compiled from each product’s public documentation and pricing pages. Vendors change these — tell us if something here is out of date.

Where Rosie is a good fit

Phone-only businesses

If essentially all your enquiries arrive by voice, a focused answering service is simple to buy.

Fast to switch on

Forward the number and you are covered the same day.

Small local teams

A one-location trade or clinic with a single diary gets most of the value on day one.

Where Joe is stronger

The call and the chat are one conversation

A caller who follows up on WhatsApp is the same person in the same thread, not a new enquiry.

He finishes the job

Not "I have taken a message": the slot is held, the quote is sent, the refund is issued.

Scales to a network

Local numbers and diaries per site, one set of answers for the whole group.

Trying Joe next to Rosie costs you nothing.

01

Keep your answering service

Run both for a week. Overflow to Joe or forward out of hours only.

02

Give him your diary

Calendar, price list and the rules for who gets which slot.

03

Add one text channel

Usually WhatsApp. This is where the difference shows up immediately.

04

Read the transcripts

Every call and message ends with a summary. Compare them and decide.

Pricing

Straightforward pricing

Pick the plan that fits the volume. Every plan includes the same brain — the difference is agents, credits and channels.

Starter

€59/ Month
Hire Joe. Free for 7 days
  • 1 agent
  • 1,000 credits
  • 1 active channel
  • 1 language
  • 5 concurrent calls
  • 1 knowledge base
  • 1 GO storage

Custom

Let's talk
Book a demo
  • Unlimited number of agents
  • Large volume credits discount
  • Custom integrations
  • Unlimited languages
  • Unified Inbox
  • Unlimited operators
  • Dedicated onboarding support
  • Automation & workflow setup
  • Custom storage limit
  • Custom voice

200 credits on us for 7 days to decide if he keeps the job.

In every plan

1 message/email = 1 credit1 SMS = 3 credits1 minute call = 10 creditsGDPR compliantTrained on your resourcesCustom FAQs and linksAppointment scheduling20+ languages supportedCall notificationsCall transferMonthly reportUnlimited workspacesConversation flow builderAutomationsTeam accessAPI & Webhook24/7 availabilityCustom metrics

What people ask when they compare the two.

Does Joe answer as fast as an answering service?

He picks up on the first ring, day or night, including weekends and bank holidays.

Will callers know it is not a person?

He introduces himself as your assistant, speaks at a normal pace in your language, and hands over to a human whenever the caller asks.

Do I have to move my number?

No. Keep it and forward it, or take a new local number and route the overflow.

Can he handle several locations?

Yes. Each site gets its own number and diary while head office keeps one rulebook.

What happens out of hours?

The same thing as in hours. That is usually where the first month of value comes from.

Joe's ready. Are you?

The missed call matters. So does the message nobody read.

200 credits on us for 7 days to decide if he keeps the job.