Ring Verity vs Hey Jodie
Hey Jodie is a London company (Jodie AI Ltd, incorporated September 2025) selling an AI receptionist to UK tradespeople at a flat dollar price with unlimited minutes. It has 60 Trustpilot reviews at 4.7, the most of any trades-specific entrant. Ring Verity is from £79 a month for 60 answered calls, a British voice trained on 62 trade scripts, booking into your real diary, transfers with a whisper and a text to both sides, and you can hear her in your browser before you spend anything. Everything in the Hey Jodie column is from heyjodie.com on 4 October 2026; if it has changed, tell us.
| Ring Verity | Hey Jodie | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From £79 a month, published | Basic $49 a month, Professional $99, in US dollars; no sterling price |
| Included | 60, 80, 120 or 250 answered calls | Unlimited minutes on every plan |
| Over the allowance | 60p a call | None |
| Setup fee | None on single-site plans; Groups have one-off onboarding | Not shown |
| Trial and contract | 7 days free, no card, 10 answered calls, on your own number; no contract, cancel any time | 7 days free, no card; month to month, cancel any time |
| Built for | UK trades and small service firms, 62 trade scripts | UK tradespeople and contractors: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, construction pages |
| Voice | British, trade vocabulary, UK postcodes read back letter by letter | Not stated |
| Books appointments | Yes, into your real free slots, never double-books | Yes, on Professional ($99) and above; not on Basic |
| Transfers to a person | Yes, to you with a whisper, only in your hours | Yes, on Professional ($99) and above; warm transfer not stated |
| Texts the caller | Yes, texts the caller and you after every call | Not stated (email notifications and job summaries to you) |
| Missed-call text-back and chat | Yes, missed-call text-back and web chat share one memory with the phone line | Not stated; WhatsApp added in 2026 |
| Remembers returning callers | Yes, greets returning callers by name and picks up the job | Not stated |
| Safety lines for emergencies | Yes, gas, flood, electrics, lock-out | Not stated |
| Your number | Keep your number; divert on no answer; office phone systems supported | Not stated |
| Try it without signing up | Yes, in your browser on the home page, say your trade | Not stated |
| Data | UK data residency, GDPR pack on the site, recording off by default | Not stated; UK company, ICO registered |
| Right choice if | You want booking, transfers and a text to the customer on the entry plan, priced in pounds | You take few bookings, want unlimited minutes for a flat $49 and can live without transfers |
Where a cell says "Not stated", the feature is not described on heyjodie.com; it may exist. We only print what the page says. Prices ex VAT where the site says so.
Questions people ask
Is Ring Verity cheaper than Hey Jodie?
Ring Verity starts at £79 a month for 60 answered calls, then £99 for 80, £149 for 120 and £249 for 250, with extra calls at 60p each. Hey Jodie: Basic $49 a month, Professional $99, in US dollars; no sterling price, with unlimited minutes on every plan included. Which is cheaper depends on how many calls you take; the table on this page shows both so you can work it out for your own firm.
What does Ring Verity do that Hey Jodie does not?
As stated on heyjodie.com on 4 October 2026: Priced in dollars with no sterling page; booking and transfers need the $99 tier; no text to the caller stated; no demo line to ring. Ring Verity has a British voice with trade vocabulary, books into your real free slots, transfers to you with a whisper, texts both sides, remembers returning callers and knows the safety line for your trade. If heyjodie.com has changed since, tell us and we will update this page.
When is Hey Jodie the better choice?
You take few bookings, want unlimited minutes for a flat $49 and can live without transfers. Ring Verity is the better choice if you want booking, transfers and a text to the customer on the entry plan, priced in pounds.
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Hear the difference
Talk to Verity in your browser, tell her which business to be, and give her a job. Then read your trade’s page or get started.