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AnswerForce vs Wakeman: people on every call, or an AI built for the trades

Wakeman is an AI receptionist built only for home-service trades. AnswerForce is a 24/7 live answering service for HVAC, plumbing, roofing and other service businesses, with “real people” on every call. Its prices sit behind a sign-up form.

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Facts from each company’s own pages
Checked November 2, 2026

At a glance

	Wakeman	AnswerForce
Who answers	An AI, which says so up front	A person, 24/7
Plans	From $49 a month, 100 minutes	Not published: a sign-up form
Dangerous calls	Safety steps, then it tries your on-call phone	Not described on its pages
Software	Jobber, built in on Pro and Max	Jobber, ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro

The full table, and where each fact comes from, is below.

Side by side

	Wakeman	AnswerForce
Who answers	An AI, which says so at the start of every call	A person, 24/7
Plans	Starter $49 (100 min) · Pro $149 (500 min) · Max $399 (1,500 min). Every plan answers day and night; any plan can be set to answer only while you are closed.	Not published on its pages: “See Prices” opens a sign-up form
Urgent calls	Gas, carbon monoxide, a downed power line, fire or smoke, a medical emergency, a child or pet locked in a car, water near electrics, a structural collapse, major flooding and sewage inside: safety steps, then Wakeman tries your on-call phone during the call. No heat, no cooling or a leak that can’t wait is urgent and texted at once. A safety net, not 911	After-hours answering “when emergencies happen”; how an urgent call reaches you isn’t described
A person when needed	Puts the caller through to your own people: your on-call phone, then the owner’s if nobody picks up. It does this on a dangerous call, a complaint or an angry caller, or when someone asks for a person twice. The AI answers every call; there’s no call center	A person answers every call
Field-service software	Jobber, built in on Pro and Max. Housecall Pro is not generally available yet	Names Jobber, ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Workiz, FieldPulse, Service Fusion and others; what each connection does isn’t described
Languages	English	English and Spanish receptionists
Built for	Home-service trades only: plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, restoration and their neighbours	Service businesses: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, restoration, landscaping and more
How you start	Free for 14 days or 500 minutes, whichever comes first. You pick a plan at sign-up; nothing is charged until the trial ends, and you can change the plan or cancel before then	Sign up online; no free trial stated

Where these facts come from · checked November 2, 2026

Checked November 2, 2026. Prices and policies change; the links are the authority, not this page.

AnswerForce home page — people on every call, integrations, Spanish, after hours
AnswerForce plans — a sign-up form; no prices

Which one you need

Choose Wakeman if

You run a 2–15 truck plumbing, HVAC or electrical shop and want a receptionist built only for the trades.
A gas smell or water near electrics at 2am should get safety steps written in advance, while Wakeman tries your on-call phone during the call.
You want the price on the page and a free trial before you pay: 14 days or 500 minutes, $0 today.
You’re happy for an AI to answer, as long as it says so and puts the caller through to your own on-call phone when they need a person.

Choose AnswerForce if

Every caller must reach a person, whatever the call. Wakeman is an AI; AnswerForce is people on every call.
Many of your callers speak Spanish. Wakeman answers in English only; AnswerForce lists English and Spanish receptionists.
You dispatch from ServiceTitan or run Housecall Pro. Wakeman doesn’t write into ServiceTitan, and its Housecall Pro connection isn’t generally available yet; AnswerForce names both.

Common questions

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What does AnswerForce cost?

AnswerForce doesn’t publish prices on its pages: “See Prices” opens a sign-up form (checked November 2, 2026). Wakeman’s plans are on its pricing page: Starter $49, Pro $149, Max $399 a month with minutes included, free for 14 days or 500 minutes, with nothing charged until the trial ends.

Is AnswerForce an AI answering service?

No. AnswerForce says it uses real people in customer interactions. Wakeman is an AI: it answers every call itself and says so at the start, and when a caller needs a person, on a dangerous call, a complaint, or a second ask for one, it puts them through to your own on-call phone, then the owner’s.

Do AnswerForce and Wakeman both work with Jobber?

AnswerForce names Jobber among its integrations; its pages don’t say what the connection does. Wakeman writes booked jobs into Jobber on Pro and Max, once you switch booking on, with the customer and the checked address.

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