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Broccoli AI vs Wakeman: AI agents for bigger operators, or a receptionist built for trade shops
Wakeman is an AI receptionist built only for home-service trades. Broccoli is an AI platform for home-service businesses: AI agents answer calls, book jobs in ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro and follow up on estimates. It publishes no price.
- Facts from each company’s own pages
- Checked November 2, 2026
At a glance
| Wakeman | Broccoli AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | From $49 a month, 100 minutes | Not published; you talk to sales |
| Dangerous calls | Safety steps, then it tries your on-call phone | Dispatches the on-call tech |
| Software it connects to | Jobber, built in on Pro and Max | ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro |
| Built for | Home-service trades only | Home-service businesses |
The full table, and where each fact comes from, is below.
Side by side
| Wakeman | Broccoli AI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A ready AI receptionist, set up for your trade in about ten minutes | AI agents that answer calls, book jobs, call leads back, follow up on open estimates and review calls |
| 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; you talk to sales, and the rollout starts with a pilot |
| 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 | Its booking agent dispatches the on-call tech for emergencies, following your after-hours rules |
| 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 | Its AI receptionist transfers calls; its pages don’t say whether a person answers any |
| Software it connects to | Jobber, built in on Pro and Max. Housecall Pro is not generally available yet | ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Salesforce and AccuLynx, plus custom integrations; Jobber isn’t named |
| Languages | English | Not published |
| Built for | Home-service trades only: plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, restoration and their neighbours | Home-service businesses: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, solar, cleaning, pest control and garage doors; its customer tiers run from $2–10M to $100M+ in revenue |
| 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 | A demo call; onboarding takes 2 days, it says |
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.
- Broccoli home page — agents, integrations, industries, emergencies, rollout
- Broccoli demo page — demo, onboarding time
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 run Jobber and want each booked job written straight into it, on Pro or Max.
Choose Broccoli AI if
- You run ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro and want the AI to book straight into it. Wakeman books into Jobber; Housecall Pro is not generally available yet.
- You want AI to call leads back, follow up on open estimates and review every call, as well as answer. Wakeman is built to answer the phone.
Common questions
Comparing more than two? Every option for contractors, on one page.
What does Broccoli AI cost?
Broccoli doesn’t publish a price: its site offers a demo and a talk with sales, and its rollout starts with a pilot (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.
Does Broccoli AI work with Jobber?
Broccoli’s home page names ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Salesforce and AccuLynx, plus custom integrations; it doesn’t name Jobber. Wakeman writes booked jobs into Jobber on Pro and Max, once you switch booking on.
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