Wakeman vs LeadTruffle
Both answer calls for contractors. Wakeman’s price is on the page with a free trial; LeadTruffle prices through sales.
Comparison · Sameday AI
Sameday vs Wakeman: both are built for the trades. Wakeman starts with a free trial.
Wakeman is an AI receptionist built only for plumbing, HVAC and electrical shops with 2–15 trucks, and starts with 14 days free and no sales call. Sameday is also built for home services, and starts with a demo.
- Facts from each company’s own pages
- Checked September 23, 2026
At a glance
| Wakeman | Sameday | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | From $49 a month, 100 minutes | From $449 a month, 500 minutes |
| Over your minutes | $0.29–$0.45 a minute | Not published |
| How you start | Free for 14 days or 500 minutes | A demo; no free trial advertised |
| Software | Jobber, built in on Pro and Max | ServiceTitan, Jobber, Housecall Pro and more |
The full table, and where each fact comes from, is below.
Side by side
| Wakeman | Sameday | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Launch from $449 (500 minutes); Scale from $789 (1,000); Enterprise custom |
| Over your minutes | $0.45 / $0.35 / $0.29 a minute by plan, published, with a monthly spending limit you set | Not published |
| 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 | Book a demo; no free trial advertised; no contract |
| Field-service software | Jobber, built in on Pro and Max. Housecall Pro is not generally available yet | ServiceTitan (official partner), Jobber, Housecall Pro, Service Fusion, FieldRoutes |
| 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 | Books into ServiceTitan and notifies on-call technicians at any hour, per Sameday |
| 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 | Not published |
| Languages | English and Spanish | English and Spanish on Launch and Scale; additional multilingual voices on Enterprise |
| Locations | One location per account | Launch includes 3 locations; Scale lists multiple locations—confirm the allowance |
Pricing refreshed November 6, 2026. Other facts checked September 23, 2026; “A person when needed” October 20, 2026
Checked September 23, 2026. Prices and policies change; the links are the authority, not this page.
Which one you need
Choose Wakeman if
- You run a plumbing, HVAC or electrical shop with 2–15 trucks, on Jobber or on no field-service software at all.
- You want to hear it answer your own phone before anyone sells you anything: 14 days free, $0 today.
- You want a published price: $49 a month for 100 minutes or $149 for 500, day and night on both, each with a published price for every extra minute.
- A gas smell or water near electrics should get safety steps and reach your on-call phone during the call.
Choose Sameday if
- Consider Sameday for ServiceTitan scheduling, several locations or a wider office workflow. Launch covers after-hours and weekends; Scale adds 24/7 coverage. Confirm usage rates in your quote.
- You dispatch from ServiceTitan. Wakeman doesn’t write into ServiceTitan today; Sameday is an official ServiceTitan partner.
- You run Housecall Pro and want the AI booking straight into it. On Wakeman, Housecall Pro is not generally available yet.
Published by Wakeman, one of the products compared. Sources, review dates and corrections. Wakeman capabilities and limits.
Hear a scripted Wakeman booking example, then test the same workflow during your trial. The example uses AI-generated voices; it is not a head-to-head performance test.
Common questions
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How much does Sameday cost?
Sameday publishes a Launch plan from $449 a month with 500 minutes and a Scale plan from $789 with 1,000 minutes; Enterprise is custom. Sign-up starts with a demo, and no free trial is advertised.
Which is better for ServiceTitan shops?
Sameday describes itself as an official ServiceTitan technology partner and books into ServiceTitan. Wakeman does not write into ServiceTitan today; it writes booked jobs into Jobber.
Which is better for Jobber shops?
Both list Jobber. Wakeman puts confirmed jobs into Jobber when booking is on, finding the customer by phone number and adding the property from the checked address. Ask Sameday what its Jobber connection does before you choose.
Does either answer in Spanish?
Both answer in English and Spanish. Sameday lists those languages on Launch and Scale, and additional multilingual voices on Enterprise (pricing checked November 6, 2026). Test your trade vocabulary and emergency escalation in both products.
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