Comparison
Looking for a Rosie alternative?
An honest comparison, including what Rosie does better. We would rather you pick the right one than pick us and leave.
What they are
What Rosie is
Rosie is an AI answering service aimed at trades and home services, on flat monthly plans. It answers calls, takes details and books work.
Where they win
Reasons to choose Rosie over us
These are real. If one of them describes your shop, Rosie is the better buy and we would rather you knew now.
Flat-rate plans with no per-minute overage are easier to predict. If your call volume swings hard month to month and a surprise line on a bill would bother you, that model removes the question.
Where we differ
What changes if you pick Manyger
- Answering the phone is one of the things Manyger does. It also writes your morning briefing, tracks revenue and expenses, asks your happy customers for Google reviews, and texts customers who have drifted. Most of what this page compares is one feature of it.
- The same receptionist answers Instagram and Facebook messages as well as the phone, in the language the customer wrote in. One place to look instead of three.
- The receptionist speaks over forty languages and switches mid-call when the caller does. The app itself is in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean.
- It connects to Square, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Google Calendar and more, so the booking it takes shows up where you already look and your numbers come from real data.
At a glance
Every option, side by side
| Option | Answers at 2am | Books into your calendar | Answers Instagram and Facebook DMs too | Helps run the rest of the business | A human hears tone | What it typically costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManygerWhat this site is about | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | $49/mo + $3 carrier fee |
| An AI phone assistantGoodcall, Rosie, My AI Front Desk | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | $49–299/mo |
| A human answering serviceSmith.ai, Ruby and similar | ✓ | Sometimes | — | — | ✓ | $250–2,100/mo |
| Your own receptionistSomeone on payroll | — | ✓ | Sometimes | Sometimes | ✓ | $3,100–3,500/mo |
| VoicemailWhat answers today | ✓ | — | — | — | — | $0/mo |
Rows are kinds of option, not individual products: we can say what a phone assistant is without claiming what any one company shipped last month. Check their own sites for specifics and current pricing. Last reviewed September 2026.
What it costs
Our price, plainly
Starter is $49/mo with every feature, 200 AI phone minutes and 500 AI credits. Growth $99, Pro $179, and more than one location needs Pro. Overage $0.25/min, and calls are never cut off. A $3/mo carrier fee applies once you hold a phone number. We quote only typical ranges for everyone else, never one company's price: theirs change, and we would rather be right about ours than approximately right about theirs.
Who this is for
Trades weighing this choice
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Free for 2 weeks or 200 AI phone minutes, whichever comes first. No credit card, and nothing to uninstall if it isn't for you.
Product names and trademarks belong to their owners. Rows are kinds of option, not individual products. Costs are the vendors' own published list prices, and a receptionist is US median salary alone. Your payroll costs more. Check their sites for current pricing. Last reviewed September 2026.