Coming soon: an AI receptionist for UK trade businesses — built on live data, not scripts
IBIOS AI Receptionist is coming soon. It is being built to answer inbound calls, check your live stock and job data, and log the summary to the customer’s job record.
If you’re using HeyJodie or evaluating it, IBIOS is designed to add live access to your actual business data during the call, with no integration overhead.
What does HeyJodie offer?
HeyJodie is an AI phone receptionist service. It answers a business’s inbound calls using AI, for owners who want their calls covered without hiring a full-time receptionist.
This is an honest description. For HeyJodie’s current feature set and pricing, verify directly at their website.
Will IBIOS be a good HeyJodie alternative for UK trade businesses?
Not yet: the IBIOS AI Receptionist is coming soon and is not live. Everything below is what it is being built to do, on top of the IBIOS CRM, quoting and stock records that are live today.
Coming soon: live stock verification
When a caller asks if a product is in stock, the AI will check your actual IBIOS inventory during the call.
Coming soon: job and order status
Callers asking about their installation or delivery will get answers from your live job records.
Coming soon: post-call summary to job record
The call summary will be attached to the customer’s job in your IBIOS CRM — not sent as a separate notification.
Pricing for waiting-list members
IBIOS pricing: founding prices for waiting-list members; see the pricing page.
Coming soon: trade-specific pre-training
The IBIOS receptionist is being trained on bathroom, tile, and trade product categories, so you won’t script call flows from scratch.
What is the difference between HeyJodie and IBIOS?
| Feature | IBIOS | HeyJodie | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI call answering | Coming soon | Check with HeyJodie | IBIOS out-of-hours answering coming soon |
| Live stock verification during calls | Coming soon | Check with HeyJodie | Coming soon: IBIOS checking actual inventory during the call |
| Job/order status lookup during calls | Coming soon | Check with HeyJodie | IBIOS in-call job lookup coming soon |
| Post-call summary linked to CRM | Coming soon | Check with HeyJodie | Coming soon for IBIOS receptionist calls; call reports from existing GoHighLevel recordings are live |
| Pricing | Founding prices for waiting-list members | Check current HeyJodie rates | Verify HeyJodie published rates directly |
| CRM and inventory included | ✓ Full platform | Check with HeyJodie | IBIOS is a complete trade ERP, not just a receptionist |
| Trade-specific pre-training | Coming soon | Check with HeyJodie | Coming soon: IBIOS receptionist trained on bathroom and tile product categories |
Coming soon: switching to IBIOS Receptionist
The planned three steps, once IBIOS Receptionist is live.
Join the IBIOS waiting list
Join the waiting list for early access at ibios.io. When a place is available, import your own product catalogue and configure your supplier brands.
Configure your trade type and business hours
Coming soon: select your trade category (bathroom showroom, tile retailer, kitchen fitter, plumber, etc.) and set your opening hours. The AI will use these to handle after-hours calls. No scripting will be required.
Forward or port your number
Coming soon: forward your existing business number to an IBIOS Receptionist number. Number porting to IBIOS is also planned.
Related IBIOS products, guides and comparisons
If you are comparing HeyJodie with IBIOS for a UK trade business, these pages cover the IBIOS products involved, the sectors it is built for and other honest comparisons.
IBIOS (Integrated Business Intelligence & Operations System) is made by IBIOS Limited (NI743167), Northern Ireland. Access is by waiting list; there is no free trial.
- AI Receptionist (coming soon): being built to answer calls from your live IBIOS records; it is not live yet.
- Call reports and call briefings: built from the call recordings your phone provider already makes.
- AI receptionist vs answering service: a guide to the ways a UK trade business can cover its calls.
- Bathroom showrooms and retailers: how IBIOS is set up for bathroom businesses.
- IBIOS vs Cyberstaff: another honest side-by-side comparison.
- IBIOS vs Newo.ai: another honest side-by-side comparison.
Frequently asked questions
What is HeyJodie?
HeyJodie is an AI phone receptionist service: it answers inbound calls for a business using AI. Check with HeyJodie for its current features, availability and pricing.
Will IBIOS AI Receptionist (coming soon) replace HeyJodie?
Not yet. IBIOS AI Receptionist is coming soon. It is being built to answer calls and produce call summaries, with live stock verification, job status lookup and quote context also coming soon. The planned post-call summary is linked to the job record in the IBIOS CRM. Check with HeyJodie how it handles each of these.
Will IBIOS AI Receptionist (coming soon) work without integrating a separate CRM?
Yes, that is the design. IBIOS AI Receptionist is coming soon and is being built into the IBIOS platform. The same system that manages your customers, jobs, quotes, and orders is the system the AI will draw on during calls, so there is no CRM integration to build or maintain.
What is the difference in pricing between HeyJodie and IBIOS Receptionist (coming soon)?
Check HeyJodie’s current published rates directly on their website. IBIOS AI Receptionist is coming soon. IBIOS pricing: founding prices for waiting-list members; see the pricing page.
How quickly will I be able to switch to IBIOS Receptionist (coming soon)?
IBIOS Receptionist is coming soon, so switching is not possible yet. The planned process: join the waiting list, configure your trade type and business hours, then forward your existing number to an IBIOS Receptionist number. The AI is being trained on trade scenarios so you will not need to script call flows from scratch.
Coming soon: an AI receptionist that answers stock questions from your live data.
IBIOS AI Receptionist is not live yet. It is being built to check your live data — not a script. Early access by waiting list.
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