Cira vs Rosie: Which AI Receptionist Books More Jobs for the Trades?

Shopping for an AI receptionist and weighing Cira against Rosie? Good news: these are two of the closer options out there. Both answer calls 24/7, both speak English and Spanish, and both are aimed at small businesses, including the trades.

So this is not a case of one tool being great and the other being bad. Rosie is a solid product. The real differences come down to three things: how they count usage, what the entry plan actually includes, and how they handle texts and chat. Here is the honest breakdown.

Here is what we will cover:

• Minutes vs. conversations, and why it changes your bill
• Why booking a job costs more on Rosie than you might expect
• Which channels come included
• Which tool fits your business

Quick Comparison: Cira vs Rosie

Minutes vs. Conversations

This is the biggest difference, and it is easy to miss.

Rosie counts minutes. The entry plan, Professional, gives you 250 minutes a month. Scale gives 1,000. Growth gives 2,000. Every minute someone is on the phone with the AI counts against your total.

That sounds fine until you think about home service calls. An emergency call, a detailed quote, an upset customer who needs to vent — those run long. A handful of 10-minute calls can burn through a big chunk of your minutes. The clock is always running.

Cira counts conversations. One conversation is a whole phone call, however long it lasts, or about 10 text messages. A 2-minute call and a 12-minute call both count as one. You are not watching a meter while your customer talks.

• Starter: $59/month for 200 conversations, then $0.79 each
• Growth: $159/month for 400 conversations, then $0.69 each
• Pro: $259/month for 600 conversations, then $0.59 each

For 250 minutes, Rosie is roughly 50 to 80 calls a month depending on length. Cira's Starter plan includes 200 conversations. When your calls run long, conversations are kinder to your bill than minutes.

Booking Jobs Should Not Cost Extra

Here is the one that surprises people most.

For a home service business, the whole point of an AI receptionist is to book jobs. That is the win. So you would expect booking to be a core feature on the entry plan.

On Rosie, it is not. The $49 Professional plan does not include appointment booking. To get calendar booking, you have to step up to the Scale plan at $149 a month.

Cira books appointments on the $59 Starter plan. It is included from day one. Cira can text your scheduling link during the call, collect the details, and get the job on the calendar.

So if booking matters to you — and for most home service businesses, it is the reason you are shopping — the honest comparison is not $49 vs. $59. It is Rosie Scale at $149 vs. Cira Starter at $59 for the plan that actually books jobs. That is a real gap.

One Plan, Every Channel

Your customers do not all call. Some text. Some message you from your website. The best receptionist answers all of it.

Both Cira and Rosie offer a website text-back widget — a visitor types their name and number, and they get a text back. The difference is what happens on the page itself.

Rosie stops at that widget. And on Rosie it is a separate add-on, around $50 a month, with 25 conversations included and $1 for each one after that.

Cira goes further. Cira has the text-back widget too, plus a true integrated web chat — an AI that talks with visitors live on your site, the same way it answers the phone. A visitor can ask a real question and get a real answer right there, instead of waiting on a text. Add two-way texting on your business number, and Cira covers calls, texts, live web chat, and the widget in one plan.

Built for the Trades

To be fair, Rosie markets to home services too, and it does a genuinely good job answering calls. This is a closer call than most comparisons.

Where Cira pulls ahead is focus. Cira is built only for home service businesses — plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, cleaners, roofers, contractors. It knows emergency calls, job qualification, service-area questions, and booking by text, and it bundles the features the trades actually use into every plan: booking, web chat, a built-in CRM, call recordings, and transfers. Want to see how it fits your trade? Start with the industries page.

Who Should Choose Rosie?

Rosie is a solid product, and it might be the better pick if:

• You want the lowest entry price and do not need appointment booking
• You mostly take short calls, so minute-based pricing works in your favor
• You need simple call answering and message taking
• A live website chat is not important to you

Who Should Choose Cira?

Cira is built for home service businesses that want to:

• Book jobs on the entry plan without paying for a higher tier
• Keep the bill predictable with conversations instead of minutes
• Answer every channel — calls, texts, and web chat — in one plan
• Run a tool built for the trades, not general small business

If booking jobs is the reason you are shopping, Cira gives you more for less at the plan that matters.

The Bottom Line

Rosie is cheaper to start. But once you need the feature that actually books work, Cira costs less, includes more channels, and counts usage in a way that fits how home service calls really go.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cira cheaper than Rosie?

Rosie's entry plan is $49, but it does not include appointment booking. To book jobs on Rosie you need the $149 Scale plan. Cira books on its $59 Starter plan. For booking, Cira is far cheaper: $59 vs. $149.

What is the difference between minutes and conversations?

Rosie counts minutes — 250 a month on the entry plan, roughly 50 to 80 calls. Long calls eat into that. Cira counts conversations: one whole call or about 10 texts, no matter how long. That makes the bill easier to predict.

Does Rosie have website chat?

Rosie offers a website text-back widget as a separate add-on, around $50 a month — a visitor leaves their name and number and gets a text. It does not have a live, integrated web chat. Cira has both: the text-back widget and a true AI web chat that talks with visitors on your site.

Do both have a free trial?

Yes. Both offer a 7-day free trial and are month-to-month. Cira requires a credit card to start the trial.

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