AI receptionist for Australian lawn care crews (1–5 trucks). Captures name, suburb, property size, and what they need — then texts you mid-job. Keep ServiceM8, Jobber, or paper. Keep the number customers already know.
No new phone system · 14 days free · Cancel anytime · Built for 1–5 truck crews
You're on the mower finishing up a property. Phone rings. Can't answer. It's a homeowner wanting a regular fortnightly mow — $80 every two weeks, $200/month, $2,400/year. They don't leave a voicemail. They call the next lawn care business on Google. By 5pm when you check your phone, they've already booked someone else for an ongoing contract. You see a missed call. You don't see "you just lost $2,400." It's invisible. But it's gone.
The maths: Miss 2–3 calls a week from potential regular customers? That's $20,000–$30,000/year in recurring revenue you never knew you lost. Not because your work isn't good — because someone else answered the phone.
Most services over-promise and under-deliver. They quote jobs on your behalf. They promise timeframes you can't keep. Your customers hang up confused — or worse, they expect you to show up when you never agreed to.
ReplyMate doesn't do any of that. It takes a name and a number, tells the caller you'll be in touch, and texts you instantly. It never quotes a price. It never books a job. It never promises a time. You stay in control.
And before it talks to a single customer — you test it yourself and read exactly what it says.
It's one setting on your phone — the same as forwarding calls to any other number. When you can't answer, calls go to ReplyMate instead of voicemail. Nothing to install. No app to download.
Your caller hears a professional greeting in a natural voice. It asks their name, what service they need, their property address, and yard size. It tells them you'll call back shortly.
Within seconds you get an SMS: caller name, number, service type, address, and property details. A fuller summary lands in your email. The complete transcript is always available online.
You know exactly what they need before you dial. No more 'sorry, who called?' — you call back informed, professional, and first in line for the job.
ReplyMate doesn't go live until you're happy with it. You set it up, test it yourself, and know exactly what it says to every caller.
Call your own ReplyMate number as many times as you want. Adjust the wording until it sounds like your business. Your customers don't hear a thing until you say go.
After every call, you get an SMS with the key details and a full summary by email. The complete word-for-word transcript is available online. You always know exactly what was said to your customers.
ReplyMate takes a name, number, and what they need. That's it. It tells the caller you'll be in touch — it never promises a time, quotes a price, or books you in for a job you can't get to.
14 days free for lawn care crews. No card required. Keep your number.
You don't need a new ops system to stop missing quote calls. ReplyMate is the phone layer for AU lawn crews — answer, qualify, SMS you while you're mid-mow. Compare phone peers (Hey Jodie, Johnni, SM8 Phone Agent) and full stacks honestly.
| Fit | Hey Jodie | Johnni / SM8 Phone Agent | Optiphone / Grace | ReplyMate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep your current software | Yes — phone layer (AU peer) | Johnni = SM8-native · SM8 Agent needs SM8 Phone | Integrates / full stack · high-touch | Yes — phone layer only |
| Typical cost band | Basic ~A$99/mo (public; check site · pricing moves; check their site) · free trial | Johnni = demo/sales · SM8 Connect+ ~$32 / Unlim ~$119 | Optiphone Solo ~$99 · Tradesman ~$349+$1.5k · Grace = stack | Free trial · from A$49/mo · lawn-native self-serve |
| Best if you… | Want a general AU phone AI peer | Want deep SM8 booking / Phone plan AI | Want white-glove setup or full office stack | Want AU lawn English + self-serve mid-mow coverage without switching stack |
Competitor pricing changes — check their sites. Hey Jodie Basic is a real AU phone-layer peer around A$99. Johnni is the SM8-native peer; ServiceM8 Phone Agent is real on SM8 Phone plans. ReplyMate isn't "cheapest forever"; it's the lawn-native self-serve wedge for 1–5 truck crews who already paid for ops tools.
Keep the tools you already paid for. Catch the quote call mid-mow.
Everything you need to catch quote requests, qualify leads, and never miss a lawn care job again.
Someone calls wanting weekly or fortnightly mowing? ReplyMate picks up immediately — 24/7. No more losing $2,000–$3,000/year contracts because you're on the mower.
Get SMS + email the moment someone calls. Name, number, property address, service needed — everything you need to quote and schedule fast.
Listen to recordings, read transcripts, track conversion rate. Know exactly which marketing channels send quality leads.
Set your service area, mowing rates, and garden maintenance pricing in your dashboard. ReplyMate references this to answer common caller questions — so customers get accurate information before their details are passed to you.
I'm Tom. I built ReplyMate because I was losing calls I didn't know I was losing. I set it up for my own business first. I didn't trust it either — so I called my own number over and over, tweaking the script until it sounded right. Then I turned it on. Within the first week, I picked up jobs that would've gone to voicemail. I could see exactly what the receptionist said to each caller, word for word. No surprises. No weird robotic responses. Just a professional greeting and the customer's details waiting in my texts. I've been using it daily ever since. Now I want to see if it works for others too.
One recovered job pays for a full year.
14-day free trial. No credit card required. Cancel any time.
Set up in 5 minutes. Test while you're on site. Keep ServiceM8 / Jobber / paper — just stop losing fortnightly mows to voicemail.
Start free trial →No new phone system · No card for trial · You go live when you're happy with the script