Ripple Local Services vs Hatch

Hatch sells an AI customer-service platform for the trades through its sales team. Ripple Local Services does one job, texting back the calls you miss, at a published price.

Source: Hatch pricing page, checked 2026-10-15. Prices change, so check their page for today's figures. Hatch is a trademark of its owner. Ripple Local Services is not affiliated with it.

When to choose which

Hatch may suit you better if you want a sales-led rollout with white-glove onboarding and are fine with an annual plan.

Ripple Local Services may suit you better if you want missed calls texted back for a published monthly price, with no contract and nothing to set up beyond forwarding the calls you don't answer.

How it works

1. You keep your business number. You set it to forward the calls you don't answer to your Ripple number.
2. The caller hears a short recorded message, then gets a text from an AI assistant asking what they need, where, and how soon.
3. You get their answers by text, so you can call back knowing what the job is.

Texts go only to people who called you, and only about that call. We don't send marketing texts and we don't text lists. Callers can reply STOP at any time. See Contact and texts for exactly what a caller hears and reads.

Try it

$297 a month after the trial. No contract. $0 setup. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing.