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Office tasks compared

AI office assistant compared: what gets done?

Compare phone answering, a human office worker and Griffi against the same work: what gets recorded, what gets prepared and who approves the result? The division of tasks tells you more than a long feature list.

From our pilot programme

Our first pilot client · Griffi Belege

92%

less time spent on receipt admin

Reported comparison from our first pilot client, rounded.

Also: 50 visible AI reply drafts 6 invoices issued in Griffi

Report from a carpentry business in the pilot

120 → 0

outstanding voicemail messages

Before Griffi, 120 voicemail messages went unanswered in 1 week. With Griffi, 0 were outstanding; every customer received a reply within 24 hours. Business report dated 5 September 2026.

“I love the design — very simple and intuitive.”
Feedback from a carpentry business in the pilot · Translated from German
How to read these figures

The time reduction comes from one pilot client’s reported before-and-after comparison for receipt administration, rounded to a whole percentage. The effort depends on document volume and workflow.

Usage figures are a snapshot on 4 September 2026 for 1 July – 4 September 2026: reply drafts visible in the inbox and invoices issued in Griffi. Drafts are prepared replies; issued invoices do not establish delivery or payment.

Additional records: 18 calls with a recorded positive connected duration in the carpentry pilot during 2 – 4 September 2026. Snapshot: 4 September 2026. Answered connections do not establish that enquiries were fully resolved or that human callbacks were avoided.

Report from the carpentry pilot dated 5 September 2026: 120 unanswered voicemail messages in 1 week before Griffi, 0 outstanding messages with Griffi and a reply to every customer within 24 hours. These are figures reported by the business, not independently measured results or a general promise of future response times.

The difference comes afterwards

An answered call is only the start of a completed case.

1. Intake

Live

The AI phone answers inbound calls, qualifies them using company rules and records callback needs.

2. Appointment

Live

A suitable free slot can be offered and confirmed during the inbound call.

3. Case

Live

Contact, request, conversation and next step stay together in HQ.

4. Document

Live as draft

Griffi can prepare reviewable quote and invoice drafts in chat or through browser voice input.

5. Photo follow-up

Live

After a documented need for photos and valid consent, Griffi can send a time-limited upload link through the configured SMS or email channel. You review and send photo requests prepared in Griffi chat yourself.

6. Acceptance protocol

Live

HQ prepares a reviewable acceptance protocol. Defects, photos and agreed deadlines remain traceable; your authorized team handles completion and signatures.

Categories, not vendor comparisons

Which work model covers which part of the chain?

The matrix compares work models, not brands. “Possible” is not a staffing or cost promise for an office worker; the Griffi column states the concrete sales status.

Which work model covers which part of the chain?
Task AI phone only Office worker Griffi
Answer & qualify calls Core taskPossibleLive
Book a confirmed appointment Depends on categoryPossibleLive
Prepare a quote draft Not part of phone-only servicePossibleLive, with approval
Invoice draft / e-invoice Not part of phone-only servicePossibleLive: ZUGFeRD/Factur-X EN16931
Dunning Not part of phone-only servicePossibleLive; letter PDF, manual sending
DATEV handoff Not part of phone-only servicePossibleCSV export live; no API sync

No banking reconciliation, VAT filing/ELSTER transmission or DATEV API sync. Documents are reviewed and approved manually; emails and reminder letters are not sent automatically.

For your decision

Compare the result, rework and responsibility.

Have the same appointment request or quote enquiry handled each way. Check whether the details are usable, how much rework remains and who owns pricing, exceptions and sensitive conversations. Griffi prepares drafts; your team keeps approval.

Frequently asked questions

What does AI office assistant mean at Griffi?

Griffi is an AI colleague for bounded recurring workflows: inbound calls, cases, appointments and reviewable quote and invoice drafts. It is not a legal employment role.

How is Griffi different from call answering?

Call answering typically ends with a conversation and message. Griffi keeps intake, appointment, task and document draft together as a case.

Which tasks remain with a human office worker?

Professional exceptions, pricing decisions, approvals, sensitive communication and relationship work remain human tasks.

Does Griffi provide a DATEV integration?

There is currently a CSV export, but no DATEV API reconciliation or booking-data service.

The next step is one concrete workflow.

We review one real case from your business together and say plainly which part is worth automating, and which deliberately stays with people.

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