ai voice agent platforms
every advertised per-minute rate here covers a different subset of the four things a phone call actually needs — so we priced the whole call instead.
12 listed · 9 of them researched by us · featured first, then most upvoted
Retell AI
we checked this$0.07/minthe only vendor whose headline band already includes telephony, stt, tts and the llm — with the sub-rates printed underneath.
LiveKit Agents
we checked this$0.01/minapache 2.0 top to bottom — self-host it and the platform fee simply stops existing.
Pipecat
we checked thisfree self-hostedbsd-licensed, provider-agnostic, and free if you run it yourself — the framework the others are competing with.
Bland AI
we checked this$0.11/minbundles the llm, stt and tts with no token charges — the simplest bill here, with telephony left outside it.
Vapi
we checked this$0.05/minfive cents a minute for vapi, and everything that makes a phone call work costs extra.
Telnyx Voice AI
we checked this$0.05/mincalls its rate 'all-in' on a page that lists telephony and llm tokens as separate charges.
ElevenLabs Agents
we checked thisunverifiedthe best voices in the business, sold without an agent price anywhere on the site.
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