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Hosted platforms
A close comparison for developers who want a hosted voice-agent platform with separate provider costs.
$0.05 / minHosting fee; providers extra
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- Usagemodel, transcription & voice
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How we compareHosted platforms, APIs and enterprise offerings solve different problems. These are starting prices and pricing models, not like-for-like total call costs.
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Retell AI
Hosted platforms
A managed voice-agent platform with a configurable, component-based call price.
$0.07–$0.31 / minPublished AI voice range
Read comparison Bland AI
Hosted platforms
Bundled AI talk time and conversation pathways, with usage and subscription options.
$0.14 / minStart plan; AI components included
Read comparison Synthflow
Enterprise platforms
An enterprise deployment offering with implementation support and annual contracts.
From $30,000 / yearPublished enterprise contract floor
Read comparison ElevenLabs Agents
Hosted platforms
A voice-led agent platform with monthly minute allowances and usage overages.
$99 / monthPro: 1,238 included agent minutes
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Read comparison Bolna
Hosted platforms
Usage-based voice agents with BYOK options and a focus on Indian-language conversations.
From $0.06 / minAI components; platform and telephony extra
Read comparison LiveKit
APIs & frameworks
Realtime infrastructure and an agent framework for teams building their own application.
Cloud plans + usageShip starts at $50 / month
Read comparison Pipecat
APIs & frameworks
An open-source Python framework for composable voice and multimodal pipelines.
$0.01 / active minPipecat Cloud agent-1x hosting only
Read comparison Telnyx AI Assistants
Hosted platforms
An integrated voice engine, assistant platform and telephony ecosystem.
$0.05 / minVoice engine; LLM and telephony extra
Read comparison Twilio ConversationRelay
APIs & frameworks
A speech interface for developers connecting their own conversational application to Twilio.
$0.07 / minConversationRelay; Voice costs separate
Read comparison Deepgram Voice Agent API
APIs & frameworks
A managed conversational voice API with bundled and bring-your-own-provider options.
$0.075 / minStandard pay-as-you-go Voice Agent
Read comparison Ultravox
APIs & frameworks
A speech-native voice-agent service with usage-based pricing and SIP connectivity.
$0.05 / minPay-as-you-go; SIP extra
Read comparison PolyAI
Enterprise platforms
An enterprise conversational platform focused on customer-service operations.
Scope a quoteEnterprise requirements and deployment
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We publish these comparisons as the team behind APIFleet. Our perspective is explicit: a developer should understand the cost, the work they own and where another platform may fit better.
Vendor facts come from official pages linked in each comparison. We separate published facts from our assessment, and label quotes and bundles as such. Prices were reviewed on 19 October 2026; check the linked source before buying.
We have not benchmarked every platform’s call quality, latency or reliability. Use the same scenarios and providers to test what matters to your project.
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