Matrix/Features/Price per minute
Which voice AI agent platforms have Price per minute?
Published platform price per minute. Yes = a per-minute rate is published. Partial = priced another way (tokens, plans) so per-minute cost depends on usage. No = no public rate.
9 Yes1 Partial0 Unknown
Verified Yes: Vapi, Retell AI, Bland AI, Cartesia Agents, ElevenLabs Agents, Deepgram Voice Agent API, LiveKit Agents, Ultravox, Vaani.
| Platform | Status | What the vendor says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bland AIBland | Yes | $0.14/min Start plan $0.14/min with $0 platform fee; Build $0.12/min + $299/mo; Enterprise custom. "No token charges. No model-provider pass-throughs." | Source |
| Cartesia AgentsCartesia | Yes | $0.03/min Managed Agents $0.03/min (previously $0.06) plus $0.014/min on a Cartesia number; excludes telephony and LLM usage. | Source |
| Deepgram Voice Agent APIDeepgram | Yes | $0.075/min Standard $0.075/min; BYO TTS $0.065; BYO LLM $0.065; BYO LLM+TTS $0.050; Advanced $0.163. | Source |
| ElevenLabs AgentsElevenLabs | Yes | $0.08/min + LLM Call minutes $0.08/min on every plan (included minutes from 15 free to 12,375 on $990/mo Business); LLM billed separately; burst $0.16/min. | Source |
| LiveKit AgentsLiveKit | Yes | $0.01/min overage Ship $50/mo includes 5,000 agent minutes then $0.01/min; Scale $500/mo with 50,000; model costs separate. | Source |
| Retell AIRetell AI | Yes | $0.07–$0.31/min All-in range by model choice; voice infrastructure $0.055/min, TTS from $0.015/min, LLM extra. | Source |
| UltravoxUltravox | Yes | $0.05/min $0.05 per minute. | Source |
| VaaniVaani | Yes | ₹1/min + components Platform fee ₹1/min plus STT/LLM/TTS components; bring your own keys. | Source |
| VapiVapi | Yes | $0.05/min + models $0.05/min hosting fee; STT, LLM and TTS billed at cost. Pricing calculator example: about $82–129 per 1,000 minutes all-in. | Source |
| OpenAI Realtime APIOpenAI | Partial | Per token gpt-realtime-2.1 audio $32 in / $64 out per 1M tokens; mini $10/$20; gpt-live-1 $0.05/min. | Source |
| SynthflowSynthflow | No | Annual contract "No free plan or trial and no rate by the minute"; annual enterprise agreements. | Source |
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