Retell AI

Best Vapi peer for balanced inbound voice agents with clear $/min math. Vapi remains Depot default; Bland for…

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Best Vapi peer for balanced inbound voice agents with clear $/min math. Vapi remains Depot default; Bland for high-volume outbound; LiveKit for OSS media. Strengths: Transparent component rate card; No monthly platform fee; Strong inbound + builder DX.

Overall

8.2

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

8.8

Price / performance

7.8

Latency / reliability

8.4

Developer & agent DX

9.0

Privacy / data retention

8.0

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

4.5

Maturity / track record

8.0

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: Retell AI pricing: https://www.retellai.com/pricing · Retell AI: https://www.retellai.com

Best Vapi peer for balanced inbound voice agents with clear $/min math. Vapi remains Depot default; Bland for high-volume outbound; LiveKit for OSS media.

Strengths

· Transparent component rate card
· No monthly platform fee
· Strong inbound + builder DX

Weaknesses

· All-in still stacks with LLM+telco
· Enterprise for HIPAA
· Less outbound-dialer focus than Bland

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (retellai.com/pricing): True PAYG — platform voices all-in often ~$0.07–$0.31/min. Component: Voice Infra $0.055/min + TTS $0.015 (Retell/Cartesia/Minimax/Fish/OpenAI) or ElevenLabs $0.040 + LLM per-model/min + telephony ~$0.015/min US. 20 concurrent free then $8/concurrency/mo. HIPAA/BAA on Enterprise. No platform fee.

Regions: global, usLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

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