Best Bland AI Alternatives (2026)
Bland AI charges one all-in rate that includes the LLM, transcription and voices: $0.14/min on Start ($0 platform fee, 10 concurrent calls, 100 calls/day) or $0.12/min on Build with a $299/month platform fee (50 concurrent, 2,000 calls/day). Transferred time is billed at $0.05/min (Start) or $0.04/min (Build), telephony is billed separately, and a BAA is listed on Enterprise only. The alternatives below bill differently: Retell itemizes $0.07–$0.31/min on pay-as-you-go, Vapi charges $0.05/min hosting with model providers at cost, ElevenLabs Agents is $0.08/min, Ultravox is a flat $0.05/min with 30 free minutes, and Synthflow sells enterprise contracts from $30,000/year. Prices are from each vendor's own pricing page.
Retell AI, Vapi, ElevenLabs Agents, Ultravox and Synthflow compared with Bland AI on published pricing, concurrency caps and BAA availability.
| Tool | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| $0 platform fee; $0.07–$0.31/min for voice agents | Teams that want a no-code flow builder plus an API with itemized per-minute pricing | |
| $0 to start; $0.05/min Vapi hosting, models billed pass-through at cost | Developers who want to choose their own LLM, transcriber, voice and telephony provider | |
| Agents: $0.08 per minute | Builders who want ElevenLabs' voices and speech models in one agent pipeline | |
| $0.05/min (first 30 min free) | Developers wanting a speech-native model at a flat per-minute rate | |
| Enterprise contracts from $30,000/year | Businesses wanting a no-code platform on an annual enterprise contract |
What to check before you choose
- Compare the whole bill, not the headline rate. Bland's rate already includes the LLM, speech-to-text and voices; Retell and Vapi add those per minute (Retell's $0.055/min voice infrastructure, Vapi's $0.05/min hosting), so price your exact model and voice choice.
- Check concurrency before you scale. Bland Start caps you at 10 concurrent calls and 100 calls a day; Retell includes 20 concurrent calls on pay-as-you-go ($8/month per extra); Vapi includes 4 without a success package; Ultravox caps pay-as-you-go at 5 and removes hard caps on Pro ($100/month).
- Transfers cost differently. Bland bills transferred time per minute; Retell says its AI agent fee stops once a call is transferred and only telephony continues.
- Need a HIPAA BAA? Bland lists it on Enterprise; Vapi sells a HIPAA add-on (DPA + BAA) at $2,000/month; ElevenLabs offers BAAs on its Enterprise plan. Get the BAA signed before any patient data hits the line.
- Want no-code? Bland and Vapi are developer-first. Retell has a no-code flow builder alongside its API; Synthflow is a no-code builder sold on annual enterprise contracts.
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Prices from vendors' official pricing pages, checked October 17, 2026. Not sponsored; order isn't a ranking.