Best Retell AI Alternatives (2026)
Retell AI lists $0.07–$0.31/min for voice agents on pay-as-you-go, itemized as $0.055/min voice infrastructure plus your chosen voice, LLM and telephony, with $10 in free credits and 20 concurrent calls included. The alternatives below bill differently: a $0.05/min hosting fee with providers at cost (Vapi), one all-in $0.14/min rate (Bland), $0.08/min for ElevenLabs Agents, a flat $0.05/min speech-native model (Ultravox), or open-source infrastructure with 1,000 free session minutes (LiveKit). Prices are from each vendor's own pricing page.
Vapi, Bland AI, ElevenLabs Agents, Ultravox and LiveKit Agents compared with Retell AI on published pricing.
| Tool | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| $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 | |
| $0.14/min, $0 platform fee | Teams that want one flat per-minute price with no model pass-through bills | |
| 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 | |
| Free; Ship from $50/mo | Developers building on open-source realtime infrastructure |
Prices from vendors' official pricing pages, checked October 14, 2026. Not sponsored; order isn't a ranking.