Voice AI pricing statistics (2026): measured cost per minute
What voice AI agents cost per minute on Cozzo's own test calls: about $0.08 to $0.15/min on default setups. Chart, CSV (CC BY 4.0) and citation.
On our own test calls with default setups, voice AI platforms cost about $0.08 to $0.15 a minute. Your bill depends on the voice and model you pick, so check the vendor's price page too.
- $0.08–$0.15/minmeasured on our test calls, 5 platforms
- ~$0.01/minextra for the phone leg (Twilio SIP plus recording)
- ~30 s callsper test call; per-minute figures are scaled from those
Ultravox (list price)$0.05/min
Vapi~$0.08–0.09/min
ElevenLabs Agents~$0.08/min
Millis AI~$0.09/min
Bland AI~$0.14/min
Retell AI~$0.15/min
| Platform | Per minute | What we measured | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultravox | $0.05/min list price | about $0.24 in total, after the free 30 minutes | Most of our Ultravox time used its free minutes; the rest is billed at $0.05/min. The total also covers Ultravox acting as our scripted caller, and is our calculation from billed seconds (Ultravox shows no dollar usage). |
| Vapi | about $0.08–0.09/min | $0.042–0.051 per ~32 s call | Vapi’s $0.05/min hosting plus pass-through model, transcription and voice charges. |
| ElevenLabs Agents | about $0.08/min equivalent | about $0.045 per ~32 s call (plan credits) | Charged as Starter-plan credits; no extra dollars were billed. |
| Millis AI | about $0.09/min | about $0.055 per ~35 s call | From Millis’s own per-call usage; includes its $0.02/min platform fee. |
| Bland AI | about $0.14/min | about $0.068 per ~29 s call | From Bland’s per-call price. Bland called our number, so no SIP dial-out was needed. |
| Retell AI | about $0.15/min | $0.080–0.084 per ~32 s call | With Retell’s default voice and LLM; Retell lists $0.07–0.31/min depending on the voice and model you pick. |
Twilio added about $0.01/min for the phone leg (SIP dial-out plus recording). Measured October 20, 2026. Ultravox is shown at its list price because most of our Ultravox time used its free minutes. Current list prices and changes are tracked on pricing changes.
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FAQ
- How much does a voice AI agent cost per minute?
- On Cozzo's test calls with default setups, about $0.08 to $0.15 per minute across 5 platforms, plus about $0.01/min for the phone leg.
- Are these list prices?
- No. They are what our own test calls cost, from vendor dashboards and APIs, except Ultravox, which is shown at its $0.05/min list price.
- Can I reuse this data?
- Yes, under CC BY 4.0. Credit Cozzo and link to this page.