Bland is known for high-volume outbound with a clean all-in number ($0.11–0.14/min) — but the lower rate sits behind a $299–499/mo platform fee. SpeechifyAI is all-in from $0.07/min with no platform surcharge, and adds inbound voice and a web widget on one brain, plus deterministic workflows and tool calling — and 60 free minutes a month.
| Capability | SpeechifyAI | Bland |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $0.07/min all-in — LLM included · 60 free min/mo | $0.11–0.14/min, lower rate gated behind $299–499/mo fee |
| What's included | LLM + STT + TTS + orchestration in one rate | All-in per-minute (LLM + telephony), but monthly fee for the cheap rate |
| Free tier | 60 min/mo, commercial use | 2 credits + a free inbound number |
| Primary strength | Inbound + outbound voice + web widget | Outbound voice at scale |
| Inbound voice | Yes, with IVR replacement | Yes |
| Deterministic workflows | Yes | Partial |
| Integrations | Tool calling + webhooks | Via webhooks |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 |
SpeechifyAI is one per-minute rate with the LLM included. Most competitors quote a platform fee, then bill the LLM and telephony on top. Drag your monthly minutes and switch the competitor to see the difference. Rates are from each vendor's public pricing.
One line item. No passthrough, no token math.
Rates vary by usage, region, and contract.
SpeechifyAI at the $0.07/min Pro rate, LLM included; Scale drops to $0.068 and Enterprise to $0.06. Competitor "+" items are billed separately on top of the platform fee, so a competitor's true all-in is higher than its headline rate.
| Monthly volume | SpeechifyAI, all-in ($0.07/min) | Bland per-minute ($0.11–0.14/min) | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 min · ≈200 calls | $70/mo | from $110/mo | $40/mo + |
| 6,000 min · ≈1,200 calls | $420/mo | from $660/mo | $240/mo + |
| 20,000 min · ≈4,000 calls | $1,400/mo | from $2,200/mo | $800/mo + |
The "+" marks the LLM and telephony Bland bills separately on top of the platform fee — so the true saving is larger than the platform-fee gap shown.
Bland's $0.11 a minute lives behind a $499 a month platform fee; the middle tier is $299 a month for $0.12 a minute, and the free tier is $0.14 a minute. SpeechifyAI is $0.07 a minute on Pro at $99 a month and $0.068 a minute on Scale at $499 a month, with the rate published on the pricing page instead of gated behind a separate monthly fee. The same plans include a workflow editor, evals, tool calling, and webhooks in that platform fee.
Bland is built primarily for outbound calls at scale on its own proprietary model. SpeechifyAI runs the same agent brain across inbound voice, outbound voice, and a web widget on one platform, with the same workflows and the same knowledge base across surfaces, IVR replacement included on inbound, and the LLM in the rate so you do not pay model passthrough either way.
SpeechifyAI covers inbound voice, outbound voice, and a web widget on one agent brain at $0.07 a minute on Pro at $99 a month, with no monthly platform fee gate to unlock the rate and SOC 2 Type II compliance in the platform fee.