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 | Speechify | 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 |
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.