Voice agent pricing

Definition

Voice agent pricing is harder to compare than it looks, because vendors bill it differently. Some quote a per-minute platform fee that sounds low, then add the LLM, the speech models, and the telephony as separate charges. The headline rate and the actual bill can be far apart.

The all in model

SpeechifyAI uses one all-in rate. $0.07/min on Pro, $0.068 on Scale, from $0.06 on Enterprise, with the LLM, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and telephony orchestration all included. One line item, no passthrough, no per-token math. What you see is what the bill says.

What to watch

Three things inflate a quoted rate. Passthrough, where the LLM or telephony is billed separately at cost. Concurrency multipliers, where going over a limit doubles the rate. And per-feature add-ons, where compliance or extra capabilities carry their own monthly fees. Each turns a clean number into a spreadsheet.

The free tier

SpeechifyAI includes 60 free minutes every month with commercial use, no card required. That is enough to put an agent on real calls and see the behavior before committing, rather than an evaluation-only trial that forbids production use.

Comparing fairly

To compare vendors honestly, add up the real cost: platform fee plus LLM plus speech plus telephony plus any add-ons. The comparison pages do that math against each major platform, so the all-in numbers sit side by side.