Hosted voice agent platforms - verified October 20, 2026

Bland AI

Bland AI is listed under hosted voice agent platforms. Its first listed price, in its own words: Start: $0.14/min, $0 platform fee (per minute talk time). Telephony stated on its pages: phone numbers, sip and bring your own carrier. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026.

Last verified: 2026-10-19 (pricing), 2026-10-20 (docs)

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Status

Status, as stated

Current

“Everything you need to build, monitor, and improve voice AI agents in Bland.”

docs.bland.ai

Last verified

2026-10-19 (pricing), 2026-10-20 (docs)

Changes recorded: none. None stated on cited pages.

How Bland AI charges

Every price line Bland AI states, in its own words and units, with what it says the price includes and the quote. Nothing is converted.

5 price lines for Bland AI, in the vendor's own words and units
Price, in the vendor's words	Unit	Includes, as stated	Quote and source
Start: $0.14/min, $0 platform fee	per minute talk time	See the Included in per-minute rate line	“Start 2 credits + an inbound number ($15/mo value). $0.14/min $0 platform fee.” bland.ai
Build: $0.12/min plus $299/month platform fee	per minute talk time + monthly platform fee	See the Included in per-minute rate line	“Build Lower per-minute rates. Higher rate limits. $0.12/min $299/month platform fee” bland.ai
Included in per-minute rate	note	LLM (no token charges), real-time STT and premium TTS voices (stated)	“Included in your per-minute rate LLM No token charges STT Real-time transcription TTS Premium voices” bland.ai
Transfer time: $0.05/min (Start), $0.04/min (Build)inferredInferred: Plans assigned by table column order: the row lists $0.05/min, $0.04/min and Custom under columns read as Start, Build and Enterprise.	per transfer minute	Not stated	“Transfer Time Rate · $0.05/min · $0.04/min · Custom” bland.ai
Enterprise: Custom	custom	Not stated	“Enterprise Dedicated infrastructure with the controls regulated teams require. Custom Contracted to your volume.” bland.ai

Free tier or credits: Two credits plus an inbound number valued at $15/month, no card required
“Sign up on the Start plan and you get two credits plus an inbound number valued at $15/month, with no card required.”
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Telephony

Phone numbers: Inbound number included ($15/mo value)
“2 credits + an inbound number ($15/mo value).”
bland.ai
SIP: SIP trunks from any contact-center or telephony provider
“Yes. Bland integrates with your existing Twilio account, with SIP trunks from any contact-center or telephony provider, or you can use Bland's built-in Twilio at pass-through cost.”
bland.ai
Bring your own carrier: BYO telephony: no transfer fees, carrier billed directly
“BYOT customers do not pay transfer fees. You handle carrier costs directly and Bland charges only the per-minute AI rate.”
bland.ai

Models, tools and calls

Bring your own models: No token charges and no model-provider pass-throughs
“No token charges. No model-provider pass-throughs. No surprise bills.”
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Function calling and tools: Agents can be given tools
“Give your agents the knowledge, tools, and instructions they need.”
docs.bland.ai
Transfer and handoff: Not stated
Transfer minutes are priced, and the compare table lists Warm Transfers and Live Transfers rows, but plan availability is shown only as icons; no sentence states the feature.
Recording and transcripts: Not stated
Not stated on the pricing page or docs home.
Languages: Not stated
Not stated on the pricing page or docs home.

Self-hosting, license, compliance and scale

Self-hosting: On-prem / VPC available
“On-prem / VPC available”
bland.ai
License: Not stated
Proprietary hosted service.
Compliance: SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA-eligible with BAA, GDPR, PCI DSS
“Yes. SOC 2 Type I and Type II, HIPAA-eligible with a signed BAA, GDPR, and PCI DSS.”
bland.ai
Concurrency: 10 (Start), 50 (Build), Custom (Enterprise)inferred
Inferred: Plans assigned by table column order: 10, 50 and Custom sit under columns read as Start, Build and Enterprise.
“Concurrent calls · 10 calls · 50 calls · Custom”
bland.ai
SDKs: Not stated
Docs home mentions SDKs without naming languages.

Vendor-stated latency

Latency as Bland AI states it about itself. Vendor-stated, not measured.

Vendor-stated: Not stated
No latency figure on cited pages.

FAQ

How much does Bland AI cost?

In Bland AI's own terms: Start: $0.14/min, $0 platform fee (per minute talk time); Build: $0.12/min plus $299/month platform fee (per minute talk time + monthly platform fee); Included in per-minute rate (note); Transfer time: $0.05/min (Start), $0.04/min (Build) (per transfer minute); Enterprise: Custom (custom). As read on October 20, 2026; prices are not converted.

Does Bland AI connect to phone calls?

Per its own pages: Phone numbers: Inbound number included ($15/mo value). SIP: SIP trunks from any contact-center or telephony provider. Your own carrier: BYO telephony: no transfer fees, carrier billed directly.

Can I self-host Bland AI?

Per the vendor: "On-prem / VPC available" License: not stated. Proprietary hosted service.

Sources

Source: docs.bland.ai/welcome-to-bland
Source: bland.ai/pricing

Last verified 2026-10-19 (pricing), 2026-10-20 (docs) from each vendor's own pricing pages, docs and license files; every quote was string-matched against the page that day. This is not a benchmark. Prices are shown in the vendor's own unit and change without notice, so check the linked source before you commit.

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