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Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud
Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud is listed under open source frameworks. Its first listed price, in its own words: agent-1x: $0.01/min active, $0.0005/min reserved (per agent minute). Telephony stated on its pages: phone numbers, sip and bring your own carrier. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 19, 2026.
Last verified: 2026-10-19
Read from docs.pipecat.ai, daily.co, raw.githubusercontent.com. Docs - Pricing - License - Compare every voice agent platform
Status
- Status, as stated
Current
“Pipecat Cloud is the platform for running Pipecat agents in production.”
docs.pipecat.ai - Last verified
Changes recorded: none. None stated on cited pages.
How Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud charges
Every price line Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud states, in its own words and units, with what it says the price includes and the quote. Nothing is converted.
| Price, in the vendor's words | Unit | Includes, as stated | Quote and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| agent-1x: $0.01/min active, $0.0005/min reserved | per agent minute | 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB memory (stated) | “agent-1x Best for voice agents 0.5 vCPU, 1 GB Memory Active $0.01/min Reserved* $0.0005/min” |
| agent-2x: $0.02/min active, $0.0010/min reserved | per agent minute | 1 vCPU and 2 GB memory (stated) | “agent-2x Supports voice & video agents 1 vCPU, 2 GB Memory Active $0.02/min Reserved* $0.0010/min” |
| Daily PSTN dial-in/dial-out: $0.018 per minute | per minute | SIP included (stated) | “Daily PSTN Dial-in/Dial-out Integrated PSTN transport for voice agents (SIP included) $0.018 per minute” |
| Daily SIP dial-in/dial-out: $0.003 - $0.02 per minute | per minute | Integrated SIP transport (stated) | “Daily SIP Dial-in/Dial-out Integrated SIP transport for voice agents $0.003 - $0.02 per minute” |
| Bring your own provider: billed to provider | pass-through | LLM, STT and TTS from 80+ providers, billed to the provider (stated) | “Connect directly with 80+ service providers for LLM, STT, and TTS including Anthropic, Cartesia, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Google, OpenAI, and more. See full list here. Billed to provider” |
- Free tier or credits
Framework under the BSD 2-Clause License
“BSD 2-Clause License”
raw.githubusercontent.com
Telephony
- Phone numbers
Integrated PSTN transport (SIP included)
“Integrated PSTN transport for voice agents (SIP included)”
daily.co - SIP
Integrated SIP transport
“Integrated SIP transport for voice agents”
daily.co - Bring your own carrier
Telephony serializers: Exotel, Genesys, Plivo, Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage
“Serializers · Exotel, Genesys, Plivo, Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage”
raw.githubusercontent.com
Models, tools and calls
- Bring your own models
80+ LLM, STT and TTS providers
“Connect directly with 80+ service providers for LLM, STT, and TTS including Anthropic, Cartesia, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Google, OpenAI, and more.”
daily.co - Function calling and tools
Pluggable AI services and tools
“Pluggable: Supports many AI services and tools”
raw.githubusercontent.com - Transfer and handoff
SIP REFER transfer to a third-party SIP number, $0.20 per event
“SIP Refer Transfer a call to a thid party SIP number $0.20 per event”
daily.co - Recording and transcripts
Recording: audio only $0.005 per minute
“Recording Audio only $0.005 per minute”
daily.co - Languages
- Not stated
Depends on chosen STT/TTS services; no count stated.
Self-hosting, license, compliance and scale
- Self-hosting
Agents run in a Kubernetes cluster you operate (Pipecat Enterprise)inferred
Inferred: Column from page layout: the quote is a comparison row whose second column is read as Pipecat Enterprise; the row does not name it.“Where agents run · Daily-hosted regions in the US, Europe, and India · A Kubernetes cluster you operate”
docs.pipecat.ai - License
BSD 2-Clause
“BSD 2-Clause License”
raw.githubusercontent.com - Compliance
- Not stated
Not stated on the Pipecat Cloud pricing page or introduction.
- Concurrency
Unlimited concurrency on Pipecat Cloud
“Pipecat Cloud supports unlimited concurrency.”
daily.co - SDKs
Client SDKs: JavaScript, React, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, C++, ESP32
“JavaScript · React · React Native · Swift · Kotlin · C++ · ESP32”
raw.githubusercontent.com
Vendor-stated latency
Latency as Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud states it about itself. Vendor-stated, not measured.
- Vendor-stated
- Not stated
README says "Ultra-low latency" without a figure; no number stated.
Dataset note
Server framework language: "open-source Python framework" (README). Krisp VIVA noise filtering free to 10k active session minutes per month.
FAQ
How much does Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud cost?
In Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud's own terms: agent-1x: $0.01/min active, $0.0005/min reserved (per agent minute); agent-2x: $0.02/min active, $0.0010/min reserved (per agent minute); Daily PSTN dial-in/dial-out: $0.018 per minute (per minute); Daily SIP dial-in/dial-out: $0.003 - $0.02 per minute (per minute); Bring your own provider: billed to provider (pass-through). As read on October 19, 2026; prices are not converted.
Does Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud connect to phone calls?
Per its own pages: Phone numbers: Integrated PSTN transport (SIP included). SIP: Integrated SIP transport. Your own carrier: Telephony serializers: Exotel, Genesys, Plivo, Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage.
Can I self-host Pipecat + Pipecat Cloud?
Per the vendor: "Where agents run · Daily-hosted regions in the US, Europe, and India · A Kubernetes cluster you operate" License: BSD 2-Clause.
Sources
Last verified 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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